Verry Elleegant is favourite for the Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton Stakes
The Chipping Norton Stakes is held over the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and is a weight for age race over 1600m. The Chipping Norton is held at Randwick racecourse and signals the real start of the Sydney Racing Tips Carnival. It carries prize money of $600,000 and will ensure a cracking field to compete. It will be the major feature race of Expert Sydney Racing Tips analyst Blazzing Ben Perkins.
The Chipping Norton Stakes is a key lead in race to the famous Doncaster Handicap Mile. In turn the Apollo Stakes is the key lead in to the Chipping Norton and in recent times 8 winners of the Apollo have won the Chipping.
Winx is the highest profile winner of the Chipping Norton. The mighty mare won the race 4 years in a row 2016-2019 and won the Apollo/Chipping double 3 times in this period.
The Chipping Norton has had 7 of the last 8 races won by favs so the race is heavily weighted in this way. Te Akau Shark won the 2020 race is smart manner but unfortunately will not be able to defend the title.
Chipping Norton Betting Odds
Pre race betting is dominated by three horses, the brilliant mare Verry Elleegant, Colette and the well performed Kolding and then daylight to the next chance.
$2.40 Verry Elleegant
$3.50 Colette
$4.60 Kolding
$12.00 Funstar, Master of Wine
$16.00 Avilius
$31.00+ all other runners
Sydney Racing Tips Surround Stakes
The Surround Stakes is the other feature Group 1 race on the Chipping Norton Stakes race meet. This race is for 3 year old fillies over 1400m with prize money of $500,000. Fillies that perform well here may look to go to the Coolmore Classic for the older horses or may be set for the 3 year old fillies classic, the Oaks.
Surround Stakes Betting Odds
$4.50 Dame Giselle
$6.00 La Mexicana
$7.00 Away Game, Hungry Heart
$8.00 Montefilia
$13.00+ all other runners
