The Group 3 Concorde Stakes will be run at Rosehill Racecourse on Saturday, starting at 2:40PM as race 4.
Top of the odds at SportsBet are Reward For Effort and Patronyme at $3.80.
Reward For Effort shot to fame last year by handily winning the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes. The plucky runner has more recently won the Sir John Monash Stakes and looks a good chance to take the Concorde Stakes before moving on to bigger things later this season.
A win bet on Reward For Effort at SportsBet is looking good, and a place bet looks almost certain to pay off.
Patronyme has a lot more experience, but that experience has been quite mixed. The current faith in Patronyme may be due to a Birthday Card Stakes win earlier this year and a recent exceptional barrier trial run. Nevertheless, it is hard to favour the mare above Reward For Effort, who has better momentum.
A place bet on Patronyme at SportsBet could be worthwhile, but a win seems unlikely in the face of better competition. An exacta of Reward For Effort/Patronyme has its charms.
The other likely contender is Winter King at $4.80 in the Concorde Stakes odds at SportsBet. This is a step back up in competition for the 4 year old, and it seems odd that he is being backed so strongly. However, a barrier 2 start could make all the difference, and definitely puts Winter King in with a shot.
Concorde Stakes Field and Odds
| # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Br. | Weight | Odds* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCCLINTOCK | Mark de Montfort | Damien Oliver | 4 | 58 | 9.00 |
| 2 | REWARD FOR EFFORT | Peter G Moody | Nash Rawiller | 5 | 56.5 | 3.50 |
| 3 | TRUSTING | John P Thompson | Hugh Bowman | 3 | 56 | 13.00 |
| 4 | KRONER (NZ) | Robert Price | Kathy O’Hara | 6 | 55.5 | 51.00 |
| 5 | PRINCE BRAEMAN | Paul Perry | Tommy Berry | 9 | 54.5 | 21.00 |
| 6 | PATRONYME | Joseph Pride | Corey Brown | 7 | 53.5 | 3.80 |
| 7 | MONTANA FLYER | Gai Waterhouse | Tim Clark | 1 | 53 | 9.00 |
| 8 | WINTER KING (NZ) | David Payne | Glyn Schofield | 2 | 53 | 4.80 |
| 9 | TRIM | Peter Snowden | Blake Shinn | 8 | 53 | 6.50 |
