Race-by-race preview and tips for Saturday’s meeting at Randwick

Race 1 - 11:00AM PRECISE AIR HANDICAP (1100 METRES)

1. Hidden Motive only won a Hawkesbury maiden last start but it was just as impressive on the clock as it was to the eye. He jumped $1.50 and won like his price suggested he would. The two-year-olds had first use of the track at that meeting but his time over the 1100m was by far the quickest of the day, and there were five 1100m races run. Two of them benchmark races. He smashed the clock. Perhaps the penny has dropped. Agarwood form looks good form. 2. Matima bumped into her at Randwick last start. It was a busy go for the minors but he fought on well and was four weeks between runs on a very testing heavy track. 3. Wollzeile chased home a hard fit Stardom at Scone in the Woodlands Stakes first up. That was on the back of a dominant maiden win at Ipswich last preparation. 5. Change My Address showed good ability to win at Warwick Farm on debut, handling the heavy track. Settled outside of the leader, travelled strongly and pulled clear. Carried 54kg after the claim of Molly Bourke.
How To Play It: Hidden Motive WIN

Race 2 - 11:35AM MIDWAY HANDICAP (1500 METRES)

1.Jumeirah Beach had excuses at Scone in Midway company three weeks ago. He was shuffled back into an awkward position when the field bunched. It was a slowly run race dominated by those on top of the speed. Jumeirah Beach’s late splits were fine. Respect that he was sent around a $4.40 favourite. Saturday’s market has been dismissive of his chances. Too dismissive potentially. The form through that Midway reads well now given how Walking Painting, Northern Eyes, Highborn Harry and Let’s Fly have all run since. They were the four horses that beat him home. Prior to last start Jumeirah Beach overcame all sorts of interference to win a Midway at Hawkesbury. In career best form and don’t mind the wide gate given his pattern. 2. Piraeus pulled up with a slow recovery after failing to attack the line at Doomben last start. Came with a rush to win at Eagle Farm prior to that. He is no stranger to running well in Midway company. The 1500m is just about the sweet spot for 11. Danish Prince. Comes on again third up. Very genuine and makes his own luck.
How To Play It: Jumeirah Beach EACH WAY

Race 3 - 12:10PM DRINKWISE MILE (1600 METRES)

4. Miss Kim Kar may have found the right lane at Randwick last start but she got her dues after racing so well first and second up, beaten by wide gates. The three-year-old Bjorn Baker-trained filly had charged home in two midweek races at Warwick Farm over sprint trips before rushing home to win in this grade two weeks ago. That was her first exposure to a heavy track and if she handled the conditions that meeting, there won’t be too many wet tracks she won’t. The daughter of Pierata won out to 1550m at the backend of last campaign so the mile shouldn’t hold too many fears. Goes up 3kg but this isn’t any harder. 1. Pippie Beach looks big odds given she was a first up winner, clearing out from third. Pippie Beach is two from two second up and loves wet tracks. The claim offsets the big weight. 7. Gentileschi just missed at Scone last start in a blanket finish. Was only second up there and she too loves wet tracks. Scone was rated a soft track but it raced closer to a good surface. Some knock back to the mile from 1700m three weeks ago.
How To Play It: Miss Kim Kar WIN

Race 4 - 12:45PM TAB HIGHWAY HANDICAP (1100 METRES)

1.Bengal won two of his three starts for Luke Pepper, after being transferred from the Chris Waller yard. A change of scenery and country grade did the trick. Jammed in between those two wins was a Rosehill fourth in BM72 company, chasing home Godolphin’s black type performer Polyglot. At the Sapphire Coast before spelling, he ran straight past Sun ‘N’ Sand, who won her next start before ending her campaign by running second in an ATC Oaks behind Treasurethe Moment. The trip was short of her best but there’s depth to the form of Bengal’s recent runs. Don’t love the inside draw for the three-year-old as he’ll need luck at some point in the race but suspect there is something to be read into Luke Pepper’s placement here first up. 4. Vinolass is first up for 67 weeks. She is a lightly raced mare that’s obviously had her issues but has won three of her five starts and jumped a $5 chance in Highway company before spelling. Something was clearly amiss there. Giving some confidence is how well she ran first up last time in, on the back of a 45-week break.
How To Play It: Bengal WIN

Race 5 - 1:20PM THE CONSORTIUM CLEMENGER HANDICAP (2000 METRES)

The gamble is how much we can trust the Randwick form reference from two weeks ago given how heavy the track was but take the run of 14. Elivina on face value from that and she’s a leading player on Saturday. The track is unlikely to be that heavy but it’ll still be rain-affected. The Saxon Warrior filly was sent around a $51 chance yet charged home from last to run fourth. The winner Let’s Fly ran out a six length winner but Elivina split 1. Hurstville Zagreb and 5. Rotagilla. She’s still in her first campaign but should relish 2000m and stays on 52kg. Hurstville Zagreb presented like the winner two weeks ago but laboured in the ground, like many across the meeting. Third up 2000m suits. Maps awkwardly. 12. Bearings is an improving staying filly for John Sargent. She was balloted out of the Queensland Oaks. That sees her 2200m back to 2000m but perhaps offsetting that is the prospect of a heavy track. Has 5.5 lengths to make up on 5. Rotagilla from two starts ago but has the scope and stamina to do that, with swapping Kensington for Randwick also in her favour.
How To Play It: Elivina EACH WAY

