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 UPDATE
Swift Witness $101-$51
Swift Witness $11-$9
Mo’unga $11-$9 (after winning Winx Stakes @ Randwick)
Verry Elleegant $2.80-$3
Mo’unga $26-$17 (after winning Winx Stakes @ Randwick)
Zouzarella $17-$13 (after winning r1 @ Moonee Valley)
Private Eye $15-$11 (after winning Show County @ Randwick)
Mo’unga $8-$6 (after winning Winx Stakes @ Randwick)
Private Eye $15-$11 (after winning Show County @ Randwick)
Mo’unga $8-$6 (after winning Winx Stakes @ Randwick)
Fituese $51-$34 (after winning Toy Show @ Randwick)
RANDWICK
RACE THREE
Tampering landed a nice move when leading throughout to take win the Midway Handicap (1600 metres).
Opening the day at $7, the Kerry Parker-trained gelding jumped $5.50 after some solid specking which began early morning. TAB had initially gone up $9.50 on Wednesday.
Arctic Thunder ($4.20-$5) got the wobbles late but was easily the most popular, holding twice as much as Majella ($7.50).
BETS: Tampering $1,000 @ $6.50
BETS: Arctic Thunder $1,000 @ $4.60 TWICE
RACE FOUR
Favourite backers were sent packing after Loveplanet was nailed in the shadows of the post by Always Sure (1600 metres).
The Chris Waller runner was sensationally backed, especially late, and firmed from $2.40-$2.25 on the day. Overall, the gelding held 58 percent of the total investment and was more than five times as popular as anything else.
Always Sure, a $26 chance on Wednesday when markets first opened, was $12-$14 on the day but had nibbles at the eachway odds.
BETS: Always Sure $1,000 e/w @ $10/$2.80
BETS: Loveplanet $8,000 @ $2.25, $2,500 @ $2.25
RACE FIVE
N/A
RACE SIX
Swift Witness was pretty solid in betting but didn’t attract a great deal of attention heading into the Darley Silver Shadow Stakes (1200 metres).
Hovering around the $7-$7.50 mark for most of the day, Swift Witness held less than 10 percent of what was riding on Four Moves Ahead ($2-$2.50).
John Sargent’s favourite was responsible for roughly half the total investment on the race while Jamaea ($7.50-$7) was easily the best tried of the others, however, she held just under third of the money that was on the fav.
Of the rest, Mallory ($10-$8) was a late firm.
BETS: Swift Witness $1,000 @ $7.50
BETS: Four Moves Ahead $15,000 @ $2.50, $1,500 @ $2.50
BETS: Mallory $5,000 @ $8
RACE SEVEN
Private Eye defied the betting drift to finish best in the Mostyn Copper Show County Quality (1200 metres).
The Joe Pride gelding was $5.50 in the morning and despite attracting some good money, blew to $9 at the jump.
Going around as the third most popular runner, Private Eye beat Embracer ($8) which held good eachway money with Icebath ($15) rounding out the trifecta.
Spintex ($4.40-$3.60) was the most popular outside of Chat.
BETS: Private Eye $1,000 @ $9
BETS: Splintex $2,000 @ $3.80 MULTIPLE TIMES
RACE EIGHT
Mo’unga attracted some light specking late in the Winx Stakes (1400 metres).
Annabel Neasham’s four-year-old opened the day at $9 and reached a peak of $12 before jumping an $11 chance.
Verry Elleegant ($3-$4.40-$4.20) was a significant drifter on the day despite attracting big money. She was responsible for 41 percent of the total investment in the Group One.
Think It Over ($7.50-$6.50-$8.50-$7.50) was popular all day and Kolding ($6) were the only two horses outside of Verry Elleegant to attract six figures with TAB Fixed Odds.
BETS: Mo’unga $1,500 @ $10
BETS: Think It Over $2,000 e/w @ $7.50/$2.40, $1,000 e/w @ $7/$2.50, $5,000 e/w @ $6.50/$2.40
BETS: Verry Elleegant $8,000 @ $4.20
RACE NINE
Fituese was one at eachway odds that was constant specked throughout the day heading into the Bowermans Commercial Furniture Toy Show (1100 metre).
Opening the day at $10, it peaked at $12 before jumping at $11 but was one of several mares to carry strong eachway support.
