Successful sports punters who bet online are wise to become knowledgeable about all the sports that may interest them, and all the rules and regulations that they demand. This applies to betting on horse racing too, even more than many other sports
Horse racing has been popular in one form or another since the Roman invasion. The first race course, of the type that we know today, was established in the early eighteenth century. Racing’s elite met in 1750 at Newmarket in England to form the Jockey Club, and this exercises control over all English racing to this day, and has provided the prototype for all racing and jockey clubs all over the world. There are now hundreds of racecourses worldwide, some of which are very well known.
The Kentucky Derby, for instance, run every year at Churchill Downs, the Epsom Derby run at the Epsom Downs, and of course the Melbourne Cup, which is the most famous of all horse races in Australia. There are many different types of horse racing. There are maiden races, handicap races and stakes races, which are races run by the better horses, and which offer the biggest purses. These races usually have the word Stakes in their names.
History of the Chipping Norton Stakes
This race is a premier Australian race, run by Turf Club Group 1 for thoroughbred horses three years old or older, run over a distance of 1600 metres at Warwick Farm Racecourse, Sydney. This race is run in Feb ruary or March each year, during the Sydney autumn racing carnival. It is raced under weight for age conditions, providing a decided advantage to the better class horses that assemble on the day. Prize money is half a million dollars. The Warwick Farm, Chipping Norton Stakes is a major preparation race for the Group 1 Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup, and winners are exempt from ballot for entry into both races.
The race is named after the suburb Chipping Norton which is located in Liverpool 27 kilometres from Sydney. The race is usually held together with the Liverpool City Cup. The race has been won by some outstanding champions.
Betting on the Race
Betting on the Warwick Farm, Chipping Norton Stakes, is immensely popular as it is the only Group 1 race of the day, and the first of the carnival. It always attracts lots of interest from horse racing news online sites, and from punters keen to place a wager on a quality class race. Often the winners of the places in the Warwick Far, Chipping Norton Stakes race go on to succeed in the other exciting autumn events in the Sydney carnival.
Betting online on the Warwick Farm, Chipping Norton Stakes becoming easier and safer with the reputable betting sites. These sports books have excellent support services regarding the financial transactions, and often supply newsletters and information about the form of the horses and all updated statistics. The top betting sites have therefore developed into vast, interactive and informative resources that can be accessed with ease.
Sports betting can be an extremely lucrative pastime, and is one of the reasons online betting has become so successful. Certainly it is a thriving industry, and appeals to every punter with a love of the sport of horse racing, and a wish to enjoy the thrill of a wager.