Horse To Follow: Sir Bacchus, being an older horse now taking a run or two to come to hand. Will win a nice race over the Winter Carnival.
Run Of The Day: Redzel, races tough every time he goes out. Lead noted speedster Upstart Pride on Saturday and kept going to score a deserved G1 win.
Ride Of The Day: Andrew Adkins on Daysee Doom was a copybook ride to get her home in the Dark Jewel.
Forget It Ran: Gilbraltar Girl, was wide the whole trip and ran into dead ends all the way down the straight.
Caulfield – Saturday May 13
Race 1 – TYCOON DANCER $4.40, won from EASY BEAST, BARNEY ALLEN.
The winner had very good early support opening at $7 before heavy support bought him into $3 before drifting to start at $4.40. The best backed runner was 3rd placed Barney Allen who was $21 into $6. Runner up Easy Beast was solid being $4.80 to $4.40.
Race 2 – SHAF $5, won from SUNDAY ESCAPE, FAST CASH.
The winner was easy in the market opening at $4 before starting at $5 with the runner up Sunday Escape being the best backed runner opening at $9 before starting at $5. Espirutu had good support starting $11 after opening at $21.
Race 3 – PEDRENA $4.20, won from FRAGONARD, LEOTIE.
Pedrena had very good support being $7 into $4.20 with the runner up being very well supported early opening at $4.20 getting into $2.70 before getting back out to the opening price of $4.20. Unplaced Plenty To Like had support being $11 into $7.
Race 4 – THELBURG $2.90, won from TRINITY HILL, ATLANTIC CITY.
Thelburg was the best backed runner in the race being $5 into $2.90 with others who had support were Our Peaky Blinders, Valliano and Hokkaido.
Race 5 – ONPICALO $6, won from ZEBRINZ, PETROLOGY.
Onpicalo was the best backed runner with very good support going from $10 to start $6 with Dan Zephyr having very good support opening $21 before starting $10. Unplaced Kilarney Kid was unwanted opening at $9 before starting at $31.
Race 6 – HURSLEY $5.50, won from OVERBERG, SNITZELWOOD.
Hursley drifted from $4.60 to start $5.50 with O’Lonera being the best supported runner going from $15 to start at $8. Opening favourite Grand Dreamer was completely unwanted going from $4 to start at $11.
Race 7 – ALL OUT OF LOVE $15, won from FONTEIN LAD, BILLET DOUX.
All Out Of Love was unwanted moving from an opening quote of $9 to start $15 with the unplaced Red Right Hand being the best supported runner opening at $10 before starting $5. Others who had specking at odds were Billet Doux and Charlton.
Race 8 – RUN GYPSY RUN $13, won from LIBERTY SONG, BLUE TYCOON.
The winner opened at $13 had support into $9 before getting back out to start $13. Runners who were specked on the day were Enigman, Wazzenme and Blue Tycoon.
Race 9 – VITAL IMPORTANCE $31, won from GREY STREET, DEJA BLUE.
The winner drifted from $21 to start at $31 with runner up Grey Street always having solid support around the $4 mark. Invincible Heart, Majestic Lass and Deja Blue all had very good support in the market.
The Money Was Right: Thelburg was the best supported winner being $5 into a starting price of $2.90.
Left It In The Bag: Barney Allen was $21 into $6 before finishing 3rd.
Friendless: Grand Dreamer opened favourite before finishing unplaced at $11.
Doomben – Saturday May 13
Race 1 – RARE OCCURRENCE $11, won from INVINCIBLE EXPRESS, LE CHEF.
The market was thrown wide open with lots of scratchings. Rare Occurrence was $21 into $11 with Trevinder $31 into $8, Better Land $10 into $4.60, Le Chef $31 into $13 and Assertory $31 into $13.
Race 2 – MATERNAL $5.50, won from DOUBLE IMPACT, KUZNETSOVA.
Maternal opened had early support getting into to $4.80 from $5.50 before getting back at to $5.50 with the unplaced Payroll the best supported runner being $17 into $8. Placegetter Kiznetsova had support being $7 into $5.50.
Race 3 – CANTBUYBETTER $6, won from EMPHASIS, JUMBO PRINCE.
Cantbuybetter was always solid around the $6 mark with original favourite and 3rd placegetter Jumbo Prince $4.40 out to $4.80. Maryore had some specking being $10 into $8 with Chivadahli being unwanted in the market drifting from $7 to start at $21.
Race 4 – TANGLED $8.50, won from ALL TOO HUIYING, ITALIA BELLA.
