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WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER - KENSINGTON

Rail Position: True

LOVE STORY - Race 1, 2.20pm, 1400m, A Hyeronimus, 57kg
Love Story got her career off to a fantastic start when finishing second at Warwick Farm a fortnight ago. She’s taken plenty of natural benefit from that so we expect her to be sharper with the run under her belt, and she’s going to relish stretching out to 1400 metres so this has the potential to bring about plenty of improvement. Adam will be positive from barrier 7 to try and roll forward from there and establish her in a prominent position, and whilst she’s unproven on a heavy track she’s got form on soft surfaces so we’re confident she’ll handle the conditions. She’s taking on boys here which can be difficult but she’s an extremely likeable mare who thoroughly deserves to get her nose in front, so fingers crossed this is her day.

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.

WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER - GEELONG

Rail Position: Out 9m 1700m - 800m, Out 11m Remainder

COLD SHOWER - Race 1, 3.05pm, 2270m, J Stanley, 58kg
Cold Shower got his preparation off to a promising start when finishing a brave third at Flemington last month. He was in at the deep end over 2000 metres on debut but he fought on very bravely, only giving way in the run to the line. He has taken plenty of improvement from that outing so he strips fitter here, and we’re confident there’s improvement to come as a result. He’s going to be well suited by the step up to 2200 metres as all he does is gallop, and Jett knows him well so he’ll try to make every post a winner from barrier 2. This is an attractive race for him against his own age group and he ticks plenty of boxes, so we expect him to be hard to beat.

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.