Wednesday Winners

Best Bet Northam r3 Zourun Run ; Ran on well to run 2nd on debut over the 1000m. On that run the extra 100m should suit. Both the equal favourite (Arizona Sky ) and 3rd fav (Who’s Bent) are coming off 1 trial and no trials respectively . That is an ask for 2yo’s over 1100m hence I will always side with the race experience / fitness.

Best Each Way Northam r6 Desert Dancing ; First two starts in WA have been good , ran down a hot favourite last start . Nicely Played is another favourite resuming without a trial. She is quick and will lead them into the straight , hoping there is enough pressure to have her vulnerable late and the each way odds are appealing . Nothing went right for Extreme Love first up , the trial was good and the Durrant stable are having a purple patch , good roughy.

r6 Novelties ; 6.​7.​10/6.​7.​10/1.​2.​6.​7.​10/1.​2.​3.​6.​7.​8.​9.​10

$3 quinella , $18 trifecta $90 first 4

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Weekend Winners

Best Each Way Bunbury r7 Sunny Honey ; Handles all track conditions , especially heavy and that’s important with a lot of rain forecast . Track should be nice and cut up by this stage and he is drawn perfectly to sit midfield and swim down the middle in the home straight. No Brainer is 4/5 , all on wet tracks. Hopefully the race fitness gives us the edge but he is paying enough to save on.

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Carnarvon Cash

Best Bet r3 Shasfa ; No doubt the plan will be to put the foot down from the start and make them eat her dust . If she jumps cleanly and gets there early , it will be a case of getting out the Rosemary beads in the last 100m. Admittedly $2 for a horse who has won 1 / 20 is awfully short , however at least it was on dirt over 1000m.

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Northam Numbers

Best Bet Northam r2 Diamonds’n’rubies ; The form out of her last two starts has been franked since and she now looks suited getting out to 1300m . Ankareeda is the danger as the market suggests.

Northam r4 Midnight Star ; Has the 1600m run under her belt and beat everything besides our Best Bet (flex) , comfortably 2nd up. Odds on so no spoils , Diamonds’n’rubies place into Midnight Star win is currently paying around $2.41 . That’s a confident bet.

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Wednesday Winners

Best Bet Pinjarra r6 Let’s Talk ; Think leading over 1200m at a more controlled tempo over the high pressure 1000m straight races is the right set up for him. The drop in class also helps. Happy to bet at the current odds , under $3 and I lose interest.

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Sunday Prayers

Bunbury r2 Buderim ; Bit of a spec on breeding here as it’s a half brother to a former smart sprinter from the same stable. Last trial indicated a level of ability that can take this out and has blinkers added for an extra edge.

Best Bet Bunbury r7 Bucket’s Ridge ; Ran 2nd in the Strickland Stakes on a Heavy 9 last start and is 1/2 at 2200m. Meeting is starting on a soft 7 with wild conditions forecast , if the meeting survives this long , I really expect him to be winning and see $2.30 as value .

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Weekend Winners

Best Bet Pinjarra r4 Forever Boy ; Off season stayers are hardly trustworthy , lets call them politicians even. If you are going to go down that path then a lightly raced one with upside is the key. Sustained a run to only get run down by a talented stablemate this distance last start and there are no horses of that calibre here. The cerise and white are dominating these type of races lately and he looks very hard to beat.

Best Value Pinjarra r7 Baby Paris ; 4/8 first up , 3/5 soft ground , she is a classy animal when right who has competed against our top sprinters previously. Untried down the 1000m straight , at least she is drawn the right side. Have to trust the trial was just a clean up without her race day blinkers on to bet , $16 worth a spec.

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Weekend Winners

Best Roughie Pinjarra r5 Cross Statement ; 2/3 at 1300m including 1/1 here , going for 3 wins in a row either side of a spell . This race is as wide open as they come so with these stats in mind , I’m happy to speck him at $31 each way.

Best Each Way Pinjarra r8 Kelvinator ; Has won 4/7 over 1400m including all the way victories at his last two starts. Has been springing the gates and will need to from the wide draw but he is the natural leader in the field and if he crosses he can prove tough to run down at double figures.

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Carnarvon Cash

Best Bet Carnarvon r6 Cheeky Charlotte ; Looks a perfect dirt horse after successfully handling it this track and distance first up. Has the speed to lead if they desire but showed it doesn’t have to last time . Ticks a lot of boxes and looks extremely hard to beat.

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Northam Numbers

Best Bet Northam r7 Amarline ; The win followed by 3 consecutive 2nds in 3yo OMWLY grade looks by far the best form reference in this race. Is versatile enough to hold a spot from barrier 1 , especially back out to the 1400m for Pike to to utilize it to it’s full advantage. The Pike / Durrant combo has a stack of favourites and this is the last of them so price could be affected by earlier results.

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Wednesday Winners

Best Bet Northam r1 Annie Warbucks : Punters , myself included , were left very flat last start after she failed to get the job done as a heavily supported favourite. The addition of blinkers has convinced me to give her one shot at redemption. Midnight Star is the massive danger . Grantham trained Peter’s Investments horses are on fire and this filly did more than enough on debut to warrant favouritism. 1200m to 1600m at start 2 for a 3yo filly is still a task hence we will stick with Annie.

