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Bordertown Racing Tips: Can Victory Queen Repeat?
Overview
Victory Queen has raced at Bordertown exactly once. She won. Sarah Rutten sends her back out in the Sportsbet Feed (Bm56) off the back of that perfect record at the track, and it is the kind of specific, repeatable detail that makes this card worth digging into rather than skimming past. Six races run here today, all on turf, headlined by a genuinely open puzzle in the last and a 2187m staying test mid-card that will separate the placegetters from the pretenders. This Bordertown racing tips preview works through all six races, leaning on course form, recent results and the jockeys and trainers who actually have runs on the board here rather than a two-start guess. Read on for the pick in every race, the value play, and where the money should land before the first jump at 12:20.
Bordertown racing tips: what the numbers say
Course form across today’s fields is thin. Every runner with a Bordertown run behind them has started here exactly once, so there is no genuine course specialist to lean on yet. What is available is a clearer jockey and trainer picture, and that is enough to work with.
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | Places | Win% | Place% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Murtagh | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20.0% | 40.0% |
| Harry Grace | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 40.0% |
| Alysha Warren | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16.7% | 33.3% |
| Brooke King | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 25.0% |
| Campbell Rawiller | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11.1% | 22.2% |
| MS S Metcalfe | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 22.2% |
| Trainer | Runs | Wins | Places | Win% | Place% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Young | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 66.7% |
| D I Dodson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| Scott Whittle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| Sarah Rutten | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16.7% | 50.0% |
| MS S Murphy | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 75.0% |
| Garret Lynch | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 20.0% |
Grant Young trains both Shalhavmusik (Race 4) and Aixoise (Race 5) and has won once and placed twice from three runners at the track. D I Dodson has three runners engaged today, Brazen Queen, Dodgy Element and a pair in the last, and has won once and placed once from three runners here. Sarah Rutten saddles three runners too, headed by Victory Queen in the last, and her six runners at Bordertown have produced a winner and three placegetters. Garret Lynch has the biggest volume of any trainer on today’s card, with ten runners at the track for a single placing and no wins, so his three runners today, Caesour’s Tomb, Archdeacon and Lysander, come with that context attached.
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The card, race by race
Race 1: Bordertown Stone Supplies Mdn Plate — 12:20, 1695m
Or Am I turned a moderate prep into a genuine form line last start, careering home for the win after finishing no better than fourth in the five runs before it. That is a horse building into something, not a one-off. Nine runs into this campaign, he has already placed four times, a 44% strike rate that says the last-start win was not a fluke. Jessica Tzaferis has started twice at Bordertown for a winner, too small a sample to lean on hard, but nothing here talks me out of the selection either. Karma Queen is the each-way danger, second last start after a fourth and a fifth either side, with Jordyn Weatherley continuing on a filly who keeps finding the frame without quite breaking through. Sir Aali also has claims after a run of minor placings mid-prep, but the read here is Or Am I to win, with Karma Queen the each-way cover.
Race 2: Sportsbet Green Tick Mdn Plate — 12:55, 1203m
Does anything in this sixteen-horse maiden field actually want to win it? Nic The Cash is the one shifting the needle, improving to second last start after a pair of eighths, and Harry Grace has ridden this track to a 40% placing rate across five mounts. That is thin encouragement for a big, moderate maiden field, and it is hard to build real conviction around it. Don’t Say Do and Just Comet have both flashed minor placings without following up. If forced, Nic The Cash on the strength of the improving last-start effort, but this is a watch-and-learn race rather than one to bet with confidence.
Race 3: Harpers Freight Hcp (54) — 13:30, 1695m
Twelve line up in the Harpers Freight Handicap and none of them walk in with real recent form to hang confidence on. Flying Shelby is the each-way lean, a winner two runs back who has since filled minor money rather than threatened again, modest but more than most of this field offers. Garret Lynch has sent ten runners to Bordertown for one placing in five and no wins, so Archdeacon’s local trainer numbers are a caution rather than a tip. Splash Of White ran well fresh off a spell two runs back but has faded since. Small stakes only here, or watch and move to the next race.
Race 4: Sportsbet Same Race Multi Hcp (54) — 14:05, 1695m
Charlesfort and Blue Isles make an interesting contrast. Charlesfort won on his only start at Bordertown, and trainer David Tootell Snr’s single runner at the track did the same, genuinely useful, track-specific evidence. But the recent form line reads fourth, then sixth, trending the wrong way, and Tala Hutchinson’s book at Bordertown sits at one winner from seven rides. Blue Isles has no history at this track but keeps doing the one thing that matters right now, placing three times from his past five runs, third last start, without ever quite getting to the line. Grant Young trains Shalhavmusik in this race too, and his Bordertown numbers (a winner and two placegetters from three runners) are worth noting, though the horse’s own recent form is patchy. Blue Isles for the place, with Charlesfort the swing for value if the market drifts him.
