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Sportingbet Australia will sponsor the Cox Plate for the next five years in a new multi million dollar deal with the Moonee Valley Turf Club.

The race will be called the Sportingbet Cox Plate and Sportingbet Australia CEO Michael Sullivan said he was delighted to be sponsoring the premier weight for age race in the country.

“The Sportingbet Cox Plate is one of the iconic races in this country and no race has produced champions like it has over its near 100 year history,” Sullivan said.

“This is the biggest single commitment we have ever made to a sporting or racing organisation which shows just how much faith we have in the race and the Moonee Valley Turf Club.”

Sullivan said the sponsorship was a further commitment to the Victorian racing industry on top of the product fee paid to Racing Victoria and numerous other sponsorships.

“I have always said Sportingbet would contribute well over and above the product fee we pay to RVL and this is another example of how committed we are to ensuring racing in Victoria continues to grow,” he said.
“This sponsorship will see Sportingbet contribute over $5m to the industry in Victoria alone next year in product fees and sponsorship.”

Already an existing sponsor of the MVRC, the new enhanced deal will make Sportingbet Australia the major sponsor of the MVRC.

“We have been a sponsor of the club for over two years but this deal involves a significant increase as the major sponsor from July 1, 2012,” he said.

Moonee Valley Racing Club Chairman, Bob Scarborough said he was delighted with the partnership.

“The Moonee Valley Racing Club believes that this exciting partnership with Sportingbet Australia will be of great benefit to both organisations, and will ensure that the Sportingbet Cox Plate will remain as the Australian Weight-For-Age Championship,” Scarborough said.

“The Club has developed a number of exciting initiatives for the Sportingbet Cox Plate in recent years, including the move to make this an international invitational race.

“The Club will continue to focus on growing the profile of the Sportingbet Cox Plate in key international markets, and we believe that the partnership with Sportingbet Australia will assist the Club in these endeavours.”

Here are out top three harness racing tips for Albion Park harness racing on Saturday 2 July 2011

See all the latest odds for Albian Park harness racing at Sportingbet here.

Race 1 Number 3 Garnet River

Garnet River is a massive chance to take the win in race one. He has his eyes set for the 4/5 year old championship and look unrepairable to this line up. Expect him to lead early and if challenged will have some in reserve as shown on a number of occasions.

Race 5 Number 3 Yul Brunner

Yul Brunner has struggled in his last couple of runs at Melton but expect a different race as this race is a step down for him and should score easily. His finishing speed gives hope in any tricky position making him well worth a look.

Race 7 Number 10 Forever Gold

Quick becoming a fav for Queenslanders Forever Gold has had some huge runs at Albion Park and ran very well in the Gold Coast Oaks last week. Although she has drawn poorly Forever Gold is know to dig deep and fight to the end.

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Here are Luxbet’s Paul Vincent’s free horse racing tips for this weekends racing at Eagle Farm, Rose Hill and Flemington.

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Tattersall’s Tiara tip – Hurtle Myrtle is in career best form and represents by far the best value outside Beaded which will also be hard to beat.

Best bet – Eagle Farm Race 6 #2 Buffering – Coming of a strong run in the Stradbroke, faces a race with very few chances and looks to get the perfect run.
Best value – Rosehill Race 7 #7 Mr Edison – Has been hampered by bad barriers and wet tracks of late and should get the conditions to suit.
Lay of the day – Flemington Race 5 #4 Shadowfax – From the wide barrier M Rodd will have limited options and will have to endure a tough run to overcome a field with many hopes. A big risk at the current quote of $2.5.
Best backed runner – Eagle Farm Race 7 #1 Beaded – Punters more than happy to take the shorts – $2.2 into $2.

Punters have launched into Beaded for Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara with the Doomben 10,000 winner backed from $2.25 to $2.00 at Sportingbet Australia.
Beaded was narrowly beaten by Sincero in the Stradbroke after starting from an outside barrier and Sportingbet Australia CEO Michael Sullivan said punters had found plenty of reasons to back her.
“We took two early bets of $10,000 at $2.25 and there has been a string of other four figure bets at $2.10 and even money,” Sullivan said.
“We haven’t laid a decent bet on any other runner at this stage and it isn’t hard to see why punters like Beaded.
“She is drawn to get a really soft run from barrier unlike the Stardbroke where she got posted and still nearly held on.
“Under weight for age, she is also very well suited against this field given she is the only Group One winner of the mares besides the out of form Culminate with filly Yosei the only other Group One winner.”

Varenna Miss is on the second line of betting at $6.00 ahead of Zero Rock at $9.00 and Hurtle Myrtle at $11.
“Varenna Miss was very impressive last start but this is a lot harder while Zero Rock has been gallant all preparation but she meets Beaded 3.5kg worse than the Stradbroke so it is easy to see why punters have settled on Beaded,” Sullivan said.

