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WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE - WARWICK FARM

Rail Position: +5m 1000m- Winning post, +3m Remainder

FARFETCHED, Race 3, 1100m, 2.00pm, R Bayliss, 57kg
Farfetched is ticking all the right boxes ahead of her return. She showed in her first racing preparation that she absolutely warrants her place in town, having placed at both Kensington and this track before coming to the end of her campaign when fifth at Canterbury. The form of those races has worked out well with plenty of subsequent winners coming out of them, and she’s had more time since then to furnish her frame and mature so she’s certainly stronger again this time in which is going to stand her in good stead. Her two winning trials have been excellent, and they’ve given her the right fitness foundation to tackle the 1100 metres first-up. Regan knows her well so he’ll be positive from barrier 4 and she maps to settle just in behind the speed, so she should enjoy a favourable run in transit. This is a competitive race, but she’s got strong form to her name, and she should be right there at the finish.

AIRWORTHY, Race 6, 1300m, 3.45pm, T Clark, 57.5kg
Airworthy ran another brave race to finish fourth at Canterbury last time. He’s come through it in great shape and he’s taken further improvement from it, so we can’t fault him ahead of this outing. He’s stepping up in grade slightly but he comes down in the weights as a result, and we are confident he’s got the necessary upside to measure up against slightly better opposition. He maps to enjoy all the favours in the run just off the speed from barrier 4, and if things fall his way we see no reason why he won’t be saluting the judge for you.

CHAMPAGNE HERO, Race 6, 1300m, 3.45pm, Z Wadick (2kg), 58kg
Champagne Hero is delighting us ahead of his return. His two trials have been very encouraging, and they’ve given him the right fitness foundation with which to kickstart his campaign. His winning form is over 1350-1500 metres so this is very much a starting point for him, but it’s not an unrealistic distance and he’s got plenty of speed in his legs at the outset of his preparation so we expect him to cope with it. He’s been gelded since his last preparation which many consider to be the ‘ultimate gear change’, so this also has the potential to bring about significant improvement. Zac’s a very capable apprentice and he takes a laudable 2kg off his back, so whilst we don’t expect him to be peaking until later in his preparation he does have plenty going for him here and a big run will come as no surprise.