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Randwick Betting Tips for April 4, 2026 - Race-by-Race Preview for The Championships - Day One
Royal Randwick kicks off the opening day of The Championships on April 4, featuring a remarkable lineup of ten races, including four Group 1s such as the Inglis Sires’ and T J Smith Stakes. Attendees can expect thrilling performances by well-known horses. Key recommendations include bets on horses like 'Sheza Alibi' in the Doncaster Mile and 'Tentyris' in the T J Smith Stakes. For comprehensive race previews and live updates, visit Live Racing & Sports websites.
- Royal Randwick hosts Day One of The Championships with four Group 1 highlights
- The event features elite races: Inglis Sires’, T J Smith Stakes, Doncaster Mile, and Australian Derby
- Follow our expert tips for a thrilling day of top-tier horse racing action
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Randwick hosts Day 1 of The Championships, featuring four Group 1 showpieces. (Getty)
On Saturday, April 4, Royal Randwick hosts the opening day of The Championships, with four Group 1’s headlining a high-quality 10-race program.
- Randwick Tips April 4
- Race 1 - 12:25PM Widden Kindergarten Stakes Tips (1100m)
- Race 2 - 1:00PM TAB Adrian Knox Stakes Tips (2000m)
- Race 3 - 1:35PM Schweppes Chairman’s Quality Tips (2600m)
- Race 4 - 2:10PM HKJC World Pool Carbine Club Stakes Tips (1600m)
- Race 5 - 2:45PM Country Championships Final Tips (1400m)
- Race 6 - 3:20PM Inglis Sires' Tips (1400m)
- Race 7 - 3:55PM Asahi Super Dry T J Smith Stakes Tips (1200m)
- Race 8 - 4:35PM Doncaster Mile Tips (1600m)
- Race 9 - 5:15PM ATC Australian Derby Tips (2400m)
- Race 10 - 5:50PM 4 Pines P J Bell Stakes Tips (1200m)
Feature events including the Inglis Sires’, T J Smith Stakes, Doncaster Mile and Australian Derby anchor the meeting, drawing together elite talent across sprinting, miling and staying ranks on one of the strongest programs of the entire season.
For full coverage of the meeting and broader action across the weekend, follow Live Racing & Sports Updates for previews, results and market moves across all codes.
Randwick Tips April 4
Race 1 - 12:25PM Widden Kindergarten Stakes Tips (1100m)
3. The Next Episode failed on debut in the Group 3 Golden Gift, but there were excuses, with the Ciaron Maher-trained youngster pulling up lame and slow to recover in that November outing, and was spelled immediately.
Following two slick trials, the $2.8 million colt got the job done first-up at Warwick Farm, showing a good turn-of-foot after racing a little greenly in transit, and he’s since completed a tick-over trial at Warwick Farm.
9. Blue Door is a superbly bred first starter, coming from the same family as Redoute's Choice, Manhattan Rain and Platinum Scissors. She bolted in a Rosehill trial on March 14 in the fastest 900m heat of the morning.
5. Steel Will comes out of the same race as The Next Episode and was raw on debut, but there was enough to like. He's a half-brother to September Run, a dual Group 1-winning sprinter.
1. Incognito was set a task in the Golden Slipper and is better placed here from a low draw over 1100m.
Selections: 3-9-5-1.
Race 2 - 1:00PM TAB Adrian Knox Stakes Tips (2000m)
3. Soverato was held up at key stages last time out when contesting the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes and got home well considering, and now gets out to 2000m for the first time after staying around the 1500m range all prep.
We were with her via a stylish return triumph at Canterbury, where she ran the fastest last 200m of the entire card before J-Mac then gave her a sore back in a forgivable second-up run. The champion hoop will be hungry to atone.
6. Classic Gem is still a maiden but was competitive on a VRC Oaks path at the end of a long first prep, and off trial work that suggested she’d come back better, the Victorian produced a strong chasing effort first-up.
7. Profoundly landed the cash for us first-up and, while it wasn’t a vintage Kembla Grange Classic, she was easily the best run from that 1600m lead-up and 2000m suits now.
