Canberra Racing Review Wednesday 8 May 2019
They raced on a soft seven and the rail chopped out. Back and wide was the place to be.
Having said that, there was only one blow-out (Le Cavalier) in the Federal, with five well supported gallopers winning on the day.
Race 1
Canberra Racing Preview Wednesday 8 May 2019
The track was rated a soft 6 Thursday and showers are forecast on raceday morning.
A rare Wednesday meeting in the capital and it’s drawn strong acceptances.
Race: 1
They raced on a soft 5 and the track played very fair. Four favourites won on the day. Trainer John Bateman and jockey Blaike McDougall linked for two winners.
Race 1: XXX Gold BM 65 1300m
The rail is in the true position and the track should present in good order with fine weather forecast beyond race day.
Most of the fields are very competitive and the return of two promising Nick Olive gallopers in the Federal create interest.
Race 1: XXX Gold Bm65 1300m
They raced on a soft 5 and it was a very competitive days racing.
The $40,000 Federal saw a blow-out result with Friskee One saluting at $41.0 setting up a trifecta in excess of $4.000.
XXXX GOLD BENCHMARK 55 HANDICAP (1400 METRES)
PRINCE JACKO ($3.80) was the one punters came to on track and he duly obliged for the Dryden-Collings training partnership with Blaike McDougall in the saddle. Prince Jacko led has he liked at a steady gallop tailed by FISCAL POLICY ($4.20) and he showed plenty of grit to hold that galloper off.
Very competitive racing all day and value should abound for punters finding winners. Fine weather is forecast through to raceday and the track may be just in the soft range.
Race 1
CANBERRA TOYOTA MAIDEN HANDICAP (1000 METRES)
A horror start for favourite punters. The money kept coming for the Kurt Goldman-trained LOVE ME BROKE and he started at the prohibitive odds of $1.45. The colt was slow off and sat back off a hectic charge up front but ran-in badly when asked for an effort before finishing it off okay. He has to trial to the satisfaction of stewards before racing again and the stable advised that it intends to apply the blinkers for the next outing.
The rail is out 6m the 1000m-350m and 3m the remainder.
The track was rated a Good 4 late in the week with a few showers possible on Friday and Saturday.
Large competitive fields abound including in the $40,000 TAB Federal.
Race 1: Canberra Toyota Maiden (1000m)
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The track played beautifully for Canberra’s premier Black Opal Race Day in front of a bumper crowd.
The Black Opal Stakes
The field fell away to just seven runners for the feature, the John McGrath Auto Group Black Opal Stakes, but it developed into a keen betting affair with Rome the easing $2.80 favourite.
The money came for the James Cummings-trained PIN SEC resuming off a Randwick Maiden win and she duly saluted in style.
