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Bairnsdale Horse Racing Tips Fri 12/6/26
Vegas On Fire jumps off the page in race 4, drawn 2 with the lead and a soft pace in front of him.
Heavy 8 at Bairnsdale, weather is fine and the track should hold rather than get worse.
Quiet little card, six we’re keen on out of seven.
Front end gets first crack here, so we’d rather be sitting on the speed than coming from the clouds.
Raceday weather forecast · 12 Jun 2026Track Heavy 8 Rail True
Morning
Partly Cloudy
9-17°C
Rain 9% · 0mm
Afternoon
Clear
15-20°C
Rain 5% · 0mm
Rain-affected underfoot but dry overhead, so the track should be on the improve through the day.
Forecast for Bairnsdale, Victoria · WeatherAPI.com · captured 9:54am Fri 12 Jun
Race 1
1000m · Mdn Plate · 8 runners
5. Inabliss $6.50
Barrier 3 · Backmarker · Soft pace
Soft, from the back from gate 3, on a heavy track.
Race 3
1600m · Mdn Plate · 14 runners
12. Lomenie $5.50
Barrier 1 · Off Midfield · No leader
No clear leader, settling off midfield from gate 1, on a heavy track.
Race 4Best Bet
1600m · Hcp (Bm52) · 13 runners
3. Vegas On Fire $3.60
Barrier 2 · Leader · Soft pace
I’m with #3 Vegas On Fire here. Soft pace, gate 2, and the blinkers going on, he can roll forward and run his own race up front. The favourite #1 Preservator at $3.90 has to settle midfield and pick his way through 13 runners on a Heavy 8, plenty to ask at that price. $3.60 on the leader makes more sense. On him.
Race 5
2200m · Hcp (Bm52) · 14 runners
5. Winter Grace $5.50
Barrier 6 · Midfield · Genuine pace
The favourite #2 Luckyheleft is drawn out wide in gate 14 over 2200m on a Heavy 8, plenty to overcome at $5. #5 Winter Grace gets gate 6 instead, settles midfield with Bailey Kinninmont up, and gets the right run behind a genuine tempo. $5.50 is the right side of this race. Good enough for me.
Race 6
1000m · Hcp (Bm52) · 11 runners
6. Master Of Chant $8.00
Barrier 1 · Midfield · Soft pace
$8 for #6 Master Of Chant is the kind of overs I’m chasing in a 1000m sprint without much speed on. He gets the rail, and the favourite has the same midfield problem from gate 7 at $3.50. Better price, better draw. Yes please.
Race 7
1200m · Group Hcp (Bm56) · 14 runners
1. Bossy Star $3.60
Barrier 5 · Backmarker · Soft pace
Blinkers and cross-over nose band on #1 Bossy Star, gate 5, that’s the gear I want for a 1200m on Heavy 8. The pace looks soft, but #3 Johnny Me Boy at $6.50 settles even further back at 6 lengths, same problem from a worse spot. Bossy Star is closer in at 2 lengths back, Dylan Dunn for Matt Laurie. $3.60, take him.
Odds correct at time of writing
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