All Over Bosanova has returned to racing in smart form this time and strikes a very winnable one at Caulfield on Saturday. The former Queensland galloper won over 1000m at Canberra two starts back and hit the line well to finish third at Group 3 level a fortnight ago. She is rock-hard fit and can go straight to the lead from her inside draw. She’ll be tough to run down in this company.
2 Units All Over Bosanova
Grinzinger Star has returned two pleasing efforts this time and looks beautifully placed to record another win here. The Danny O’Brien-trained gelding stamped himself as a horse to follow in spring and resumed this time for a close-up second over a mile before returning to winning form last time out. He’s still got plenty of upside and will enjoy getting out in trip.
2 Units Grinzinger Star
Intueri has returned to racing in smart form this time and looks a live each-way chance in an open betting race. The five-year-old son of Dream Ahead recorded a dominant four-length win at The Valley three starts back and has since finished second in another mile race at The Valley and won at this track and distance a fortnight ago. This does look a step up in class, but he’s rock-hard fit and has the runs on the board. With even luck, he’ll be tough to run down.
1 Unit Intueri
Music Bay has returned to racing in career-best form this time and looks well placed to record another win on Saturday. The three-year-old hit the line well to finish second at her first two starts before returning to winning form with complete ease at Ladbrokes Park last time out. She’s drawn beautifully in barrier 4 today and bad luck looks her biggest danger.
3 Units Music Bay
Another wide open betting race and a case to be made for more than half the field.
More Than Exceed returned to the races for a smart win at Ladbrokes Park and while he does face a step up in class here, he looks up to winning a race of this quality. The More Than Ready gelding has retuned several pleasing efforts during his career so far and can go straight to the lead from the inside draw on Saturday.
1 Unit More Than Exceed
Voila is a horse that typically enjoys sharp improvement second-up and looks a live each-way chance in another wide-open race. The Choisir filly was a strong and consistent performer last time in and returned a tough first-up performance to finish third on the heavy-going at Warwick Farm. She races well on top of the ground and gets into this well at the weights.
1 Unit Voila
Manolo Blahniq has returned in strong and consistent form this time and finds a very winnable feature race in the Victoria Handicap. The Jimmy Choux gelding was an impressive winner of the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes at this trip in late January and has since finished second in both the Listed John Dillon Stakes and Listed Anniversary Vase, most notably. He’ll absolutely thrive under these conditions and will be hard to beat.
Sircconi can take up the running from barrier 1 and will give them something to chase. The four-year-old hasn’t shown his best form this time, but he’ll improve third-up here and with cheap sectionals, he can make his presence felt.
2 Units Manolo Blahniq
0.5 Units Sircconi
The Easter Cup has drawn a decent field of middle-distance horses and it looms as another tough one to analyse from a betting perspective.
Furrion failed to make up the required ground from the tail of the field in the Listed Golden Mile at Bendigo last time out, but he can settle closer from barrier 6 this week and looks like he’ll enjoy getting out to 2000m. The Camelot gelding has yet to make much of an impact this time, but I am confident that he is a better horse that his recent results suggest and he could prove to overs in this at double-figures.
1 Unit Furrion
Addictive Nature hasn’t been seen at the races since October, but he is a proven fresh performer and strikes a winnable one first-up on Saturday. The Savabeel entire had only one start in spring but hit the line well to finish second at Listed level and a repeat of that performance would see him fighting out the finish of this.
Dollar For Dollar will also resume and is capable of winning this race on class alone. The High Chaparral gelding has an impressive fresh record and is Group 1 placed.
2 Units Addictive Nature
1 Unit Dollar For Dollar