Top 5 Early Insights

Published: 19 Nov 2015

1 - Flying Four-year-olds

Backing four-year-olds working their way through the grades can pay good dividends, they often enter the benchmark system on a favourable handicap and take advantage.

Horses like QUICK STRIKE (Race 1), IMPERIAL LASS (Race 1), SEBRINA (Race 5), LADY MACAN (Race 5), FESTIVITY (Race 7), UNEQUIVOCAL (Race 7), SPORTS EDITION (Race 8), RULE THE RIVER (Race 8) and TAN TAT DIAMOND (Race 9) all fit the profile at Rosehill Gardens.

At Ballarat, PROFIT SHARE (Race 9), DANTE’S FINALE (Race 6) and SHOW A STAR (Race 6) are all on the way up.

The Bet - $6 QUICK STRIKE and $4.80 PROFIT SHARE

On the rise - Quick Strike is a stayer with great potential

2 - Power Rules at Rosehill

A dry fast Rosehill Gardens is the perfect track for powerful gallopers to show their best. Horses that rely on toughness or a strong finishing surge to win aren't as advantaged.

Have a close look at DANJEU (Race 1), SONG AND LAUGHTER (Race 5), GOD'S IN HIM (Race 6), MEDCAUT (Race 6), WINE TALES (Race 6) and LE CORDON BLEU (Race 8). They all could sprint best and win.

The Bet - Boxed trifecta with GOD'S IN HIM, MEDCAUT and WINE TALES

Strapping lass - Wine Tales as the power to sprint home quickly at Rosehill Gardens

3 – Waller Value?

It’s not often you see Chris Waller stayers at big odds, but the Ballarat Cup has two of them.

JUNOOB and INDEX LINKED are both at ‘double figure’ prices stepping back from higher class Spring Carnival features. They're both right in the mix.

The Bet – $11 INDEX LINKED each-way

Great odds - Index Linked is stepping back from Group One grade

4 - Fresh Speedsters

Three talented sprinters resume in Race 8 at Rosehill Gardens. LORD LEOFRIC, LE CORDON BLEU and SPORTS EDITION all come off recent sharp trials.

The distance of 1,100 metres is ideal for them to show their best fresh. You'd be surprised if one of them didn't take the prize.

The Bet - $6.5 LE CORDON BLEU and $4.8 SPORTS EDITION

Talented type - Le Cordon Bleu has the class to win first-up this weekend

5 – Ready to Win

Race 10 at Ballarat is an Open sprint over 1,200 metres with horses at very different stages of their preparation lining up.

Some are ready for a break after testing Spring Carnival runs, while others are still in need of a run or two to find peak fitness.

At good value, both MAGNUS REIGN and MANDLA come into the event third-up and ready to peak.

The Bet - $7 MAGNUS REIGN and $9 MANDLA

Ready to peak - Magnus Reign finds the right race to strike at Ballarat