Selections:
#3 - Jupitus (NEXT BEST) - $3.40
#2 - Kokoro- $2.00
#8 - The Denzel - $13.00
#4 - Journalism - $5.50
BEST BET - #3 - Jupitus (NEXT BEST)
Jupitus looks to be one of Waller’s stand out four year old who has resumed in great order when running at this track two weeks back. He was slowly away there, sitting three deep with cover and then motoring home, clocking one of the best last 600m’s of the meeting then. If his prior preps are anything to go by he should hold form now, steps out to 1550m second up and stays at this track he will be all the better for it. He looked to just truck along in a recent trial to keep him ready for this.
THE DANGER - #2 - Kokoro
Kokoro is an impressive gelding for O’Shea that has been exceptional in running this prep with a smart first up win at this track over the 1400m when he was bumped around and still had too much for them there to draw clear of the field and score smartly. He then went to Rosehill as a $6.00 favourite and sat three wide with no cover and whilst the run told he still managed to run hard into second placing. He maps to sit just off the speed and run over them late.
VALUE BET - #8 - The Denzel
The Denzel is screaming for a win third up now after two super close placings, the most recent of which coming at this track over the 1400m to the aforementioned Jupitus where he sat on the fence and led but that wasn’t the place to be that day and he was run over late but was still very game in defeat. He comes into this third up now and will be better for the runs, hard fit but draws wide and I’m not sure if that will wear him down late.