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THURSDAY 4th JUNE - HAWKESBURY

Rail Position: True

SHANGRI LA ROSE, Race 5, 1000m, 2.25pm, R King, 56kg 
Shangri La Rose is pleasing us ahead of her first career start. She has had two trials to prepare her for this race, and she took plenty of improvement from her first one in Melbourne to not be beaten too far in her latest one at Rosehill which was encouraging to see. She’s shown plenty of speed so 1000 metres first-up should suit her well, and Hawkesbury is a very inviting track where we have a lot of success so it’s a lovely place for her to kickstart her career. She’s drawn a lovely barrier in 4, so Rachel will be positive from there to utilise her speed and land in a favourable position. She’s working nicely at home and this is a lovely starting point for her against her own age and sex, so we expect her to give her a good account of herself to get her campaign off to an encouraging start.

SATURDAY 6th JUNE - RANDWICK

Rail Position: +3M Entire

REBEL ROYAL, Race 1, 1100m, 11.00am, A Hyeronimus, 56kg 
Rebel Royal is delighting us ahead of his first start. He has had two trials to prepare him for this race, winning his first at Randwick before finishing a close fourth at Rosehill last time and these two hit outs have given him a solid fitness base and educational grounding for 1100 metres first-up. Not only is Randwick his home track but it is also a very expansive and inviting circuit where we have a lot of success, so it’s a lovely place for him to kickstart his career. He’s drawn to the outside in barrier 10, but Adam will be positive from there to try and work across into a handy position where he can make his own luck on or close to the lead. He's taking on several previous winners which is never easy to do, but he’s shown us plenty of ability thus far and we expect him run a competitive race for you to get his career off to an exciting start.

COLLECT YOUR CASH, Race 9, 1600m, 3.40pm, W Costin, 53.5kg 
Collect Your Cash is pleasing us ahead of his first-up run. He’s had three trials so he’s as fit as we can get him, and he’s kicking off over a mile as he’d be vulnerable to speedier types over anything shorter. He’s won each of his first-up runs since arriving from New Zealand so whilst they were easier races than this we know he goes well fresh which adds confidence, and he loves wet tracks so any further rain won’t dent his chance. Winona will be positive from barrier 19 to try and work across into a more favourable position and she gets a great tune out of our runners, so with just 53.5kg on his back we hope he’ll be able to give this a good shake.

SATURDAY 6th JUNE - EAGLE FARM

Rail Position: +2M Entire

SURFIN' BIRD, Race 6, 1600m, 2.38pm, T Clark, 57kg 
Surfin’ Bird ran another brave race to finish just 1.53 lengths from the winner at Scone last time. She’s taken plenty of benefit from that and she’s adjusted to life in Queensland like a duck to water, so she’s loving the change of scenery. She’s stretching out to the mile third-up here which we’re confident will bring about further improvement, and we know she handles sting out of the ground so any further rain probably wouldn’t harm her chance. Barrier 15 does make life tricky so Tim’s going to have to think on his feet and ride the race as he finds it, but hopefully she can get across from there and find a bit of cover in the run. She’s a talented mare who’s still progressing, and whilst she’s taking on some smart and highly rated horses we think she’s got what it takes to rise to the challenge and make her presence known.