The Championships 2017 Day 1: Randwick Scratchings & Track Report

The Championships 2017 racing action kicks off at Royal Randwick this afternoon with a full track report and official Sydney race scratchings for Day 1 detailed below.

Kiwi raider Gingernuts is firm favourite in 2017 ATC Derby betting for Sydney on Saturday afternoon. Photo: Steve Hart.

It is a mostly sunny day in Sydney across the afternoon and with no chance of rain until the evening, the current Heavy (8) Randwick looks set to remain or even improve as the day’s racing progresses.

Randwick Track Report – 01/04/2017

Rail: True Position Entire Circuit
Penetrometer: 6.07
Weather: Fine
Track Type: Turf
Track Rating: Heavy (8)
Irrigation: Nil
Rainfall: 0.6mm last 24hrs; 35mm last 7 days

Sydney racing for Doncaster Mile Day is set to kick off at 12:10pm (AEDT) and the ten-race program continues through until 5:50pm (AEDT).

It is a huge meeting featuring four Group 1 races starting with the 2017 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Race 6) where Gunnison comes out paving the way for the Lindsay Park-trained Feng Chu to score a start.

The original thirteen final acceptors for the 2017 Australian Derby field (Race 7) remain in play and betting at Ladbrokes.com.au on the mile and a half feature is firmly led by the Kiwi-trained Rosehill Guineas winner Gingernuts ($3.10).

There are no scratchings from the 2017 TJ Smith Stakes field (Race 8) with fifteen sprinters facing off including the dual defending champion Chautauqua ($5.50) and the now $4.20 favourite Russian Revolution.

The elite level Sydney racing action comes to a peak in Race 9 with the 2017 Doncaster Mile field to run at a capacity 20 starters including the first emergency New Tipperary in for the withdrawn Tosen Stardom.

See below for the full The Championships Day 1 race line-up, Randwick scratchings and our Group 1 Sydney racing tips before heading to Ladbrokes.com.au to back your selections at the right odds.