TRACKSIDE: Former Warrnambool Cup-winning jockeys John Hunter and Terry Boswell were on track Wednesday. Hunter won on Billingsford in 1996 while Boswell was successful on Princess Camillo in 1970.
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INCREASE: TAB on-course betting for the middle day of the carnival was up $140,000 while on-course betting on the first day was up marginally.
RECORD: Modern-day crowd numbers were smashed on Wednesday with 7389 people going through the gates which made up for Tuesday's figures which were down 600.
MASSIVE PAY DAY: Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Michael Moroney has more than 500,000 reasons to be nervous before Black Tomahawk runs in the Warrnambool Cup. Moroney is chasing a trainers’ bonus following Yesterday's Songs’ win in the Wangoom Handicap. The all-up bet bonus is on offer to any trainer who can prepare the winners of the two feature flat races of the Warrnambool carnival – Wangoom Handicap and Warrnambool Cup.
A starting pool of $10,000 was used to place bets on eligible horses in the Wangoom, with the dividend to be reinvested into its stablemate in the cup. That means a $17,000 bet will be placed on Black Tomahawk, as of Wednesday afternoon Black Tomahawk was rated a $31 chance on TAB fixed odds, would deliver Moroney a cool $527,000.
INTERESTING: Racing Victoria heavyweights Bernard Saundry and David Moodie were seen in heavy discussions with Melbourne Racing Club bosses Mike Symons and Brodie Arnhold in the mounting yard at Warrnambool on Wednesday. All parties were tight-lipped after the talks but one would think they were about the special general meeting MRC had last week.
