Top 5 Early Insights @ Scone

Published: 15 May 2015

Come a long way - A leaner Fine Bubbles wins at Scone two years ago

Racing goes bush this weekend on Scone's beautiful country racecourse. A nice long straight and lush racing surface presents itself, but beware of ON-RAILS and OFF-RAILS track bias as the Carnival roles on.

With the big fields and varied form lines, only the feature races will have full Race Guides.

The Race Guide's Analyst Team have pulled together the Top 5 Early Insights for the big races.

1 - Forgiving Christian?

MEDCAUT was way behind You'll Never last week at Rosehill, but there were excuses. A mad tempo up front didn't help his chances and Christian Reith was kind on the horse over the final furlong.

If you can forgive him, he rates well in the Scone Cup on previous runs.

Well-built miler - Medcaut can bounce back and win the Scone Cup

2 - 'Keen-goers'

We saw how unreliable type can over-race and ruin their chances when Fontein Ruby failed in Adelaide.

ARTLEE and MIGHTY LUCKY have a similar affliction and should always be treated with caution. They both line up in the Luskin Star Stakes.

Knows the track - Artlee has won at Scone, but can over-race

3 - Dream Distance

FINE BUBBLES has been racing in good form over unsuitable shorter distances. She is a solid type with enough strength to sprint over 1,400 metres, but lacks the early speed over 1,200 metres.

The step up in the Dark Jewel Classic is ideal.

Finds the right race - Fine Bubbles is suited over 1400m

4 - Tempo Tricks

BOOMWAA struggled behind You'll Never last week, but the race was out of the ordinary.

Rain Affair set a very rapid speed, causing Craftiness, Medcaut (above) and the Melbourne three-year-old to fail. 

He might be worth another chance in the Guineas.

Went too hard - Boomwaa will get an easier run this weekend

5 - Set to Swoop

The last race on Saturday is a hot sprint race with plenty of tempo. Speedy grey Zaratone lines up, alongside a few fast ones drawn out wide.

The stage is set for horses like TARGET IN SIGHT, ATMOSPHERICAL, CRADLE ME and PRIVATE SECRETARY to swoop home.

It might just be a case of who gets the lucky run through the pack.

Swooper - Private Secretary has the power to sprint home