Randwick - Race 5 2:10pm
No. 6 Eliyass
Eliyass is yet to taste anything but success in Australia and the Kingston Town Stakes looks a great bit of black type for him.
The six-year-old son of Le Havre stamped himself as one to follow by winning the Listed Lord Mayors Cup at this track and trip on debut in Australia in June, while he returned from a freshen-up to at the Premier’s Cup to his CV last month.
I like that he’s a month between starts and has been kept up to the mark with a trial, and he can stamp himself as a leading contender for a race like The Metropolitan by winning again.
Caulfield - Race 8 4:15pm
No. 2 Pericles
Pericles has been a consistent performer in strong black type races throughout his career, and really should have won a Rosehill Guineas last year before going astray in the final 100m.
Having returned to action to fill the minors behind Gentleman Roy and subsequent Group 1 winner, Pinstriped, in the PB Lawrence Stakes, he gave them a galloping lesson in the So You Think last time out.
The 1800m of the 2024 Underwood Stakes suits and I simply do not think he gets a better opportunity to win at the highest level than this.
Randwick - Race 9 4:35pm
No. 7 Lady Of Camelot
This is another hot edition of The Shorts featuring some of the better sprinters in the land, and I am going to side with the three-year-old, Lady Of Camelot.
Lady Of Camelot stamped herself as a filly to follow during a two-year-old campaign that peaked with winning the Golden Slipper, while I thought she was very good against the older horses for the first time in the Moir Stakes at The Valley a couple of weeks ago.
Back to the NSW way of going, with only 55kgs in tow and improved fitness, I think she’ll be right in the finish.
Caulfield - Race 9 4:55pm
No. 4 Busustow
I liked the way that Busustow worked home to finish second in the McKenzie Stakes first-up from a spell and he rates as a key winning chance in an open edition of the Caulfield Guineas Prelude.
Busustow was sent off at double-figure odds ahead of his return at The Valley but mustered a nice turn of foot to finish just over half a length behind Angel Capital.
He boasts a strong second-up record and at around the $8 mark this week (at publish), he’s another whom we can have something on each way.