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Sydney Racing The Championships day 2

The Championships Day 2

Sydney Racing The Championships Day 2

Sydney Racing Tips this Saturday continues with the second day of The Championships at Randwick racecourse. The feature race of Sydney Racing will be the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes over 2400m and this will be the focus race of our Expert Sydney Racing Tips analyst Blaazing Ben Perkins There are a number of other key Group 1 races to focus on for our Saturday Sydney Racing Tips as part of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.  These include the 3200m Sydney Cup, Australian Oaks and the Coolmore Legacy.

Sydney Racing Tips – Queen Elizabeth Stakes

This race has developed into one of the great weight for age races during the Sydney Racing Tips Autumn Carnival. It is a race over 2000m worth a $4 million in prize money held at Randwick racecourse. It is the Sydney Racing Tips Autumn Carnival answer to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival Cox Plate. The race began in 1851 it was known as “The Queens Plate” however after the visit of Queen Elizabeth in 1954 it was renamed the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Winx and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes

The mighty mare Winx did what not many horses have done before in winning a trifecta of Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2017-2019. This has only ever been done by the great Carbine (1889, 1890, 1891), Trafalgar (1909,1910, 1912) David (1921, 1922,1923) and the great Tulloch (1958,1960,1961).

Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Betting market

The super match up between Verry Elleegant and Addeybb continues here and they are both 3-1 equal favs. Sir Dragonet is 8-1, Mugatoo 9-1 and it is 15-1 the rest of the field.

Sydney Racing Tips – Australian Oaks

The Australian Oaks is a $1 million Group 1 race for 3 year old fillies over the 2400m at Randwick racecourse It is the number one staying race for 3 year old fillies during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

There are two key lead up races to the Oaks and they are the Vinery Stud Stakes run 2 weeks before at Rosehill and the Adrian Knox over 2000m run the week before the Oaks on Doncaster Day. In the last 30 years there have only been 4 horses to win the Oaks who didn’t race in Sydney the start before the Oaks. In 2019 the winner was Verry Elleegant in a brilliant and the 2020 winner was Collette.

Sydney Racing – Coolmore Legacy Stakes

This race formerly known as The Queen Of The Turf Stakes was run at Rosehill over 1500m until 2014 when it was moved to The Championships. The Group 1 $1 milljon Coolmore Legacy Stakes is now run over 1600m at Randwick. The two key lead in races for the mares are The Emancipation (1500m) and also The Coolmore Classic (1500m). Probabeel has been installed as the $3.50 fav for the 2021 Coolmore Legacy.

Sydney Racing Tips – Sydney Cup

The Sydney Cup is held over 3200m and is the premier staying event of the Sydney Racing Tips Autumn Carnival. There is no doubt that the Melbourne Cup is the 3200m race that captures the imagination of the nation. In real terms there is a massive drop in class to the other 3200m races like the Sydney Cup. It is a race that is generally won by the “true” stayer a grinding one paced sort of horse. The Melbourne Cup however, these days is a sit sprint affair for the horse with a turn of foot.

The key lead up race and form guide to the Sydney Cup is run the week before the Cup and it’s the Group 2 race over 2600m The Chairmans Handicap. It gives a very good guide to the chances in the Sydney Cup.