Golden Slipper: Miss Finland Wins World's Top Race for 2-Year-Olds
Saturday April 8, 2006
Australian racing's 2006 Golden Slipper Festival came to a climax with the running of the Golden Slipper at Sydney's Rosehill Gardens in the afternoon of April 8. The Golden Slipper is Sydney's richest horse race with prizemoney of A$3 million plus trophies. Sixteen horses raced for the glory of following celebrated past winners including Dance Hero (2004), Belle Du Jour (2000), Bint Marscay (1993) and Todman in the inaugural 1957 Golden Slipper.
Favorite for this race was Casino Prince with pre-race fixed odds of $4 win, $1.75 place as of 7am, April 7, followed by Churchill Downs and Diego Garcia, both at $7 win, $2.50 place. Close behind was Miss Finland at $8.50 win, $2.85 place.
Sydney Turf Club's showpiece event, the Golden Slipper is the world's richest race for two-year-old thoroughbreds.
Five group 1 races were run on Golden Slipper Day: The BMW, George Ryder Stakes, Queen of the Turf Stakes and Arrowfield Stud Stakes, in addition to the Golden Slipper race.
Golden Slipper result: Miss Finland 1, Pure Energy 2, Churchill Downs 3.
Favorite for this race was Casino Prince with pre-race fixed odds of $4 win, $1.75 place as of 7am, April 7, followed by Churchill Downs and Diego Garcia, both at $7 win, $2.50 place. Close behind was Miss Finland at $8.50 win, $2.85 place.
Sydney Turf Club's showpiece event, the Golden Slipper is the world's richest race for two-year-old thoroughbreds.
Five group 1 races were run on Golden Slipper Day: The BMW, George Ryder Stakes, Queen of the Turf Stakes and Arrowfield Stud Stakes, in addition to the Golden Slipper race.
Golden Slipper result: Miss Finland 1, Pure Energy 2, Churchill Downs 3.
Comments
And the winner is ….Wonderful World, have a great day
If the emergencies don’t get a run, Wonderful World will start from gate 13, from which barrier no horse has yet won the Golden Slipper.
Wonderful World is trained by Bart Cummings who hasn’t had a winner in the Golden Slipper since Century Miss in 1979.
Might be time for a winner from gate 13 and from the Cummings stable.
And no horse has won the Golden Slipper from barrier 16 either, so what’s one to think?