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WEDNESDAY 15th JULY - WARWICK FARM

Rail Position: True

CHANTERELLE, Race 2, 1100m, 1.25pm, R King, 56kg
Chanterelle is delighting us ahead of her first career start. Her two trials have been ultra impressive, and she scooted clear of her rivals for an incredibly dominant win at Warwick Farm most recently. These hit outs have given her a good grounding so whilst she’s conceding experience to a couple of key rivals she knows her job, and Rachel will be positive from barrier 10 to try and work across into a more favourable position to avoid being posted wide in the run. Warwick Farm’s a very fair track and this is a lovely race for her to debut in against her own sex, so if she gets some luck in running and gives a strong kick on straightening we think she’ll take a world of beating.

CHAMPAGNE HERO, Race 4, 1600m, 2.35pm, Z Wadick (2kg), 58kg
Champagne Hero made an encouraging return to action over 1300 metres at this track a fortnight ago. His finishing position might not suggest it, but he was only a little over 2 lengths from the winner and as expected he was doing his best work late and through the line. As such, he’s going to relish stretching out to the mile here and we’re confident it will bring about significant improvement. Once again, Zac takes a valuable 2kg off his back so it gets him down in the weights and he’s drawn well in barrier 5 so he should be able to roll forward and enjoy all the favours in the run. He ticks a lot of boxes second-up here, and we expect him to be right there at the finish.

WEDNESDAY 15th JULY - GRAFTON

Rail Position: True

AUDACIOUSLY FRANK, Race 2, 1700m, 1.04pm, L Beuzelin, 59kg
Audaciously Frank was extremely unlucky not to secure the win at Kembla last time. However, we were thrilled to see him run so well and take such a big step forward from his debut performance at this track. It just goes to show that race experience counts for an awful lot, and you can’t dismiss these staying types until you’ve tried them over a suitable trip. He is going to relish stretching out to 1700 metres here and Louis knows how to ride our horses effectively so we’re delighted to secure his services. He’ll try and make the most of barrier 1 to sit a bit closer to the speed than at Kembla so that he’s not giving away too much of a start to the leaders. He showed last time that he’s more than capable of winning and he’s trained on brilliantly since then, so whilst this is a competitive race for the grade we expect him to keep progressing and be very hard to beat.

WEDNESDAY 15th JULY - SANDOWN

Rail Position: +6M Entire

FEAR NO EVIL, Race 8, 1400m, 4.30pm, J Stanley, 57.5kg
Fear No Evil hasn’t set the world alight in his three jumpouts so far this preparation. However, we’ve been patient with him since his most recent one and in doing so he’s responded very positively and appears to now be in a very good frame of mind. His recent gallops have been excellent, so we can’t fault him in that regard and he’s now ready to rock and roll. He straddled midweek and Saturday grade metropolitan races last time in, so whilst he’s resuming in a race that has plenty of depth to it he has shown he’s capable of mixing it at this level. He’s unbeaten first-up, albeit in easier races, but this still gives us confidence that he’s very effective when fresh, and he also has plenty of wet track form so the track conditions shouldn’t faze him. Jett knows how to ride our horses effectively so he’ll endeavour to roll forward from barrier 15 to try and race on pace, and he’s got blinkers on to ensure he’s as focused as possible. It’s a very hot race so it won’t be easy, but we hope he can give it a good shake to get his campaign off to an encouraging start.