| What | Sandown Stakes Day 2024 |
| Where | Sandown Racecourse – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 |
| When | Saturday, September 28, 2024 |
| First Race | 12:10pm AEST |
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Sandown’s Hillside track will host metro racing in Victoria this Saturday, with eight races set down for decision. The Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) headlines the AFL Grand Final Day program on a deck which will likely begin as a Good 4 and stay that way throughout the day. The rail remains in its true position, with the Sandown races on September 28 set to commence at 12:10pm AEST.
Sandown Stakes Tip: Desert Lightning
Desert Lightning was massive in defeat in the Listed Chautauqua Stakes (1200m) first-up from a six-month spell. The five-year-old gelding travelled three wide with no cover at the rear of the field, only to go down by a length behind A Little Deep and subsequent Group 2 winner Arkansaw Kid. From barrier one, Luke Nolen will need a touch of luck in the home straight, but if the gap appears at the right time, Desert Lightning will be poised to strike.
Sandown Stakes
Race 7 – 
#1 Desert Lightning (1)
5yo Gelding | T: Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman | J: Luke Nolen (59.5kg)
+450 with Dabble
Best Bet at Sandown: Zloties
Zloties could not have done much more in her two victories from as many starts this time in. The five-year-old mare returned at Geelong off a 131-week spell with a smart win and backed it up in equally impressive fashion at the Sandown Hillside 1300m. Everything she has done suggests that the 1400m will suit her perfectly, and with a genuinely run affair expected, the race sets up perfectly for Zloties to thunder home.
Best Bet
Race 3 – 
#7 Zloties (5)
5yo Mare | T: Grahame Begg | J: Jordan Childs (59kg)
+200 with Neds
Next Best at Sandown: Sugar Coat
Despite the two wins to begin his career coming in much easier company than what he faces on the weekend, Sugar Coat looms large in this 1400m handicap for the boys. He was a smart debut winner on the Pakenham synthetic before easily accounting for a four-horse field at Seymour. He will likely stalk the speed from barrier four, and with an economical run in transit, the step up in trip should be no issue for Sugar Coat.
Next Best
Race 2 – 
#5 Sugar Coat (4)
3yo Gelding | T: Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman | J: Linda Meech (54kg)
+320 with PlayUp
Best Value at Sandown: Muramasa
Muramasa produced an eye-catching run at Moonee Valley when finishing the best of the beaten brigade behind Pericles over 1500m. Considering that trip was well short of his best, the run reads even better than it might appear. He steps up to 1800m second-up, and with the long Hillside straight aiding his desire to build through the gears, Muramasa should prove too hard to hold out in the second leg of the quaddie.
Best Value
Race 6 – 
#2 Muramasa (11)
5yo Gelding | T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | J: John Allen (60kg)
+900 with Picklebet
Sandown Saturday quaddie tips – 28/9/2024
Sandown quadrella selections
Saturday, September 28, 2024
- 1-2-3-8
- 1-2-5-13
- 1-4-5-11
- 8-15-18
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