16. Luna Bay is huge odds, but she looks a stayer, which her breeding supports, and this is her first 2000m try.
Selections: 3-6-7-16.
Race 3 - 1:35PM Schweppes Chairman’s Quality Tips (2600m)
5. Juja Kibo is improving with every run this campaign, with the Sydney Cup the aim, and the same connections and trainer had Circle Of Fire, who won this Group 2 in 2024 before taking out the 3200m feature a week later.
The lightly raced five-year-old worked through the grades over a long second Australian campaign last year, a prep that culminated in a Group 1 placing via The Metropolitan at Randwick, and he’s adept on all surfaces.
7. Taramansour produced the best performance of those coming out of the Manion Cup a fortnight ago, which includes Juja Kibo and a string of others, albeit as a nine-year-old with 55 starts, he’s very well exposed.
4. Athabascan is another veteran stayer and he can still pull out a good run, as was evident second-up, and that fast-run event may have just flattened him in the Manion Cup.
14. Seo Linn hasn’t worked publicly and respect any market moves on Australian debut.
Selections: 5-7-4-14.
Race 4 - 2:10PM HKJC World Pool Carbine Club Stakes Tips (1600m)
3. Matias was gelded after a two-run first prep and he furnished with racing as his second campaign wore on, with a third-up breakthrough before heading north and taking out the Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes in Brisbane.
Nothing went right fresh in the Phar Lap, which was effectively another trial, and it was a better effort than it reads. The bigger expanses of Randwick, a kinder draw, an extra 100m and Damian Lane taking over are all positives.
1. Rivellino hasn’t won in 13 months, but there have been decent subsequent runs and three of his last six starts have been at Group 1 level. Tick-over trial was good and this is the most winnable race he’s found in a while.
5. Providence put in a shocker in the Randwick Guineas, albeit nothing was expected there after a Wyong maiden win, and there are good references from last year.
13. Papa Blue is well up in grade for the hat-trick bid but he’s a big, athletic type with some style.
Selections: 3-1-5-13.
Race 5 - 2:45PM Country Championships Final Tips (1400m)
7. Show 'Em Howl had a prep run in a Group 3 and is a huge price in an open Country Final, having taken out the Port Macquarie Qualifier second-up after fresh failure, and the tongue-tie being added could explain that run.
While a handy Know Thyself was respected in the market last year, both the 2024 and 2023 editions produced blowout results and overall, four of the eleven winners of this race have been at double-figure quotes.
5. Warrior For Peace looked a good thing in a Highway two starts back and saluted accordingly. He then handled the drop back in trip to 1400m when taking the Scone Wildcard, which looks one of the strongest lead-ups.
3. Considered has won her last six and represents a powerful Matthew Dunn and Nash Rawiller team, a jockey and trainer combination that have a 23% career winning strike-rate.
12. Chidiac landed good bets to win the Muswellbrook Qualifier and now has Zac Purton in the saddle.
Selections: 7-5-3-12.
Race 6 - 3:20PM Inglis Sires' Tips (1400m)
12. Streisand has a few obvious queries, being deep into a prep off a few grand finals, along with stretching to 1400m for the first time, but she’s been comfortably the most genuine and professional juvenile we’ve seen this season.
The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes win stands as one of the strongest two-year-old references, while the Golden Slipper second was full of merit, sticking on as the best on-speed runner in a race that was set up for those swooping.
3. Alibaba has been freshened and back to the trials since a midfield finish in the Blue Diamond Stakes and should’ve won the Millennium here in a prior Sydney visit. Always shown class and 1400m on a big track looks ideal now.
8. Outspan has done little wrong, pulling up lame in his only real failure to date, and his Pago Pago Stakes performance last start supports this rise to seven furlongs.
4. Campione D’Italia ran the fastest last 800m, 600m and 400m of the Golden Slipper. Entitled to run on given the strong tempo, but still spotted them a start and overcame some trouble.
Selections: 12-3-8-4.
Race 7 - 3:55PM Asahi Super Dry T J Smith Stakes Tips (1200m)
7. Tentyris announced himself as an elite sprinter with a Coolmore Stud Stakes win before returning to take out the Black Caviar Lightning in dominant fashion, while there were clear excuses in the Newmarket Handicap.
