NSW Betting Highlights – June 1, 2

Wednesday, 30 May 2012: Farmhouse BIG6

This Saturday there will be a $50,000 cross-meeting BIG6 featuring the two premier meetings in Sydney and Brisbane.

Warwick Farm and Eagle Farm will combine with the last three races on each of their respective programs to make up the BIG6.

In other jackpot news for the week, Wenty Park's Friday night card has a BIG6 jackpot of just under $2,000 which will be held between races 4-9.

For harness racing fans, the Tabcorp Park Menangle program on Saturday night also has a BIG6 jackpot of nearly $2,000. It will be held from races 4-9 with the first leg set to go at 6:47pm.

NSW TAB JACKPOTS
Date Code Venue Bet Type Jackpot Guarantee* Races
Fri 1 June SG WENTWORTH PARK GREYHOUNDS BIG6 $1,835.81 4,5,6,7,8,9
Sat 2 June B1 CROSS-MEETING WARWICK FARM/
EAGLE FARM BIG6 $50,000.00 Last 3 races
W Farm / E Farm
Sat 2 June SH TABCORP PARK MENANGLE BIG6 $1,937.25 Last 6 races

'Harness This' a huge success
TAB Sportsbet's month-long 'Harness This' promotion has been hailed a huge success. The promotion, which offered guaranteed First 4 pools of $10,000 on every metropolitan race at Tabcorp Park Menangle in May, saw positive turnover increases across the board. Turnover on metropolitan meetings at Tabcorp Park Menangle in May were up nearly 14% compared to last year. The 'Harness This' promotion ended last Saturday.

Early Fixed Odds movers – Harness Jewels

Fixed Odds betting for Saturday's Harness Jewels meeting from Cambridge is up and running. TAB Sportsbet opened up markets on the Jewels last Monday and already some customers have jumped in early to take advantage of some generous prices. In the 2YO Emerald, Mark Purdon and Grant Payne's Border Control has come in for good support. Opening up at $11, one customer snapped up a juicy price by outlaying $1,000 @ $10 on the son of Bettor's Delight. He is now into $6.50. Thanesan, from the powerful Anthony Butt stable, has firmed from $3.50 into $3.00 in the 4YO Ruby while Onlyforyou is $6 into $4.80 to take out the 2YO Diamond. The entire nine-race card will be shown on Sky Racing2 with coverage commencing at 10am.

Two-pronged attack for Number One Club stable

The Number One Club stable will be launching a two-pronged attack on the John Georgantzakos Pace (1609 metres) this Saturday night at Tabcorp Park Menangle. The stable has Numberone Amenophis and The Big Mach engaged, however, the pair have come up with the two outside barriers (nine and 10 respectively). Both pacers have been racing in consistent fashion of late and are given solid chances in an open affair. Their 10 Number One Club owners for the day are set to share in over $8,300 in prize winnings. Every time one of the stable hits the track, five Number One Club members are chosen to be its owners for a day. As well as experiencing all the benefits an owner would, they also get a share in some of the prize winnings! To date there has been over $232,000 in winnings that have been distributed to members that have been owners for a day.

Last chance to win a BMW

This Saturday is the last chance TAB Sportsbet customers have to stake a claim for a new BMW 125i Convertible. TAB account customers simply need to use the new website and place a bet through the new tab.com.au and they will automatically go into the draw. The new tab.com.au makes your betting simpler and smarter by introducing new features such as blackbook, cross sport and racing multis and Super Multi functionality. For more information, TAB Sportsbet customers should head to new.tab.com.au for all the details.