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MONDAY 3rd AUGUST - GOULBURN

Rail Position: +5M Entire

Savvy Diamond is delighting us ahead of her first career start. She took huge improvement from her first trial at Warwick Farm to win her latest one at Rosehill, and her subsequent work at home has been excellent so she’s continued on an upwards trajectory ever since. 1100 metres is very much a starting point for her and she’s only going to improve as she gets over ground, so this was one of our considerations when deciding to kick her off at Goulburn. We certainly don’t think she’s a country class horse, however, by starting her off against slightly weaker opposition it might just enable her to get away with 1100 metres being on the short side. She’s drawn a lovely barrier in 1 and Winona rides our horses a treat at this level, so she’ll roll forward from there to try and race on or close to the speed where she can make her own luck accordingly. Goulburn’s a very fair and expansive track which is another big tick for her, so whilst she’s conceding experience to many rivals she is well educated and knows her job and we expect her to be right there at the finish.