From there, it’s on to the Group 1 Australian Derby (Race 7) over 2400m and it’s a race that has a decidedly Kiwi flavour to it this year.
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Virtually unknown two months ago, Gingernuts has rocketed to the top of betting markets and will look to join the outstanding Mongolian Khan (2015) in completing the Trans-Tasman Derby double.
At his only Australian start, the chestnut gelding revelled in the heavy going to win the Rosehill Guineas under Opie Bosson and with a very similar field to contend with here the camp have every reason to be confident in his chances.
An emphatic win in last Saturday’s Tulloch Stakes encouraged connections to have a crack at this with Jon Snow and he forms the second arm of the Kiwi one-two assault.
Benefitting from a measured ride by Damian Lane, the colt really extended out well when challenged inside the 300m mark to give rise to a belief he can topple the favourite despite finishing more than two lengths off him in their only meeting on home soil.
However, in at Unibet headquarters, we’re nothing if not patriotic and the message to punters is clear, the Derby is staying in Australia!
To prove our point, and as one of a range of promotional markets for The Championships we’re prepared to offer odds of 2.50 that one of the Kiwi horses salutes in the firm belief that the local three-year-olds will rise to the challenge on the day.
In doing so, we’ve largely pinned our hopes on Inference, who returns to the scene of his notable last-to-first triumph down the outside fence in the Randwick Guineas hoping to back up trainer Michael Hawkes assertion that he’s a ‘superstar’.
Of the others, Prized Icon was back to something approaching his best form last weekend and has the pedigree to surprise at odds given his upset win in last year’s Victoria Derby.
While our traders were also expecting Impavido, who’s had a different rider at all five of his career starts to date, to be running on with the visiting Joao Moreira the latest hoop to take his turn in the saddle.
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Tips:
- Gingernuts
- Jon Snow
- Prized Icon
- Impavido