TATTERSALLS TIARA
Sportingbet Australia Market
Beaded 2.00
Varenna Miss 6.00
Zero Rock 9.00
Hurtle Myrtle 11.00
St Germaine 13.00
Steps In Time 15.00
Born To Rock 17.00
Zingaling 21.00
Yosei 21.00
Culminate 31.00
Pontiana 31.00
Returntosender 41.00
Montana Flyer 51.00
Zippy Lou 51.00
She Rules 101.00

See the latest odds at Sporting Bet here

A sale price of between NZ$1 million to NZ$1.5 million for So You Think’s full brother is the $2.10 favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet.

$2.40 is on offer about the sale realising less than NZ$1 million, while punters who think spirited bidding will push the sale price higher than NZ$1.5 million can get odds of $4.50.

“There’s no doubt there’ll be massive interest in the champ’s full brother and we expect the sale price to be in the vicinity of one to one and a half million New Zealand Dollars,” sportsbet’s Haydn Lane said.

So You Think is expected to atone for his narrow loss in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes with a win in the upcoming Eclipse Stakes, and heads the market at $2.00.
“So You Think certainly had excuses in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, but you would think Aidan O’Brien will have him trained to the minute this time around to silence any critics,” said Lane.
Leading jockey Kieren Fallon is the early $2.50 favourite to replace Ryan Moore as So You Think’s jockey in the Eclipse Stakes, ahead of recent Gold Cup-winning jockey Jamie Spencer at $3.50.

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Sale price of So You Think’s full brother
$2.40 Less than NZ$1 million
$2.10 NZ$1 million to NZ$1.5 million
$4.50 More than NZ$1.5 million

Result paid on sale price of High Chaparral-Triassic yearling at Karaka Yearling Sales, January 30-31, 2012. Sale price is in New Zealand Dollars. All bets refunded if the horse is passed in or is withdrawn from the sales.

Who will replace Ryan Moore on So You Think in the Eclipse Stakes?
$2.50 Kieren Fallon
$3.50 Jamie Spencer
$4.00 Christophe Soumillon
$7.00 Johnny Murtagh
$9.00 Olivier Peslier
$11 Seamus Heffernan
$15 Mickael Barzalona
$17 Stephen Arnold

2011 Eclipse Stakes
$2.00 So You Think
$2.80 Workforce
$13 Cityscape
$15 Cape Blanco
$17 Twice Over
$21 Roderic O’Connor
$29 Sri Putra
$34 Rio De La Plata
$41 Alexander Pope, Cavalryman, Debussy, Silver Pond
$51 Viscount Nelson

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1. Friday Night Lights
Place a LuxMid Win bet on the first or last race of the evening at Newcastle (Friday, 17th June, 2011) and if you run second to the NSW Tote favourite; we’ll give you a bonus bet equal to your stake up to $50. (Applicable to your first LuxMid Win bet only).
2. Ipswich Favourite Saviour
Place a Fixed Odds WIN bet on any race at – Ipswich  (Saturday 18th June 2011).  If your selection comes second to the SP favourite, we’ll give you a bonus bet equal to your stake up to $100. (Applicable to your first Fixed Odds win bet at Ipswich only).

Here are Luxbet’s tips for this weekends massive days of racing.
Ipswich Cup tip – Little Stranger has been racing well and after being caught three wide the entire last start, should find this easier from gate 3.
Best bet – Rosehill Race 8 #8 Huckleberry Friend. Went enormous first up and drawn to get the perfect run. The wetter the better.
Best Value – Rosehill Race 5 #6 Beaveroo. Has come back in good order and is well suited stepping up to 1800 on a wet track.
Lay of the day – Moonee Valley Race 7 #4 Mont Fleuri. Will get back in a race with no real speed, with B Melham off – R Myers on, this could be too big a task.
Best backed runner – Rosehill Race 3 #1 Strike One. Very well supported $2.80 into $2.25.

Judgement
Sydney Race 3 – Splendid Honours will relish the 3200m and should keep plugging away up the straight at good odds. Strike One is the obvious danger who would be better suited over 3 mile and has been the best backed runner so far on the card.
Ipswich Race 6 – In a wide open race the Sydney form should stack up here. Adnocon has a lot of ability and goes very well first up while Mr Unforgettable is the clear second pick being well suited by the drop back in distance. If the money comes for How Much My Love it is worth a saver.
Ipswich Race 7 – Little Stranger has been racing well and after being caught three wide the entire last start, should find this easier from gate 3. Spechenka will appreciate the rise in distance and represents great value at double figure odds while Shuffle The Cash is coming off a solid run in the Brisbane Cup and will be thereabouts at the finish.

