Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on.
FUTURES UPDATES
Gem Song $15-$11
Mister Sea Wolf $51-$15-$26 (after winning Shannon Stakes)
Tom Melbourne $51-$26
Noire $51-$26
Scarlet Dream $15-$11
Big Duke $26-$15
Exemplar $26-$15
Dabiyr $15-$26
Hang Man $51-$26 (won Benalla Cup on Friday)
Creedence $101-$51
Douglas Macarthur $26-$51
Gayatri $26-$51
Bivouac $26-$15-$11 (after winning Golden Rose)
Yes Yes Yes $26-$15-$26
Enticing Star $15-$51
Exceedance $15-$7
Yao Dash $26-$9
Kubrick $7-$9
Castelvecchio $7-$11
Yes Yes Yes $15-$11
Dawn Passage $51-$15
Shadow Hero $8-$6-$2.50 fav (after winning Gloaming Stakes)
ROSEHILL
RACE ONE
Dr Drill defied the betting drift to take out the Monstar Foundation Handicap (1900 metres).
The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace runner was $4.80-$6.50 on the day and actually opened $3.80 equal fav on Wednesday.
Robbie Dolan stuck to the inside and came a few horses off the fence in the straight to beat the leader Rapido Chaparro ($4.40) which drifted off rounding the home turn.
Humboldt Current, the $3.20 favourite, grabbed third. He was easily the most popular horse in terms of money held.
BETS: Humboldt Current $4,000 @ $3.20, $2,000 @ $3.20
RACE TWO
The move for But I Know paid juicy dividends after she stormed home to win the TAB Highway Class 2 Handicap (1500 metres).
As much as $26 was available for But I Know when the market opened on Wednesday with $19 still on offer this morning. Constant specking throughout the afternoon saw the Ross Stitt-trained runner jump a $12 chance.
Finishing powerfully down the outside with Andrew Adkins in the saddle, one of the best movers all day won easily over Storm Attack ($7.50) and Harbouring ($6.50). The second and third horses were two of the more popular horses in the race alongside Moss The Boss ($7-$5.50) and Lolita Gold ($8).
BETS: But I Know $500 @ $13, $500 @ $12
RACE THREE
There was a push to suggest that Standout would run a good race in the Schweppes Heritage Stakes (1100 metres).
The Gerald Ryan-trained runner had good specking and firmed from a high of $17 at around lunchtime to start at $13.
Bursting through a gap early in the straight, Tommy Berry got the best out of the son of Exceed And Excel to knock off the very popular Cosmic Force ($2.90).
Pandemic ($3.50-$3.30-$3.60) ran on strongly once clear to grab third.
Cosmic Force was responsible for half the total investment and held 10 times as much money as the winner.
BETS: Standout $500 @ $13, $300 @ $13
BETS: Cosmic Force $5,000 @ $3, $1,500 @ $3 MULTIPLE TIMES, $1,000 @ $3 MULTIPLE TIMES, $5,000 @ $2.90, $3,000 @ $2.80
RACE FOUR
One of the best supported runners all day was Gem Song in the Tooheys 150th Birthday Shannon Stakes (1500 metres).
The Kris Lees runner was $2.30 into $2 at one point before getting back out to $2.30 at the jump. He was responsible for 65 percent of the total investment.
Forced to sit outside the leader for the majority of the trip, Gem Song couldn’t hold out the finish of Mister Sea Wolf ($14-$9.50-$10) which had eachway support and railed hard along the fence.
Tom Melbourne ($11) ran his usual honest race for third after leading.
BETS: Mister Sea Wolf $1,000 @ $12, $1,000 @ $9.50
BETS: Gem Song $4,000 @ $2.30, $2,000 @ $2.30, $2,000 @ $2.25, $2,000 @ $2.20, $4,000 @ $2.15, $4,500 @ $2.10, $5,000 @ $2
RACE FIVE
Enticing Star let favourite backers down in the TAB Golden Pendant (1400 metres).
The mare was very popular at the $2.50 and was five times as popular as anything else after commanding nearly 60 percent of the money.
After settling near the rear and being pulled out to make her run, the Chris Waller mare failed to pick up and never gave her backers a sight.
