Australia: Too Much Class seeks end to Newcastle skid in one-mile handicap

Too Much Class, the 4-year-old Australian-bred filly, has won three races, which equals the number of trainers she has had in her 12-race career.

Too Much Class won her debut in a one-mile handicap at Scone Racecourse on Sept. 24 in her first start for Jason Deamer. She was a two-time winner for the training partnership of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace last December and January.

None of the success has occurred at Newcastle, where Too Much Class starts in a one-mile handicap at Tuesday.

Since early June, Too Much Class is winless in three starts at Newcastle, including a second by a little more than a neck in late June.

Too Much Class ran well enough in that race and in her recent win at Scone to suggest she can remain unbeaten for Deamer. Jockey Christian Reith, who was aboard for the second-place finish at Newcastle, regains the mount on Too Much Class for the first time since an eighth at Newcastle in August in the filly’s last start for Maher and Eustace.

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Too Much Class is part of a field of 11 that lacks a strong favorite. The one-mile handicap is the last of seven races on a program that begins at 10:55 p.m. Eastern, or 7:55 p.m. Pacific, on Monday. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.

The mare Miss Scalini is expected to be favored, while Tim’s Principal and We All Agree have excellent credentials.

Miss Scalini, a winner of 5 of 22 starts, won a handicap at 7 1/2 furlongs at Port Macquarie on Sept. 6, but followed with a fourth by 1 3/4 lengths in a one-mile handicap at Wyong Racecourse on Sept. 30. Miss Scalini tends to race near the front.

Tim’s Principal, an 8-year-old gelding, has won 5 of 41 starts, including consecutive starts in sprint handicaps at Scone and Wyong in mid-May and early June. Tim’s Principal is winless in his last three starts. He was second by two lengths in a seven-furlong handicap at Newcastle on Sept. 18, in his first start in seven weeks.

We All Agree won for the third time in his 19-race career in a one-mile handicap at Nowra on Sept. 24, his second start in four days. We All Agree was fourth by a little more than 1 1/2 lengths in a one-mile handicap at Orange Racecourse on Sept. 20.

With a gap of more than two weeks since his last race, We All Agree can play a vital role in this field from the front.