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| Brett Davis was introduced to Australian Racing by his father back in the early 1980’s when his family became involved in formulating “Thoroughbred Racing Syndications”. Brett worked from 1995 as a Professional Form Analysts and Race Broadcaster with an array of companies throughout most parts of the Australia Racing industry. He currently resides in Adelaide, his hometown in Australia, where he is Chief Thoroughbred Race Caller and Form Analyst for Tabcorp / SkyChannel / RadioTAB. Brett Davis also spent 2 years with the Singapore Turf Club and 13 Racing Seasons with the Hong Kong Jockey Club between 2006 to 2019 as a leading Form Analyst / Race Caller and was the HKJC Chief Race Caller from 2014, calling the last 5 Hong Kong International (Turf World Championships) race meetings and over 50 G1 races. Brett has immense passion for Australian Racing both personally and professionally. With his diverse knowledge and long standing industry relations he’s a valuable asset to racing and it’s enthusiasts. | |
Randwick Racecourse – Track Analysis (Chipping Norton Stakes Day):
Randwick Racecourse is the home of racing in Sydney, with races being run there since 1833. Located around six kilometres from the city’s CBD in the leafy eastern suburbs, it hosts major racedays in Sydney like Doncaster Mile Day and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day in the autumn, while The Everest is the biggest race run on its famous turf during the spring.
Randwick has a track circumference of 2227m, a width of 28m and a home straight that is 410m long and has a gentle rise. Renowned for its expanses, Randwick is a fair, right handed racecourse where every horse in theory should get its chance, however, as can often be the case in Australian racing, track patterns and bias on a particular raceday can emerge, which is worth paying attention to.
Three turf races from the Chipping Norton Stakes Day will be simulcast to Hong Kong.
The feature race, G1 Chipping Norton Stakes begins at the famous Randwick mile starting point in the top of the back straight, which has long been regarded as one of the fairest starting points in Australian racing, as the horses here have a long 600m run to the first turn, which gives them plenty of time to find their positions. Since it was relocated from Warwick Farm to Randwick in 2016, the race has been won by horses drawn lower gates; however, the recent honour roll of the race is dominated by champion mares WINX and VERRY ELLEEGANT, who won it six times between them, thus, those statistics may be misleading.
Last year’s Chipping Norton Stakes was run on a very heavy track and was won by VERRY ELLEEGANT, who settled slightly worse than midfield alongside the eventual runner up, SHE'S IDEEL. Third place went to ANGEL OF TRUTH, who led for much of the race and then kept on well to finish in the placings.
The 1400m G1 Surround Stakes gets underway from the 1400m chute where the field has a run of about 300m before linking up with the course proper. The history of the race shows how important barriers are from this start, as only three horses this century have won this event from a double figure barrier draw.
Barriers will also play an important role in the G3 Liverpool City Cup over 1300m as it too starts from the chute and the field has short run of only 200m before they link up with the course proper. In recent years, no horse drawn wider than gate five has taken out this race.
Randwick was rated as a good track as of Monday and while rain is forecast for earlier in the week, the track should have had a chance to dry out by Saturday. As a result, it should be no worse than a soft surface by the time of the simulcast.
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