Race 5: Creaser Constructions (Bm58) — 14:40, 2187m
Yorokobi is the horse to build this race around. Six runs in the past ninety days have produced a placing record few in this field can match: five placings from six starts, including a win, and an average finishing position inside the top three. Harry Grace takes the ride again, and while his own Bordertown record shows no wins from five mounts, he has placed 40% of them, which at least says he gets the most out of what he is on. Stepping out to 2187m is the question mark, most of Yorokobi’s runs have come short of this trip, but the sustained placing form suggests the stamina question is more theoretical than real. Pianta is the danger, a horse who strung together placings including two wins in the middle of this campaign before fading late last start; on ability alone he is right in this, especially if the pace collapses in the run to the 400m. Henry Dwyer sends Rookery Nook out fresh off a fourth, with a win three runs back in this grade, and Jacob Opperman takes the drive, the type of placement a stable makes when it thinks the map suits. It is not enough to overtake the top two on the numbers, but it adds depth to what is a genuinely competitive staying test.
Race 6: Sportsbet Feed (Bm56) — 15:15, 1422m
Sarah Rutten does not have to send Victory Queen back to Bordertown. She trains all over the wider region, and the fact she has done so says something. Victory Queen’s only run at this track produced a win, and while one run is one run, it is a specific data point that is hard to ignore alongside the rest of her profile: two wins and three places from her past five starts overall. Connor Murtagh rides again, and the Murtagh-Rutten combination has produced six winners and seventeen placings from forty-four rides together, with their most recent winner landing just two days ago, an active, in-form partnership rather than a one-off booking. Forever Waiting is the value angle out of the same race, building through the grades before breaking through with a win last start under Kayla Crowther. D I Dodson has won once and placed once from three runners at Bordertown, a small sample but a positive one. Oie de Toulouse, second last start after a stretch of minor placings, rounds out the each-way calculations without matching the top two. Victory Queen to win, Forever Waiting the each-way and multi leg alongside her.
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Where the money goes
If you are after one line for today’s Bordertown racing tips, make it this: Victory Queen is the play of the day. She is the rare runner with a perfect record at this specific track, in the best form of her campaign right now, and paired with a jockey-trainer combination that is actively winning together this month rather than resting on old data. Back her to win in the Sportsbet Feed at 15:15.
Forever Waiting is the value out of the same race, a horse whose form has been building quietly before last start’s breakthrough, the type the market tends to underrate until it has already won twice more.
Or Am I is the banker for multis: nine runs into his campaign, a 44% placing rate, and a fresh win to back it up in a race where most of the opposition is still finding its feet.
Yorokobi is the each-way lean of the day: six runs, five placings, and a jockey in Harry Grace who is getting the most from his book at this track without yet breaking through for a win himself.
The course angle: follow Harry Grace. He has the most rides on the card today, and his Bordertown numbers, 40% placed from five runners, no wins yet, say he is a jockey the track owes one to. If that changes today, it will not be a surprise.
FAQ
What time does racing start at Bordertown today?
The first race, the Bordertown Stone Supplies Mdn Plate, jumps at 12:20, with six races taking the card through to the last at 15:15.
Who are the top trainers and jockeys at Bordertown today?
Grant Young leads the trainer table on results, with a winner and two placings from three runners at the track, while Connor Murtagh and Harry Grace share the best jockey numbers: Murtagh has won 20% and placed 40% of his five Bordertown rides, and Grace has placed 40% from the same number of rides without a win yet.
What are the best bets at Bordertown today?
Victory Queen in the Sportsbet Feed (Bm56) at 15:15 is the pick of the day, unbeaten in her only run at the track and in the best form of her career. Or Am I in the opener and Yorokobi in Race 5 round out the strongest cases on the card.
Where can I find the best odds for Bordertown races?
Odds move in the lead-up to each race, so it is worth comparing bookmakers close to jump time rather than locking in early. Check the offers on this page for current markets before you bet.
Which race is the toughest to call at Bordertown today?
Race 3, the Harpers Freight Handicap, is the most open heat on the card. None of the twelve runners arrive with strong recent form, and Flying Shelby’s each-way claim is more a case of least resistance than genuine confidence.
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