Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse is host to a bumper day’s racing for The Championships 2018 Day 1 this afternoon, a detailed track report and updated list of scratchings for the rich meeting detailed below.
Kementari is steady favourite in 2018 Doncaster Mile betting on Day 1 of The Championships at Royal Randwick Racecourse today. Photo: Steve Hart.
Randwick Track Report – 07/04/2018
- Rail: True
- Penetrometer: 5.09
- Weather: Fine
- Track Type: Turf
- Track Rating: Good (4)
- Irrigation: Nil last 24hrs; 3mm last 7 days
- Rainfall: Nil last 24hrs; 0.6mm last 7 days
It is a fine day trackside for the latest Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival event and the current Good (4) Randwick track rating looks set to stay, the first firm track The Championships Day 1 has seen since the initiative was introduced by the Australian Turf Club (ATC).
Sydney racing kicks off early today with the two-year-olds doing battle first-up in the Kindergarten Stakes at 11:30am (AEST).
Immediately after the fans get a glimpse of the world’s best mare Winx who will be put through her paces in an exciting exhibition gallop after the first ahead of her shot at win number 25 on the trot in Saturday week’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
It is a bumper 10 race card for punters to sink their teeth into at Ladbrokes.com.au and the action goes right through until the ATC Oaks-bound Luvaluva leads the field of three-year-old fillies out in the Adrian Knox Stakes at 5:10pm (AEST).
There are four elite level features on the program starting with the 2018 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Race 6) where all 15 original final acceptors including Golden Slipper runner-up Oohood remain in the mix.
It is the three-year-old stayers’ turn next-up in the 2018 Australian Derby (Race 7) and the two emergencies have come out leaving a capacity 18 starter field including the VRC Derby champ Ace High in gate two.
The season’s best sprinters then face off in the 2018 TJ Smith Stakes (Race 8) and the red hot favourite is Redzel ($2.35).
Team Snowden’s The Everest champion faces just 10 rivals after three scratchings from the TJ Smith Stakes field: #6 Thronum (8), #11 Missrock (13) and #13 Showtime (14).
The meeting’s richest race then runs as the penultimate event with the 2018 Doncaster Mile field remaining intact, the 16-horse line-up led in betting by Godolphin’s Randwick Guineas winning three-year-old Kementari ($3.40).
Check out the full The Championships Day 1 race line-up, Group 1 betting tips for the day and full Randwick scratchings before heading to Ladbrokes.com.au for the premium markets.
Randwick Race Scratchings – 07/04/2018
Total Scratchings: 18
Race 1 (11:30apm) – Group 3 $200,000 Widden Kindergarten Stakes (1100m)
- No current scratchings
Race 2 (12:10pm) – Group 3 $200,000 China Horse Club Carbine Club Stakes (1600m)
- #9 Angel’s Boy (3)
- #13 One Fire Beach (1)
Race 3 (12:45pm) – Group 3 $200,000 The Man Shake P J Bell Stakes (1200m)
- #7 Yulong Xingsheng (18)
- #13 Warranty (8)
Race 4 (1:20pm) – Special Condition $500,000 Newhaven Park Country Championship Final (1400m)
- #17e Unbiased (17)
- #18e Vega De Lago (19)
- #19e Class Clown (22)
- #20e Iggy The Moocher (10)
- #21e Ori On Fire (20)
- #22e Incision (13)
Race 5 (1:55pm) – Group 2 $300,000 Schweppes Chairman’s Quality (2600m)
- #3 Tally (17)
- #5 Fanatic (13)
Race 6 (2:30pm) – Group 1 $1,000,000 Inglis Sires’ (1400m)
- No current scratchings
Read our exclusive 2018 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes Tips & Betting Preview now.
Race 7 (3:10pm) – Group 1 $2,000,000 Harrolds Australian Derby (2400m)
- #19e Yuralla Boy (7)
- #20e Love Waves (11)
Check out our insider Australian Derby 2018 Betting Tips now.
Race 8 (3:50pm) – Group 1 $2,500,000 Darley TJ Smith Stakes (1200m)
- #6 Thronum (8)
- #11 Missrock (13)
- #13 Showtime (14)
View our insider 2018 TJ Smith Stakes Trifecta Tips now.
Race 9 (4:30pm) – Group 1 $3,000,000 The Star Doncaster Mile (1600m)
- No current scratchings
See our top Doncaster Mile 2018 Tips & Betting Update now.
Race 10 (5:10pm) – Group 3 $200,000 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m)
- #10 Global Sanction (14)
*All times quoted are local (AEST) and subject to change
