The weather, as well as the spring racing action, is heating right up and we are pumped for an excellent card of racing at Royal Randwick this Saturday afternoon.
Our 2020 Spring Champions Stakes Day Tips & Preview can be found below.
Obelos has strung together two impressive wins in a row now including a benchmark 64 at Kembla Grange last time out.
The six year old gelding has had just the 18 career starts but he has a fair amount of upside, something you need in these highway races.
Wild Ruler is a really put together colt by Snitzel who has clearly taken some big strides forward this prep as a three year old.
He was no slouch as a two year old, placing in the Group 2 Champagne Classic at Eagle Farm behind Rothfire but he put the writing on the wall with a really nice win first in the Listed Heritage Stakes at Rosehill.
James McDonald sticks with the colt and will steer from the outside barrier.
Criaderas is a dual acceptor on Saturday at Randwick but if he runs in this race I think he just wins.
The four year old gelding rocketed home behind Academy last start and he is being asked to carry just the 52.5kg in this event.
He is a very talented young horse with a devastating turn of foot and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him compete at Stakes grade this prep should he win here.
Vegas Jewel comes out of that some race behind Entente and is another horse that will benefit from the drop in class.
Peltzer won his first three race starts as a two year old before being put away for a spell.
The son of So You Think has returned three nice runs so far this prep including a fifth behind Ole Kirk in the Group 1 Golden Rose last start.
He was clearly no match for those better three year old colts but I loved the fact that Kerrin McEvoy didn’t give him a gut busting run.
Tim Clark climbs aboard for the first time and he is the one to beat despite the drift in early betting.
Alligator Blood was excellent in his return to racing when finishing third in Queensland but Subpoenaed is the one I want to be on at the price.
She found trouble in both her first two runs this prep but she was extremely impressive when winning the Group 2 Golden Pendant last start over the 1400m.
She has a fitness advantage and class edge over a few of these and in the smaller field, from a good draw, I wouldn’t be surprised if she wins this and strings a few together now.
Cherry Tortoni was excellent in his debut racing prep when he won all three of his assignments.
He heads north for his maiden Group 1 event having placed in both his starts in stakes grade this prep, his most recent effort, a narrow second behind Glenfiddich in the Group 2 Stutt Stakes at The Valley.
If he can handle the step up in trip, he will be right in this contest and his turn of foot late in his races can prove the difference.
Positive Peace put together a string of wins last prep before finishing down the track in the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf at Randwick.
She returned to a semblance of her best form last start at Group 2 level when she savaged the line late after she found clear running.
Talented four year old mare Nudge was doing her best work late in what has turned out to be a pretty hot form race behind I Am Superman in the Group 2 Shannon Stakes last start.
She will only get better with racing but represents good value at the double figures.
Plaquette was impressive when returning from a spell with a nice win over the 1100m at Randwick.
She has now won three of her nine career starts and is a winning chance yet again.
You’ll need to go wide in the quaddie though punters. Include 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13.