Ladbrokes Park at Sandown Hillside is host to the latest Group 1 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival meeting today, Saturday September 25th, with 2021 Underwood Stakes Day and below we take a look at the latest scratchings and track report ahead of the opener.
Zaaki is the star horse on the 2021 Underwood Stakes Day card in Melbourne today. Photo: Steve Hart.
Sandown Track Report – 25/09/2021
Melbourne Racing Club
- Rail: True Entire Circuit
- Weather: Showers
- Dual Track Meeting: N
- Track Type: Turf
- Track Rating: Good 4
- General Comment: Finalised 25/9 – 7:45am
- Irrigation: nil
- Rainfall: nil last 24 hours, 11.6mm last 7 days
- Track Information: Inspection 6:20AM 25/9; Going Stick 9.0 / Shear 10.1, Soil Moisture 27.1%
The weather in Melbourne is for scattered showers following the rain overnight and there could be a downgrade to the current Good (4) Ladbrokes Park Hillside track rating as the meeting progresses.
Sandown racing gets underway at 12:10pm and the nine-race card continues through until the last at 5:05pm.
Punters are treated to a double-shot of Group racing starting with the Group 3 $200,000 Ladbrokes Sandown Stakes (1500m) – traditionally held on Zipping Classic Day in November – moved forward as the key act.
The 2021 Sandown Stakes runs as Race 5 at 2:30pm and features a small line-up of seven hopefuls led in betting at race sponsor Ladbrokes.com.au by classy New Zealand raider Elephant coming off a lead-up second to Superstorm in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at The Valley.
The marquee event is of course the weight-for-age Group 1 $1 million Underwood Stakes (1800m) for the Cox Plate hopefuls and the five-horse race is dominated by Annabel Neasham’s gun galloper Zaaki who is odds-on to take out Race 7 at 3:45pm.
See below for the full Ladbrokes Park Hillside race scratchings, Underwood Stakes Day program and jump times before visiting Ladbrokes.com.au for all the best racing markets.
Sandown Scratchings – 25/09/2021
- Total Scratchings: 12
Race 1 (12:10pm) – $130,000 Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Handicap (1000m)
- No current scratchings
Race 2 (12:45pm) – $75,000 IVE > Print Handicap (1400m)
- #1 Mystery Shot
- #17e Kalashani Lad
- #18e Cambourne
- #19e Translator
Race 3 (1:20pm) – $130,000 Tile Importer Handicap (1400m)
- #2 Sandy Prince
Race 4 (1:55pm) – Listed $160,000 Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m)
- No current scratchings
Race 5 (2:30pm) – Group 3 $200,000 Ladbrokes Sandown Stakes (1500m)
- #7 Worsfold
Race 6 (3:05pm) – $130,000 The Big Screen Company Handicap (1800m)
- #10 Only Words
Race 7 (3:45pm) – Group 1 $1,000,000 Quayclean Underwood Stakes (1800m)
- No current scratchings
Race 8 (4:25pm) – Listed $160,000 BECK Probuild Testa Rossa Stakes (1300m)
- #7 Lord Vladivostock (5)
Race 9 (5:05pm) – $130,000 Evergreen Turf Handicap (1800m)
- #1 Adelaide Ace (15)
- #6 Ballet Master
- #14 Kingsheir (17)
- #19e Florida Dream
*All times quoted are local (AEST) and subject to change.
