This looks an ideal race for Jigsaw, and I thought that he was a touch of overs at current odds ($8 at publish).
Jigsaw found career-best form last time in, recording wins in the Group 2 Australia Stakes and the Neds Hareeba Stakes most notably, while he’s been far from disgraced in the Group 2 Gilgai and the Group 1 Manikato Stakes this time in, finishing fifth in both races.
This is a substantial drop in class and we can have an each way play at the price.
Comrade Rosa steps out today second-up and primed for a big performance.
The Capitalist mare has always hinted at above-average talent, but she really started to realise it during this year’s Brisbane Winter Carnival, and she recorded consecutive wins in the Helen Coughlan Stakes and the Dane Ripper Stakes most notably.
Her first-up run for fourth in the Listed Keith Noud Classic was full of merit, and this looks a great opportunity for her to return to winning form.
Foxy Cleopatra only just missed behind Group 1 winner Skew Wiff in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes first-up from a spell, and the Cranbourne Cup represents a great opportunity to go one better.
She has only made five appearances at the races since debuting, but the American Pharoah mare has been excellent, and her fresh effort off a year-long break was very impressive.
Any natural improvement will see her right into the finish of this contest.
It’s the perfect Group 1 target for Tuvalu, and I think that he will be crowned the 2023 Railway Stakes winner.
Tuvalu has proven to be the standout for veteran west and east coast horseman, Lindsay Smith, for the last couple of years, and he realised his Group 1 potential with a lovely win in the 2022 Toorak Handicap.
While he actually hasn’t won another race since then, he has continued to return strong performances in good Victorian company, placing in each of his last three starts, including the Underwood Stakes.
He’s fit, Jamie Kah rides from a good draw, and he just need appropriate luck in running to be in the finish.