Tangled was always solid around the $8.50 mark. Unplaced runners Cooroi Chase $17 to $9.50, Showashadow $17 to $11 and She’s Our Star $8 to $5.50 were the best supported runners.
Race 5 – GOOD STANDING $4.60, won from SYLPHEED, I’M A RIPPA.
Good Standing had some supporters and firmed from $5 to start $4.60. The best backed runner was Sylpheed who opened $10 before starting $5 2nd fav. Unplaced Billy The Kid had good backing firming to $5.50 from $8.
Race 6 – STAMPEDE $2.30, won from THE CHAIRMAN, CHOCANTE.
Stampede was the best backed runner firming from $3.80 to start a clear favourite at $2.30 with runner up The Chairman also having strong support firming from $9 to $4.60. Unplaced Zambezi Warrior had good specking coming in $7 to start at $10.
Race 7 – REDZEL $9, won from COUNTERATTACK, DERRYN.
Redzel went from $8 to start at $9 with both placegetters had very good support with Counterattack $15 into $10 and Derryn $15 into $9. Others with specking were Fell Swoop and In Her Time. Favourite Russian Revolution was always solid around the $3.40 mark.
Race 8 – SHOCKING LUCK $6, won from ORDER AGAIN, VELADERO.
The 3 placegetters were the best supported runners with the $9 into $6, runner up Order Again $6 into $3.40 and 3rd placegetter Veladero the best supported being $8 into $3.40. Unplaced Kubis had some money for him going from $26 into $13.
The Money Was Right: Stampede got the money in the 6th after being very well supported.
Left It In The Bag: Trevinder was $31 into $8 before finishing unplaced.
Friendless: I’m A Rippa was $13 to $31 before running well for 3rd.
Scone – Saturday May 13
Race 1 – LAUTARO $26, won from INTERLOCUTER, WU GOK.
The winner had good support basically halving the quote from $51 into $26 with runner up Interlocuter the best backed runner firming from $3.20 into the red at $1.95. No other runners shortened so punters were on the mark.
Race 2 – OZARK $4.40, won from HOT HIT, ISORICH.
Ozark was easily the best backed runner firming from $11 to start $4.40 favourite with unplaced Land Office having very strong backing early going from $13 into $4.40 before blowing back to start $7.50. Unplaced Firsthand and Nicconi Leggera both had good market support.
Race 3 – DEBONAIRLY $3.40, won from LIPIZZAN, I AM EXCITED.
Debonairly was well backed opening at $4.60 getting into $2.80 before getting back out to $3.40 on the back of late support for Almanzora who was $2.80 into $2.20 before finishing unplaced. Very little support outside the top 2 in the market.
Race 4 – MISS DEBUTANTE $10, won from SNITTY KITTY, SMART AMELIA.
The winner drifted a couple of points to start at $10 with runner up Snitty Kitty well backed going from $8 into $5.50. Unplaced runners Once More A Lady $31 into $13 and Gilbraltar Girl $9 into $6 had good backing.
Race 5 – FRANCE $15, won from PRIZED ICON, SPRIGHT.
France opened $21 got out to $31 before a late rally saw the winner start at $15. Runner up Prized Icon had was strong in the market opening $5.50 before starting at $3. Others with good support were Spright who came 3 points to start $5 and unplaced Calanda who opened at $4.40 before starting at $3.40.
Race 6 – CLEARLY INNOCENT $3.40, won from SNOOPY, GOLD SYMPHONY.
Clearly Innocent was easily the best backed runner more than halving the opening quote of $7 to start at $3.40. Runner up Snoopy was opening fav at $4.20 and drifted to start at $6.50. Unplaced Sweet Serendipity had good support going from $21 to start at $10.
Race 7 – DAYSEE DOOM $5, won from PROMPT REPSONSE, SERENE MAJESTY.
The winner was solid in the market opening $4.40 before starting at $5 with the runner up well supported opening $7 before starting equal fav with the winner. Shillelagh and Extensible had some specking.
Race 8 – QUATRONIC $11, won from DEPLOY, DOTHRAKI.
Quatronic was very well supported opening at $17 before starting at $11. Runner up Deploy was well backed firming from $9 into $5.50 whilst the unplaced Nieta was $2.80 into $2.05 before drifting to start $2.50. Also specked were Le Cordon Bleu and Big Money.
The Money Was Right: Clearly Innocent was off the map before getting home very easily.
Left It In The Bag: Interlocuter was very heavily supported before going down in the 1st.
Friendless: Gold Symphony was a big drifter before running well for 3rd.