A massive break in the weights from his last start makes Yeldarb an attractive favorite in a handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs at Wagga Wagga Racecourse in Australia on Monday.
Yeldarb won a handicap at about six furlongs at Wangaratta Racecourse on June 21 as the 141-pound highweight. The win marked the end of a 12-race losing streak and was the 6-year-old gelding’s sixth win in 34 starts.
Paul Lally:
R1 1-2-3-7
R2 5-6-1-4
R3 1-11-10-2
R4 6-4-1-11
R5 3-1-9-4
R6 8-6-13-4
R7 8-10-4-9
R8 11-3-2-7
R9 5-7-11-4
R10 2-6-5-1
Best Bet R7 N8 Chui Chow Brother
Longshot R8 N11 Like That
Play R7 4-8-10
Tom Wood:
R1: 1-2-3-7
R2: 1-9-7-2-
R3: 1-2-4-12
R4: 6-4-3-10
R5: 1-3-11-9
R6: 7-6-8-2
R7: 1-8-4-9
R8: 3-2-11-6
R9: 5-4-11-3
R10: 2-5-13-1
Sometimes less is more, and that goes for equipment used on racehorses. Since trainer Manfred Man removed a hood from E Star’s raceday equipment package the gelding’s form has taken a turn for the better.
Three races ago, E Star emphatically won a Class 3 handicap, and he has been knocking on the door in two subsequent Class 2 starts. E Star gets back in a race like that, the featured ninth on Sunday at Sha Tin, and looks as good as any of the 14 entrants in this 1,400-meter turf contest.
Flying Agent is on a three-race winning streak in Australia that consists of a two-mile hurdle in April, a prestigious steeplechase at 2 1/8 miles in May, and a flat handicap at 1 3/8 miles in June.
Yes, Flying Agent can seemingly do it all, which is why he is the odds-on favorite to win Sunday’s $75,200 Thackeray Steeplechase at 2 1/8 miles at Warrnambool Racecourse.
An 8-year-old gelding, Flying Agent has won 2 of 3 career starts at Warrnambool, west of Melbourne. In his career, Flying Agent has won 9 of 33 starts and 6 of 13 starts over obstacles.
The Australian 3-year-old filly Palaisipan has had flawless sprint form in the last three months, going undefeated in four starts at distances ranging from 5 1/2 furlongs to 6 3/4 furlongs.
Those wins have led to Palaisipan’s stakes debut in Saturday’s Group 3 Winx Stakes at Sunshine Coast Racecourse, where she will race at a mile for the first time in a field of 16 in her fifth start. Trained by Chris Munce, Palaisipan will be ridden by apprentice Justin Huxtable, who was aboard for the filly’s second start, in a minor handicap at 6 3/4 furlongs at Ipswich Racecourse on May 3.
Even a four-horse field can pack a strong punch, as evidenced by the Eclipse Stakes on Saturday at Sandown Park Racecourse in England.
El Drama would be a shock winner of this 1 1/4-mile, early summer fixture, but his three opponents – Mishriff, St. Mark’s Basilica, and Addeybb – are excellent.
Australian apprentice jockey Tianna Chapman will always remember Typhoon Harmony, the 4-year-old gelding who gave the 22-year-old rider her first win with her third career mount at Geelong Racecourse near Melbourne on June 18.
Chapman has since added to that success, winning a second race at Moe Racecourse on June 24. Her next mount is aboard Typhoon Harmony in a handicap at about 6 1/2 furlongs at Geelong on Friday.
Typhoon Harmony, a winner of 2 of 5 starts, is trained by Peter Gelagotis, who has provided Chapman with her two wins in six mounts.
