Our Canberra Racing Tips for Tuesday’s meeting on Melbourne Cup day.
Best Bet
Prophet’s Pride (Canberra Race 8 No. 7)
This four-year-old Divine Prophet mare trained by Matthew Kelley has three wins and two places from eight starts. She resumed for a 1.8 length win over 1100m at Bathurst on 18 October, where she got a nice trail on the rails behind the speed and drove through a gap in the last 100m to finish best. Has won on Soft and on Heavy going and will be tough to beat.
$2.10
Each Way
Almost Persuaded (Canberra Race 9 No. 3)
Rob Potter trains this five-year-old Casino Prince mare who has three wins and seven places from 14 starts. She finished a length 3rd over 1200m on a Heavy track at Moruya on 30 September, then worked to the outside rail when straightening and took over for a 3.4 length win over 1400m on a Heavy track at Goulburn on 11 October. The track conditions won’t worry her and she should at least place here.
$6
Best Lay
Sandastan (Canberra Race 2 No. 1)
This four-year-old Epaulette gelding trained by Richard Litt at Warwick Farm is the early favourite in this BM 60 Handicap over 2000m. He is going well but doesn’t look like a wet-tracker, and as I write this in Canberra on a monday afternoon the rain has been falling all day and the ground is waterlogged. He has top weight of 59.5kg to lug around in the mud, and in these conditions I am prepared to risk him.
$3.90
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Race 1
4 Bon Frankie
8 Sweet Honesty
1 Island Bay Boy
2 Departing Bullet
Race 2
5 Kataway
2 Diamond Class
1 Sandastan
4 Casino Time
Race 3
2 Miss Hoff
3 Nalabelle
4 Redhair’n’freckles
1 Bleue’s Choice
Race 4
10 Offspring
1 Mammoth Mountain
13 Spirit Of Chanel
6 Cider Bite
Race 5
3 Invest In Love
8 Semana
11 Epaullo Creed
2 Parrying
Race 6
4 Vaaroom
1 You Are King
6 Lady Tabloid
5 Battle Abbey
Race 7
7 Associate
5 I’m Not Leaving
6 Trooper Knuckle
8 Final Comment
Race 8
7 Prophet’s Pride (BB)
6 Shaddy
3 Hard Core
5 Secretively
Race 9
2 Fantini
3 Almost Persuaded
13 Power Puff
4 Annual
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