A short but talented field of 6 lines up on Saturday\u2019s feature in Tasmania, in the Grade II Davarto and Coker Paradise Stakes, a 9 furlong test for fillies and mares 3 years old and older on the turf. The Tasmania grass course is expected to be firm. The contestants, by post position:<\/P>
\u00a0 PP 1 \u2013 Lindt(AUS) (Testa Rossa(AUS) x Danehill x Stagedoor Johnny) <\/I><\/B>Whether this lightly raced star was named after the chocolate company or not, she\u2019s certainly one sweet filly (sorry, couldn\u2019t resist). This rocky79 <\/I>charge (18.9% win, 43.8% ITM) is fast (her last 5 races have been triple digit speed figs), she wins a lot (8 wins and 2 places in 10 lifetime starts), and she\u2019s won in Graded company. The only question here is the distance. She\u2019s done her best work up to and including a mile, but she\u2019s never gone the 9 furlongs she\u2019s trying in this test. Her breeding suggests she might not have a problem with the 9 panels, but until she\u2019s proven she likes it, 9\/5 might not be the best value play. But still one to beat.<\/P> \u00a0 \u00a0 PP 3 \u2013 Joe\u2019s Destination (Dubai Destination x Manila x Rainbow Quest)<\/I><\/B> A tough-as-nails 5 year old mare who\u2019s seemingly always in the mix (13 of 15 lifetime ITM finishes) will have no trouble with the distance, but, like Wishing Well G, might just not be fast enough. This girl, bred and trained by ginzo3 <\/I>(8.2%, 30.2%) in fact, seems in fact, to be not quite as classy as the PP2 filly (this will be her first Graded stake, and 3rd<\/SUP> stakes race of any kind), and hasn\u2019t broken the triple digit barrier in her last 8 (although she\u2019s come awful close), and yet is a shorter choice at 5\/1. She\u2019s got lots of talent, but I can\u2019t see this girl getting in the top 3.<\/P> \u00a0 PP 4 \u2013 Tintoretta(IRE) (Galileo(IRE) x Green Desert x Shirley Heights(GB)) <\/I><\/B>A 7\/1 morning line shot, this 5 year old mare from prolific simster Given\u2019s stormborn <\/I>stable (22.8%, 49.6%) has her work cut out for her. She\u2019s the most experienced lady in the field, with 8 more starts than her next busiest competitor, but she\u2019s coming off of probably the worst performance of her career. If you throw out that last one, she\u2019s shown she\u2019s capable of running with these on her best day, but she also tends to run better in overnight stakes, as opposed to Graded ones. Definitely capable, but for my money, she\u2019ll need to show me her last time was an aberration.<\/P> \u00a0 PP 5 \u2013 Gone Wylde (Gone West x Northern Dancer x Seattle Slew) <\/I><\/B>She\u2019s royally bred, in fine form, and at fair-value odds at 4\/1 morning line. That said, this sarava02<\/I> (15.6%, 47.7%) charge has some class questions, as her previous forays into the Graded world have been less than world-beating. She also has a nice stalking style. All things considered, value and potential makes this one a good saver bet.<\/P> \u00a0 PP 6 \u2013 Tommy (Danzig x Nijinsky II x Nureyev)<\/I><\/B> The second choice in the betting at 2\/1. this gal is Jeckyl and Heidi. Her current form is all over the board, with a close-up 4th<\/SUP> sandwiched between a well-beaten 6th<\/SUP> and 7th<\/SUP>. This 5 year old from the artistway<\/I> barn (12.5%, 31.0%) is also capable of running really fast, as she did 4 races back, a 111 speed figure effort that netted her a 2nd<\/SUP> at this exact distance. She can run on the lead or stalk, and there doesn\u2019t seem to be a whole lot of early speed here, so that may be an advantage for her too. Depending on which mare shows up, this one has a huge shot.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ‘Lindt’ And ‘Tommy’ Lead Field Of Six In Grade II Tussle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}PP 2 \u2013 Wishing Well G(IRE) (Sadler\u2019s Wells x Lure x Sharpen Up(GB))<\/I> This zz<\/I> (10.1%, 34.4%) trained 3 yr old filly might well have been wishing for a somewhat softer turf than she\u2019s going to have on Saturday, as her lifetime-best speed figure (and only career triple digit race) was on a turf course rated as good. She\u2019s got the class to compete with these, but with this short field, may simply not be fast enough. She\u2019ll stalk, but will have to run her best race to finish in the top 3 today. Do-able, but may be a tough task.