Horse of the Year designate Typhoon Tracy will embark on her spring racing campaign later this month, with a stint culminating with a jump in the 2010 Cox Plate in October, so as the Spring Racing gets into full swing, make sure you check out your options at Sportbet.
The champion mare which is on target to soon become known as Australia’s top thoroughbred horse has seen her spring program changed by trainer Peter Moody, and will begin with a start in the $200,000 Group Two Memsie Stakes (1400m) on the 28th of August at Caulfield Racecourse.
With a few weeks left in the five-year-olds training regime, champion trainer Moody has selected the later first-up run to compensate for the extra couple of weeks needed to recover from a virus she suffered from in Sydney.
After the Memsie Stakes, the five-time Group One winning mare will head to Melbourne’s Moonee Valley Racecourse for a jump in the $500,000 Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m), with Moody undecided as to where to go from there on her path to the Cox Plate field.
The 2010 Cox Plate (2040m) is scheduled to take place on the 23rd of October at Moonee Valley and will draw another top quality field to the track, all hoping to take home a share of the Cox Plate prizemoney which has reached $3 million.
The Cox Plate is one of the highlights of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, and after a disappointing run in the $350,000 Group One Underwood Stakes (1800m) last year, Typhoon Tracy’s 2009 Cox Plate campaign was axed as the improving mare struggled over the longer distance.
The Red Ransom mare has notched up just under $2 million in prize money over the course of her 14 race start career, and will no doubt see Moody aim to raise that after the spring, although the rising six-year-old has never won a race greater than 1, 600 metres.
Elsewhere in 2010 Cox Plate news, Shoot Out has confirmed his chances for the title after defeating a solid field in the 2010 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m), and is set for a strong spring.
If you are looking to make some worthwhile punts over the course of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, or even the action down in Sydney, make sure you sign up to an online bookie such as SportsBet, so you can really make the most of your hard-earned cash!
Here at 2010coxplate.com.au we will constantly provide updates as to the latest news in the lead up to the 2010 Cox Plate, so check back regularly to find some early tips as the best time of year in Australian horse racing rolls around.
