Race 1

MASTER’S LADY has been costly to follow but deserves a reward for her consistency. She wouldn’t be winning out of turn and is unlikely to get a better opportunity to open her account. ELEGANT EDGE and 2yo CALADRIUS have shown enough to trouble the selection, while returning CHARLESTON DAWN need only build on the improvement of her last starts to make her presence felt too. Newcomers SHIRAZ GLOW and WINDRUSH RUN are worth a market check on debut and don’t need to be special to play leading roles either. (Brendan Gaillard 1-5-2-9)

 

Race 2

ASTROPHILE was well backed on debut and justified that support with a close-up second over track and trip. She would’ve benefitted from that experience and, with any improvement, should go one better. ECHOES OF WAR and TIGER’S CAPTAIN have the form and experience to be competitive, along with WILLOW CHARM whose latest outing is best ignored. (Brendan Gaillard 9-1-3-2)

 

Race 3

EPIDAURUS has found only one better in each of his last 3 starts and a repeat of any of those efforts should suffice. He finished ahead of EVENING NEWS, HEROIC ACT and COMIC ARTIST over this trip last month and should have the measure of those rivals again. Youngsters SUTTER’S MILL and FOREST ACT are open to any amount of improvement stretching out to this distance so could get into the picture. (Brendan Gaillard 1-2-3-4)

 

Race 4

LOLLY WILLOWES made eye-catching late headway when finishing fourth over 1400m on this course last time, suggesting the step up to this trip will be more to her liking. LIFE AND LETTERS and GLOBAL ROYALTY have the means to make their presence felt but have more of a place chance than a winning one. BRIGHT COMET and LAZER LIGHT could be anything stretching beyond a sprint trip for the first time. (Brendan Gaillard 1-3-2-5)

 

Race 5

ROYALE JACKET is better than his last start over a sprint trip suggests. This distance will be more to his liking so a more competitive effort can be expected. ECHO OF THE WILD, MEGA AWESOME and SILVER COMET have scope for improvement and have shown enough to make their presence felt. STEEL PIER has stronger form in open company and was a game-in-defeat second over 1600m last time. A similar performance will make him hard to beat. (Brendan Gaillard 10-1-8-7)

 

Race 6

MEGHAN’S DIAMOND made an encouraging Highveld introduction and would have tightened up with the benefit of that reappearance. She will be hard to beat with any improvement over this extended trip. BE ALL YOU CAN BE and WINIKA are lightly raced fillies with scope to improve but have shown enough to be competitive. GIMMESUMLUV and MISS RIVER DANCER have the form and experience to make their presence felt too. (Brendan Gaillard 1-2-3-4)

 

Race 7

GLASTONBURY FIRE and A ROMAN TWIST made encouraging sprint debuts and are bred to improve over this extended trip with that experience to count on. BEACH WALKER and WISH YOU WERE HERE have shown enough to play leading roles. SECOND TO NUNN and CAPTAIN’S EXPRESS have earning potential too. (Brendan Gaillard 5-6-1-3)