Winning Form brings you all of their best bets and tips from Wednesday‘s racing taking place in Australia.
Grafton
Best Bet: HAYATE (Race 5)
Value Bet: JULE’S SPIRIT (Race 7)
Jackpot (race 5 – 8) – Cost: R90.00.
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Race 5
HAYATE is a 4yr old filly taking on the boys, but she has consistent formlines to her name and finished second last time out over 2100M, beaten by two lengths. She raced three-wide into the straight that day, but still finished strongly, suggesting that the extra ground available today will be to her liking. She has a handy draw three and is taken to be the best bet on the day’s card. YULONG WALL has an even better pole position and was only run out of it late before finishing third last time out over ten furlongs, three lengths off the winner. He looks to be the biggest danger to the top choice. SWEET FU is another 4yr old filly. She has shown steady recent improvement culminating with a two-length maiden victory in her last outing over 2100M. She was friendless in the betting markets that day and takes on stronger here, but if able to repeat that last effort, she should be involved in the finish.
Race 6
This looks to be a very
open F&M Handicap and some caution is suggested. EUROGEM was
slightly disappointing last time out when finishing seventh, 3.9L behind the
winner, but a repeat of her penultimate run where she ended up second over
1500M, just a head behind the victor, would make her a big runner in this
line-up. She will have to negotiate a wide nine out of eleven draw, but she
should be doing her best work late. GWENNYBEGG overraced early before
ending up in fourth place in her latest start over 1500M, just over three
lengths behind the winner. He has a far kinder draw two and should threaten the
top choice. ANACREON had to be held up between the 300M and
200M mark last time out over 1300M and did well to finish second. She is drawn
the widest of them all, but is likely to be dropped out of it early and then
start picking off the frontrunner over the latter stages of the race. ILIA showed marked
improvement to finish second in her last outing over seven furlongs, just a
neck behind the winner. A repeat of that effort would see her right up there in
the mix.
Race 7
JULE’S SPIRIT is
seldom far off the action and finished second in his last outing over this
c&d, a neck back from the winner. He will have to overcome a wide draw ten,
but on the plus side, the form of that last race has been franked and he could
go one better today.YULONG
KNIGHTon
the other hand has cracked pole position. His last two runs have been solid,
finishing third in the latest over five furlongs, just over a length behind the
winner, this after being hampered at the start. KIEVANN followed up his penultimate run
victory over 1300M with a second-place finish over the same distance, just over
a length behind the winner. He looked a possible winner closed to home that
day, but was collared over the dying stages. From draw six, the gelding should
be included in all bets.
Race 8
KIJITO returns from a 17-week rest and has not had the benefit of a barrier trial, so his fitness will have to be taken on trust, but he had posted two solid efforts before his break and a repeat of those runs would see him right up there in the firing line. He faces draw nine, but two runners out of his last start have come out and won and he should be doing his best work late. RIOLI made good late progress when showing sudden improvement to be a short-head winner of his last start over the c&d. He has pulled gate two and may prove good enough to complete his double today. TERRITORIAL has shown gradual improvement in his last three outings, finishing sixth in the latest over five furlongs, three lengths back from the victor when returning from a 30 week absence. He is drawn in gate eleven, but he should use his early gate speed to move across without expending too much energy.
