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WEDNESDAY 8th APRIL - HAWKESBURY

Rail Position: +5m 1100m-450m, True Remainder

EXTREMELY TEMPTED, Race 1, 1100m, 2.05pm, R Bayliss, 58kg
Extremely Tempted is delighting us ahead of his first career start. His two trials have been excellent, and he took plenty of improvement from his first to streak clear of his rivals and win his most recent one in eye-catching fashion. He’s continued to thrive since then and his recent gallop was excellent, so we certainly can’t fault him ahead of race day. He’s got the gate speed to roll forward from barrier 6 and make his own luck from the front, and Regan knows him very well having trialled him on both occasions. Hawkesbury’s a lovely track for him to debut at and the long home straight will give him every chance to balance up and hit top gear, so if he gives a strong kick on turning in we expect him to be hard to run down.

BUBBLES UP, Race 6, 1500m, 5.00pm, T Clark, 54.5kg
Bubbles Up ran a fantastic race to finish just 1.28 lengths from the winner at Wyong last time. The first run outside of maiden grade is never easy, but she rose to the challenge and lost no admirers in defeat. We expect her to be suited by this return to a more expansive track, and she’s also going to relish stretching out to 1500 metres. She’s taking on boys and some older horses which isn’t easy to do, but she drops in the weights to 54.5kgs and she maps to enjoy all the favours in the run from barrier 4. She’ll need to be at her very best to win, but we’re confident that she ticks a lot of boxes and we expect her to take plenty of catching.

SUPERFABULISTIC, Race 6, 1500m, 5.00pm, R King, 54kg
Superfabulistic found the 1150 metres a bit sharp for her first-up at Kensington, but to her credit she kept plugging on to the line to finish a game third. She’s taken plenty of natural improvement from that, and although we would have preferred to graduate her up in trip a little steadier, we feel that she is city class and the option wasn't there. Ultimately we do feel that the mile will suit her perfectly in time though, so this is a suitable steppingstone. Rachel gets a terrific tune out of our horses and she’ll be positive from barrier 12 to get her flowing forward into a prominent position where she can relax and make her own luck on or close to the speed. She broke her maiden at this track so we know she goes well here, and with just 54kg on her back combined with the rise in trip, we think she will be very competitive today with improvement to come.

THURSDAY 9th APRIL - GOSFORD

Rail Position: +3m 1100m - 300m, True Remainder

REVOLUTIONARY STAR, Race 4, 1100m, 2.40pm, R Bayliss, 58.5kg
Revolutionary Star is ticking all the right boxes ahead of his first-up run. He’s always shown good ability and whilst it was all a bit too much for him on debut at Kembla in October, he’s now had the ultimate gear change and returns two stone lighter. He’s been much more focused and tractable as a result, and his two trials this time in have been very encouraging so we couldn’t be happier with how he’s training ahead of this outing. 1100 metres at the provincials is a lovely starting point for him, and he’s got the gate speed to roll forward from barrier 3 and make his own luck from the front. Once there he should be able to settle into a comfortable rhythm, and if he can give a strong kick rounding the final turn we’ve no doubt he will take plenty of chasing so fingers crossed he can get his campaign off to the best possible start.