Shane Ciurleo’s preview & best Doomben

Doomben Saturday, 24 March 2018

 

Rail Position: +4.5m Entire Course

Track Condition: Heavy 8

Weather: Overcast

Penetrometer: 5.95

 

Best Bets:

EACH WAY R4 N4 GULLY COMMAND

ROUGHIE R8 N2 TISANI TOMSO

 

 

Race 1

 

6 MUDDY ROPE is blistering form on wet tracks and strikes his preferred ground here. Made a mess of his rivals last start, including recent Saturday metro place getter WHYCATCHIM. Gets a good run in transit and looks a great chance.

 

Numbers: 6 – 3 – 13- 2

 

Bet: WIN 6 MUDDY ROPE

 

Race 2

 

The wet track and the 2yr olds are not a mix that I like to bet in, and we have that concoction here. A couple of first starters, both short in the market suggesting some ability, 5 ALLORAINE & 10 SHAMURT obviously have ability, but obviously unknown in the wet under race conditions. 10 SHAMURT did trial well on a soft 7, so gets the nod.  4 GYPSY TOFF was impressive on debut on soft track, has a wide gate here to contend with. 1 GRAND DE LAGO & 3 MISHANI KRISHNA carry similar form lines, handle the wet and look hopes also.

 

Numbers: 10 – 1 – 3 – 4

 

Bet: WIN 10 SHAMURT

 

Race 3

 

13 SWEET ADELINE gets her chance to break through in town here. She’s in with 54kg and drawn gate 1, so she gets her chance. 6 SUILVEN is racing in good form, and chance home a decent pair of horses last time. The gate is a little tricky and may need to be used up to find a spot but is good enough to win this.

 

Numbers: 13 – 6 – 2 – 5

Bet: WIN 13 SWEET ADELINE

 

Race 4

 

4 GULLY COMMAND gets to his right trip here and gets a favorable wet track. With only the 51kg on his back in threw wet, he will bounce on the lead and be mighty hard to run down.  Numbers1,2,3,6 are all capable and will be trying hard to run him down, but happy to be on 4 GULLY COMMAND EW to hold them off.

 

Numbers: 4 – 6 – 3 – 2

Bet: EACH WAY 4 GULLY COMMAND

 

 

Race 5

 

Typical QLD staying event, with a number of chances. Happy to be on 7 FIRST CRUSH for the inform C Munce stable. He gets a nice trailing position from the gate, and with the low weight on a wet track looks a leading chance here.

 

Numbers: 7 – 1 – 4 – 6

Bet: Each Way 7 FIST CRUSH

 

Race 6

 

2 MR MARBELLOUZ has been ultra impressive racing through his grades, and can continue on his winning way here. Obviously the wet track and the wide gate are a slight concern, but his class will likely prevail. 1 PUBLISHING POWER is next best, and if there’s a chink in the armor of the fav, he has the ability to exploit it.

 

Numbers: 2 – 1 – 4 – 6

 

Bet: QUINELLA & EXACTA 2 & 1

 

Race 7

 

Race decimated by scratching’s that leaves us with 6 CRIQUETTE on top who should lead and prove too hard to run down.  4 VIADUCTRESS will be hardest to beat with 10 CHASE THE WIND to fill the placings.

 

Numbers:  6 – 4 – 10 – 9

 

Bet: WIN 6 CRIQUETTE

 

Race 8

 

Anymore rain before this race, and old 2 TISANI TOMSO comes heavily into calculations. He won well here on a bog track 3 starts back, before doing at both ends at Dalby with the big weight last time out.  If it stays wet, he’s a big EW hope. Numbers 1, 7,8,9 look to be heading to the listed Weetwood Hcp in 2 weeks, and will need to run well here.  Of those 8 AMANAAT looks well placed with no weight and drawn to get a good run.

 

Numbers: 2 – 8 – 9 – 1

Bet: EACH WAY 2 TISANI TOMSO

 

Race 9

 

1 HANG & 8 DON’T LEAVE ME OUT fought out the race last time and look to do so again here. 1 HANG was first up when winning last time, strips fitter here, and can beat 8 DON’T LEAVE ME OUT again.

 

Numbers: 1 – 8 – 2 – 9

Bet: WIN 1 HANG

 

 

 

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