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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. | |
Rosehill Racecourse – Track Analysis (Tancred Stakes Day):
Rosehill Racecourse is one of Sydney’s premier racecourses and is in the western part of the city. Rosehill hosts major events like the Golden Slipper in the autumn, the world’s richest 2YO race, and the Golden Eagle in the spring, a lucrative race for the 4YOs. It’s also one of the main training centres in Sydney and is where Australia’s leading trainer Chris Waller has his primary base. Like Sha Tin and Happy Valley, Rosehill is a right-handed track with a circumference of 2048m and a home straight that is 408m in length.
This year, two turf races from the Tancred Stakes Day will be simulcast to Hong Kong.
Featured race, the G1 Tancred Stakes is Australia’s best 2400m contest held under weight for age conditions and has been won in the past by outstanding horses like BONECRUSHER, OCTAGONAL, MIGHT AND POWER and MAKYBE DIVA.
The race starts from the top of the Rosehill straight where the field has a run of approximately 400m before they turn out of the straight. From there, they’ll race for close to 500m before entering the long back section of the course. They’ll run along the back for 600m which will then take them to the sweeping bend along the side at the 800m mark, where the race will begin to hot up before they turn for home and enter the 400m home straight.
Last year’s Tancred Stakes was won by the ARAPAHO. With a stone-cold Rachel King in the irons, the pair sat slightly better than midfield through the early stages, then unleashed a well-timed drive to prevail. Runner up MONTEFILIA tracked a strong second, while KING FRANKEL simply couldn’t sustain as strong a stretch run, and could only settle for third.
Only two winners of the race this century have come from horses drawn double figure barriers, therefore, horses that have drawn inside to middle gates, that don’t have to work too hard to find a position in running, are at an advantage.
Rosehill’s sprint races begin from a chute, where inside and middle-drawn runners certainly get the first jump, thanks to the short run towards the first turn that funnels them onto the course proper.
The other simulcast race on the card is 1500m G3 Doncaster Prelude, start from a chute at the top left corner of Rosehill. It gives all horses a relatively fair chance to position well, given a full 600m run before reaching the first turn.
The Tancred Stakes Day is the third consecutive Saturday meeting held at Rosehill, so there’s a strong chance that the track will be affected by wear and tear. Meanwhile, warm and dry conditions are expected, so it’s likely that the meeting will be run on a good track.
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