See all the latest odds for this weekends racing at Luxbet here

Leading online bookmaker Sportsbet has refunded more than $150,000 to Australian punters who were stung and stunned when champion horse So You Think was beaten in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot overnight.
“We think it’s only fair to refund bets on So You Think to Aussie punters,” sportsbet’s Haydn Lane said.
“Absolutely nothing went right for him and given the way the race unfolded it was a mighty effort to stick on as well as he did.
“The loss was certainly a dent to Aussie pride, but hopefully this move will help numb the pain a little for those who backed him.”
So You Think has eased from $2.50 out to $3.00 for the upcoming King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, while Rewilding, So You Think’s nemesis from the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, has firmed from $13 into $5.00.
So You Think has also drifted slightly from $3.50 to $4.00 for the Prix De L’Arc de Triomphe but remains the favourite.
The refund applies to all bets up to $100 on So You Think to win the 2011 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.

Markets courtesy of Sportsbet
2011 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes
$3.00 So You Think (out from$2.50)
$4.50 Workforce, St Nicholas Abbey
$5.00 Rewilding (in from $13)
$11 Snow Fairy
$14 Dubai Prince, Reliable Man
Others quoted

2011 Prix De L’Arc de Triomphe
$4.00 So You Think (out from $3.50)
$6.00 Workforce
$6.50 Pour Moi
$10 Rewilding
$11 St Nicholas Abbey
$13 Sarafina

The big money keeps coming for So You Think to make it three from three in the Northern Hemisphere at Royal Ascot tonight with a $200,000 bet struck at Sportingbet Australia.

The dual Cox Plate winner had already shortened from $1.42 to $1.40 but Sportingbet Australia CEO Michael Sullivan said punters were still coming.
“We took a bet of $100,000 at $1.42 on Monday and then a bet of $200,000 at $1.40 and he is now into $1.33,” Sullivan said.
“He rewarded punters in Australia so often and they have little doubt he can keep his winning run going at Ascot.

“We knew how good he was when he went to Ireland and his performances so far look like he may have got even better which is scary.”

Sullivan said there had been very little money for any other runner in the Prince of Wales Stakes.
“Planteur is on the second line of betting at $5.00 and there has been a little money for him but nothing for any other runner,” he said.

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PRINCE OF WALES STAKES
Sportingbet Australia market
So You Think      $1.33
Planteur               $5.00
Twice Over         $13
Rewilding            $15
Jan Vermeer      $41
Debussy               $67
Sri Putra               $101

Two time Stradbroke Handicap winner Black Piranha is challenging Beaded for favouritism in Saturday’s race after the latter drew badly in barrier 17.
Sportingbet Australia CEO Michael Sullivan said punters had switched attention to the Con Karakatsanis trained veteran.
“There was a move for Black Piranha yesterday with him backed in from $7.00 to $6.00 but that has intensified since the final field market went up today and he’s now into $5.50,” said Sullivan.
“Some strong pre-post betting has Beaded still a $5.00 favourite but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them swap in the next day or so.
“Black Piranha has the score on the board and he’s proved before that Eagle Farm suits him perfectly.
One time Stradbroke favourite Sincero has firmed from $9.50 to $9.00 after drawing well in barrier 4.

Stradbroke Handicap
Sportingbet Australia Market
Beaded $5.00
Black Piranha $5.50
Woorim $7.00
Love Conquers All $7.50
Thangodyou’rehere $8.50
Sincero $9.00
All Silent $21.00
Bold Glance $21.00
Listen Son $31.00
Buffering $35.00
Zero Rock $35.00
Border Rebel $41.00
Alverta $41.00
Lady’s Angel $41.00
Raffaello $41.00
Others $51.00 Plus

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Wednesday Racing
Wednesday Canterbury special
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Thursday Greyhounds
The Dapto Favourites
Place a LuxMid Win bet on your selection on any race at Dapto (Thursday, 9th June, 2011) and if your dog runs second to the Luxbet Fixed Odds Favourite; they will give you a bonus bet equal to your stake up to $50. Applicable to your first LuxMid Win bet placed on each race.

Friday Harness Racing
Tabcorp Park Money back special
Place a Fixed Odds or LuxMid Win bet on the final race of the day at Melton (Friday, 10 June, 2011) and if you run second to the Luxbet Fixed Odds Favourite; they will give you your stake back up to $100. Applicable to your first Fixed Odds or LuxMid Win bet placed only (whichever occurs first) ..

Saturday Races
A Day at the Races:
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AFL Special
Rd 12 Collingwood Upset
Place a line bet on any AFL game this weekend and if your selection doesn’t get up but Melbourne do cover the line against Collingwood (as set at first bounce), they will give you a bonus bet equal to your stake up to $100. Applicable to your first line bet placed only.

NRL Special
Rd 14 Monday Night Saviour
The Storm entertain the Roosters for Monday night football. If you place a line bet on any NRL fixture this weekend and your selection doesn’t get up but the Roosters win, they will give you a bonus bet equal to your stake up to $100. Applicable to your first line bet placed only.