Walkin’talkin’ is the sort of gelding handy enough to lead or race near the front. Those tactics will help apprentice jockey Julia Presits when she rides the 4-year-old Walkin’talkin’ in a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs at Hawkesbury Racecourse near Sydney, Australia, on Monday evening across American time zones. Walkin’talkin’ won from a stalking position in a similar race at Hawkesbury on Sept. 22 in his first start in three months, racing near the front and winning by about a neck. In this race at Hawkesbury, Walkin’talkin’ is part of a field of 11 and starts from post 10. With Presits aboard, the weight assignment plunges from 132 pounds to 125.6 pounds. Presits rode Walkin’talkin’ for the first time in a race on Sept. 22, and was aboard for a third-place finish in a barrier trial, or training race, from the gate at Warwick Farm on Oct. 18. :: Get free past performances, analysis, and picks for Australian racing Walkin’talkin’, who was 7-1 in early betting on Sunday, will have a likely pace target in the lightly raced Huon, who has not raced since a second-place finish by three lengths in a handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs at Warwick Farm in June. Owned by Godolphin Racing and trained by James Cummings, who won the Group 1 Cox Plate with Anamoe on Saturday, Huon will have his fifth career start at Hawkesbury. He has won once, in a maiden race against four rivals at six furlongs at Newcastle in May. The veteran No Statement is another potential leader. A winner of 4 of 25 starts, No Statement was second by a neck in a handicap at 4 1/2 furlongs at Newcastle on Oct. 15. He won as recently as a five-furlong handicap at Canberra Racecourse on Sept. 24 in which he closed from fifth. Hawkesbury has an eight-race program beginning at 10:15 p.m. Eastern or 7:15 p.m. Pacific. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.