Four G1′s at Royal Randwick
Sydney’s spring carnival reaches its crescendo this Saturday, with four Group 1 races to be run at Royal Randwick.
The Epsom Handicap is one of the great mile races on the Australian calendar.
Gai Waterhouse has been a dominant force in this race for a number of years, preparing dual winner Desert War, Excellerator and Iron Horse to win the race.
She has a great chance again this Saturday, with Theseo and Bank Robber among the main chances.
Bank Robber comes off an inglorious last start defeat, but is right up to this on his previous form.
Big spending owner Nathan Tinkler is hoping for a major payday with ruling favourite Raheeb.
A handy three-year-old, Raheeb spent more than 12 months off the scene, but has returned a far superior horse under the guidance of Anthony Cummings this preparation.
He was a dominant winner of the Cameron Handicap at Newcastle last time out and thats the race that Excellerator won before taking the Epsom (albeit, he did have another start in between).
Mentality has already won three G1 races over the Randwick mile and is another of the leading hopes this week.
The other Epsom runner of note is Musket – the three-quarter-brother to Makybe Diva that cost $2.5million at the Easter sales in 2005.
He comes off an impressive first up win in the Shannon Quality and he has an imposing second up record.
The other G1 races on the card are the Flight Stakes, for which Samantha Miss is a long odds on favourite; the Spring Champion Stakes, where Takeover Target’s younger brother Predatory Pricer is sharing favouritism; and the Metropolitan, with Red Lord looking another great chance for Anthony Cummings this weekend.
Also coming up – you can find all Melbourne Cup Betting information and more horse racing betting news here!
