1. I’ve Bean Tryin’ is the class runner. The three-kilogram claim of Coriah Keatings offsets his 62.5kg. Barrier 1 perhaps isn’t ideal given his typical pattern but it can see him race closer. The six-year-old resumed in the Goulburn Cup a couple of weeks ago and the run was better than the three length margin suggests. He didn’t get much room in the straight and was 39 weeks between runs. The Canberra-based gelding has won three from four second up, including last campaign where he beat Cavalier Charles and Bandi’s Boy in the Barn Dance. 8. Chica Mojito ran in three group races in her first Australian campaign for Chris Waller. In two of those she ran fourth. That sees her well placed first up over 1500m in benchmark company. She impressed in a recent Rosehill trial win holding off Tom Kitten.
How to play it: I’ve Bean Tryin’ to win.
Race 6 – 2.50PM IRRESISTIBLE POOLS SHERACO STAKES (1200m)
3. Joliestar was a devastating winner of the Show County Stakes first up. What a way to announce your return. Such was the arrogance of the win, she was catapulted to the second line of betting for the TAB Everest. The visual brilliance of the victory was backed up in the clock. Her last 600m split was the quickest across the Randwick meeting and she achieved that throttled down. Despite the lead speed in the race being by far the slowest over the four 1200m races on the day, she ran the fastest overall time. That stamps the quality of her finishing speed. If 2. Sunshine In Paris can repeat what she did in this race 12months ago, she gives Joliestar a race. It was a brilliant win. Over the autumn she missed winning the Galaxy by a photo, was less than a length away in the TJ Smith on a heavy track before the bottomless conditions found her out in the All Aged out to 1400m.
How to play it: Joliestar to win.
Race 7 – 3.25PM PRECISE AIR MING DYNASTY QUALITY (1400m)
11. Lady Shenandoah is a two start maiden racing in a group 3 first up against the boys. That tells you everything you need to know regarding how highly Chris Waller rates this filly. The daughter of Snitzel will be glad to see the back of Clean Energy for the time being. Has only had the one trial ahead of her return but racing over 1400m first up suggests she’s done plenty of work. Maps well. Follow her over the spring. 2. Clear Proof couldn’t match the acceleration of Gatsby’s in the Rosebud last start but he was as strong as anything on the line. Should relish 1400m.
1. Mayfair has to lump 59kg but like how he stuck on behind Storm Boy in the San Domenico Stakes. Was coming again through the line at the end of 1100m. How the race is run early will dictate his chances.
How to play it: Lady Shenandoah to win.
Race 8 – 4PM JAMES SQUIRE RUN TO THE ROSE (1200m)
With 1. Traffic Warden at the price. Can’t resist. The Street Boss colt has looked particularly sharp in his two trials, trucking through the line at Warwick Farm and then Hawkesbury. Fresh off a bleeding attack after missing narrowly in the G1 Sires Produce Stakes, he’s here to make a statement ahead of the Golden Rose in a fortnight. Godolphin don’t muck around when it comes to targeting this race. James Cummings has won four of the past five runnings with Cylinder, In Secret, Anamoe and Bivouac. 2. Storm Boy silenced any doubters with a dominant display in the San Domenico Stakes first up. He went straight to the front and bullied his rivals into submission. Sustained speed. That’ll be the plan again here but he’ll want to get the start right. He has laid down the three-year-old marker for the season but this is too deep a race to be tempted to take even money.
How to play it: Traffic Warden to win.
Race 9 – 4.40PM TOYOTA FORKLIFTS THEO MARKS STAKES (1300m)
15. Whinchat needs a couple of scratchings to make the field but he’ll take catching if he gains a start. The speedy five-year-old put it all together last campaign winning three from four as he zipped through the grades. He finally learnt to harness his raw pace. He has trialled well but you expect that given his racing pattern. Whinchat races well fresh and looks well placed tackling 1300m first up against a field of rivals with bigger targets in the coming months over further.
6. New Energy ran right through the line first up last campaign when second over 1300m behind Phearson. He then jumped a $16 chance in the G1 George Ryder Stakes at weight for age second up. The barrier ruined his chances. Looks a genuine Epsom contender if he is heading that way.
1. Celestial Legend gets his Golden Eagle campaign up and running. Respect his class being a Randwick Guineas and Doncaster winner but with improvement to come, he is vulnerable first up over a trip short of his best with 59kg.
How to play it: Whinchat to win.
Race 10 – 5.15PM TAB HCP (1100m)
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10. Infancy’s first up run in the G3 Toy Show was better than it reads on paper. She was only beaten just over two lengths, unsuited by the lack of pressure up front. The four-year-old ran home in some of the fastest closing splits of the meeting behind Kimochi and Commemorative. Second up she is back to benchmark 88 level which see her well placed. It all started to click for the daughter of Wandjina at the back end of last campaign. She beat Corniche in the Fireball over 1100m before making up a stack of ground to run a narrow second in the PJ Bell over The Championships. 14. Blanc De Blanc chased home unbeaten sprinter Briasa here two weeks ago over the same track and trip. Up in grade sees her drop 5kg. She hasn’t don’t a lot of racing recently but that gets her back on track.
How to play it: Infancy each way.
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