***CRACKING CANBERRA PREVIEW***
Neil Evans
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Sponsors Race Day
Thoroughbred Park
E: canberraracing@thoroughbredpark.com.au
Ph: (02) 6204 0000
Next Meeting: Wed May 6, 2020
Track expected Good 4 & Rail out 9m so likely on or around the speed early before trending wider
Canberra Racing Preview Friday 24 April 2020
The rail is out 9 metres the entire and the track will present in the good range. A number of leading Sydney stables have horses accepted and are sure to keep the locals and others honest. Good betting races throughout the 7 race card.
Race 1 (1400m) Maiden
Will it be Wren’s day at Canberra on Friday ?
Despite the COVID-19 non-patron race day protocols in place, the eyes of people around the nation and indeed the world will be on Thoroughbred Park via Sky Channel on Friday 24 April. The Canberra Racing Club is delighted with the 103 acceptances taken for the seven races for the meeting. Full fields are the order of the day with a further 10 horses balloted from the program, the meeting has proved highly popular for the 52 Trainers with runners engaged.
Changes to TAB Federal Prize Money at Thoroughbred Park
The Canberra Racing Club has maintained business continuity through the continuation of patron free race meetings at Thoroughbred Park which also remains as a viable Training Centre. These aims have been achieved whilst protecting the health and safety of Staff and Racing Industry Participants whilst engaging in best practices to minimise the spread of COVID-19 within the community.
Today 87 people at Thoroughbred Park were provided the Influenza Vaccine in the interest of minimising illness and the impact on health services in the coming months. The Canberra Racing Club arranged this on behalf of the staff of the Club and also provided the opportunity for tenants and the stables within Thoroughbred Park. This initiative was directly implemented to assist The Club’s main aim during the COVID 19 crisis to protect the health and safety of our Staff and Racing Industry participants.
Canberra Racing Review Friday 3 April
They ran on a heavy 8 with the rail out 7m and it raced pretty well. It was only in the final race that the winner came from extra-wide. The training honours to Keith Dryden with a double. The jockey honours were equally shared.
Race 1 (1300m) Maiden
The Canberra Racing Club in partnership with Havelock Housing Association has just launched a subsidised ready-to-eat meal service to the community amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.
Racing returns to Thoroughbred Park for the first time since the hugely successful inaugural Canberra Cup Carnival in early March. Weather is gloomy but the fields boast healthy numbers in what appears a competitive day of Friday racing.
Race 1 @ 2:10pm XXXX Gold Plate (1300m)
*RACE 1 @ 2.10pm XXXX GOLD PLATE (1300m) - Maiden, Set Weights & apprentices can claim):
We start with a fairly even-rated Maiden at set weights. Consistent 3YO Hawkesbury gelding 4. UPRISE (Brad Widdup/Chad Lever 58.5kg) looks ready to break through. Has been placed in four of his last five, and can be ridden a little quieter here getting back on to the bigger track.
It will be far from a regular race day this Friday at Thoroughbred Park. The global COVID-19 pandemic means that racing around the country will be held behind closed doors for the foreseeable future. It is not all doom and gloom though, with a fantastic card being assembled for Canberra’s first meeting since an immensely successful Canberra Carnival in early March.
