Saturday racing returns to The Valley in what looks a mouth watering proposition for punters this weekend.
We have gone through all nine races on the card on Saturday and offered our thoughts and betting plays below.
Lindsay Park – TICK
3 length debut win – TICK
Start at 1200m – TICK
In Form Jock – TICK
Barbie’s Fox was dominant when winning first up at Caulfield and her subsequent two runs have been full of merit.
She ran into a couple better at Flemington last Saturday but she was doing her best work late and the 1600m should not be an issue.
Sikorsky was scratched from last weeks meeting at Flemington but he is a horse that is racing in very good form.
I am of the opinion that he is better than this grade of racing and he will prove it on Saturday at The Valley with even luck.
I can’t see why Great Again won’t be winning again in what looks another nice placement by the Smith team at Warrnambool.
He has now won three of his last four and 10 of 22 overall including a really nice win first up at Listed level at Flemington.
With the scratching of Beauty Supreme I’m happy to be with the favourite Ms Catherine from a good draw and with the weight relief.
It’s Kind Of Magic clearly did not handle the heavy track at Caulfield first up and if you can forgive that run, she is one of the leading chances here.
The filly by So You Think has competed at a much better grade than this before in her short career and she already a winner at The Valley which is a big positive for mine.
It took a while for Reykjavik to run over Shot Of Irish at Flemington and he was very game in defeat, running right through the line.
He will be much better suited to The Valley where he has raced once before, and second behind Junipal, and he meets Reykajavik much better at the weights.
He’ll round the tight Moonee Valley bend in front and he’ll take some catching.
It is a very even lot of horses that continually go around in these middle distance races in Melbourne and I’m happy to be with the different form line that Django Freeman brings into this event.
His first run in Australia was very good on the heavy track at Flemington and he will only improve on that effort and as he increases in distance.
Broadwayandfourth is coming off a really nice win at Caulfield where she won by a length.
She is a really smart filly who is starting to put it all together and she has now won three times from her nine races.
Ben Melham will steer from barrier 12 and hopefully she can finish our day on a winning note.