Daily Racing Tips – Wednesday, October 16

Treasurethe Moment looks to be one of the more impressive fillies in Matt Laurie’s yard.  

The three-year-old daughter of Alabama Express punched clear along the rail to win over 1400m at Sandown last start, form that has held up nicely with third placegetter Chewing Gum running a nice race again last Saturday. 

She’s only had the two starts this time in work, so there’s still scope for improvement out to the mile with fitness on her side.  

Beau Mertens has retained the ride and from a slightly wide gate, we’ll likely see the pair settle forward early on speed.  

Race 6 – 4:35PM Schweppes Handicap (1440 METRES) 

Marble Arch just needs luck from wider out to be a factor here.  

The Hayes-trained mare by Per Incanto has been given a few weeks between runs after winning at Morphettville last start, the five-year-old storming home from last to first to put away a small field with plenty left to spare.  

She has some nice form around the likes of Lady Jones and Another Wil from earlier in the year, while she’s also been successful at this stage of her prep in the past.  

If Mark Zahra can find cover early, don’t be surprised if she runs a big race at double figures.  

Nadal is a Group 1 calibre horse who is starting to put it all together for Ciaron Maher.  

The lightly-raced four-year-old by Xtravagant led for most of the way off a lengthy spell at Flemington last month, just lacking the conditioning when a wall of horses charged the line late for him to finish outside the prize money.  

Keep in mind he was racing over 1100m after nearly a year-long spell, so there’s big room for improvement, especially since he’s been given a jumpout between starts.  

Having placed at Group 2 level in the past, this looks a nice winnable assignment for him with potentially bigger things in mind.  

Kingswood looks to have grown a leg since joining Gavin Bedggood’s stable.  

The grey five-year-old entire to Irish Group 1 winning sire Roaring Lion was enormous first-up at Sandown a few weeks ago, unleashing a powerful turn of foot to storm the line and win by 2.25 lengths over shorter.  

This is a step up in class, but he did place in a Group 3 overseas, so there’s nothing to suggest he can’t measure up.  

Drawn well and most importantly, dropping 4.5kg under John Allen, a similar performance can be expected if the pair can get back and stalk the speed.