Expert tips, betting strategies for Randwick, Flemington Group 1s on Saturday
Saddle up punters, Group 1 racing at Randwick and Flemington headlines a bumper weekend of spring carnival racing ahead and here are the tips from the teams at Racenet and Punters.
Saddle up punters, Group 1 racing at Randwick and Flemington headlines a bumper weekend of spring carnival racing ahead and here are the tips from the teams at Racenet and Punters.
Below are the top three selections for each expert (listed in alphabetical order) plus their suggested bet type.
The races covered in this edition are the Epsom Handicap, The Metropolitan and Flight Stakes at Randwick and the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.
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• Clinton Payne’s Metropolitan tips, runner-by-runner form assessement
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ADAM SHERRY
Epsom Handicap
1st – Kovalica (No. 4)
2nd – Kintyre (No. 18)
3rd – Ceolwulf (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Kovalica (win)
Metropolitan
1st – First Light (No. 15)
2nd – Que Tempesta (No. 4)
3rd – Land Legend (No. 14)
Suggested bet: First Light (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Lazzura (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Via Sistina (No. 4)
2nd – Buckaroo (No. 3)
3rd – Warmonger (No. 5)
Suggested bet: Via Sistina (to win)
Via Sistina wins the Winx Stakes! She's in for a MASSIVE Spring 🔥 @KPMcEvoy@cwallerracingpic.twitter.com/WNpMfXcEAj
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) August 24, 2024
• James Molony’s Randwick tips, analysis for Saturday
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ADAM DOBBIN
Epsom Handicap
1st – Major Beel (No. 12)
2nd – Kovalica (No. 4)
3rd – Nugget (No. 8)
Suggested bet: Major Beel (each way)
Metropolitan
1st – Future History (No. 11)
2nd – Land Legend (No. 14)
3rd – Zardozi (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Future History (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Lazzura (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Via Sistina (No. 4)
2nd – Young Werther (No. 10)
3rd – Buckaroo (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Via Sistina (win)
2023 ATC Derby winner Major Beel gets the cash in an epic finish at Randwick!@clarkyhk@GaiWaterhouse1pic.twitter.com/k4q7ELYDlL
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 7, 2024
• Clinton Payne’s Epsom Handicap tips, runner-by-runner form assessment
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ALEX DONNELLY
Epsom Handicap
1st – Royal Patronage (No. 2)
2nd – Democracy Manifest (No. 6)
3rd – Kovalica (No. 15)
Suggested bet: Royal Patronage (win)
Metropolitan
1st – Future History (No. 11)
2nd – Zardozi (No. 10)
3rd – Serpentine (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Future History (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Lazzura (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Via Sistina (No. 4)
2nd – Atishu (No. 7)
3rd – Buckaroo (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Via Sistina (win)
That's one way to make your Australian debut ðŸ‘
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 7, 2024
The American Royal Patronage wins the G2 Tramway at Randwick first up, and it's a double to the @clarkyhk - @GaiWaterhouse1 combo! pic.twitter.com/cXujWJ0rlj
• Gai’s chases eighth wonder in 2024 Epsom
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BEN DORRIES
Epsom Handicap
1st – Democracy Manifest (No. 6)
2nd – Ceolwulf (No. 7)
3rd – Kintyre (No. 18)
Suggested bet: Democracy Manifest (each-way)
Metropolitan
1st – Future History (No. 11)
2nd – Serpentine (No. 3)
3rd – Land Legend (No. 14)
Suggested bet: Future History (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Harlem Queen (No. 7)
3rd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
Suggested bet: Harlem Queen (place)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Eliyass (No. 6)
2nd – Via Sistina (No. 4)
3rd – Warmonger (No. 5)
Suggested bet: Eliyass (win)
Yasss!
