Top 5 Early Insights

Published: 28 Jul 2016

Never far away - The very reliable Alegria returns to racing at Rosehill on Saturday

It's still cold, but at least there is some sun around ahead of the racing this weekend. Sydney is forecast to have clear blue skies right up until Saturday while only a millimetre or so of rain is forecast each day in Melbourne.

Ahead of the full Race Guides going on-line Friday at 9am, check our Top 5 Early Insights below.

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No. 1 Super Reliable Types

"The feature race at Rosehill Gardens is the Listed Winter Challenge over 1,500 metres in which two super reliable types line up. Leader OXFORD POET always tries hard and ALEGRIA has never finished worse than 5th in her 14 start career."

Bet on ALEGRIA now at $7

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No. 2 Some Sydney Sun

"The weather is improving in Sydney and so is the Rosehill track. We should get to around a SOFT 5 on Saturday, which will help horses like SPRINGBOK FLYER (Race 2), AVONACO (Race 8) and ROSE OF MAN (Race 9) bounce back after poor runs at Canterbury seven days ago."

Bet on ROSE OF MAN now at $10

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No. 3 Clear Skies Needed

"FAST'N'ROCKING didn't find clear running last start over 1,100 metres when very unlucky in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes. He's drawn wide, gets a good tempo and only needs the track to hold up to turn things around this time."

Bet on FAST 'N' ROCKING now at $3.6

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No. 4 Ready to Extend

"The Snowden's have a promising mare in the lightly raced EXTENSIBLE. She hit the line like a train first-up and her first try at 1,500 metres should result in a win."

Bet on EXTENSIBLE now at $3.2

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No. 5 Magic at Midday

"We like the way young Ben Thompson is riding in Melbourne, he picked up a double last Saturday before riding OK at Sandown midweek. His 2kg claim can make the difference for MAGIC CONSOL in Caulfield Race 1."

Bet on MAGIC CONSOL now at $4.6

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