EXPERT RACING TIPS: EAGLE FARM
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EAGLE FARM PREVIEW AND TIPS | EXPERT TIPS | SATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH 2025
RAIL: True TRACK: Good 4
4. Lady Of Five
3. Dream Roca
2. Rarotonga
1. Courthezon
Betting Strategy
I wanted to find Lady Of Five here after some impressive trials but at the price is too risky being a 2yo first starter so I am happy to stay out.
4. Ouroboros
9. Alectrona
11. Ellibaby
12. Ivy Dexstress
Betting Strategy
LAY: 9. Alectrona (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $5.00)
Racing well but she continues to find one better, I thought she had her chance last start and I would prefer to see her at 1400m and not stepping back to 1200m.
12. Arabian Rose
11. Cinque Terre
5. Chamierro
2. The Catch
Betting Strategy
BACK: 11. Arabian Rose (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $3.30)
Deserves a go at this level after two impressive wins on the home track. Although first time to this distance nothing suggests she won’t handle it.
1. Ha’penny Hatch
4. Sweet Pretender
7. Queen Jeddah
2. Voodoo Lass
Betting Strategy
LAY: 2. Voodoo Lass (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $6.00)
Has won last two but the overall figures produced from these wins are just average and she has gone around at much bigger starting prices than this in the past.
3. Forgotten Spirit
5. Bourbon Country
2. Manpower
1. Certified Copy
Betting Strategy
I do not have a strong opinion of these lightly raced 3yo’s so I am happy to stay out.
8. Lady Lucifer
4. Aldofito
2. Viminele
1. Winston Smurfhill
Betting Strategy
BACK: 8. Lady Lucifer (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $2.00)
Last two wins have been strong from the front, and I think this sets up similar to last start, so I think she can win again.
13. Victory Flame
3. Valimi
2. Galano
5. Uncommon Valour
Betting Strategy
BACK: 13. Victory Flame (WIN) for 3 units (Rated at $2.60)
Produced a big last start figure over this track and trip carrying 60kg against an inform mare. Dropping to just 53kg here with the in-form Ben Thompson taking the ride, he will be hard to beat.
6. Walsh Bay
10. So You Are
3. Encoder
2. Our Anchorage
Betting Strategy
I wanted to find Walsh Bay after an impressive prep however is this an afterthought after a grand final win in the Toowoomba Cup?
4. About To Explode
10. Fukubana
8. Xpresso
16. Street Chase
Betting Strategy
Fukubana the best horse in this race but being first up I would prefer to watch and back him later in the prep.
6. Tavs
11. Battlefield
3. Exotique Miss
12. Warby
Betting Strategy
BACK: 6. Tavs (WIN) for 2 units (Rated at $2.20)
After an easy win first up in a good Weetwood field, he should only be fitter here and is 3/3 at the track and trip.
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.
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