EXPERT RACING TIPS: EAGLE FARM
Best Bets
Linton Chataway
BACK: 9. Vivika (WIN) for 3 units (Rated at $3.30)
Vivika has form around Sunrays and if she was in this would be a very short priced fave. The win first up was comfortable suggesting she should have no issues up to 1200m.
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Linton Chataway
LAY: 10. Big Boy George (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $4.00)
He was a little weak at the end of the race last start and staying at the same distance concerns me. I think there is enough quality elsewhere in this race to get him beat.
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EAGLE FARM PREVIEW AND TIPS | EXPERT TIPS | SATURDAY AUGUST 2ND 2025
RAIL: +3m Entire TRACK: Good 4
3. Just Flying
1. Galifianakis
4. Northern Decree
5. Habeebah
Betting Strategy
With luck in running any of the top 4 in betting could win this.
2. Give Giggles
9. Ocean Zar
10. Sicilian
4. Lady Wardell
Betting Strategy
The Gollan pair look hardest to beat however are short enough in the market.
8. Vindicta
7. Dont Call me Honey
6. Alectrona
4. Port Erin
Betting Strategy
BACK: 8. Vindicta (WIN) for 3 units (Rated at $1.90)
Has always shown some promise and his SP profile suggests this. Returned last start with an impressive win and dropping weight in this if he holds that level he will be hard to get past in the straight.
4. Rock Hard Love
3. Merchant Flyer
15. Lupine
11. Larusso
Betting Strategy
Rock Hard Love hard to beat on the quick back up but it is an open race so I am happy to stay out.
1. Tuff Tu Mus
5. Chica Mojito
3. Zaphod
8. Arizona Dreaming
Betting Strategy
BACK: 1. Tuff Tu Mus (WIN) for 2 units (Rated at $2.00)
Just keeps winning and finding another gear when asked. Holds that level just wins again in this.
9. Vivika
4. Spanish Treasure
15. Miss Adrift
5. Alpha Sofie
Betting Strategy
BACK: 9. Vivika (WIN) for 3 units (Rated at $3.30)
Vivika has form around Sunrays and if she was in this would be a very short priced fave. The win first up was comfortable suggesting she should have no issues up to 1200m.
7. Cho Oyu
10. Big Boy George
15. Merchant Lady
10. Big Boy George
Betting Strategy
LAY: 10. Big Boy George (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $4.00)
He was a little weak at the end of the race last start and staying at the same distance concerns me. I think there is enough quality elsewhere in this race to get him beat.
2. Metalart
1. Steady Ready
10. Brereton
12. Mr Galazi
Betting Strategy
Metalart hardest to beat but does rise in weight, so I am happy to stay out.
13. Pereille
8. Millane
7. John Rambo
5. Flying Destiny
Betting Strategy
BACK: 13. Pereille (WIN) for 3 units (Rated at $2.10)
Drops in grade from a listed race at Flemington to a class 6 plate at Eagle Farm he looks extremely well placed here to win for the new stable.
EAGLE FARM TIPS
SUMMARY
Like Doomben, which is located on the other side of Nudgee Road, Eagle Farm Racecourse is owned and run by the Brisbane Racing Club (BRC). The Heritage-listed venue has been hosting race meetings since its establishment in 1863. Together with Doomben, Eagle Farm takes centre stage during the Queensland Winter Carnival, which is headlined by the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) each June. Stradbroke season is Queensland’s time to shine, and Betfair’s form analysts bring you the inside track with their Eagle Farm tips throughout the carnival. The 1400m track record at Eagle Farm was established by Toledo, who won the 1998 Stradbroke Handicap in a time of 1:20.2.
KEY EVENTS
The Stradbroke Handicap is Queensland’s most famous race, dating all the way back to 1890.
The race is named after Lord Stradbroke, whose relative Henry John Rous was the founder of racing’s weight-for-age scale. Interstate raiders have dominated the race in recent years, with Tofane (2021), Trekking (2019) and Santa Ana Lane (2018) adding their names to the roll call of Stradbroke champions. As well as the $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap, Eagle Farm hosts four more Group 1s during the winter carnival: the Queensland Derby, Queensland Oaks, J.J. Atkins and the Tatts Tiara. For premium Eagle Farm tips on each meeting, the Betfair Hub is the place to go.
TRACK PROFILE
Due to its sand profile, Eagle Farm is one of the country’s fastest drying racetracks and can comfortably cope with large amounts of rainfall in the lead-up to race meetings. In fine weather the track can be very firm underfoot, with some horses struggling to let down on the surface.
The turf track is 28m wide, with a circumference of 2,027m. The long home straight of 434m gives horses a chance to run down the leaders, so jockeys riding for luck can often be seen charging home from the back of the pack. Whether it’s on-pace runners or late swoopers, Betfair’s tipsters study the form and bring you their Eagle Farm best bets today.
HISTORY
Racing at Eagle Farm was conducted by the Queensland Turf Club from 1863 until 2009, when it merged with the neighbouring Brisbane Turf Club to form the BRC. The Tattersalls Racing Club shares Eagle Farm with the BRC and holds one feature meeting each year in June as part of the winter carnival. The curtain came down on one of the greatest racing careers of all time at Eagle Farm in 1961, when Tulloch – trained by TJ Smith – won both the PJ O’Shea Stakes (now known as The Q22) and the Brisbane Cup. As part of the $1.2 billion development upgrade to the facilities at Eagle Farm and Doomben racecourses, a stabling precinct was constructed in the centre of the course which currently houses up to 600 horses. Eagle Farm trainers include Queensland’s leading trainer, Tony Gollan.
