Best bet - Race 5 #12 Sweet Margot May She’s better than this BM90 grade and still on the way up - she should keep winning. From the favourable draw in five and only 56.5kg, it sets up perfectly to unleash her strong finish. I thought they may have looked to step her up to 1200m second-up but she is
Best bet - Race 6 #14 Count Da Beans Best horse in the race and gets in with 53.5kg after the claim for Angela Jones. Drawn perfectly in barrier four and showed better gate speed in the latest trial, which was a nice hit-out despite being beaten almost 8L behind stablemate Spiritualised. Can push up and box seat from the
Best bet – Race 3 #1 Tavi Time Comes out of a Canterbury night meeting where trainer Kris Lees trained three winners. He identified Tavi Time as the horse from the trio that he expects to be the one with the most upside. His summation was not surprising given the toughness of Tavi Time’s win on that occasion. He obviously
Best bet - Race 4 #1 Head of State Finally delivered for us last start after coming off two encouraging runs in Queensland. He’s in class officially, and that’s why he drops 4kg, but this race really doesn’t look any harder. He was afforded a charmed run at this track last start and delivered - scoring an authoritative win. It
Sunday 5 February Best bet - LA Lakers to beat New Orleans Pelicans (1.5u at $1.92) The Lakers should score an away win here over the hopelessly out-of-form Pelicans, who have not won from their past 10 outings. The Lakers have scored consecutive away wins, defeating the Pacers and Knicks, and should extend that to three here. There is some
