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WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER - KENSINGTON
Rail Position: True
SUPERFABULISTIC - Race 3, 3.30pm, 1400m, R King, 59kg
Superfabulistic is thriving ahead of her return. We’ve given her three trials this time in and we’re glad we did because she couldn’t have been more impressive when racing away to win her latest one by a wide margin, and this has put her spot on for this outing. 1400 metres is the ideal starting point for her as she was last first-up over 1150 metres and it was too short for her, so she should be able to get into a comfortable rhythm over this distance. Rachel struck up a brilliant association with her last preparation winning on her twice so we’re delighted they maintain the partnership, and whilst there will no doubt be improvement to come she’ll relish the cut in the ground and we see no reason why she won’t run a bold race to get her preparation off to an exciting start.
THURSDAY 8th OCTOBER - HAWKESBURY
Rail Position: +2m 1100m -450m, True remainder
VAN HOVEN - Race 3, 3.05pm, 1800m, A Hyeronimus, 59kg
Van Hoven has run two very honest races in defeat to finish second at Kembla in his last two starts. We’ve been waiting to get him up in trip so we’re excited he now stretches out to 1800 metres, and we’re confident he’ll be suited by it and that it’ll unlock further improvement. He’s a fit horse so Adam will roll forward from barrier 3 to try and control the race to suit himself, and if he builds upon what he’s achieved thus far we expect him to be hard to beat.
HELLABELLA - Race 7, 5.35pm, 1100m, A Hyeronimus, 60.5kg
Put a line through Hellabella’s first-up run at Canterbury. She was forced to do too much work early to overcome her wide gate and she understandably then capitulated when the pressure came on in the straight. She’s taken natural improvement from it so she strips fitter here, and she’s dropping back in grade which is a positive at this stage to try and rebuild some confidence. She’s drawn a softer barrier in 4 so Adam should be able to race on speed without having to do too much work and make his own luck accordingly, so fingers crossed she can bounce back here under more suitable conditions.