Australia: Peekays Legacy well placed at Royal Randwick
A longer race and a slight improvement in turf conditions may help Peekays Legacy win for the third time in four starts in a handicap at 1 1/8 miles on the Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday.
Peekays Legacy won consecutive starts on soft turf recently – a one-mile maiden race at Kembla Grange on May 29, and a handicap at 1 1/8 miles at Hawkesbury on June 13. In a slightly tougher race at Warwick Farm on June 30, Peekays Legacy rallied on the rail on heavy turf and led briefly in the stretch before finishing fourth by 1 1/4 lengths in a handicap at a mile.
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In Wednesday’s race, Peekays Legacy drew the outside in a field of 10, which should suit his stalking style. The forecast is for soft turf.
Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Peekays Legacy will be ridden for the first time since April by Tommy Berry, the second-leading rider at tracks in the state of New South Wales through Monday.
Peekays Legacy must beat Mr Gee, the 8-1 winner of a handicap at 1 3/16 miles at Canterbury Park on heavy turf on June 23. Mr Gee closed from fifth in that race to end a five-race losing streak. He has won at distances ranging from a mile to 1 1/4 miles.
Shuffle Up appears to be rounding into form after a layoff of more than 25 months that ended in late May. Shuffle Up was 10th in starts on May 29 and June 19 before finishing third in a handicap at 7 3/4 furlongs at Kensington on July 7.
Shuffle Up was second in the Group 3 Carbine Stakes at 60-1 in April 2019 before the layoff.
The seven-race Kensington program begins at 10:50 p.m., Eastern, or 7:50 p.m., Pacific, on Tuesday. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.