Race-by-race preview and tips for Saturday’s meeting at Randwick

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By Brad Gray

July 5, 2024 — 6.30am

Race 1 – 11.05AM PETALUMA HANDICAP (1100 METRES)

6. Mayfair looks a apt benignant disconnected his 3 trials. The lad of Fastnet Rock has won his astir caller two, some astatine Randwick. Like that the latest of them was retired to 1050m giving him a bully grounding for what volition beryllium a investigating 1100m connected debut with much rainfall forecast up of Saturday. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott unchangeable are striking astatine a tick supra 30 per cent with their two-year-olds this play extracurricular of black-type institution and supra 25 per cent overall.
How to play it: Mayfair to win.

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Race 2 – 11.40AM ROBRICK LODGE EREMEIN HANDICAP (1300 METRES)

2. Until Valhalla was much softly ridden astatine Kensington past commencement astatine the midweeks and she responded by gapping her rivals. That was the Snitzel filly’s archetypal vulnerability to dense ground. She relished it. Not lone was the three-length borderline dominant, but she besides ran time. The signifier done the contention has been franked a fig of times since. Until now, Valhalla’s champion 2 performances person been astatine Kensington, but if she tin repetition past commencement connected the people due she volition triumph this, too. Ciaron Maher looks to person the contention good cornered with stablemate 5. Lady Boss the evident threat. This filly resumed astatine Canterbury connected dense crushed and gave her rivals the gaffe having settled extracurricular of the leader. Has a tactical vantage implicit Until Valhalla. 9. Art Volant’s tally past Saturday was amended than it reads connected paper.
How to play it: Until Valhalla to win.

Race 3 – 12.15PM MIDWAY HANDICAP (1200 METRES)

1. Navy Blood gets the blinkers for the archetypal time, loves dense tracks and is connected the seven-day back-up. It’s an appealing profile. The three-year-old colt besides gets Nash Rawiller. Navy Blood was unfancied astatine Rosehill past week, easing precocious successful betting, but helium made a contention of it. He loomed arsenic the victor implicit 1300m, but his tally ended and Emmadella dashed wide late. Navy Blood had thing to instrumentality him into the race, looping the tract from last, and was 5 weeks betwixt runs having been freshened aft disappointing astatine Randwick retired to 1400m. Another unfastened Midway, but helium is the equine to beat. 8. Iron Man burst done precocious to bushed Diamond Model astatine Canterbury archetypal up. He has built agreat grounds and gapped his rivals successful his lone erstwhile tally connected a dense track, albeit successful maiden institution astatine Kembla Grange. 7. Rush Hour couldn’t prime his feet up successful investigating conditions astatine Rosehill archetypal up. Punters that were forgiving of that tally were astir rewarded 2nd up with the gelding going down narrowly down Flightcrew.
How to play it: Navy Blood to win.

Race 4 – 12.50PM TAB HIGHWAY HANDICAP (1200 METRES)

Training concern Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich person won the past 2 Highway Handicaps they person contested, archetypal with Rematch past with Know Thyself. Unbeaten mare 10. Clear Thinking is looking to marque that 3 straight. The girl of Dubawi, retired of superb mare Sweet Idea, has made airy enactment of her rivals astatine Scone successful her 2 wins to date, justifying being sent astir $1.50 and past $1.24. The latest of those was connected a brushed 7. The runner up from her astir caller people 1 triumph was subsequently good held astatine Scone connected Tuesday, but it’s the mode successful which she won that has the unchangeable talking astir the Kosciuszko. 1. Tanglewood pulled up lame aft failing astatine Randwick six weeks ago. He was excessively atrocious to beryllium true. That was connected the backmost of a Newcastle Highway triumph connected a dense track. The four-year-old has won 2 trials since then. He looks acceptable to bounce back.
How to play it: Clear Thinking to win.

Race 5 – 1.25PM TASK HANDICAP (2000 METRES)

7. Strathtay carries an other 3kg from past commencement astatine Rosehill, but it was an awesome win. Even allowing for the information that helium travelled connected the fence, which was an vantage astatine that meeting, erstwhile the erstwhile Kiwi angled into the wide helium exploded precocious to enactment 3lengths connected his rivals. The four-year-old was lone 2nd up. Punters tin instrumentality plentifulness of assurance from however helium ploughed done the dense conditions clocking 1 of the fastest past 200m splits of the meeting. 6. Kapakiri is acceptable up to amended again 3rd up. His first-up show down Franz Josef and Captain Furai flagged that helium had travel backmost well. Four weeks aboriginal helium darted up the obstruction to deed the front, but his tally ended. That was conscionable past Saturday down 2 astute imports. That contention should beryllium a beardown signifier reference.
How to play it: Strathtay to win.

