The rail is out 4m the entire and with fine weather the track will present in the good range. A nice program and the market will be instructive in a few races. The Federal is (again) a very competitive race.
Race 1 (1600m) CL1
*1st Race @ 12.45pm
*Track likely improving to near Good 4 & Rail out 4m so expecting just off the pace to dominate before a late trend wider and from further back
*Race 1 @ 12.45pm COOPER PIKE BUCKS PLATE (1600m) - Class 1; Set Weights; Apprentices Can Claim:
A relationship that spans over decades is set to continue on Friday as Joe Cleary sets his 5-year-old gelding Concrete towards the 2020 TAB Tony Campbell Memorial Cup. The late Tony Campbell was a legendary local race caller and long-time friend of the Cleary family. Winning the race named in Tony’s honour would be a great thrill according to Trainer Joe Cleary.
On Friday 11th September, Thoroughbred Park will host the funeral of Canberra Racing Club Life Member Bob Barlow.
Gates will open at 12:30pm with proceedings beginning at 1:30pm. Due to ACT Health regulations, a limit of 316 patrons will be allowed to attend.
If you have visited a known hot spot area in Victoria or NSW in the past two weeks you will not be permitted to enter Thoroughbred Park.
The service will also be live streamed at sidestage.live/rmb. This webpage will be live from 9am Friday 11th September.
The Canberra course proper raced well and was upgraded after Race 4 from a Soft 6 to a 5. It proved a tough day for favourite punters with only one saluting and that was in the last race. A better racing surface played a part in some of the form reversals. Winona Costin and Kayla Nisbet both rode doubles. Trainer honours were evenly spread.
Race 1 (1200m) BM60
Bid Of Faith raced three-wide throughout. Eden Vale was held up rounding the home turn.
The track should present in the mid-soft range with fine weather in the capital. The rail will be in the true position and we’re likely to see a fairer playing field on the last two heavy-track meetings which favoured runners out wide.
Race 1 (1200m) BM60
*1st Race @ 12.40pm
*Track likely improving to near Soft 5 & Rail True so expecting on or just off the pace early before a late trend wider and from further back
*RACE 1 @ 12.40pm A.B.E. FIRE PROTECTION HCP (1300m) - Benchmark 60; Min Weight 55kg; Apprentices Can Claim:
Spring racing will be welcomed back to Thoroughbred Park this Friday the 4th September by a fantastic edition of the TAB Federal. The 1000m dash has attracted a large and strong field with the Canberra Trainers appearing to hold strong hands. Doug Gorrel has two entries in Exaggerate and Onthetake, both of which he thinks are fantastic chances to win the race.
“Exaggerate has never been going better than he is right now.” Gorrel said – a strong push given the 7-yearold gelding is already the winner of 8 races and $177,885 in prizemoney.
They raced on a Heavy 10 and with rail out 10m and the winners all came down the better ground out wide. Finding the sweet spot was the challenge. Training honours to Keith Dryden with two winners and eight different riders shared the jockey spoils.
Race 1 (1200m) 3YO
The winner Little Krakatoa knuckled on jumping. Mr Maharaj was slow away and later had to be checked resulting in jockey Aaron Sweeney’s suspension. Different Time eased a little to start a $2.70 favourite.
A small but highly competitive field will battle it out on a rain affected track in this Friday’s TAB Federal. With recent rain, racing will be on a Heavy track which looks ideal for the Sapphire Coast-trained Garros. Garros is one of only two runners in the field who have tasted victory on Heavy ground.
