Brett Davis

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.

Flemington Racecourse – Track Analysis (Australian Cup Day)

Flemington Racecourse is the headquarters for racing in the city of Melbourne and is located approximately six kilometres from the city’s CBD. As a racecourse, it’s renowned for its vast expanses and long home straight, by Australian racing standards, which in theory means that every horse gets their opportunity to win there. Racing anti-clockwise on turf, the main course at Flemington has a circumference of 2312m and a home straight of 450m in length. It also has a 1200m straight course which all sprint races are run on.

This year, two turf races from the Australian Cup Day will be simulcast to Hong Kong.

The featured race 2000m G1 Australian Cup is one of the biggest middle distance, weight for age events on the Australian racing calendar. The starting point for the race is the fairest start at Flemington and one of the fairest on any racecourse in Australia. In races over this distance, horses have a straight run of approximately 600m before they face the first turn, consequently, they have plenty of time to find their preferred position in running.

Last year’s Australian Cup was run at a genuine tempo and was won by classy galloper CASCADIAN, who settled towards the rear of the field and came with a perfectly timed run to score. Runner up NUMERIAN raced up on the pace and was only run down late in the race by CASCADIAN, while POUNDING settled midfield and was given every chance before finishing third.

Another race will be simulcast is the Flemington’s sprint turf race - the Listed Sunlight Classic over 1100m which will be staged on its famous “Straight Six” strip, where race shape, weather conditions and track patterns on the day have more of a bearing on desirable positions in running compared to races on the circle track.

Dry conditions are forecast in the lead up to Australian Cup Day, with warm and overcast weather expected on race day, so it’s likely that the meeting will be run on a good track.

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