EXPERT RACING TIPS: EAGLE FARM
EAGLE FARM PREVIEW AND TIPS | EXPERT TIPS | SATURDAY DECEMBER 7TH 2024
RAIL: True | TRACK: Heavy 8
Best Bets
Linton Chataway
BACK: 3. Cigar Flick (WIN) for 4 units (Rated at $1.90)
Produced the fastest closing sectionals of the meeting in a much stronger race last start. Has excellent form on heavy tracks and if she regresses slightly on the last start performance can still win this.
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Linton Chataway
LAY: 5. I Am Artie (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $4.00)
I am against the set up here going from 1200 to 1500m and I thought last time he ran at 1350m he was looking to get back to a sprint trip. Last time he ran at a mile he was well beaten and I think he may find one better here.
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3. Cigar Flick
1. Danny’s St Darci
2. Hell Hath No Fury
4. Mahbaby
Betting Strategy
BACK: 3. Cigar Flick (WIN) for 4 units (Rated at $1.90)
Produced the fastest closing sectionals of the meeting in a much stronger race last start. Has excellent form on heavy tracks and if she regresses slightly on the last start performance can still win this.
3. Inver Park
4. Bettcha The Crown
5. I Am Artie
7. Sweet Mercy
Betting Strategy
LAY: 5. I Am Artie (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $4.00)
I am against the set up here going from 1200 to 1500m and I thought last time he ran at 1350m he was looking to get back to a sprint trip. Last time he ran at a mile he was well beaten and I think he may find one better here.
2. Transatlantic
9. Blazing Harry
15. Mister Bianco
3. Redford
Betting Strategy
BACK: 2. Transatlantic (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $2.70)
Impressive last start and reaching peak fitness now can win again from the low draw.
11. Shalaa’s Moment
2. Zarastro
1. Rothfire
13. Steady Ready
Betting Strategy
No interest in race.
2. Give Me Space
7. I’m Heroic
9. Blitzum
4. Superhero
Betting Strategy
BACK: 2. Give Me Space (WIN) for 2 units (Rated at $2.00)
Potentially did not handle the track last start and respecting the stable’s decision to back the horse up quickly here however will need an improving track. If track conditions not suitable expect horse to scratch and saved for another week.
1. Intuitu
2. Bedford Square
3. Mr Tadashi
4. The Irish
Betting Strategy
No interest in this race.
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.
