A member of the all-powerful Greg and Skye Bond team, this three-year-old looks poised to add another feature race to his resume.
Arguably the horse with the best change up of speed in Western Australia, Belly Up was nothing short of a certainty beaten first-up, going over the line hard held behind Soho Shakedown seven days ago. Last preparation culminated in this gelding winning the Westbred Classic for two-year-olds over this track and distance from an equally awkward barrier.
A horse that gets back in his races naturally, we will see driver Deni Roberts take this Foreclosure gelding back at the start and fan wide late. If they over do things at all, expect this guy to be getting over the top of runners late.
We are going to side with one of the three Aiden De Campo trained runners in this two-year-old feature for the boys, with De Campo’s drive coming out on top.
This gelding put in an eye-catching debut in his heat of this race, getting out wide late and running to the line well behind Ideal Beach, admittedly being left sixteen metres in arrears.
Although drawn out wide over the short course, we are optimistic De Campo can slot in somewhere at the start on the son of Bettors Wish and with even luck, we should see this runner thereabouts at the finish.
Another progeny of first season sire Bettors Wish, driver Kyle Symington looks set to record another feature race victory.
This Ryan Bell prepared filly was nothing short of sensational on debut, facing the breeze throughout to be bloused right on the line by Wishing Belle who had enjoyed a much more economical run throughout.
Drawn ideally in barrier four, this girl showed enough gate speed on debut to just about cross the runners drawn to her inside here and if she does so, she should be winning.
Ma Petite Dame is one of our two Best Bets of the day.
Chris Playle appears to have a smart one on his hands in the form of this Auckland Reactor gelding that looks set to score his maiden metropolitan win.
In a race that is perhaps lacking strong metropolitan quality, this runner is undoubtedly one of the horses with the most upside in this event of the basis of his runs so far. Last start this gelding got to the line well behind Full Swing Denario, making a long, sustained venture to get as close as he did.
Cee Dee Three gets the better drawn on that runner this time and maps as the likely leader here. With The King steering, expect this runner to find plenty late.
Cee Dee Three is our second Best Bet of the day.