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 21, 2024
A great finish to the G3 Kingston Town Stakes, with Eliyass adding another win to his impressive record! Bring on the Metrop!@clarkyhk | @GaiWaterhouse1pic.twitter.com/NGW067HC04
• Autumn blow: Star filly injured, out of Flight Stakes
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BRAD WATERS
Epsom Handicap
1st – Major Beel (No. 12)
2nd – Loch Eagle (No. 11)
3rd – Royal Patronage (No. 2)
Suggested bet: Major Beel (each-way)
Metropolitan
1st – Que Tempesta (No. 4)
2nd – Future History (No. 11)
3rd – Zardozi (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Que Tempesta (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Lazzura (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Young Werther (No. 10)
2nd – Buckaroo (No. 3)
3rd – Place Du Carrousel (No. 12)
Suggested bet: Young Werther (each-way)
What a finish in the MRC Foundation Cup!
— 7HorseRacing 🎠(@7horseracing) September 21, 2024
Positivity books her ticket into the Caulfield Cup! ðŸ†@ForsmanAndrew@HTCoffeypic.twitter.com/YnpRPsdhCV
• Portelli eyeing Epsom upset with underrated Kintyre
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CHRIS VERNUCCIO
Epsom Handicap
1st – Royal Patronage (No. 2)
2nd – Ceolwulf (No. 7)
3rd – Kovalica (No. 4)
Suggested bet: Royal Patronage (each-way)
Metropolitan
1st – Unusual Legacy (No. 21)
2nd – Etna Rosso (No. 13)
3ed – Que Tempesta (No. 4)
Suggested bet: Unusual Legacy (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Lazzura (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Buckaroo (No. 3)
2nd – Via Sistina (No. 4)
3rd – Warmonger (No. 5)
Suggested bet: Buckaroo (each-way)
Firestorm! 🔥 That's back-to-back wins since resuming. She holds out stablemate Unusual Legacy and gives @cwallerracing a quinella. Another top ride @mcacajamez. pic.twitter.com/r7KwlH4PlZ
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 28, 2024
• Winx’s ‘little sister’ bypasses Group 1
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CLINTON PAYNE
Epsom Handicap
1st – Kovalica (No. 4)
2nd – Democracy Manifest (No. 6)
3rd – Arctic Glamour (No. 15)
Suggested bet: Kovalica (win)
The Metropolitan
1st – Land Legend (No. 14)
2nd – Unusual Legacy (No. 21)
3rd – Etna Rosso (No. 13)
Suggested bet: Land Legend (win)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Powers Of Opal (No. 9)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Eliyass (No. 6)
2nd – Via Sistina (No. 4)
3rd – Atishu (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Eliyass (win)
"Land Legend will land good bets to win the St Leger Stakes!"@G1TySchil and the young UK import burn the clock in the opener on #TABEverest Day. 🔥â±ï¸ pic.twitter.com/Nch0ML7NJ0
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) October 14, 2023
• Future looking bright for Wadick
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DANIEL SANKEY
Epsom Handicap
1st – Firestorm (No. 19)
2nd – Royal Patronage (No. 2)
3rd – Ceolwulf (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Firestorm (each-way)
Metropolitan
1st – Que Tempesta (No. 4)
2nd – Zardozi (No. 10)
3rd – Future History (No. 11)
Suggested bet: Que Tempesta (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Powers Of Opal (No. 9)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Via Sistina (No. 4)
2nd – Atishu (No. 7)
3rd – Eliyass (No. 6)
Suggested bet: Via Sistina (win)
🂠Autumn Glow proves she’s the real deal and wins the G2 Tea Rose Stakes at just her third start and remains unbeaten!@cwallerracing | @mcacajamezpic.twitter.com/wfzgZHg4MD
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 21, 2024
• Rain only concern for Moody filly at Flemington
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GILBERT GARDNER
Epsom Handicap
1st – Detonator Jack (No. 3)
2nd – Nugget (No. 8)
3rd – Royal Patronage (No. 2)
Suggested bet: Detonator Jack (each-way)
