Eagle Farm: Race 1 (11:43am)
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No. 5 Poison Chalice
Poison Chalice was one of the runs of the race two weeks ago in a Stakes race down the Flemington straight.
Paul Preusker’s four-year-old flew home from a long way back to finish within two lengths of Who Dares, a performance he can only improve on second-up and out to the mile.
Michael Dee has some work to do from out wide, but with wins over further to his name, this slight drop back in class should see him hard to beat.
Eagle Farm: Race 4 (1:28pm)
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No. 3 Adelaide River
Adelaide River has seen good support heading into his Australian debut.
The Irish import by Group 1 winner Australia has mixed form with some top internationals over the last 12 months, notably finishing runner-up to Feed The Flame in the Prix De Paris at Longchamp last July.
He was rewarded with a handy win back to Group 3 level to wrap up his prep and typically runs a nice race fresh. Under the care of Kris Lees, he should be very hard to catch if he offsets the wide gate early and lands on the speed.
Eagle Farm: Race 7 (3:13pm)
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No. 1 I Wish I Win
He’s making a habit of just finding one or two better, but with the Doomben 10,000 run under his belt now, I Wish I Win does look incredibly hard to beat.
Peter Moody had this boy firing off a five-week break in the 10,000, looming the winner once he broke clear along the inside, only to be denied by the brilliant Bella Nipotina.
He’ll need to improve off that run with Ciaron Maher’s mare lining up right alongside in barrier 2, but out slightly in trip and likely to find the track conditions more suitable, I’m finding it hard to bet against him.
Eagle Farm: Race 9 (4:28pm)
No. 4 Coeur Volante
The lack of a trial is a concern, but leaning the way of Coeur Volante in a tricky race to wrap things up.
Michael Moroney has had this filly revved up to win first-up in the past, as we saw at The Valley last year where she came out and won a Group 3 quite convincingly.
That victory was backed up with a win in the Group 2 Tranquil Star, a solid form race that has produced a handful of winners since.
Blake Shinn sticks in the irons and with wins over further, 1200m off a break shouldn’t pose a huge issue.
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