Ballarat 31st August, Tips and Previews
Best Bet - Race 4
10
Tadweer $2.40
Tadweer makes his racing debut for Ben & J D Hayes over 1000 metres after some nice jumpouts.
The big thing to take from his jumpouts is the way he travelled throughout them, especially his most recent heat at Flemington on August 2.
He scooted along out in the lead under a tight hold and kept up a strong gallop all the way throughout the 800-metre effort and was running away from his opposition.
The three-year-old gelding was placed under very little pressure and his professionalism should shine through in a fairly simple maiden race.
Next Best - Race 5
2
Cosmic Rhapsody $3.6
Cosmic Rhapsody comes into this BM-58 event off a seven-week freshen up and looks ready to sprint sharply.
The drop back from 1200 metres to 1000 metres actually looks an ideal proposition given the early speed and pressure there looks to be on paper.
Really wanting to look for a horse you know will be conserving energy in the run and will sprint strongly late in the race and that horse looks to be the Melody Cunningham galloper.
With Kosowski, Champs D’or and Just Abbey all likely to want the lead, our selection can take the perfect sit in behind them and pick them off in the latter stages.
Best Roughie - Race 2
11
Halcyon East $13/$3.4
Going to take a risk with Halcyon East despite the set up not being absolutely ideal for him.
He is clearly a staying type of horse given he begins his career over 1500 metres, so keep an eye on him to be hitting the line late from a wide barrier with the likelihoood he will settle in the rear half of the field.
It was his jumpout on August 3rd that makes him hard to leave out here after a solid effort over 1100 metres on this very track.
The three-year-old gelding from the Dan O’Sullivan yard in Ballarat comes up big odds to run a winning race on debut.
QUADDIE
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$80 for 100%
Small fields in the first two legs might make this quaddie a bit tricky.
One of our best bets comes up in the first leg, so we will attempt to get our percentage boost by taking that galloper one out.
Leg 1: 2
Leg 2: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8
Leg 3: 2, 6, 7, 12
Leg 4: 2, 5, 6, 8
Outlay: $80
Flexi Percentage = 100%
