A bumper card at Royal Randwick continues the build-up to the spring carnival majors today – Saturday September 7 – for Chelmsford Stakes Day 2019, scratchings and the latest track report for the Sydney meet detailed below.
Sixities Groove was scratched from the 2019 Chelmsford Stakes field to contest Friday’s Wyong Gold Cup. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
Randwick Track Report – 07/09/2019
- Rail: +8m Entire Circuit
- Penetrometer: 5.34
- Weather: Fine
- Track Type: Turf
- Track Rating: Soft (5)
- Irrigation: Nil
- Rainfall: 0.2mm last 24hrs; 9mm last 7 days
It is a partly cloudy but otherwise fine day forecast for the Randwick races this afternoon and with no chance of rainfall the current Soft (5) Randwick track rating looks set to stay.
Sydney racing at Randwick kicks off at 12:10pm and the nine race program continues through until the last at 5:10pm.
There are four Group status races on the program and plenty of spring stars on show including the Ladbrokes Cox Plate hopes doing battle in the feature race of the day – the Group 2 2019 Chelmsford Stakes (Race 7).
There are 15 hopefuls remaining in the Chelmsford Stakes field – markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for which are firmly led by odds-on favourite Avilius ($1.95) – after the scratching of #5 Sixties Groove (9) who ran second last in Friday’s Wyong Gold Cup.
The only other Group race on the line-up affected by the Sydney scratchings is the Group 2 2019 Tramway Stakes (Race 8) where trainer Chris Waller still has eight of the remaining 13 chances after withdrawing #9 Tom Melbourne (13).
All seven fillies are still in the mix for the Group 2 2019 Furious Stakes (Race 5) featuring Libertini, while two-time defending champion Redzel will face five rivals on way to his third The Everest run in the Group 3 2019 Concorde Stakes (Race 6).
See below for the full Randwick race program for Chelmsford Stakes Day complete with the confirmed scratchings and jump times before heading to Ladbrokes.com.au to back your selections at the top odds.
Randwick Race Scratchings – 07/09/2019
- Total Scratchings: 15
Race 1 (12:10pm) – $125,000 Strawberry Hill Stud Handicap (1300m)
#8 Darling Point (1)
Race 2 (12:50pm) – $75,000 TAB Highway Class 3 Handicap (1200m)
#2 Logan River (13)
#3 Zardoro (14)
#11 Luna Mia (18)
#18e Coup De Main (2)
Race 3 (1:25pm) – $125,000 Might And Power For CPA Sprint (1100m)
#2 Invictus Salute (2)
#8 Funstar (5)
#10 Catwalk (3)
Race 4 (2:00pm) – $125,000 Sydney Markets Handicap (1200m)
No current scratchings
Race 5 (2:35pm) – Group 2 $200,000 Darley Furious Stakes (1200m)
No current scratchings
Race 6 (3:10pm) – Group 3 $160,000 Forum Concorde Stakes (1000m)
No current scratchings
Race 7 (3:50pm) – Group 2 $250,000 Bob Ingham Chelmsford Stakes (1600m)
#5 Sixties Groove (9)
Race 8 (4:30pm) – Group 2 $200,000 Harvey Norman Tramway Stakes (1400m)
#9 Tom Melbourne (13)
Race 9 (5:10pm) – $125,000 Nexon Handicap (1500m)
#12 Junipal (1)
#14 La Chicha Bella (12)
#16e Super Tycoon (10)
#17e Roheryn (16)
#19e Nettoyer (5)
*All times quoted are local (AEST) and subject to change
