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BETTING ON JUMPS RACING. IT’S A REAL THING NOW
July 19, 2021 3:50 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
A mate texted me this morning, alerting me to some figures that are more significant than they first seem.
They raced at both Sportsbet
Pakenham and
Warracknabeal was a flat-race program and Pakenham was exclusively jumps.
The anti-jumps people have had a few key gripes including animal welfare, cost to put it on – believed to be around $4 million a year – and that “no-one bets on it.”
Well, they did yesterday.
Admittedly Pakenham was a showcase of the very best jumping horses and Warracknabeal was a maiden and Benchmark 58 program relocated from washed-out
Nor-Wow! Maher-Eustace-Pateman snare Pak quartet
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Maher and Eustace combine with Pateman to win four jumps races at Pakenham
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William McCarthy wins the Thackeray Steeplechase aboard The Dominator (Image: Racing Photos)
Irishman William McCarthy has delivered a front-running masterclass at his first day riding in Australia to cause an upset in the $100,000 Hammonds Paints Thackeray Steeplechase (3450m) aboard the Henry Dwyer-trained The Dominator at Warrnambool on Sunday.
Arriving in Australia less than a month ago, the 38-year-old led from start to finish and in doing so brought to an end the winning run of the $1.30 favourite Flying Agent who finished fourth.
“It’s absolutely amazing, honestly this time twelve months ago I was lying on the flat of my back with a broken neck and I didn’t know if I could ever race or ride a horse again,” McCarthy said.