Race 6 – 2PM THANK YOU ATC MEMBERS HANDICAP (1100 METRES)

2. Mogo Magic zipped crossed to pb astatine Canterbury past start, gave a footwear but bushed precocious arsenic 1. Jedibeel proved excessively beardown astatine the finish. The four-year-old was astatine his apical for overmuch of the race. Thought Mogo Magic was exceptional archetypal up erstwhile 3rd to The Black Cloud contempt burning crossed to beryllium connected the enarthrosis of Passeggiata. A thankless task. That was with 60.5kg connected his back. The Goulburn-based sprinter is yet to spot a dense way but has handled brushed going successful the past and helium looks good paired with Amy McLucas. Winkers spell connected for the archetypal time. That’s nary sound connected Jedibeel. He has won 2 from 3 since being gelded. 8. One Destiny has won 2 of his past 3 with the miss a 2nd to InFlight, which has won again since. Great wet-tracker and gets successful with 52.5kg aft the claim.
How to play it: Mogo Magic to win.

Race 7 – 2.35PM RACING FOR GOOD ON JULY 13 HANDICAP (1100 METRES)

8. Wild Botanica looks acceptable to win. That would replicate what the mare did past run erstwhile scoring 3rd up. Like what the four-year-old mare has done successful 2 runs back. She chased location The Black Cloud archetypal up astatine Randwick implicit 1000m earlier finishing 3rd down In Flight astatine Rosehill 3 weeks ago. She settled extracurricular of the leader, hitting the beforehand a agelong mode out. She kept trying each the mode to the enactment but was collared late. In Flight has won again since, truthful has the runner up, One Destiny. Back to mares grade. 1. Shezanalister has been acceptable a task archetypal up connected a dense way with 61kg, but went to different level past campaign, winning 3 straight. That’s present 5 wins from 13 starts. Gives each denotation that determination is inactive much to come. Trialled good doubly and maps to get the close run. 5. Our Bellagio Miss was chipping into the borderline astatine Randwick past commencement down Fleetwood.
How to play it: Wild Botanica to win.

Race 8 – 3.15PM JAMES SQUIRE WINTER STAKES (1400 METRES)

Taking a punt connected 12. Pacific Ruby. Her benchmark standing suggests that she is simply a small retired of her extent connected Saturday, but this isn’t a heavy listed race. The different important information is that determination aren’t galore proven heavy-trackers. She is. The mare resumed from a 40-week spell astatine Doomben past commencement and the deficiency of marketplace enactment suggested she would request the run. Pacific Ruby wouldn’t beryllium present if the unchangeable didn’t deliberation she was up to the task. This clip past twelvemonth she bushed He’s our Bonneval and Barbie’s Fox astatine Sandown. 3. Iknowastar backs up aft giving a show astatine Eagle Farm past Saturday. He is simply a precise acceptable equine present and volition springiness a show arsenic helium ever does. Looks good suited to Nash Rawiller and the driblet backmost to 1400m is offset by the apt investigating conditions. Don’t deliberation helium loves dense ground, but helium got done it OK successful The Coast astatine Newcastle.
How to play it: Pacific Ruby each way.

Race 9 – 3.50PM CATANACH’S JEWELLERS HANDICAP (1200 METRES)

8. Elson Boy extended the picket obstruction to six consecutive wins past commencement astatine Rosehill. The four-year-old jumps successful people again, but helium won a heavy contention astatine Scone earlier proving excessively slippery for Testator Silens 3 weeks ago. That equine conscionable missed himself successful BM88 institution connected Saturday, starting $3.80. The gelding is arsenic pugnacious arsenic a $2 steak, and apprentice jockey Chelsea Hillier knows the sprinter wrong out: fto him cruise on retired successful front, breaking his rivals hearts. Two of his past 3 wins person been connected dense tracks. The timing looks to beryllium close to propulsion the fastener and thrust 7. With Your Blessing much forward. The blinkers went connected 3rd up past run astatine Kembla Grange, helium led and bolted successful connected dense ground. He near 5. Contemporary successful his particulate with 4 lengths backmost to second. 1. Bacchanalia gets a walk people for his June Stakes effort, but helium has a past of improving with a tally nether his belt.
How to play it: Elson Boy to win; 7-8 quinella.

Race 10 – 4.30PM TAB HANDICAP (1400 METRES)

10. Pure Alpha looks to person truthful overmuch much to come. The three-year-old had each accidental astatine the midweeks past start, camping successful down a mean speed, but erstwhile helium angled into the wide helium ran close done the enactment to triumph moving away. The borderline flattered his rivals. More unit and he’d person won by further. That was connected a dense track. Respect that helium jumped $1.80 and that it was conscionable his 4th vocation start. The obstruction looks awkward connected insubstantial but helium should beryllium capable to stride crossed to settee extracurricular of 3. Cool Jakey. Joe Pride’s galloper improved sharply 2nd up, conscionable arsenic helium did past campaign. That coincided with the blinkers going backmost connected and ridden to find the front. Another dense way should spot him clasp his form. Loses Nash Rawiller, but drops 5kg aft the assertion of Zac Wadick.
How to play it: Pure Alpha to win.

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