2018 Apollo Stakes Day Scratchings & Track Report

Winx is on show, albeit in only a simulated race, and there are four Group races to enjoy today at Royal Randwick Racecourse for Apollo Stakes Day 2018 – scratchings and a detailed track report for the meeting detailed below.

Dual Apollo Stakes winner Winx is on show in a special track gallop after Randwick Race 3 today in Sydney. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Randwick Track Report – 17/02/2018

Rail: True
Penetrometer: 5.17
Weather: Fine
Track Type: Turf
Track Rating: Good (4)
Irrigation: 2mm last 24 hours; 25mm last 7 days
Rainfall: 0.8mm last 24 hours; 4.8mm last 7 days

It is a cloudy but fine day in for the latest Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival meeting and with no chance of rainfall the current Good (4) Randwick track rating should stay put making for a perfect day’s racing.

Randwick Saturday racing kicks off at 12:45pm (AEDT) and the nine-race card continues through until 6:20pm (AEDT).

Plenty of punters will be tuning in after Race 3 (2:00pm) when two-time Apollo Stakes winner Winx is put through her paces by Hugh Bowman in a simulated race ahead of her rescheduled first-up run on March 3 in the Group 1 $600,000 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m).

The meeting’s namesake and the event Winx was originally going to kick-off in is the 2018 Apollo Stakes (Race 6) where an eight-horse field remains after the early withdrawal of Carrington Stakes winner Lanciato.

An exciting line-up of three-year-old fillies face off in the meeting’s major act, the 2018 Light Fingers Stakes (Race 8), won last year by Global Glamour.

There are 11 remaining chances in the Light Fingers Stakes field including the returning Alizee after four scratchings, most notably the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Warranty.

Check out the official Apollo Stakes Day race program, Randwick scratchings and autumn tips on the Group races below before heading to Ladbrokes.com.au for the best Saturday racing odds.