1. Elettrica was devastating when winning at Rosehill on Golden Slipper day four weeks ago. The five-year-old finally drew a soft gate and she took full advantage. Once the five-year-old angled into the clear,having settled fifth on the fence,it was all over. Times and margins. She put 3.5 lengths on her Midway rivals at the finish. The trade-off for the dominance of that win is a jump in her rating. That sees her carry 61kg,even after the claim of Angus Villers. That’s a hefty weight in another competitive Midway,especially given her diminutive size. However,she is a proven weight carrier. In her first run in Australia she ran a narrow second at Warwick Farm with 62.5kg on her back. Also has to cope with a drop back to 1400m. There are negatives but on the back of a career-best win,she might just prove her that she is simply better than this grade.6. Silvanito stuck on well to run second to Commemorative at Wyong first up,his first run for Nathan Doyle. Balkans and Yiska franked that form line further at Canterbury on Wednesday. It wasn’t an easy meeting to make ground. Well placed here out to 1400m second up.16. Always Sure was lining up for just his second start in nearly two years at Rosehill first up and he made a stack of late ground behind 3. Cruel Summer,hard up against the fence. Drawn much kinder here and any improvement off that,he’s a knockout hope. Note that he is a dry tracker.2. Uzziah wasn’t beaten far by Terra Mater at Newcastle last start having led. Molly Bourke has ridden him once,for a win.9. Resistible was a brave first-up winner having covered ground at Wyong.
How to play it: Elettrica to win.
Private Eye is top selection in the All Aged StakesGetty
RACE 2 – 12.05PM:TAB HIGHWAY HANDICAP (1400m)
Highway Handicaps are back and so is the Dunn-Rawiller combination with3. Belvedere Boys lining up a rightful favourite. The four-year-old has only had seven starts as he continues to pick his way through the grades. Matt Dunn and Nash Rawiller have combined 26 times this season for nine wins. This son of Maurice is starting to pay a penalty at the weights but we’ll only get one more chance to back him in this company with three wins already to his name.4. Rapbidash was beaten fair and square by Belvedere Boys in Highway company in late February but this Lyle Chandler-trained mare has been excellent in two runs since. She was luckless in defeat in the Country Championships Final,motoring home from the wide draw. She has improved with every run this time back. Feel2. Shipshape is going much better than the form guide suggests. Handy when with Godolphin and this looks a target race out to 1400m fourth-up.
How to play it: Belvedere Boys to win.
RACE 3 – 12.40PM:MOSTYNCOPPER JAMES H B CARR STAKES (1400m)
Want to give2. Miraval Rose the chance to bounce back. The filly had a lot against her first-up at Randwick in the PJ Bell Stakes. Respect how heavily backed she was late. Plenty of her rivals kicked up underneath her in the early stages and she found herself shuffled back in the run on a heavy track,which was foreign to her. Back on top of the ground and out to 1400m look positives,as does the prospect of potentially finding the front in a race without a lot of speed on paper. Grahame Begg’s horses are flying in Sydney.1. Kristilli comes through the same race and although she looked to get her chance having settled outside of the leader and eventual winner,she raced too keen having seen so much daylight. Perhaps five weeks between runs on a heavy track saw her knock up late too. Worth one more chance,despite having her quirks. Jamie Kah takes the ride tomorrow.
How to play it: Miraval Rose to win.
RACE 4 – 1.15PM:GOW-GATES FRANK PACKER PLATE (2000m)
There’s enough in the early price about13. Our Gold Hope to take the punt that this crop of staying fillies are better than the boys. The Robert and Luke Price-trained galloper ran fifth in the G1 Vinery Stud Stakes three weeks ago. She was well held by the likes of Orchestral and Zardozi but she didn’t get the chance to build into the race at a key moment given how the race unfolded. She should have finished a touch closer. Prior to that she ran second in the Kembla Grange Classic,beating home Arctic Glamour,Good Banter and Tutta La Vita. The daughter of Lope De Vega will benefit from having had a run over 2000m and she draws a lovely gate to be put asleep in the run. Dylan Gibbons sticks having been with her at her past two starts. Have been waiting for1. Tannhauser to get out to 2000m all autumn. He was an eye-catcher in the Phar Lap Stakes behind Zardozi and then ran on to be beaten a length by Ducasse in the Carbine. Chris Waller has won four of the past six editions of this race and this colt looks the top seed.8. Bullets High clocked fast closing splits to announce his return at the midweeks before floundering on a wet track at Gosford. Forgive him that. Suspect he’ll measure up in this company.4. Kintyre is never far away.11. Texas Fireball went to the line untested in the Tulloch.
How to play it: Our Gold Hope each-way.
