Selections:
#10 - Kovalica (ROUGHIE OF THE DAY) - $8.00
#11 - Nugget - $8.50
#3 - The Inevitable - $8.10
#8 - Hope In Your Heart - $9.00
BEST BET - #10 - Kovalica (ROUGHIE OF THE DAY)
If Kovalica has been set up right for this I think that he rates a long way in front and can definitely win this race. He resumed at Rosehill about a month ago and the market wanted nothing to do with him which I thought, relative to how he ran, was foolish. He was completely against the pattern / shape of the race and hadn’t seen racing for a long time. He’s two from two second up, gets Joao aboard, who we all know belted the group 1 season this time last year and I think he wins.
THE DANGER - #11 - Nugget
Hard to ignore either Nugget or Maher and Eustace in the big races and his second up record of 2-2-0 in five second up runs suggests he’s going to go very well here. He resumed, having not raced since the Doncaster, in the Theo Marks stakes a few weeks ago at Rosehill where he did things tough out wide and still came on very strongly to finish just behind the placegetters. That run was fantastic for his fitness and now he shapes up very well here. Go close.
VALUE BET - #8 - Hope In Your Heart
Hope In your Heart is another who comes into this ready to make big improvements second up and rates very well against this field at her best. She resumed in the Tramway stakes a few weeks back where she was on the fence when they crawled which isn't really suited to her sit back and launch style as they dominated out front but she still did her thing and clocked some great late splits. She’s proven at this track / trip and gets a bit of tempo now. Should go very close