HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS
(Thursday, July 06, 2023)

The Australian filly Allasandra was eight races into her career before she beat maidens in a sprint race at Wyong Racecourse in April.

She has not lost since, winning her next two starts against winners in sprint handicaps at Newcastle and on the infield Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney in June.

Allasandra is back on the Kensington course on Tuesday evening for a start in a sprint against fillies and mares at 6 1/2 furlongs against the same class level as her recent win at the track on June 14.

A one-mile handicap at Scone Racecourse in Australia on Monday evening will be a stamina test for the lightly raced filly Always In.

Always In will start at the distance for the first time following two promising races in seven-furlong handicaps at Newcastle in June. Always In was fourth by 1 2/3 lengths on June 3, and second by 2 1/4 lengths on June 24. In both races, Always In closed from off the pace to gain her best position at the finish.

Auguste Rodin became the 19th horse to win the English and Irish Derby when he pushed past his Aidan O’Brien-trained stablemate Adelaide River to win the 1 1/2-mile Classic on Sunday at The Curragh. 

It was the 15th Irish Derby win for O’Brien, but the first for jockey Ryan Moore. O’Brien also sent out the runner-up, Adelaide River, who stayed on bravely after being headed by odds-on favorite Auguste Rodin in the final quarter-mile. 

Paul Lally:
R1 4-3-11-1

R2 1-3-2-9

R3 5-4-3-7

R4 1-6-2-9

R5 3-4-6-1

R6 4-5-6-3

R7 3-10-7-5

R8 5-4-11-6

Best Bet R6 N4 Excellent Fighter

Longshot R3 N5 Po On way

Play R8 QQP 4-5-11

Tom Wood:
R1 | 1-4-2-11

The speedy gelding Kissing Supido may prove impossible to catch in a five-furlong handicap at Muswellbrook Racecourse in Australia on Sunday evening.

Kissing Supido was beaten in his first six starts before he led throughout a six-furlong maiden race at Port Macquarie on June 18. A Southern Hemisphere 3-year-old, Kissing Supido had been third in his two preceding starts at five furlongs, losing by 1 1/2 lengths at Gosford on May 25 and by 1 3/4 lengths at Hawkesbury on June 11.

The Australian gelding Bow was unbeaten in two starts in June, leading to a start in a tougher handicap at Grafton Racecourse on Saturday evening.

The class hike will test Bow, who won consecutive starts for the first time in his nine-race career in handicap sprints at tiny Bowraville Racecourse at five furlongs on June 3, and at a slightly higher profile venue at six furlongs at Port Macquarie on June 18.

Paul Lally:
R1 1-3-9-10

R2 2-3-4-7

R3 7-1-4-11

R4 13-3-4-5

R5 10-1-6-3

R6 1-7-14-2

R7 5-9-4-2

R8 2-4-5-1

R9 6-2-3-7

R10 13-3-14-2

Best Bet R9 N6 Invincible Sage

Longshot R7 N5 High Percentage

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Monday, July 03, 2023)

Unbeaten in three starts since mid-May, Grebeni will have his stakes debut in the Group 3 Winx Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 3-year-old milers at Sunshine Coast Racecourse near Brisbane on Friday evening, a class test for the improving gelding.

A winner of 4 of 9 starts, Grebeni has won handicaps at distances ranging from a mile to 1 1/8 miles in the current winning streak, including two lucrative races at 1 1/8 miles at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney on June 3 and June 17.