Written Beauty ($4.60-$5.50-$4.80) held 24 percent of the total investment and was one of just two horses to hold six figures with Tailleur ($4.20-$5.50) being the other.
BETS: Fituese $2,000 @ $11, $1,000 @ $11
BETS: Written Beauty $4,000 @ $5
RACE TEN
Atishu was the first horse backed earlier in the week for the Darwin Turf Club Handicap (1400 metres).
TAB went up $11 about the Chris Waller import and immediately it was crunched into $6.50. Today, $4.80 was available in the morning before $5.50 was being offered just before jump time.
Atishu went around as the second most popular galloper in terms of money held with Bigboyroy ($3.80-$4.80) holding slightly more.
Love Tap ($7.50-$10-$7) was a decent firm late.
BETS: Atishu $1,500 @ $5, $1,100 @ $5, $1,000 @ $5
BETS: Poetic Charmer $1,000 @ $16, $3,000 @ $15
BETS: Bigboyroy $2,500 @ $4.40, $1,000 @ $4.20
BETS: Love Tap $3,500 @ $8.50
MOONEE VALLEY
RACE THREE
Corner Pocket defied a slight drift in betting to lead throughout in the Stuart Murray Handicap (1200 metres).
Going $2.30-$2.90 on the day, Corner Pocket still held nearly twice as much money as anything else in the race and was responsible for 44 percent of the total investment.
Ocular ($5-$3.40) was the big mover in the race and wound up second while Front Page ($3.30-$4.40) was soft.
BETS: Corner Pocket $2,000 @ $2.90, $1,500 @ $2.90, $1,000 @ $2.90 MULTIPLE TIMES
BETS: Ocular $2,000 @ $3.40
RACE FIVE
Favourite backers had very little cause for concern in the fifth event on the card.
Smokin’ Romans went around as a dominant $2.40 favourite and was responsible for more than 50 percent of the money in the race.
The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained runner was nearly four times as popular as anything else in the race. Reflect The Stars ($7.50-$7) held the most outside the favourite while Crimson Ace ($14-$5.50) was a notable firmer.
BETS: Smokin Romans $7,000 @ $2.30
RACE SIX
The rank outsider of the field in the McMahon’s Dairy McKenzie Stakes (1200 metres) caused the upset.
He’s Xceptional ($34) attracted little interest from TAB punters as most of the money was riding on Hilal ($2.30).
The Team Hawkes runner was the only one to hold six figures with TAB Fixed Odds. He held 44 percent of the total investment.
Beldivian ($12-$6) halved its quote from the morning, continuing a trend which began on Wednesday when TAB went up $17.
BETS: Hilal $2,000 @ $2.50, $5,000 @ $2.40
RACE SEVEN
Pancho landed some nice bets when taking out a brutal Ranvet Handicap (2040 metres).
Chris Waller’s rep was $6.50-$4.20 on the day and attracted good money, however, Grande Promenade ($3.90-$3.50) was the only one to hold more than the winner.
Grande Promenade was just over twice as popular as Pancho and was responsible for 35 percent of the money.
BETS: Pancho $3,500 @ $4
BETS: Starcaster $2,000 @ $10, $1,000 @ $10
BETS: High Emocean $1,000 @ $4.60, $1,000 @ $4.40
RACE EIGHT
Ballistic Lover was too strong for her rivals in the Long Fine Hospitality Supplies Carlyon Stakes (1000 metres).
The Joe Pride mare was $4 this morning and peaked at $5.50, the drift attributed to the heavy support for Miss Albania which was held three times more money than the winner.
Jumping at $4.80, Ballistic Lover landed some solid investments in front of Esta La Roca ($11-$10-$14).
Miss Albania ($4-$2.60) was crunched into outright favouritism and held 48 percent of the total investment on the race.
The market was spot on with Ancestry which opened the day $3.20 favourite but blew out to $5.
BETS: Ballistic Lover $2,500 @ $4.80, $1,000 @ $4.80 MULTIPLE TIMES, $1,000 @ $4.20
BETS: Ancestry $2,000 @ $5, $1,000 @ $5 MULTIPLE TIMES
BETS: Miss Albania $2,000 @ $3.10, $2,500 @ $2.50