RACE 5 – 1.50PM:TAB HALL MARK STAKES (1200m)
7. Front Page nearly landed a plunge in the group1 Galaxy first-up,having been well backed at big odds. The seven-year-old sped across to take up the running,dictating before giving a kick. He looked the winner only for Zapateo and Sunshine In Paris to grab him in the final 50 metres. Has been given a month to freshen up from his Rosehill run and the only two other times he has raced at Randwick have been his two Kosciuszko wins. Repeat of last year’s Kosciuszko,where he clocked a lightning 1:08.04,wins this.4. Rocketing By has made a habit of popping up at big odds throughout his career. He is a Sydney Stakes winner over the Randwick 1200m and brings fresh legs into this having raced in restricted room in the Star Kingdom first-up.6. Kalino has won his past two first-up,albeit in easier company.
How to play it: Front Page to win.
RACE 6 – 2.25PM:TOYOTA FORKLIFTS JRA PLATE (2000m)
6. New Energy ran 14th in the group1 George Ryder Stakes last start but that doesn’t do the run justice. The import was forced to settled out the back from the wide draw. It was a non-event thereafter but he attacked the line late like a horse wanting 2000m now,even though this is the first time he’ll run beyond the mile. His last 200m split was only bettered by Militarize on the clock. James McDonald got a feel for New Energy in that trial. He is the jockey tasked with overcoming a wide gate tomorrow.12. Fawkner Park got himself back in the winners’ stall a month ago making light work of his rivals in the Albury Cup. That coincided with being third-up and getting out to 2000m. Only has to hold that form to be a big player here.3. Bold Mac is a tease but his last three runs have been great. He raced without luck in the Doncaster Prelude so forgive the beaten margin.
How to play it: New Energy to win.
RACE 7 – 3PM:MOET&CHANDON CHAMPAGNE STAKES (1600m)
History suggests not to overlook the obvious when it comes to finding the Champagne Stakes winner. Enter7. Manaal. The Sires Produce has produced 17 of the past 20 winners of this race with Manaal looking to replicate what Militarize achieved 12 months ago in winning the double. This Tassort filly perhaps fights out the finish had she drawn a barrier in the Golden Slipper,flashing home into fifth,before proving too strong late out to 1400m two weeks later. She has a half-relation that won out to 2000m so the mile looks fine. The other thing to note is that she finally draws a gate. She has had to be ridden negatively at her past two starts. Won’t happen here.
2. Linebacker got 3kg off 1. Anode in the group3 Baillieu three weeks ago and needed every metre of the 1400m to grind him down. In defence of Linebacker,he was five weeks between runs and having just his second career start. Expecting him to improve again.
How to play it: Manaal to win.
RACE 8 – 3.40PM:SCHWEPPES ALL AGED STAKES (1400m)
We haven’t seen the best of1. Private Eye at his past two starts. His first-up run alongside Imperatriz tells you that he is going well;he just hasn’t had the chance to show it recently. Like the four weeks between runs and he has won a trial since. Don’t like the barrier but we’ll leave that up to James McDonald. Private Eye’s best wins this.9. Espiona was the hard luck story to come out of the TJ Smith Stakes and six of the past eight winners of this race have come via that group1 sprint a fortnight earlier. She is hard to trust with her racing manners and pattern but hard to hold out with clear running at the right time. Nash Rawiller clicks with her.
How to play it: Private Eye to win.
RACE 9 – 4.20PM:CATANACH’S JEWELLERS HANDICAP (1400m)
9. Waterford brings it upon himself to some extent with his racing style,but he raced without luck all through the spring. This set-up looks perfect. Drawn well to camp midfield,the five-year-old races well fresh. First-up last campaign he was a narrow third in the Theo Marks behind Golden Mile and The Inevitable. There is a lot of speed on paper here too which suits. Then throw into the mix that Tommy Berry rides and he has been aboard in all four of Waterford’s previous wins. The other main chances look found. Thought he was the one that would run well at odds.12. Jimmysstar has made headlines for all the wrong reasons at his past two starts. He was beaten as a $1.26 favourite at Flemington,having led,rightly or wrongly,before a couple of weeks later he never got clear in the Newcastle Stakes. Again,he went down as an odds-on favourite. James McDonald rides.
How to play it: Waterford each-way.
RACE 10 – 4.55PM:PETALUMA HANDICAP (1200m)
It was a disaster from start to finish for17. General Salute in the Darby Munro Stakes first-up. There is no knock on his raw talent. Can settle closer here from the gate and this promises to be a fast run race. It’s been seven weeks since we’ve seen7. Pereille at the races. He went down to Tashi over this same track and trip but lost nothing in defeat. It was a fast race and he clocked the quickest closing splits of the meeting,getting home into second. Given an easy time in a trial since then. 12. Kazou is all speed and just needs to harness it,and transfer her Rosehill 1100m form to Randwick 1200m.
How to play it: General Salute to win.
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