Metropolitan
1st – Que Tempesta (No. 4)
2nd – Unusual Legacy (No. 21)
3rd – Future History (No. 11)
Suggested bet: Que Tempesta (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st - Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
2nd - Harlem Queen (No. 7)
3rd - Lazzura (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Lady Shenandoah (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Via Sistina (No. 4)
2nd – Duke De Sessa (No. 14)
|3rd – Young Werther (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Via Sistina (win)
And that's why we are fans! Fangirl wins brilliantly at Randwick for @mcacajamez and @cwallerracing! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/TUcrjMnNF8
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 21, 2024
• Sargent buoyed by Sea’s Group 1 potential
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JETT HATTON
Epsom Handicap
1st – Major Beel (No. 12)
2nd – Tom Kitten (No. 9)
3rd – Kovalica (No. 4)
Suggested bet: Major Beel (win)
The Metropolitan
1st – First Light (No. 15)
2nd – Future History (No. 11)
3rd – Trust In You (No. 8)
Suggested bet: First Light (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Powers Of Opal (No. 9)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Via Sistina (No. 4)
2nd – Atishu (No. 7)
3rd – Eliyass (No. 6)
Suggested bet: Via Sistina (win)
First Light goes $7.50 in to $4.80 with @tabcomau and bursts clear to win the G3 Colin Stephen Quality ðŸ‡ðŸ’¨@cwallerracing@TommyBerry21pic.twitter.com/6lid4FM6AT
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 28, 2024
• ‘Hit the line with alarm bells’: Jennings plots Turnbull upset
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LUKE SHEEHAN
Epsom Handicap
1st – My Oberon (No. 1)
2nd – McHale (No. 16)
3rd – Detonator Jack (No. 3)
Suggested bet: My Oberon (each-way)
The Metropolitan
1st – Zardozi (No. 10)
2nd – Que Tempesta (No. 4)
3rd – Unusual Legacy (No. 21)
Suggested bet: Zardozi (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Lazzura (No. 3)
2nd – Powers Of Opal (No. 9)
3rd – Snow In May (No. 2)
Suggested bet: Lazzura (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Atishu (No. 7)
2nd – Sharp ‘N’ Smart (No. 9)
3rd – Buckaroo (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Atishu (each-way)
Heaven sent! 🪽🪽
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 13, 2024
Autumn Angel wins the G1Â Australian Oaks for @moodyracingpgm and @kscoleman!@aus_turf_clubpic.twitter.com/mmCISR0bgt
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MITCH COHEN
Epsom Handicap
1st – Ceolwulf (No. 7)
2nd – Kovalica (No. 4)
3rd – Royal Patronage (No. 2)
Suggested bet: Ceolwulf
Metropolitan
1st – Unusual Legacy (No. 21)
2nd – Etna Rosso (No. 13)
3rd – Future History (No. 11)
Suggested bet: Unusual Legacy (win)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Powers Of Opal (No. 9)
3rd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
Suggested bet: Power Of Opal (place)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Via Sistina (No. 4)
2nd – Eliyass (No. 6)
3rd – Buckaroo (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Via Sistina (win)
Ceolwulf lets down powerfully under a smart @mcacajamez ride to win second-up for @PrideRacing 👊 pic.twitter.com/Iv1oOrVFjP
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) August 31, 2024
• Randwick Turf Talk for Saturday: Mitch’s moral ‘just wins’
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RAY THOMAS
Epsom Handicap
1st – Royal Patronage (No. 2)
2nd – Kintyre (No. 18)
3rd – Ceolwulf (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Kintyre (each-way)
Metropolitan
1st – Unusual Legacy (No. 21)
2nd – Zardozi (No. 10)
3rd – Future History (No. 11)
Suggested bet: Unusual Legacy (win)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Powers Of Opal (No. 9)
3rd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Via Sistina (No. 4)
