Eight freshmen on the lawn at New South Wales
New South Wales– No stakes winners in this group of eight freshmen colts and fillies. It’s a rich $75,000 purse though for the Great White Special and we’ll go a flat mile over a firm turf course…….
On the rail, claim stable sends out the perfect filly Oxley(NZ) at 6/1. By Zabeel(NZ), Oxley(NZ) has done everything asked of her. She won her MSW in easy peasy fashion off the bat, then showed some serious competitiveness when triumphing in an ALW photo over a mile LTO. Jockey R. Leonard (11%) steers the midpacker towards her first 80 SP# performance.
Next up we have the race time favorite: Able Danger (2/1). Catahoula has a royal bred here with this Kingmambo son. The colt dueled gamely to win in hand over his lone start, a 79 SP# MSW score. Top jockey P Bangs (25%) hopes to relax the promising speedster up front.
Borsato66 sends their Night Shift colt, Nightector (7/1). The speedster recently shifted tactics, closing from midpack. He’s been stakes-placed a couple of times and makes his route debut after gobbling up ground to just miss in his last. Intriguing longshot with T. Baxter (7%) aboard.
Stakes-placed Unbeaten(AUS) (6/1) boasts a 2-for-6 record and should gear up for the pace. Trojan’s son of Reset(AUS) didn’t enjoy graded company two back, but recovered nicely for a dominating 83 SP# ALW score. It was his second attempt at a mile — should run well here for piece of purse, but poor jockey (4%) might see him with a minor cheque.
Mikehusker’s Drop The Bomb(GB) (6/1) breaks from post 5. The Beat Hollow(GB) youngster won or placed in his first 4 outings, including a Smackdown rally. He hasn’t shown much since though, seemingly outrun as the rest of the division catches up in SP#s. A 7 % jockey doesn’t help either. Needs to find his groove again.
The In Excess(IRE) colt Into The Light(IRE) presides as the lone maiden in the field. Trainer runninw measures full confidence in the colt who has placed in both of his MSW outings at a mile. Outsider, but not without a chance from midpack. Lousy jockey.
Spirit Within You (6/1) grabs lucky post #7. The Royal Academy colt broke his maiden on the third try and then gamely pocketed his initial route test with a 79 SP# score. Should be in the hunt on the lead for naturesway stable. Top jockey L Fontain (16%) is an added plus.
Finally, unclebucky’s stakes-placed Mister Migraine (9/2) has been pretty good so far in the sprint stakes. The Pulpit colt should appreciate the extra sixteenth. Good jockey D Perkins guides the youngster from behind the early lead. Might be primed for his breakthrough effort.
Snowchief’s Picks:
Flip a coin really — someone will be a black type winner and it’s anyone’s guess. I’ll go with a closer though.
Win: Nightector
Place: Unbeaten(AUS)
Show: Able Danger
Good luck to all.