Selections:
#2 - Alligator Blood (BEST BET) - $2.70
#1 - I’m Thunderstruck - $6.50
#9 - The Inevitable - $23.00
#13 - Nugget - $19.00
BEST BET - #2 - Alligator Blood - (NEXT BEST)
We were on him last time out when resuming in the Futurity Stakes and I have no intention of jumping off him now. He absolutely trucked along in the run there before Shinn asked for him to let down, and when he did, he put them away seemingly with ease. Natural improvement should carry him marvelously into this and I don’t have too much more to say. Good luck beating him.
THE DANGER - #1 - I’m Thunderstruck
Still unsure how genuine I’m Thunderstruck really is. However, he gets two big positives here in both his likeness for this track and that he maps to sit off a very hot tempo which should play into his hand. I think he needs the track a bit famp so if you’re money is looking towards him you better hope that we get a touch of rain overnight and that can be the factor that carries him over the top of the aforementioned AB this time out.
VALUE BET - #9 - The Inevitable
The Scott Brunton trained The Inevitable might just be a generational talent, or it might just be the case of an exceptional Tasmanian horse beating off other Tasmanian horses. Either way, his times suggest the former. He is shooting for his seventh consecutive win coming into this after thrashing everything they put in front of him at Launceston and Hobart since November last year and he maps very similarly to I’m Thunderstruck for this, he should settle in a nice spot off the speed and be running home hard late.