EXPERT RACING TIPS: EAGLE FARM
EAGLE FARM PREVIEW AND TIPS | EXPERT TIPS | FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH 2024
RAIL: True TRACK: Soft 7
Best Bets
Linton Chataway
BACK: 11. Dream Lantern (WIN) for 3 units (Rated at $3.20)
Produced a big win last start when circling the field and could have won by further if ridden right out. Gets a nice weight drop for this race after bypassing a midweek race in preference for this. Trainer Lindsay Hatch is in great form striking at 20% last 50.
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7. Dream Smart
4. Pope Cody
2. Tessatori
1. Reigning Alpha
Betting Strategy
BACK: 7. Dream Smart (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $2.80)
Went forward last start to break her maiden and it was a strong win. The form from the start prior at the Sunny Coast is strong and from the gate here expect they go forward again.
11. Dream Lantern
5. Pipistrelle
4. Laydownlily
1. Crazy Train
Betting Strategy
BACK: 11. Dream Lantern (WIN) for 3 units (Rated at $3.20)
Produced a big win last start when circling the field and could have won by further if ridden right out. Gets a nice weight drop for this race after bypassing a midweek race in preference for this. Trainer Lindsay Hatch is in great form striking at 20% last 50.
2. I Am Artie
3. John Rambo
19. Lost His Beans
15. Lordster
Betting Strategy
No interest in this race.
13. Jenni Moreese
9. Spills
7. Hillcrest Avenue
5. Big Ticket Boy
Betting Strategy
No interest in this race.
5. Battlefield
1. Liquor
7. Godfather
2. Kavak
Betting Strategy
BACK: 5. Battlefield (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $2.70)
Produced a big win last start and is in excellent form since coming north. The knock here is dropping back to 1000m after winning last start at 1350m however he has handled 1200m and 1000m fine in the past.
2. Cloudland
8. Tribeca Star
1. Manhood
5. Pocket Full
Betting Strategy
No interest in this race.
9. Super Chilled
8. Menazzi
1. Viminele
6. Chayse ‘n’ Artie
Betting Strategy
LAY: 1. Viminele (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $4.00)
He can win again however he rises in weight and it was only a narrow win last start.
4. Hidden Wealth
1. Far Too Easy
2. King Kapa
8. Nashira
Betting Strategy
No interest in this race
2. Warby
6. Kadall
4. Bullion Boy
10. Talk Time
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.
