Earlier, the Group 2 BRC Sires Produce Stakes (Race 3) over 1400m presents as a real Trans-Tasman affair with Melody Belle atop the betting when our market was released on Wednesday afternoon.
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From the same stable as Rosehill Guineas winner Gingernuts, the Kiwi filly notched her first major at Awapuni on April Fools Day and has been given a decent spell of acclimatisation in Brisbane since then.
As always, it’s difficult to line up the form and we are intrigued as to whether there will be support for her on Saturday, although the win of Sacred Elixir in the JJ Atkins 12 months back is notable.
Second pick Tangled comes off an eye-catching win in the Champagne Classic and looks a horse with plenty of ability.
Spotting the leaders a good start, this colt powered down the outside to claim the prize in style and surge to the top of our prepost market for the Atkins.
Chris Waller has previous form when it comes to the Brisbane carnival and we’re expecting this horse to run extremely well again on the weekend.
The Shaky Islanders will also be represented by Qiji Phoenix, a colt with an unbeaten three from three record courtesy of a nice win in the Champagne Stakes at Ellerslie recently.
Anointed by trainer Donna Logan as a ‘pretty special’ juvenile, he was the big mover-and-shaker on Wednesday with some shrewd judges keen to snap up double-figure quotes about the horse.
Of the others, Gary Moore was keen to talk up the chances of All Too Huiying, who was briefly held-up in the Champagne and didn’t finish too far off Tangled.
In a week where James Cummings was announced as the new head honcho of Godolphin’s Australian operation, the stable have a legitimate chance here in Malahat, who eased to a comfortable win at Canterbury last time out but will have to overcome an awful draw.
While Chris Munce will be represented by a triumvirate of runners with Dalrello Stakes winner Saint Patricks Day considered the most likely to cause another boilover.
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TIPS:
- Melody Belle
- Tangled
- Qiji Pheonix
- All Too Huiying
