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2026 TJ Smith Stakes Runner-by-Runner Preview & Tips

2026 TJ Smith Stakes Runner-by-Runner Preview & Tips

• Lucy Henderson
The Championships descend on Royal Randwick this Saturday and Ladbrokes have gone over the full 2026 TJ Smith Stakes field providing our expert runner-by-runner preview and best bets for the sprint feature below! We’ve got four Group 1 races in Sydney this weekend to sink our teeth into as the autumn racing action hits fever pitch, and here we focus on the star ensemble of short-distance specialists doing battle in the $3 million TJ Smith Stakes (1200m). Won by a host of quality speedsters over the years including three-time heroes Chautauqua (2015-17) and Nature Strip (2020-22), the TJ Smith has…
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Hendo’s Hopefuls: Saturday’s Best Roughies

Hendo’s Hopefuls: Saturday’s Best Roughies

• Lucy Henderson
After the weekend’s best roughies? Ladbrokes have crunched the fields and found the outsiders that might just run a big race! Flemington hosts the final Group 1 in Melbourne for the autumn on Saturday with value galore to be found in this year’s Australian Cup field. Up in Sydney and the Rosehill card for Stakes Day is elite featuring a double shot of Group 1 racing plus a host of key support acts for The Championships bound hopefuls. We’ve got some more open fields than in recent weeks with plenty of longer priced fancies with genuine claims. Our Value Whisperer,…
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Hendo’s Hopefuls: Saturday’s Best Roughies

Hendo’s Hopefuls: Saturday’s Best Roughies

• Lucy Henderson
Hunting for the best Saturday roughies? Ladbrokes have dug through the fields and found the value plays worth a cheeky look. The autumn racing action in Sydney goes to another level this weekend with a stacked Rosehill Golden Slipper Day card featuring five – yep, a whole handful – of Group 1 races. There may be plenty of odds-on fancies getting around including the undefeated Autumn Glow, but the fields are full of better priced hopes set to peak with some upsets pending!   Add in the Ladbrokes William Reid Stakes further south and we’ve got six Group 1 features…
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2026 Golden Slipper Runner-by-Runner Preview & Tips

2026 Golden Slipper Runner-by-Runner Preview & Tips

• Lucy Henderson
Slipper Day is here and Ladbrokes have unpacked the entire Golden Slipper Stakes field providing our full runner-by-runner preview and insider tips below! The world’s richest two‑year‑old race is back, and the $5 million Golden Slipper has delivered a full field stacked with serious juvenile talent chasing glory over 1200m at Rosehill. This race has produced some absolute weapons over the years — think Dance Hero, Sepoy, Capitalist, Farnan and Shinzo — and it’s often the launching pad for the next big thing in Australian racing. Fillies have had a real grip on the Slipper lately too, with Lady Of…
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Hendo’s Hopefuls: Saturday’s Best Roughies

Hendo’s Hopefuls: Saturday’s Best Roughies

• Lucy Henderson
Chasing the best roughies for this Saturday? Ladbrokes has you covered with our top value plays from around the country. We may have just the one Group 1 on the Sydney race card this weekend, but the Rosehill program is stacked with talent and plenty of longshots worth a second look. Add in a European expat ready to debut at a big price in Melbourne’s Group 2 Peter Young Stakes and there’s plenty of value to be found around the nation. Lucy Henderson has slipped on the Value Whisperer hat once again, sorting through the form to deliver her best…
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The Lead-Up Lens: Runners and Races to Watch This Weekend

The Lead-Up Lens: Runners and Races to Watch This Weekend

• Lucy Henderson
It’s the final call for the $5 million dream! We’re breaking down the Pago Pago Stakes to see which juvenile giant is about to snatch a last-minute ticket to the Golden Slipper. Welcome back punters to final installment of the Lead-Up Lens tracking the best autumn prep races into the Group 1 majors. Shinzo (2023) was the last colt to complete Pago Pago / Golden Slipper double and this weekend we’ve got more exciting 2YOs to watch in the Group 3 as we count down to Slipper Day! The countdown is on to the world’s richest race for two-year-olds with…
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Hendo's Hoodoos - Saturday's Best Omen Bets

Hendo's Hoodoos - Saturday's Best Omen Bets

• Lucy Henderson
Chasing the best hoodoo bets for Saturday’s racing? Ladbrokes has your weekly omen plays sorted and this week we’re tapping into the luck of the Irish! We’re back with another round of Hendo’s Hoodoo Bets, where Ladbrokes’ own Value Whisperer, Lucy Henderson, swaps the roughies of Hendo’s Hopefuls for her gut‑driven omen plays right around the country this Saturday. Moving on from our footy-themed punts after the NRL and AFL have gotten their seasons underway, and this week we’re going green. While St. Patrick’s Day is officially Tuesday the 17th, this weekend is when the global celebrations and the “Irish…
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The Lead-Up Lens: Runners and Races to Watch This Weekend

The Lead-Up Lens: Runners and Races to Watch This Weekend

• Lucy Henderson
The road to Rosehill runs through Randwick this Saturday as the colts look to turn Todman Stakes glory into a Golden Ticket for the world’s richest two-year-old race! Welcome back punters for the next installment of the Lead-Up Lens tracking the best autumn prep races into the Group 1 majors. Farnan (2020) was the last colt to complete Todman Stakes / Golden Slipper double and this weekend we’ve got more exciting 2YOs to watch in the Group 2 as we count down to Slipper Day! In Melbourne All-Star Mile Day sees a double shot of Group 1 action from the…
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Hendo’s Hopefuls: Saturday’s Best Roughies

Hendo’s Hopefuls: Saturday’s Best Roughies

• Lucy Henderson
Looking for the top Saturday roughies this weekend? Ladbrokes have you sorted with our best value racing selections around the country! We’re really getting into the thick of the Group 1 racing action now with All-Star Mile Day at HQ and a stacked Randwick Guineas Day card in Sydney. There are a few shorties in the markets looking hard to deny including boom colt Tentyris in the Newmarket down the straight, but outside of the top elects are a host of talented rivals out to fill those minor placings. Will we see some blowout autumn racing results? Can the roughies…
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2026 All-Star Mile Runner-by-Runner Preview & Tips

2026 All-Star Mile Runner-by-Runner Preview & Tips

• Lucy Henderson
The eighth edition of the $2 million All-Star Mile headlines the HQ racing action in Melbourne on Saturday and Ladbrokes are here to unpack each and every contender in our exclusive runner-by-runner preview of the Flemington feature. After Tom Kitten won the first edition of the event since its upgrade to Group 1 status last year, the Godolphin galloper returns to defend his title in a compact but elite field of milers on the weekend. It is the front-running queen Pride Of Jenni, another former champ thanks to her 2024 success, leading All-Star Mile betting in 2026 but the challengers…
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