Selections:
#1 - Etna Rosso - $3.50
#2 - Notabadbuy - $6.00
#3 - Owen County (ROUGHIE OF THE DAY) - $7.00
#5 - Piraeus - $7.50
BEST BET - #1 - Etna Rosso
Etna Rosso looks like a sharp import for Chris Waller that should continue to progress here and I think can do it quite sharply. He has had two runs this time in for the camp and ran at Randwick over the mile last time out where he was off the speed and held up until the 150m but when he did get clear air he powered home well to finish midfield. He does his best work at this distance range and looks the winner on paper.
THE DANGER - #2 - Notabadbuy
Notabadbuy has seen a very successful campaign so far for the Waterhouse / Bott stable and can get another win aboard here with the right kind of run under Hypo. He comes off of a win when stepping out to this trip last time out at Canberra where he did plenty out front and fought the field off for a gutsy win when really having to dig deep. He rates highly off the back of that and should put on a sight again here.
VALUE BET - #3 - Owen County (ROUGHIE OF THE DAY)
Owen County is another sharp and in form horse who comes here for the Widdup stable off of a few sharp runs with the last two being efforts in which he has really clicked up in. He stepped out to this distance two back when proving too good at Gosford, storming away from the front in a thin race before going out at the Hawkesbury over the 2000m and winning again in a tough effort from out wide. Hard fit, in form, can win again.