Best Each Way Northam r2 The Rocket ; Expensive yearling from a top 2yo producing yard , this one is trialing well enough to be right in this. The 8.50 last night was generous , $5.50 is still value on an each way basis.

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Pinny Punts

Best Bet Pinjarra r3 Impressive Jewel ; Has run 2nd 3 out of 4 runs including first up on soft going. Concede that makes best bet status a little nerve racking however there was a nice gap to 3rd which is usually a sign the form will stack up and the 2nd favourite has had 19 starts . Looks a perfect set up for her ,providing you can make ground swooping out wide .

Best Each Way Pinjarra r6 Auto Cruise ; Debut winner , beating race 3 best bet Impressive Jewel. Got into a dog fight with her and was very strong on the line. If the best bet salutes I’m happy to back him to remain undefeated. If it flops I will still invest but with a much smaller stake.

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Weekend Winners

Best Bet Bunbury r4 First Encounter ; Hit the line strongly out wide from the rear 2nd up whereas the quinella saved all the ground up the inside. Ready to peak 3rd up . Dun With The Blues 2nd up record isn’t as good as first up and Camera Action untested at 1690m . Peter’s Investment horses are dominating at moment and this one can keep the ball rolling.

Best Each Way Bunbury r5 Sure Thing ; Has dominated country races by running them into the ground since arriving from the East. Got in a duel with another speedster his only attempt at Saturday city racing and did too much work. From barrier 1 expect him to hold the front and that is certainly no disadvantage at Bunbury. .

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Carnarvon Cash

Best Bet Carnarvon r4 Exporose ; Has the speed to lead which is very beneficial for debuting on dirt and brings winning provincial / country form to the North West.

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Wednesday Winners

Bunbury r5 Frantic War ; 5% win 95% place ; The Positives ; Best 1st up run of his career , pet distance , home track , Pike. The Negatives ; barrier 9/10 , wet track. In summary I couldn’t back him with confidence to win but he is getting out to a reasonably attractive place price. Go you good thing!

Best Roughie Bunbury r8 Panthera Tiger ; Thought the 5 length 8th on debut was full of merit , fighting all the way to the line despite being caught off the track the entire race. Straight to 1600m at Albany and got the job done for Kyra Yuill who sticks. 1700 should be no problem 3rd up and with natural improvement he can run a race at over 20 / 1 , hopefully bringing up a stable double .

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Sunday Prayers

Best Bet Northam r3 Annie Warbucks ; Trial and both runs this prep have been considerably stronger than her previous form , indicating she is ready to win a very weak maiden. $2 is as low as I’d accept but it is justified.

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Weekend Winners

Best Bet Pinjarra r2 Repossesion ; Promising 3yo sprinter who has a clear class edge over his rivals , just has to handle the Pinjarra straight. Small field should help visiting apprentice get the job done.

Best Each Way Pinjarra r5 Cherry Can Run ; Strange for a mare to have a breakout season at 6 , especially a sprinter , but that’s what she did last time in. Won a few and ran some blinders in decent company. Returned a winner to prove she’s not done yet and goes around at $15 in an open race. Heavy place each way.

Best Value Pinjarra r7 Admiration Express ; Two starts ago she went within 1/2 a length of winning the Group 1 Northerly Stakes at WFA . Trialed well , no luck on resumption and goes around at 26’s . Magnificent Andy clearly deserves to be favourite .

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Weekend Winners

Best Ascot Multi

Race 3 Filthy Habits WIN : Smacked them in the Albany Cup on soft ground and drops 5 kilo’s on that run. Best winning chance of day .

Race 7 Redback Flyer WIN ; 3yo with real upside going for 3 in a row. This is as weak as Saturday graduation company gets , wet ground the query at the price. Endless Joy has turned the corner and is flying but hasn’t met anything near the level of the fav. Might add value to novelties as insurance.

Race 8 Golden Vale PLACE ; Gets the run of the race tracking the leader in Nobelity providing the inside is ok by this stage. Can definitely win this and a single bet outside of the multi is my play .

The Win Win Place multi is trading around $4.60 , short enough for 3 legs but a way to get involved in a lacklustre meeting punting wise .

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Pinny Punts

Pinjarra r3 Quiet Goddess ; While I’m convinced she has the most potential in this field by a considerable margin , it’s hard to go too hard first up over 1300m from an awkward gate. Thinking a 25/75 % split of stake is the way to go and I’m going to wait and see what the market does , closer to $2 a place she gets , bigger the bet.

Best Bet Pinjarra r5 Caraway ; 2nd first up over 1300m , luckless 3rd 2nd up over 1400m , she now finds a weak 1500m maiden from a soft draw to make amends.

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Wednesday Winners

Ascot r1 Nos 3 & 4 ; Going to take a set against the favourite , purely on price. Popular opinion is it’s looking for 1400m and coming from better races. My argument is it has a bad barrier and jumping 400m is not easy for any horse let alone a 2yo. So we go to the next two in the market who finished alongside each other on debut over 1200m at Pinjarra, They both hit the line hard from the back behind an all the way winner , hasn’t been easy to do at Pinjarra lately and both are drawn well. Going to take the quinella , and same race multi with both to finish top 3 in case the fav is too good. Alternatively you could consider backing both to win .

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