2nd – Eliyass (No. 6)
3rd – Huetor (No. 8)
Suggested bet: Via Sistina (win)
A total thriller in the G3 Bill Ritchie Handicap, with the outsider Mchale victorious by the narrowest of margins for @RachelK11 and @cwallerracing! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/7jlz2ZWOVt
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 21, 2024
• Rosehill sale hinges on alternative site: Murphy
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SHAYNE O’CASS
Epsom Handicap
1st – Tom Kitten (No. 9)
2nd – Molly Bloom (No. 14)
3rd – Detonator Jack (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Tom Kitten (win)
Metropolitan
1st – Que Tempesta (No. 4)
2nd – Immediacy (No. 19)
3rd – Manzoice (No. 16)
Suggested bet: Que Tempesta (each-way)
Flight Stakes
1st – Miss Busslinger (No. 6)
2nd – Snow In May (No. 2)
3rd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
Suggested bet: Miss Busslinger (each-way)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Francesco Guardi (No. 11)
2nd – Huetor (No. 8)
3rd – Buckaroo (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Francesco Guardi (each-way)
The kitten roars! ðŸ±
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) August 17, 2024
Spring Champion Stakes winner Tom Kitten is back in the winner's circle at Rosehill, as spring beckons!@mcacajamez@JamesCummings88@godolphinpic.twitter.com/WUWN1xzazO
• Jett Hatton’s Turnbull Stakes tips, runner-by-runner form assessment
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TRENTON AKERS
Epsom Handicap
1st – Nugget (No. 8)
2nd – Arctic Glamour (No. 15)
3rd – Tom Kitten (No. 9)
Suggested bet: Nugget (win)
Metropolitan
1st – Future History (No. 11)
2nd – Berkshire Breeze (No. 17)
3rd – Zardozi (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Future History (win)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Harlem Queen (No. 7)
3rd – Lazzura (No. 4)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Via Sistina (No. 4)
2nd – Eliyass (No. 6)
3rd – Buckaroo (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Via Sistina (win)
That win is the stuff of legend!
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 6, 2024
Look at Celestial Legend jump out of the ground to take the G1 Doncaster Mile for Les Bridge and @G1TySchil !@aus_turf_clubpic.twitter.com/r3eRQyYXU2
• Shayne O’Cass’s Randwick tips, race-by-race analysis
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TYLER MAUND
Epsom Handicap
1st – Kovalica (No. 4)
2nd – Royal Patronage (No. 2)
3rd – Nugget (No. 8)
Suggested bet: Kovalica (win)
Metropolitan
1st – Unusual Legacy (No. 21)
2nd – Future History (No. 11)
3rd – Que Tempesta (No. 4)
Suggested bet: Unusual Legacy (win)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Lazzura (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Buckaroo (No. 3)
2nd – Eliyass (No. 6)
3rd – Warmonger (No. 5)
Suggested bet: Buckaroo (win)
BUCKAROO STORMS AWAY IN THE UNDERWOOD! 🤯
— 7HorseRacing 🎠(@7horseracing) September 21, 2024
IT'S THE MAGIC MAN, JOAO MOREIRA! 🪄@cwallerracing@cavaleiro83pic.twitter.com/h3jM7LBHDa
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XAVIER PEGUM
Epsom Handicap
1st – Royal Patronage (No. 2)
2nd – Kovalica (No. 4)
3rd – Chrysaor (No. 13)
Suggested Bet: Royal Patronage (win)
Metropolitan
1st – Future History (No. 11)
2nd – Que Tempesta (No. 4)
3rd – Unusual Legacy (No. 21)
Suggested Bet: Future History (win)
Flight Stakes
1st – Snow In May (No. 2)
2nd – Lady Shenandoah (No. 4)
3rd – Lazzura (No. 3)
Suggested Bet: Snow In May (win)
Turnbull Stakes
1st – Buckaroo (No. 3)
2nd – Via Sistina (No. 4)
3rd – Huetor (No. 8)
Suggested Bet: Buckaroo (win)
Future History books his ticket into the Melbourne Cup! 🎟ï¸@cmaherracing@CWilliamsJockeypic.twitter.com/iuNaLJ3lbO
— 7HorseRacing 🎠(@7horseracing) October 7, 2023
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