$80,000 in TAB Grand Slam Bonuses Up For Grabs

18 July 2019
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Up to $80,000 in TAB Grand Slam bonuses could be won on the final night of the 2019 TAB Queensland Winter Racing Carnival at Albion Park on Saturday. 

The night is headlined by the $250,000 TAB Blacks A Fake Queensland Championship, the final leg of the 2018/19 Grand Circuit Series for pacers. 

The support card is no less impressive and includes the $100,000 TAB Queensland Derby, $100,000 QBRED 2YO Colts and Geldings Final and the $100,000 QBRED 2YO Fillies Final, all at Group 1 level. 

Thanks to TAB's generous sponsorship of the 2019 Winter Carnival, Racing Queensland earlier this year announced a number of lucrative bonuses tied to winning doubles throughout the period.  

The major prize is a $50,000 bonus to any horse that can complete the Sunshine Sprint/Blacks A Fake double. 

The locally owned, trained and driven Ohoka Punter can snare the $50,000 if he is able to win the race for a second time, following his upset win in last Saturday's Garrard's Sunshine Sprint. 

But he'll face stiff competition in stablemate in Colt Thirty One and the Grand Circuit Champion, Tiger Tara, among others. 

In an effort to attract Australasia's best horses to the Sunshine State for the carnival, RQ offered a 'Grand Final Ticket' bonus of $10,000 for the connections of any grand circuit leg winner that starts in the Blacks A Fake.

The incentive has seen Tiger Tara return to Brisbane for just his second race start at 'The Creek' and, failing any disasters this week, he will collect the bonus, following his wins in the A.G. Hunter Cup, Victoria Cup and Inter Dominion Final. 

Sonya Smith three-year-old Make Way can pick up a $15,000 bonus by winning the TAB Queensland Derby, following his win at Redcliffe last month. 

RQ also offered a trainers' bonus of $20,000 to any trainer that can win any two of the following features; The QLD Derby, QLD Oaks, QLD Trotters Cup or Blacks A Fake. 

Thanks to their dominant win with Our Princess Tiffany in the QLD Oaks, the All-Stars team of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen can claim the cash if either of their three starters win the Derby. 

Our Princess Tiffany is set to take on the boys in the race, while outstanding G3 South East Derby winner Self Assured will also back up. Jesse Duke rounds out the All-Stars' assault on the three-year-old feature. 

Local trainer Al Barnes could also qualify for the $20,000 bonus if outsiders Trojan Banner (Derby) and Northview Hustler (Blacks A Fake) can both salute in Saturday night's two features.

 

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