Later, after a harrowing defeat in the TJ Smith, English will be hoping for a change of luck as she defends her All Aged Stakes (Race 7) crown.
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The look on Gai’s (pictured above) face was priceless as her star mare, who forged to the front at the 150m mark and looked a certain winner, was completely overwhelmed by the flashing grey.
Let’s hope it’s actually English we see on the track come Saturday after Waterhouse was fined by stewards for substituting the mare with another horse at a recent trackwork exhibition!
Co-favourite Le Romain is a horse looking for redemption of another kind, after a last-start flop in the Doncaster Mile.
Trainer Kris Lees was at a loss to explain that performance, but all appears well with the horse heading into this, although he has an outside draw to contend with.
We’re keen to take on the two favourites here and are challenging the punters to come after us and really ‘get the chocolates’ over Easter.
Indeed, this race has produced a few surprise winners in recent years.
With a solid form line through a couple of top-level sprints, we reckon Tivaci might be able to do us a favour.
While he couldn’t live with the raw power and acceleration of Chautauqua, Mike Moroney’s bay worked home as well as anything else having raced three wide in the TJ Smith.
He certainly won’t be disadvantaged by the extra furlong here and our traders are expecting him to challenge strongly.
Of the others, Divine Prophet has a 2.5kg weight advantage over most of the field as the only three-year-old runner, but his two runs in Melbourne were only fair and he’ll need to lift.
While the jury’s out on Redkirk Warrior, another horse who probably does his best racing on top of the ground and might not get conditions to suit here.
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Tips:
- English
- Le Romain
- Tivaci
- Divine Prophet
