Well, what a race day we have in store this Saturday punters.
The world’s richest race on turf, The Everest, headlines a massive day of racing at Royal Randwick on Saturday but there is plenty of quality racing to get through.
Our 2020 The Everest Day Tips & Preview can be viewed below.
A lot of these young ones will be stepping out onto the race track for the first time which makes this a tough race to assess.
The Snowden team will saddle up Captivant who looked impressive when winning a recent trial.
He can have some of mine.
Lady Demi was narrowly denied in a Highway race back in January and is a mare with some ability.
Any sting out of the ground is a negative but she should get every chance from the good draw.
Many of these horses come out of the same form line but there are two at the bottom of the weights that I am keen on.
Opacity has been races consistently without winning this prep but this looks a winnable race for the four year old progressive gelding.
He drops six kgs for this assignment.
Pancho is another that drops considerably in weight from that benchmark 88 last start and he will be doing his best work late.
Forbidden Love was no match for Wild Ruler in the Listed Heritage Stakes at Rosehill last start but she battled home well for third.
This is her first go at the 1400m but she should be ready to peak at her fourth run this prep.
The Kosciuszko has attracted a quality group of country trained horses since it’s inception and this year is no different.
Front Page is a talented four year old gelding who was only narrowly denied by From Within first up at Caulfield.
He brings a class advantage into this race having already saluted at Listed level last prep and he is undefeated from four attempts at the distance.
Special Reward is yet to break through for a win this prep but he is a progressive type of horse who looks well placed in this grade.
The Australian Bloodstock owned gelding stepped out beyond 1400m for the first time in the Cameron Handicap last start and finished a credible fifth but he is much better suited over the sprinting distances.
He has drawn a tricky gate but he represents some value at his current price.
I’m with the Godolphin Blue in The Everest this year with both Trekking and Bivoauc over the odds for mine.
Trekking got the perfect split at a crucial stage at The Valley first up which may flatter his effort a little but it was still a very nice return.
He ran within a length of Yes Yes Yes last year in this race and I can’t help but think he is the forgotten horse in the race somewhat.
I can’t get Bivouac’s Newmarket win out of my head when scanning The Everest field.
I know he meets a few of these much worse at the weights but he is capable of a really high rating performance when he puts it all together.
He was okay first up behind Classique Legend but I like the fact he has had a trial in between runs and again, at the double figures, he is worth an each way play.
Avilius looked the winner at the 250m mark in the Group 2 Hill Stakes last start but he couldn’t reel in the eventual winner Kolding.
The stable has suggested that the horse will accept in Caulfield Cup if the rain arrives in Melbourne but if he stays in Sydney, he should be very tough to beat.
Attorney absolutely ate up the ground late in the Group 3 Colin Stephen Quality at Rosehill last start and I love the fact that he has been given a barrier trial in between runs to tune him up for this race.
He has now won four of his 13 career race starts and he should get a nice run in transit from the inside barrier.
It was an excellent return to racing for Cyber Intervention first up on the Kensington track at Randwick with the six year old gelding doing his best work late to get within 1.5 lengths of the winner.
Whilest he will be looking for even more ground going forward in his prep, he can run a cheeky race here for us in the last at a big price.