21-04-2025
Victorian visitors head betting in South Australian Group 1 features Robert Sangster Stakes and Australasian Oaks
Victorian-trained performers head early all-in betting markets on both Group 1 features to be decided in Adelaide on Saturday.
Morphettville will host the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) for sprinting mares and the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) for three-year-old fillies.
Last year's Royal Ascot winner Asfoora tops Sangster Stakes betting at $4.50 after her strong first-up win in the Group 3 Irwin Stakes over 1100m.
Previous Sangster Stakes winners Platelet (2013), Driefontein (2014) and Climbing Star (2024) emerged from the Irwin Stakes to claim their respective triumphs.
Climbing Star is a $5 equal second pick to repeat last year's win after her close third in the Irwin Stakes when resuming from a spell.
Godolphin mare Commemorative is the other $5 second favourite on the strength of her consistent form during the Sydney autumn carnival.
Climbing Star's Phillip Stokes stablemate Stretan Angel is a $7 pick along with Sydney mare Sunshine In Paris, who finished third in last Saturday's Group 1 All Aged Stakes at Randwick.
Travelling on a seven-day back-up is nothing new to Sunshine In Paris, who won the Group 1 Champions' Sprint at Flemington a week after running second in a $3m race at Rosehill.
The Glen Thompson-trained mare Benagil is a $4 equal favourite in Australasian Oaks betting alongside last Saturday's Mornington Guineas winner Movin Out.
Benagil ran a solid second to budding star Treasurethe Moment in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on April 1.
The John O'Shea and Tom Charlton-trained Polymni a is on the second line of Oaks betting at $5 ahead of the in-form filly Cinch, who has won her last three starts.
Wangaratta-trained filly All Kinds Of Folk is the only other runner under $10 in Australasian Oaks betting after her placing in the Auraria Stakes.
