A total of 6units were lost on Saturday after outlaying 26 units
Avilius the little gem was our knight in shining armour who managed to salvage most of what looked to be a rough day on thee old punt
In hindsight, we probably could have left a couple out, but we didn’t.
Lessons learnt, horses black booked, on to next week!
Black bookers
Spright
Brooklyn Hustle
Review below,
Blue Diamond Stakes -4units
Very interesting Blue Diamond this year with the race being ran at a blistering pace
Lyre took out the race with an exceptional ride from L. Currie screaming home from 2nd last before the turn
Catch me just simply couldn’t catch a cold.
Didn’t settle in the run at all as you can see below, he was all over the shop
The Hustle managed to cover more ground than Burke & Wills
Brooklyn tracked Lyre on the turn but seem to run out of puff… a run short? 1000-1100m her go?
For those reasons the Hustle can take a seat in our Black book
What a moment for @FreedmanRacing and @Godolphin – Lyre wins them the 2019 Blue Diamond! 💎 pic.twitter.com/6ox1J1izOV
— Racing.com (@Racing) February 24, 2019
Peter Young Stakes +19units
Just the complete package isn’t he?
Serious horse James Cummings has on his hands here
Plenty of wow factor, once he got out it was all over red rover
Trap For Fools really put in a run and looked the winner until Avilius made his move. Ace High couldn’t catch them but always does his best! Check out the drone vision 🎥 @asevdrone pic.twitter.com/0zoY4qpRiC
— Racing.com (@Racing) February 24, 2019
Futurity Stakes -2units
Alizee was always going to be tough to beat, such a good orse!
We really thought old Redjerk warrior was ready to bring his A game hence the Each Way play
Seemed to be tracking Alizee well in the straight
Copped a squeeze bump between Alizee and Brave Smash which couldn’t have helped.
Alizee takes out the Yulong Futurity Stakes 💙 next stop, @allstarmile! ⭐ pic.twitter.com/TDRuKvIZ5z
— Racing.com (@Racing) February 24, 2019
Oakleigh plate -2units
Booker was simply brilliant, a great training performance from Ellerton & Zahra
And the ride from D. Yendall wasn’t too shabby either. Well timed to perfection.
Nature Strip was as flat as a pancake. Best kept fresh?
Where did that leave our little Spright? Absolutely flashing home.
Check out her run below, flashing at the 100 with what looks like PLENTY left to give.
Grab Ms Spright and place her ever so gently into black book.
Go Booker go – she went boom and took home the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate!
Booker was a 2016 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale purchase and her half-brother by Starspangledbanner is being sold as Lot 348 at the upcoming @inglis_sales Premier Yearling Sale on March 3,4,5,6! pic.twitter.com/9Vs1iVga0y
— Racing.com (@Racing) February 24, 2019
Angus Armanasco Stakes -1unit
News flash, our tip News Girl didn’t get the chocolates
Nor did she manage to place herself on the podium
She finished fourth, we got it wrong
Qafila was enormous storming home to win
Wowee, what a win by Qafila! She stormed home in the last 100m. Did you see that coming? @lindsayparkrace are making their presence felt today with a double at @MelbRacingClub! pic.twitter.com/7LxnAGBPdx
— Racing.com (@Racing) February 23, 2019
Caulfield Autumn Classic -5units
Was quite keen on this girl hence the 5unit play
What happened? Good question, had absolutely nothing left in the tank on the turn and was gobbled up quite quickly
C.Maher looks to have a good horse on his hands with Global Exchange what a weapon
The 3-year-old lightly started Global Exchange took 1800m in his stride! Where do you think he’ll head to next? @BMelham @cmaherracing 🌏 pic.twitter.com/9fatum0eab
— Racing.com (@Racing) February 23, 2019
