Moir Stakes Night is my favourite meeting under lights every year, and eight races will be run and won at The Valley on Friday!
There’s plenty of value to be found in betting, and I am confident of having found a few winners below in my 2022 Moir Stakes Night Tips.
Shalaman gets back to The Valley on Friday night, and I can’t find a reason why he won’t be in the finish again.
The Matt Laurie-trained colt has recorded two wins and as many second placings from his four starts back this time, only just missing in the McKenzie Stakes here two back and bouncing back into winning form last time.
He’s in peak order and is drawn to receive every chance again.
I thought that Queen Of The Ball was over the odds in the Scarborough Stakes ($7.50 at publish).
The I Am Invincible filly stamped herself as one to watch during a smart two-year-old prep, winning the Widden Stakes and the Black Opal before ending her campaign a credible eighth in the Golden Slipper.
There was plenty to like about her first-up effort for fourth in the Silver Shadow, and I am confident that she’ll only improve for that effort.
Clemenceau doesn’t know how to run a bad race, and he looks the one to beat again in Race 3 on Moir Stakes Night.
The Capitalist gelding hasn’t missed placing in seven previous trips to the races, winning four times and only just missing in BM88 when returning from a spell this time.
With the right run on Friday, I think he’ll just win, and he is my best bet on the program.
A couple of genuine Neds Caulfield Guineas contenders are usually thrown up from the Stutt Stakes and I think that Ain’t He Grand could be the one this year.
Ain’t He Grand raced greenly on debut at Kembla Grange and finished fourth, but he overcame testing conditions to record a very impressive win at Canterbury last time out.
This is another decent step up in class, but the mile looks ideal and so does the booking of Jamie Kah.
As far as exciting contests are concerned, these 955m dashes at The Valley are hard to top, and I think that last-start winner Asfoora can win on Friday.
Asfoora won her first three career starts in summer, each race harder than the previous, and she went to the paddock after filling the minors in the Kevin Hayes Stakes.
She returned a dominant winner in BM78 company at Sandown earlier this month and something like this looks well within her means.
The JRA Cup looks the perfect race for Great House.
He has been a good horse for the Waller yard since arriving in Australia, but I thought that Great House went to another level last season, winning some nice races and performing well in Group 1 company as well.
He returned with a nice effort to finish third, beaten a little more than a length and a half at Flemington earlier this month, and he is a horse who tends to enjoy sharp improvement with a run under his belt.
This is one of, if not the strongest edition of the Moir Stakes that I can remember, and there really is a case to be made for every galloper.
I’ve put The Inferno on top at a price, but be sure to check out my full race preview and complete 2022 Moir Stakes Tips RIGHT HERE.
We’ll also be treated to an outstanding edition of the Stocks Stakes, but I simply cannot look past the early favourite, Kissonallforcheeks.
The former West Australian raced home well to fill the minors behind Chain Of Lightning in the Cockram Stakes first-up this time, and she was too good in the Let’s Elope last time out.
Fitter third-up, she’s ready for the mile and Mark Zahra understandably retains the ride.