As the Queens land Winter Carnival comes to a close and after a most enjoyable Royal Ascot a sleep deprived Toby is in need of a holiday.
Toby will be off for a period of two months but will be back in time for the begining of Spring Racing on 2nd September, 2023.
Nature Strip(e) and James MacDonald and look how far they’ve won by
Well at least the race caller got the jockey’s name and winning margin right. Although a lot less dramatic than Black Caviar’s win in the Diamond Jubilee a decade ago, Nature Strip stamped his authority as a world champion sprinter on Wednesday morning our time.
What a win!
Ipswich
Feature Race Running Double & Feature Race Standout Quinella/Duet with *horse
Race 7 Ipswich Cup
Beribek (1) Bartholomeu Dias* (3) Our Intrigue (5) Street Dancer (8) Young Blood (10)
Race 8 City of Ipswich Eye Liner Stakes
Emerald Kingdom (1) Holyfield* (3) Vinco (5) Roman Aureus (9) Palladas (15)
Each way Double {Parlay Formula 1 & 2)
Race 7 Bartholomeu Dias (3) Race 9 Tahitan Dancer (5)
Flemington
Best Bets
Race 2 Magnaspin (2) Race 4 Quintello (2) Race 9 Pioneer River (7)
Melbourne Mick’s Daily Double
Race 7 Sir Henry Bolte Handicap
Bigolino *(2) Natural Mystic (3) The Claimant (4) Secret Glamour (5) Oceana Blue (6)
Race 9 Ladbrokes Punter Assist Handicap
Express Pass (2) Pioneer River* (7) Zorros Dream (8) Florescent Star (9) Zac the Boss (11)
Stand Out Box Quinella and Duet with * horse
Toby’s Lucky Long Shots
Flemington
Race 4 Apres La Mer (15) Race 5 I Am Me (6) Race 8 Milton Park (1)
Ipswich
Race 7 Young Blood (10)
Race 9 Dragon Miss (11)
Toby’s Titanic Lay of the Day
Flemington Race 5 Creswick Stakes Star Patrol (1)
Northern Pike {Take 3} and no favourites or feature last start winners in the Stradbroke
Followers of William Pike would be feeling no pain whatsoever as the Western Australian Postilion transitions into a carnival feature race winning megastar
The Stradbroke handicap has proved to be one of the most unpredictable races in the world and punters could do well to either ignore the race completely or lay the favourites, those horses at the top of the weights and last start winners of feature lead up races.
Those looking for a mid-century experience could head out to Sandown. Stare at at the windswept seagull infested desolation and bear in mind that 65,000 people attended the inaugural meeting almost 60 years ago.
Eagle Farm
William Pike Special
Race 2 Bullfinch (5) Race 3 Marakopa (10) Race 4 Holstein (6) Race 6 Kolding ((2) Race 7 Sheeza Belter (16) Race 8 Isotope (15) Race 9 Written Beauty (3)
Each way Double {Parlay Formula 1 & 2)
Race 7 Huetor (3) Race 8 Alligator Blood (5)
Feature Race Standout Quinella/Duet with *horse
Race 6 Sky Racing Q22
The Chosen One (1) Kolding (2) Huetor* (3) Maximal (9) Hopeful (11)
Race 8 TAB Stradbroke
Apache Chase (3) Alligator Blood* (5) Buffalo River (14) Wild Planet (8) Isotope ((15)
Sandown
Best Bets
Race 3 Parisian Dancer (3) Race 4 Star of Chaos Race 5 Unusual Culture (3) Race 6 Teofilo Star (15) Race 8 Umagawa (18)
Melbourne Mick’s Daily Double
Race 7 Ladbrokes Mega Multi Handicap
Chief Altony (1)* Visinari (3) Falls (4) Kipps (5) Vituvius (16)
Race 9 Ladbrokes Punter Assist Handicap
Perssan (1) So Si Bon (5) Mankayan (6) Don’t Doubt Dory (11) Hezashocka* (13)
Stand Out Box Quinella and Duet with * horse
Toby’s Lucky Long Shots
Sandown
Race 5 Farrenic (4) Race 7 Independent Road (2) Race 9 So Si Bon (5)
Eagle Farm
Race 6 Kolding (2)
Race 8 Wild Planet (8)
Toby’s Titanic Lay of the Day
Race 6 Sandown Gate Crash (3)
Race 7 Sandown Visinari (3)