After flashing home for second in the Tramway Stakes at Randwick last Saturday, Te Akau Shark has opened the $5 ‘All In’ favourite at TAB to win the TAB Epsom at Randwick on October 5 after the announcement of official nominations.
The Jamie Richards-trained five-year-old gelding has won five of his eight career starts including a six-length victory in the Couplands Bakeries Mile at Te Rapa in New Zealand last November.
Two of the feature winners from last Saturday at Randwick, Tramway Stakes winner Dreamforce and Chelmsford Stakes victor Samadoubt, occupy the second and third line of betting at $6 and $8 respectively.
Happy Clapper, winner of the 2017 Epsom and 2018 Doncaster over the Randwick mile, is an $11 chance at TAB along with the Chris Waller-trained Kolding, victorious in last June’s Queensland Guineas at Eagle Farm over 1600 metres.
Girl Tuesday was third to Samadoubt and Avilius in last Saturday’s Chelmsford Stakes and has opened an $11 ‘All In’ equal favourite for The Metropolitan with this year’s ATC Australian Oaks runner-up Scarlet Dream and the Team Hawkes-trained Supernova.
Boom Anthony Cummings-trained filly Libertini is the $2.25 ‘All In’ favourite at TAB for the Flight Stakes with Flit and Funstar regarded the biggest dangers at $6.
TAB ODDS
$5 Te Akau Shark
$6 Dreamforce
$8 Samadoubt
$11 Happy Clapper
Kolding
$15 Avantage
Best Of Days
Cascadian
Hartnell
Verry Elleegant
$26+ Others Quoted
2019 Metropolitan
$11 Girl Tuesday
Scarlet Dream
Supernova
$15 Angel Of Truth
Come Play With Me
Finche
Haripour
Our Candidate
Youngstar
$26+ Others Quoted
2019 Flight Stakes
$2.25 Libertini
$6 Flit
Funstar
$11 Probabeel
Subpoenaed
$15 Lyre
Tenley
Villami
$26+ Others Quoted