It was left to Mizzy ($6) to lead throughout for Tommy Berry and the in-form Anthony Cummings.
Champagne Cuddles ($4.40-$5-$4.40) was the subject of a few moves after opening at $5 during the week. She ran on to finish second just in front of Dyslexic ($7) which was popular with eachway backers.
BETS: Mizzy $1,000 @ $5.50, $1,000 @ $5.50
BETS: Enticing Star $5,000 @ $2.50, $4,000 @ $2.40, $2,000 @ $2.40
RACE SIX
Stampede landed some nice bets in the JRA Colin Stephen Quality (2400 metres).
Taken straight to the front by Adam Hyeronimus, Stampede ($4.40-$4.60) gave nothing else a chance as it raced clear to safely hold Master Or Arts ($14-$7) which halved its quote from the morning.
Maurus ($31) wound up in front of the favourite Dabiyr ($2.10-$2.70) which performed up to market expectations after drifting throughout the afternoon.
While Dabiyr was disappointing the same could be said for second elect Gayatri ($3.60) which carried heavily investment too.
BETS: Stampede $1,000 @ $4.60
BETS: Dabiyr $9,000 @ $2.70, $2,500 @ $2.70
BETS: Gayatri $3,700 @ $3.60, $2,000 @ $3.60, $1,000 @ $3.60
RACE SEVEN
The most popular horse in the De Bortoli Wines Golden Rose (1400 metres) proved to be the punters pal in the Group One.
Bivouac was the most popular horse ever since Final Field betting commenced earlier in the week. He was $3.20 at that point.
Holding more than double the amount of money than any other runner, Bivouac commanded 40 percent of the total investment.
Doing all the work outside the leader, Bivouac hit the front midway down the straight but Hugh Bowman had to throw everything at him to hold off the well-tried Yes Yes Yes ($5.50-$4.40).
Exceedance ($4-$4.60) was a late closing third.
Of the others, Castelvecchio attracted good eachway support after hovering around the $9.50-$10 mark for most of the day.
BETS: Bivouac $4,700 @ $2.60, $4,000 @ $2.60, $3,850 @ $2.60, $4,000 @ $2.50 TWICE, $3,500 @ $2.50
BETS: Yes Yes Yes $5,000 @ $4.40, $2,000 @ $4.40
BETS: Exceedance $5,000 @ $4
RACE EIGHT
Shadow Hero landed several big bets in racing away with the Antler Gloaming Stakes (1800 metres).
The Mark Newnham runner was the best tried in the Group 3 and after opening at $3.50 this morning, got in to as low as $2.90 just minutes before the start of the race.
Put back in the second half of the field by Josh Parr, Shadow Hero ($3.20 eq fav) was pulled four or five horses wide and into the clear on the turn and sprinted sharply to race clear.
Subedar ($6.50-$9) got out midway down the straight and found the line nicely for second in front of Quick Thinker ($3.90-$4.20).
Shadow Hero was easily the best supported runner and held 35 percent of the total investment. Next most popular was Quick Thinker ahead of Just Thinkin ($3.20 eq fav) and Subedar.
BETS: Shadow Hero $3,000 @ $3.20 TWICE, $2,000 @ $3.20, $2,500 @ $3
RACE NINE
Ranier was a losing result for TAB after going around at eachway odds in the Sydney’s West Handicap (1400 metres).
The James Cummings-trained runner was pretty solid at around the $6.50 for most of the day and aided by a beaut ride by James McDonald, finished too strong for his rivals at the finish.
Mushaireb ($19), which had specking at the big price, rattled home for second in front of the leader You Make Me Smile ($11).
Amangiri, the very popular $3.90 second pick, wound up fourth and held twice as much money as the winner.
Of the others, there was a sensational late betting move for Irukandji which went $5-$3.80 fav in the final minutes before the jump.
BETS: Ranier $2,500 @ $7
BETS: Amangiri $2,000 @ $3.80, $1,000 @ $3.70, $5,500 @ $3.50, $2,500 @ $3.70, $2,000 @ $3.70
BETS: Irukandji $5,000 @ $5, $4,000 @ $3.80
