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Things You Might Have Missed - February 15 Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux Image: Getty
Here s a few things you might have missed in the wide world of racing over the past week.
QUIRKY (from abroad)
The race was in Sweden, but the remarkable tote price lobbed on the Super-TAB.
There was a grand total of $57.50 in the place pool - less than one-tenth of what was in the win pool ($607.50) - and one opportunist s dollar has most likely cleaned out that pool in it s entirety.
Mega plunge multi falls just short (UK)
A three-leg multi had many UK punters living vicariously during the week, only for the extraordinary bet to fall just short.
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BLOCKBUSTER FUTURITY FIELD, AT A BUDGET PRICE OF $500K
February 9, 2021 5:49 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
It’s worth one tenth of the stake-money but the
Futurity Stakes is shaping as every bit as good as the
All Star Mile and a dream lead-up to the
$5 million race.
The established weight-for-age Futurity – as opposed to the third-year running of the pop-up All Star – is shaping as a mirror image of the far richer race.
Betting markets are not identical but they feature identical names, bar for
Russian Camelot who is the $6 equal favourite for the March 13 All Star Mile but does not appear in TAB markets for the February 20 Futurity, despite the window being ajar for the star four-year-old to run.
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ALL STAR’S WOBBLING BUT STILL ON TRACK
February 8, 2021 5:13 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
There were blips over the weekend but the
All Star Mile‘s headline horses remain on track for next month’s $5 million race.
Mystic Journey and
Arcadia Queen‘s campaign is back on track despite a COVID travel scare.
Another big-name All Star horse,
Russian Camelot, will trial at Werribee tomorrow before a potential Futurity Stakes clash at
Caulfield on Saturday week with All Star rivals Arcadia Queen and
Behemoth.
Weekend results in Victoria and Tasmania had a major impact on All Star betting, with