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Scone Betting Tips for May 16, 2025 - Selections for Scone Cup Day

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: Wed 14 May 2025 15:41

Alex Marsh 14 May 2025

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First day of the Scone Racing Carnival features key races: Scone Cup & Inglis 2yo Challenge
Top bets include Shropshire Lad, Off The Scale, Loch Eagle, and Rhythm Is A Dancer
Focus on these races for a mix of best and value bets

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The 2025 Scone Racing Carnival starts on Friday. (Getty)

The two-day Scone Racing Carnival begins on Friday, with the Listed Scone Cup and Inglis 2yo Challenge among the highlights on the May 16 program.

Scone Tips May 16
Gulliver's Class 1 Handicap Tips (Race 4)
Kia Ora Class 1 Handicap Tips (Race 5)
Darley Scone Cup Tips (Race 7)
Vinery Country Cup Tips (Race 8)

Our best and value bets for Friday are included below.

Scone Tips May 16

Gulliver's Class 1 Handicap Tips (Race 4)

Scone Best Bet - Race 4 No. 3 Shropshire Lad

It looked an end-of-prep run at start three when contesting a Randwick Highway and Shropshire Lad was a stylish breakthrough winner prior to that.

That December 18 victory was recorded over this track/trip and the Scone local relished a soft track that day, so the underfoot conditions on Friday shouldn't worry him.

Even without intent, Shropshire Lad almost pinched a lead-up trial at Tamworth on April 30 and the three-year-old can get away with this Class 1 fresh.

Kia Ora Class 1 Handicap Tips (Race 5)

Scone Next Best Bet - Race 5 No. 15 Off The Scale

Wet ground remains a query with the Off The Scale, however, she's still lightly raced and the daughter Zousain made ground at start two on a Soft 6.

The three-year-old was heavily backed on debut, where 1200m was too sharp and following a 1500m breakthrough, she wasn't disgraced in the Group 3 Spring Stakes.

Her Tamworth return was hard to miss, where Off The Scale rattled home with the fastest last 200m of a 1400m Class 1 and she's suited up to a mile here.

Darley Scone Cup Tips (Race 7)

Scone Feature Bet - Race 7 No. 7 Loch Eagle

It's a tricky race to assess this far out, as the track conditions could change and it appears to be a more open affair than the early market suggests.

Loch Eagle could be the forgotten runner and with two quiet trials followed by a searching 1200m workout on May 7, he's prepped up well for this return attempt.

He's a proven fresh performer and without many short term options for a well-exposed six-year-old, Loch Eagle looks targeted at the Scone Cup first-up.

Vinery Country Cup Tips (Race 8)

Scone Value Bet - Race 8 No. 6 Rhythm Is A Dancer

He won this race two years ago and off two encouraging performances to open his autumn campaign, Rhythm Is A Dancer is building towards a peak.

His fresh outing at Muswellbrook was effectively a trial, where the gelding was ridden cold from a wide draw and he finished off well over five furlongs.

Getting to 1400m looks ideal off his last start chasing effort at the Gold Coast and along with drawing kinder third-up, soft ground is also a plus for Rhythm Is A Dancer.

Verdict

Scone - May 16

Our Scone tips for Friday, May 16 are:

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