Selections:
#1 - Transatlantic (BEST BET) - $1.60
#11 - Showdra - $8.50
#4 - Red Defcon - $9.50
#2 - Ringer's Reward - $13.00
BEST BET - #1 - Transatlantic (BEST BET)
Transatlantic looks like quite a sharp horse for Tony Gollan and I have backed him a few times in his short career so far but he is proving to be very progressive thus far and I think he’s as good as a sure fire bet to kick things off at Doomben tomorrow. He’s coming off a very sharp Eagle Farm win where he led them out over the 1500m and drew away dominantly in the straight and now should be even stronger here, go well.
THE DANGER - #11 - Showdra
Showdra seems like the only real threat to Transatlantic and can make an impression here for Lee Freedman. He resumed off of a 15 week spell in the same race that Transatlantic won a couple weeks ago when having ot be restrained early as he jumped too keen but recovered throughout the run before giving a decent sight in the straight to run home fourth. He shapes up very well off the back of that run, will have plenty of upside coming into this and can hit hard here.
VALUE BET - #4 - Red Defcon
Red Defcon resumed off of a 12 week spell at the Gold Coast and should be pretty strong here second up off the back of how he ran then. He jumped out in a very strong half a million dollar race where he ran on well into third place without threatening the winners and whilst he does look good off the back of that effort, just the one win in twelve runs makes it hard to take him here.