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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.