The Tramway Quality Hcp is a Group 3 race for 3yo & upwards horses held each September at Randwick racecourse in Sydney during the spring racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1400 metres and worth $125,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Tramway Quality Hcp was won by Sincero from Secret Admirer with Thankgodyou'rehere third.
The Tramway Quality Hcp is a handicap race over 1400m with a highweight limit of 61 kilograms and is suited to horses who race best under quality handicap conditions. Horses who contested the Show County Quality earlier in the month at the same track will more often than not contest this race, as the Show County is raced under the same race conditions, only the Tramway is an extra 200 metres.
Bank Robber (2008), Primus (2006) and Sportsman (2003) both won the Show County Quality before winning this race, while Lotteria (2nd in 2005) won the Show County before finishing 2nd in this race the same year. A number of horses have placed in both races over the past few years.
Keep an eye on the Show County Quality winners & placegetters when assessing this race as there is a fair chance that they will show up in this race if entered.
The Tramway Quality Hcp can als be a good guide to the better races ahead in Sydney and Melbourne and Sincero (2011) managed to win the Gr1 George Main Stakes at his next start and Thankgodyou’rehere (3rd in 2011) took out the Gr3 Tramway Quality Handicap at Warwick Farm.
Top galloper Rangirangdoo (2009) ran second in the Gr1 Epsom Handicap at Randwick after winning this race and he then travelled to Melbourne to win the Gr2 Crystal Mile at Moonee Valley on WS Cox Plate day.
Sincero (2011) won the Gr1 Stradbroke Handicap in Brisbane during the winter before returning to the race track to win this event first-up from a spell and recent Tramway Quality Hcp winners include Neeson (2010) and Rangirangdoo (2009).
2011 Tramway Quality Hcp result
1. $5.00 Sincero 58.0 C O’Brien
2. $4.60 Secret Admirer 53.5 C Brown
3. $5.00 Thankgodyou’rehere 55.0 R Quinn
then followed
4. $3.90 Neeson 55.5 C Reith
5. $21.00 Willy Jimmy 53.0 M Palmer
6. $51.00 Stratofortress 54.0 N Berry
7. $21.00 Gathering 58.0 J Moreira
8. $51.00 Tullamore 55.0 T Berry
9. $14.00 Triple Elegance 58.0 J Cassidy
10. $41.00 All Silent 59.5 B Pengelly
11. $41.00 Syreon 56.0 H Bowman
12. $101.00 Dealer Principal 54.5 Ms K O’Hara
13. $81.00 Diamondcowboy 53.0 J Ford
14. $101.00 Red Lord 53.0 M Walker
15. $151.00 Bid Spotter 54.0 B Spriggs (a)
16. $11.00 Parthian 53.0 G Schofield
Margins: short 1/2 head, len Time: 1:22.23
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