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MONDAY 9th MARCH - MORPHETTVILLE

Rail Position: True

NEWFOUNDLAND, Race 7, 3200m, 4.15pm, T Clark, 54kg
Newfoundland is in great order ahead of this run. He didn’t get the run of the race at Flemington last time, so we’re best off wiping that from our memories. He’s reunited here with Tim Clark who gets on with him extremely well and knows how to ride him, so this adds huge confidence. He was second in this race last year so we know he is more than capable of winning this, and he’s got just 1kg more on his back here so he looks well treated. We've applied the blinkers to try to eke out further improvement and he is loving his trip away from home. He's full of the joys of spring each morning, so given he ticks plenty of boxes we think he will be extremely hard to beat. 

TUESDAY 10th MARCH - GOULBURN

Rail Position: +9M Entire

NO VERDICT, Race 6, 1400m, 4.55pm, Z Wadick, 59kg
No Verdict showed his first-up run to be all wrong when finishing a good third at Wyong last time. He was doing his best work through the line there, so this step up to 1400 metres is a positive and he’s also dropping back in grade slightly which is no bad thing at this stage of his career. Zac knows him well so he’ll let him land where he’s comfortable from barrier 3, but he should be able to sit closer to the speed over this longer distance. Goulburn’s a fair and expansive track so he shouldn’t have too many excuses, and we hope to see him battling out the finish.