Gai Waterhouse | Gai Waterhouse News 58523 Playing By The Rules

Will Hudson aids us with programming and identifies who he thinks is the best placed horse each weekend.

Luconi, Saturday 27th July, Kembla, Race 8:
Luconi was an extremely impressive winner on debut at Scone. The further he went the more dominant he was, so the step up from 1200-1500 metres looks sure to bring about further improvement. It’s never easy for horses stepping outside of maiden grade for the first time because they’re forced to take on much more seasoned rivals, but a Class 1 race restricted to horses that have only won one race is about as gentle a progression as you can find. He’ll need a bit of luck from barrier 15 but Jean knows how Gai and Adrian like our horses ridden, and he’s got a significant amount of upside on only his second career start so I expect him to be hard to beat.