Sandown Park Tips [October 2024]

Sandown Park Racecourse Preview

What’s interesting about the Sandown Racecourse is that there are two racecourses combined. After developments in 2001, two different tracks were formed, Lakeside and Hillside. Sandown Lakeside uses the inner of the two home turns and it is loved by racing fans due to the free-flowing turns.

Sandown Lakeside Racecourse offers runners a 407m long home straight that includes a fairly steep incline, so it certainly favours runners with a bit of fitness and stamina. So, when researching the best Sandown tips, make sure they consider this important factor. The Sandown track is located 25km from Melbourne’s CBD.

Sandown Park Betting Strategy Types

Finding your Sandown tips is one thing, but knowing the betting strategy behind them is another. There are heaps of free horse racing tips in Australia, all recommending different betting types which can be a little confusing. One of the biggest recommendations we can give is that you stick with a bet type that you fully understand.

There are many different bet types, but in this section, we are just going to focus on three. Each has its own degree of difficulty, so you can decide which one will work best for you. So, if you’ve got your Sandown tips for Wednesday or any day of the week, here are some bet types you can choose from:

Win Bet

The Win Bet is the simplest of all the bet types going around for Sandown Park, so if you’re new to the world of betting, this is the perfect place to start. You’ll usually find that most of the Sandown race tips today will focus on the Win Bet, due to its simplicity.

With this bet type you are simply betting on the runner you think will win the race at Sandown Park. That’s it! Super easy to understand and follow. All you need to focus on is the horse you’ve placed a bet on and if they cross the line first, you’re a winner.

Treble

Heaps of tips during the week, like Wednesday horse racing tips, for example, will also feature the Treble bet type. This is a little more advanced compared to the Win Bet, but it is loved by more experienced punters due to the lucrative odds available if you can land a Treble.

The Treble bet type involves choosing the winner of three pre-nominated races on the card at Sandown Park. If there is a major race on the card for the day, you’ll usually find that particular race is one of the three you are required to pick the winner from.

Quadrella

A Quadrella, also known as a Quaddie, is one of the hardest bet types to pick, but if you can land one, you’re in for a fairly significant payday! Due to its massive payday potential, you’ll see heaps of Sandown quaddie tips floating around online.

Some will even feature the Quaddie in their best exotics tips for the day. With the Quaddie, you are challenged with tipping the winner of four nominated races on the card at Sandown Park. The bet type is basically the same as the Treble, except you have to pick four winners, not three.

Sandown Park Racecourse History

Sandown Park Racecourse was originally built for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club and it was the only metropolitan racecourse that was built in the 20th century and saw a crowd of 52,000 in 1965. The original shape of the course was oval and in 1997 a quarantine centre was established to hold all the international horses coming to Melbourne for Spring.

In 2001, there was a redevelopment of Sandown Racecourse, creating two new turf tracks. Racing on these two new reconfigured tracks began in 2003 and the number of race meetings held here each year increased as well.

The official name of the racecourse has changed throughout the years, with multiple bookmakers becoming the official sponsor of the track. The likes of Sportingbet, William Hill and Ladbrokes all held naming rights to the racecourse at one time or another.

Sandown Park Racecourse Race Distance Guide

In any track, you’ll see a level of significance being placed on the distance and barrier draw of each runner. So, we’ve put together a guide of what to expect at each race distance here at Sandown Park, which you can find in the table.

Distance:	Guide:
1,000m	From this distance, runners jump from a chute just off the course proper and need to contend with a 600m straight before the final turn.
1,200m	The races at this distance begin on the back straight of the course. There’s a 400m straight before a long sweeping turn that leads to the home straight.
1,300m	This race distance is quite similar to the 1,200m races but with an extra 100m before the first and only turn.
1,400m	The race begins at the end of the first turn and runners have a 600m straight before the turn and this sees those jumping from an inside barrier lose some of the advantage.
1,500m	Runners start this race in a chute which feeds them out to the back straight. They then have a 700m straight before the last turn, so with all that distance in the straight, not a lot of advantage is on offer for the inside barriers.
1,600m	This is very similar to the 1,500m distance race, except there’s an 800m straight instead of a 700m one.
2,000m	Runners start on the course in this race, on the home straight. There’s 300m to the first turn and the distance gives inside barriers not much of an advantage.
2,400m	At 2,400m, runners start from a chute located at the top of the home straight and then there's a 700m run to the first turn, therefore only giving inside barriers a minor advantage.

How to Get to Sandown Park Racecourse

There are a couple of ways you can get to Sandown Park Racecourse. One popular option is to catch public transport, which takes about 40 minutes from Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station and is on the Pakenham or Cranbourne line.

If you are heading to the track, don’t forget about the Sandown Park dress code because if you don’t meet the code, you’ll likely be turned away at the gate. Members in particular have a specific dress code to uphold and things like denim, cargo shorts and thongs aren’t allowed.

Parking is limited in the area, so if you don’t want to catch public transport to the racecourse it is recommended you take a taxi or a ride-share to get yourself to the track. It takes around 35 minutes to get to the track by car from Melbourne’s CBD.