Race 6 - 1:55PM ASAHI SUPER DRY HANDICAP (1400 METRES)

7. Blazing Harry has a couple of lengths to turnaround on 6. Oh Diamond Lil from Scone first up but he couldn’t have done much more given how the race played out and where he got to in the run. He fanned widest and ran home in fast time. He’d probably had enough the last 100m. That was as a $6 chance. He hasn’t started any longer than $6 in his eight start career. The four-year-old strips fitter and drops 3kg from 62kg to 59kg. Will need a clever ride from Regan Bayliss but with speed inside and outside he might be able to slide across to find cover in the first half dozen. Oh Diamond Lil was forced to take a trail first up and despite racing a touch keen, sprinted quickly to put the race away. That’s now four wins from her past five starts. Don’t love speed horses drawn low, especially on wet tracks but she has a great racing pattern and is still improving. 4. Thunderlips draws out with Blazing Harry but only has to hold his form to be in the finish again.
How To Play It: Blazing Harry EACH WAY

Race 7 - 2:30PM SYDNEY ROOSTERS PARTNERS HANDICAP (1600 METRES)

9. Cool Jakey is a hard fit wet tracker that shouldn’t have too much resistance in attempting to find the front. He drops to 52kg after the claim of Jace McMurray. A luxury weight compared to what has been forced to carry in lesser grade recently. The five-year-old was having his first run over the mile last start when second to 12. Hollywood Hero. That ticks off the distance query given how testing that Randwick track was. The son of Pierro swims, he loves wet tracks and a further dump of rain on Wednesday should ensure another heavy track come Saturday. Hollywood Hero landed good bets winning there on the back of a lovely ride two weeks ago. Draws awkwardly on Saturday. Will need a clever ride from Ash Morgan but perhaps it’ll allow the Sacred Falls gelding to get to the best part of the track, pattern pending. The barrier doesn’t help 5. Phearson either. He has been getting a long way back this time in, before hitting the line. The mile might stretch him but he is racing like he wants further.
How To Play It: Cool Jakey WIN

Race 8 - 3:05PM VINERY STUD BOB CHARLEY AO STAKES (1100 METRES)

4. In Flight comes into this a dominant last start winner at Doomben, relishing the heavy track. She swam through the ground. It was against the fillies and mares but she gets some weight relief in this grade back against the boys. This Joe Pride-trained mare loves wet ground. She’ll get conditions to suit again come the weekend. The daughter of Flying Artie has drawn a touch wide but she’ll be able to drift across to settle in behind the speed. That last start performance, and the promise of another rain-affected surface, makes her the horse to beat. 13. Cigar Flick can be hit and miss but like the set up. She’s a proven fresh mare, should get the speed to suit and also loves wet tracks. Three of her four career wins have been over 1100m. Dangerous with 53kg. She wasn’t asked to do much in her one trial. 7. The Novelist and 8. Fire Star battled it out for the minors behind Caballus at Scone. The Novelist is negatively impacted by a wet track and drawn low. It won’t bother Fire Star, who handles all going.
How To Play It: In Flight WIN

Race 9 - 3:40PM SINGAPORE POOLS HANDICAP (1300 METRES)

2. Whinchat looked the winner at Scone first up, kicking clear only to be run down in the final stride. It was cruel. That’s a terrific return to the races from the front-running five-year-old given he had been 56 weeks on the sidelines prior. Like that David Pfieffer has given him three weeks between runs to recover from that. The gelding carries an extra 7kg back to BM100 grade but that Luskin Star run says that he has returned where he left off last campaign. There was four lengths back to third. Whinchat has never raced on a heavy track but two of his most impressive victories have come on tracks rated Soft 6. 9. Shadizi is a talented import returning after a near year long layoff. He has shown a turn of foot to win his four races in France. Trucked to the line in a recent Randwick trial. He’s a big yard and market watch. Joe Pride has a strong team which includes 11. Headley Grange. He’ll improve on whatever he does but he’s a proven fresh horse, has trialled well, handles all ground and still looks to be improving.
How To Play It: Whinchat WIN

Race 10 - 4:20PM TOYOTA FORKLIFTS HANDICAP (1000 METRES)

18. Not That Easy could prove dangerous at huge odds in the last. It’s a wide-open contest and she can run a very fast closing split. Just needs to tack on in the early stages but a middle gate and 52kg gives her the chance to run better than her price suggests. Didn’t win a race in nine runs last campaign but was beaten in two photo finishes. She also clocked a fast finishing second behind Accredited at Warwick Farm. Trialled well alongside 3. Cosmonova recently. 1. Tanglewood is the class sprinter here. Didn’t get a lot of room to let down at a critical point at Scone first up. The run wasn’t as bad as it reads on paper. There is less depth to this BM78 and the cut out of the track suits. 8. Queen Of The Mile won’t want a genuine heavy track. Would be surprised if she ran if it was. She’s a very genuine mare that comes to handy quickly and is effective over the short course trips. Maps well and gets in well after the claim.
How To Play It: Not That Easy EACH WAY

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