TAB investigating outage

Tabcorp continues to investigate an massive outage which caused betting chaos across Australia over the weekend.

Tabcorp had an outage caused by a power failure at 11:30am on Saturday leaving punters unable to access online accounts or place any bets through most retail outlets across the rest of Saturday and most of Sunday.

The issue forced the races at Morphettville to be postponed until Monday while major meetings at Flemington and Rosehill ran without TAB betting.

Systems finally returned to normal in Australia at around 3pm on Sunday after 28 hours of downtime, however the system was down again on Sunday night.

The issue is estimated to have cost around $100 million in lost turnover, with the knock-on impact to the industry estimated to have been around $7 million for Saturday's outage alone.

The issue, which impacted all online accounts, plus on course and agency betting in New South Wales and Victoria, is set to be further investigated.

"Based on a preliminary review of the incident, there is no evidence of any potential cyber security issues or customer data breaches. However, Tabcorp notes that these issues will be urgently reviewed as part of a formal investigation," a statement read.

Tabcorp's Managing Director and CEO David Attenborough once again apologised on behalf of the wagering giants.

“Tabcorp wishes to once again apologise to our customers, the racing industry, venues and other partners for the issues we faced in the delivery of our products and services this weekend,” said Attenborough.

“We appreciate the patience and understanding of our partners and customers and look forward to once again providing them with Tabcorp’s full gambling entertainment experience.”

Peters' Queen pleases

Leviathan owner Bob Peters is satisfied with the spring haul of Arcadia Queen (Pierro) despite his star mare not winning the one race he is desperate to claim.

Arcadia Queen won the G1 Mackinnon S. on Saturday in impressive fashion, her second Group 1 success of the campaign having earlier won the G1 Caulfield S.

The Grant and Alana Williams-trained 5-year-old could only finish fifth in the G1 Cox Plate, a race Peters had targeted, but her owner was happy with what she was able to achieve.

‘’I was hoping for the big one (Cox Plate) but you can’t be unhappy with two Group 1s and I think she (Arcadia Queen) proved when she doesn’t get herself into trouble, she’s awfully hard to beat,’’ Peters told Racing.com.

‘’She got herself into trouble in the Cox Plate just like she did a year earlier in the race she was set for in Sydney (Golden Eagle).’’

Arcadia Queen picked up more than $2 million in her time in Victoria to edge her own prizemoney to $3.9 million in 15 starts.

She is set to remain in Victoria for the time being with no available flights back to Western Australia.

Lindsay Park celebrates Flemington success

A deliberate strategy to target Flemington's biggest week has paid dividends for Lindsay Park trainers Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes, who won the Bart Cummings Award as the Melbourne Cup Carnival’s leading trainers.

Dabernig revealed to Racing.com that after a slower than expected start to the spring, with eight winners for the season before last Saturday, he was delighted with the flow of five winners over the four Flemington meetings.

‘’We really targeted Cup week and by doing that we sacrificed the early spring a little to have our horses peaking for this week,’’ he said on Sunday.

‘’It was a little frustrating as the spring progressed as there are always doubters out there who are trying to find a reason why it wouldn’t work, but we are so blessed to have such great facilities and staff that I was always confident we had the processes to get the job done.’’

Dabernig and Hayes' week was highlighted by the win of Personal (Fastnet Rock) in the G1 Kennedy Oaks last Thursday, their first Group 1 win in partnership.

King looks for Cup consolation

Danny O'Brien will send King Of Leogrance (Fr) (Camelot {GB}) to Sandown next week after his raceday scratching for the G1 Melbourne Cup.

The G2 Adelaide Cup winner will tackle either the G2 Zipping Classic or the Listed Sandown Cup after overcoming an abscess in his off fore which saw him withdrawn from last Tuesday's $8 million race.

“It was an issue that quickly came good and he is going good now and has galloped since,” O’Brien told Racenet.

“Hopefully we can get something at Sandown after missing the Cup run. I am sure he will run well whichever way we head whether that be the Zipping Classic or Sandown Cup.

“I will have a look at the nominations and then make a decision from there.”

Meanwhile, Paul Preusker is considering starting Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking) in the G2 Zipping Classic.

Kay Cee back in Group 1 winning form

Star Western Australia mare Kay Cee (Playing God) will head towards the G1 Railway S. and the G1 Kingston Town S. with much improvement to come of her impressive win in Saturday's G2 Lee Steere S. at Ascot, according to trainer Neville Parnham.

Kay Cee shrugged off an indifferent first-up effort in the G3 Northerly S., to charge home and win on Saturday, stamping herself as the horse to beat in the upcoming Group 1 features.

Parnham told TABRadio that he felt Kay cee had improved physically since she won the Kingston Town as a 3-year-old last year.

"Obviously it was extremely satisfying to see her back in her old form," Parnham said.

"I've seen quite a bit of improvement in her. She always had the frame, but she was a bit light last year. She has developed in that little break she has had through to the winter. She looked mature then, and since then, she has strengthened up a lot and has developed into a good looking, strong mare."

Trelawney Stud farewells Syrah

Trelawney Stud is mourning the loss of the dual Group 1-producing mare Syrah (NZ) (Traditionally {USA}).

Syrah produced G1 Thorndon Mile winner A Touch Of Ruby (NZ) (Pins) and G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas winner Loire (NZ) (Redoute's Choice) as well as three other winners.

The 17-year-old mare, who was winless herself through six starts in her racing career, passed away as a result of illness over the weekend.

She's had three foals who are yet to reach the track, a 3-year-old filly named Aquaoir (NZ) (Ocean Park {NZ}), a 2-year-old colt by Tivaci (NZ) and a yearling filly by Satono Aladdin (Jpn).

Bourbonaire set to attract buyer interest

Trainer Stephen Marsh is anticipating plenty of interest in G1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas runner-up Bourbonaire (NZ) (Darci Brahma {NZ}), who will head for a spell and be targeted towards the G1 NZ Derby unless he is sold.

Bourbonaire was narrowly beaten by Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls {NZ}) in Saturday's feature, giving great pride to Marsh and his American-based owners.

“Obviously, the winner is a very smart individual as he’s unbeaten and we’ve run him to a nose without getting the full rub of the green," Marsh said.

“He (Aegon) nailed us at Hastings and we just missed nailing him this time so I don’t think there is much between them.

“He’ll go straight out for a couple of weeks now. He can have a freshen up as it looks like he will get the Derby trip, so I will need to speak with the owners to work out which way we want to go with him.

“There is also a fair bit of interest around from people looking to buy him so we will have to see what happens over the course of the next few weeks.”

Among those who race Bourbonaire is former pilot and corporate CEO Dennis Foster along with bloodstock agents Mike McMahon and Jamie Hill, who oversee the Bourbon Lane Stable Partnership, and are assisted locally by New Zealand Bloodstock’s Danny Rolston.

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