The pattern was heavily against him in that last attempt and despite that, along with cardiac arrhythmia detected post-race, he still ran the second-fastest last 400m of the meeting. Gate one is the knock, but he can bounce back with even luck.
3. Giga Kick resumed in the Black Caviar Lightning with an even performance, and The Challenge Stakes second-up saw him remain at 1000m, producing the fastest last 400m and 200m of the March 7 program. Getting to 1200m is a big tick now.
8. Skybird is a big price and, while difficult to trust, the ability is there to measure up. Her Challenge Stakes return was okay, tick-over trial was good and clearly open to improvement.
6. Joliestar will want the rain to stay away, which appears likely at this stage. She’s the most in-form contender and being prepared on the fresh side suits.
Selections: 7-3-8-6.
Race 8 - 4:35PM Doncaster Mile Tips (1600m)
15. Sheza Alibi is hard to oppose even though history is against fillies in the Doncaster Mile, with Sunline the last to win in 1999, but her Randwick Guineas victory was outstanding and she’s now down to 49kg for this famous handicap.
That last reference is key, putting more than three lengths on Autumn Boy when taking on the boys. He’s the second market elect after taking out the Rosehill Guineas, and from their last clash, where Sheza Alibi gave him windburn, she meets him 1kg better off.
3. Headley Grange is a value contender, as one of the in-form runners in this lineup who could be peaking. He ran the fastest last 400m and 200m of the Canterbury Stakes, while he was forced to retreat at a key stage in the George Ryder Stakes before closing strongly.
7. Autumn Boy gets blinkers reapplied for the drop in distance to 1600m after a comfortable Rosehill Guineas win over 2000m, and Chris Waller has so often been successful with this pattern.
9. Linebacker was a touch plain in the George Ryder Stakes, but the return was good without luck and he arguably should’ve won this race last year after taking out the Randwick Guineas.
Selections: 15-3-7-9.
Race 9 - 5:15PM ATC Australian Derby Tips (2400m)
3. Green Spaces has looked like a horse searching for a staying trip throughout the preparation and now gets the chance at 2400m after a Rosehill Guineas run, getting home with the fastest last 200m of that ten-furlong feature.
Pedigree also supports the rise, with granddam Serenade Rose a dual Oaks winner, and improvement has come with each increase in distance this campaign, pointing to a peak performance fourth-up, with Bjorn Baker timing the run well.
5. Storm Leopard comes through the Tulloch Stakes, a race that has produced five Derby winners in the past decade, reinforcing the strength of that pathway, and while it was a messy affair, he had a fair bit in hand on the line, which will help on the back-up.
4. Deal Done Fast can improve sharply from the Rosehill Guineas, where he was second-up and a month between runs, while also marking a first attempt racing clockwise. The Caulfield return was strong.
2. Road To Paris arrives off a New Zealand Derby victory, and in the last decade, three Australian Derby winners have come from that feature, and champion hoop Zac Purton has the ride.
Selections: 3-5-4-2.
Race 10 - 5:50PM 4 Pines P J Bell Stakes Tips (1200m)
13. Beside The Ocean is a half-sister to 2020 Golden Slipper winner Farnan, and she’s shown talent in two short preps. This is aggressive placement, but Chris Waller is looking for black-type and early in the prep could be key for her.
She didn’t have the same dash at Randwick on January 24 before a spell, going there off an unlucky Wyong run, and she showed a slick turn-of-foot to salute fresh on Boxing Day when only getting clear room late.
8. Kujenga put in a strange trial on March 27, but that’s not uncommon from this stable and her first March hit-out was eye-catching. She has X-factor, but the penny didn’t drop last year despite many competitive stakes attempts.
1. Inkaruna had her chance on Golden Slipper Day when favourite but is still a deserving favourite here. Blinkers go back on third-up, as does Craig Williams, who was aboard for her last win.
9. Plaintiff won all three starts in an impressive first campaign, and her second March trial was encouraging.
Selections: 13-8-1-9.
Verdict
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