Flemington: Race 3 (1:30pm)
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No. 4 In Her Stride
In Her Stride strips fitter second-up with Ethan Brown in the saddle.
The mare by Stratum Star was unlucky not to run a place in the Leilani Final last month when charging late among a wall of horses finishing strongly.
She probably would have gone closer if she wasn’t held up at a crucial stage, but her final 200m split suggests the best might bet yet to come. Drawn well and proven at this stage of her prep, she rates highly in an open race between the mares.
Doomben: Race 7 (3:08pm)
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No. 3 Boom Torque
Boom Torque is a bit of a Doomben specialist with three wins next to his name.
Matthew Dunn’s five-year-old reeled in Brentwood to win here two back earlier in February, and was just as strong to the line in a strong edition of the Jewel on the Gold Coast to wrap up his prep.
His two trial wins leading in have been outstanding and there’s plenty to like about James Orman’s record in the saddle.
Races well fresh, should get back early and get a lovely cart into the race from midfield.
Flemington: Race 6 (3:15pm)
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No. 6 Crosshaven
Crosshaven looks a nice value play in the Aurie’s Star.
The Hayes-trained son of Smart Missile has returned to career-best form with a win and a place from his last two starts, flashing home late down the outside to run second behind It’sourtime in the Santa Lane sprint just under a month ago.
He’s come up trumps with the inside gate and is expected to be very strong in the finish dropping 2kg under Daniel Stackhouse.
Doomben: Race 8 (3:48pm)
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No. 9 Rockribbed
Rockribbed is a horse I’ve always had a bit of time for out of the Gollan camp.
This boy is third-up from a nine-week spell back in April after finding genuine excuses from a horror gate in the Rockhampton Newmarket a few weeks ago where he was always wide.
His previous win at Ipswich was a nice easy watch, shifting off the fence coming out of the turn where he ran on strongly to go a length clear.
This is his first look at Doomben, but drawn perfectly and proven third-up, he’ll be right in the mix providing he isn’t wanting further.
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