Winning Form share all of their best bets and tips for Tuesday's racing coming your way from Hawkesbury on 18 June 2024.
Best Bet: O’ZIGGY (Race 7)
Value Bet: INQUISITIVE LEGEND (Race 6)
Jackpot (race 5 – 8)
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
1 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | 5 |
| 11 |
Cost: R54.00
Race 5
MONTY BE QUICK had consistent formlines to his name in the UK prior to finishing a disappointing eighth last time out over 1600M, thirteen lengths adrift of the winner and was immediately move to Australia and rested for 38 weeks. He returns here after having had two barrier trials, finishing second in the first and winning the latest. The gelding jumps from gate five and could well make a winning debut in his adopted land.
Two 3-year-old fillies could chase him home, with the slight preference going to NEFERTARI who put her disappointing penultimate start over 1100M behind her when finishing fifth next time out over 1000M, 1.8L back from the winner, after returning from a 27-week break, but she did not get the clearest of passages in the home straight that day and the form of that race has been franked. From draw seven, she should be right up there when they hit the line.
MONTE TIANA came four wide into the home straight and her jockey put up 1kg overweight when finishing second in her latest outing over 1100M, one and a half lengths behind the winner. She faces a wide draw eleven, but will be having her peak run for her new trainer after returning from a 34-week spell and should be included in all bets.
Race 6
The day’s value bet, INQUISITIVE LEGEND is a 3-year-old filly taking on the boys, but she has finished closer to the winner in each of her last three starts, the latest when seventh over 1600M, 2.2L behind the winner, when trying to go from jump to wire. She will have to negotiate a wide draw ten, but she is likely to attempt similar frontrunning tactics today and could prove difficult to reel in over the closing stages.
UNDIVIDED is seldom far off the action and jumped awkwardly and was crowded shortly after the start when finishing sixth last time out over 1200M, just over three lengths back from the winner. He has pulled a wideish draw eight, but will be having his peak run after returning from a 38-week spell.
STRUFF is a 4-year-old filly who finished fifth last time out over 1000M, 1.8L back from the victor, when returning from a 25-week rest, but the form of that race has been franked. The filly will have to overcome a wide draw twelve, but she should be doing her best work late.
Race 7
O’ZIGGY tried to go from gun to tape and was only run out of it late, ending up in fourth spot last time out over 2000M, just over four lengths off the winner, but that was at a stronger centre. From his useful draw two, he is taken to be the best bet on the day’s card.
GUZUMPED had his consistency rewarded with a 0.8Lvictory last time out over 1600M, despite coming five wide into the home straight. The gelding has a wideish gate eight, but will have 2kgs removed from his allocated weight courtesy of his claiming apprentice and will be having his peak run after returning from a 22-week absence.
WORTH AVENUE is a 3-year-old filly taking on males, but she battled all the way down to the wire when finishing fourth last time out over 1900M, just under five and a half lengths adrift of the winner and on that effort, she should appreciate the extra ground on offer here. From gate five, she should be involved in the finish.
Race 8
HI DUBAI is a 4-year-old filly taking on boys, but she has finished second in two of her last three starts and third in the other, the latest, that third place over 1200M, just over four and a half lengths behind the winner, but she jumped awkwardly that day, bumping another runner and was reported to have injured her near-hind fetlock, so that effort should be ignored. She returns from a 48-week spell, but has had two barrier trials, finishing third in the latest. The filly faces a wide draw eleven, but will have 3kgs taken off her back thanks to her claiming apprentice and the fact that her connections have brought her back into racing after such a lengthy absence would seem to suggest that they believe that she still has something more to offer them.
EYE OF THE FIRE followed up his penultimate run victory over 1100M with a fifth-place finish next time out over the same sprint trip, one and a half lengths back from the winner. He tried frontrunning tactics that day and was only collared late and from draw six, the gelding is likely to employ the same strategy today.
WORLD ALLIANCE has consistent formlines to his credit and was bumped at the start and had to be eased off the heels of another runner at the 250M pole when finishing fourth last time out over 1400M, 1.7L back from the victor. The gelding returns from a 27-week break, but has had two barrier trials, winning the latest and from one gate inside the latter, he should turn in another honest performance today.
