Before the Magic Millions Race Day lights up the Gold Coast on Saturday, race fans are in for a Friday night treat this evening with the 2012 Canterbury Classic taking place in New South Wales, our expert tips for which are listed below.
Jumping at 9:00pm (NSW time) as Canterbury Race 5 tonight, the $100,000 Listed Canterbury BMW Classic (1100m) field is down to just seven hopefuls following the early withdrawal of the Luxbet favourite #8 Stratford.
Stratford was to have the rails run from barrier one and was installed at the top of the Canterbury Classic odds at Luxbet at a quote of $3.40.
Connections of the resuming four-year-old have decided to roll the dice with Stratford first-up and have them racing on Saturday in the $82,000 Magic Millions Class 6 Plate (1200m) on Magic Millions Day.
With Stratford out of the Canterbury Classic the remaining seven hopes all move in one gate and #1 News Alert has shot to the top of the Luxbet markets at a quote of $2.80.
Joe Pride’s seven-year-old certainly has their claims after taking out the listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) at Warwick Farm last-start, but four other runners paying between $4.60 and $6 the Canterbury Classic is really anyone’s to win.
So who are the Races.com.au team tipping to take out the Classic?
2012 Canterbury Classic Tips – Canterbury Race 5 Betting
- 1st: #7 Mrs Onassis ($5 Luxbet) – Awesome Sydney form with two-from-two coming into this, won by three lengths carrying a 2.5kg more at the track on December 6 then backed up with an honest win at Rosehill on Boxing Day, is in the far gate but in a small field won’t matter, is unbeaten at the Track & Distance (2-2-0-0) and likes a Good track
- 2nd: #6 Unanimously ($4.60 Luxbet) – Should get a gun run from barrier three with the in-form Tommy Berry in the mount, best Win & Place Rate of the field (72%) which is hard to over looks, has winning form over the track and was far from disgraced when beaten a half-length by two very good horses at the track in Slow conditions on Christmas Eve
- 3rd: Phenomenal Lass ($4.60 Luxbet) – Better odds than her more-favoured stablemate and Pride thinks she’ll run a cheeky race, hasn’t been seen since October but first-up she can run a good place from the gate (2) with Schofield on
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2012 Canterbury BMW Classic Field & Form Guide
Canterbury Race 5 – 13/01/2012
| # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Br. | Wgt. | A/S | Days | API | Career | Win% | Place% | Last 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | NEWS ALERT | Joseph Pride | Hugh Bowman | 6 | 60 | 7yoG | 27 | $17,560 | 35: 9 10 2 | 25.71% | 60.00% | 240×51 |
| 2. | SNIPER’S BULLET | T J Bartley | Christian Reith | 7 | 59 | 8yoG | 167 | $51,860 | 50: 8 6 11 | 16.00% | 50.00% | 50505x |
| 3. | JEST CREWSIN’ | Ms J Bowen | Peter Robl | 5 | 54 | 6yoG | 11 | $7,667 | 47: 9 5 7 | 19.15% | 44.68% | 55×672 |
| 4. | PHENOMENAL LASS | Joseph Pride | Glyn Schofield | 3 | 54 | 5yoM | 76 | $16,463 | 26: 6 4 0 | 23.08% | 38.46% | 414265 |
| 5. | EIGHT BILLS | G Portelli | Chad Schofield (a) | 2 | 54 | 6yoG | 11 | $15,617 | 19: 7 1 2 | 36.84% | 52.63% | 300714 |
| 6. | UNANIMOUSLY | Matthew Dale | Tommy Berry | 4 | 54 | 4yoG | 20 | $16,981 | 18: 5 6 2 | 27.78% | 72.22% | 223×43 |
| 7. | MRS ONASSIS | G A Ryan | Jay Ford | 8 | 54 | 4yoM | 18 | $8,957 | 11: 5 0 1 | 45.45% | 54.55% | 711811 |
| 8. | STRATFORD | “M, W and J Hawkes | Rod Quinn | 1 | 54 | 4yoG | 125 | $28,757 | 7: 3 2 0 | 42.86% | 71.43% | x1124x |
*Form Guide Credit IASbet
