Saturday Preview – January 6th
"It's a heat affected Saturday's racing in the southern stakes with Melbourne and Adelaide racing shifted to Sunday, but The 'Cock will be keeping the heat on bookies in Sydney, Perth & on the Gold Coast with his Saturday cheat sheet which will be sure to get you ahead of the game."
Cheat Sheet
Randwick Race 6
The ‘Cock has Don’t Tease Me (6) rating on top of this race and as his best bet, with Guard Of Honour (1), Fickle Folly (2), Burradoo (4), My Maher (8) & Loverboy Charlie (10) marked next in line.
Don’t Tease Me has been in a good patch of form of late and The ‘Cock thinks he is set to improve once again on the last start effort which saw him run third over this track and trip. Given that run came off a months break and that he traditionally goes best with racing under his belt, The ‘Cock expects he will sit on the speed and make the most of the light weight to prove a great bet at $4+.
Guard Of Honour was a last start winner four weeks ago at Muswellbrook but has not been rating at the level The ‘Cock expects will be needed to win here today in any of his past three runs. His best form can measure up, but that hasn’t been seen for over 12 months and The ‘Cock has to be taking on the $2.70 top quote as a result.
Recommended Betting Strategy:
- The ‘Cock is happy to put his balls on the line right from the word go here, with Don’t Tease Me the key betting prospect to be looking towards at the $6 overs. Take him for the win and play it aggressively in the quaddie.
Gold Coast Race 6
The ‘Cock has got Perfect Dare (4) marked well on top of this field, though he is wary of the potential improvement coming from Cruze (16) to see him challenge. Doubt Defying (12), Pegapus (14), Plucky Girl (15) & Desmons Pride (2) are the best of the rest.
Perfect Dare was a high rating winner here over 1200m last time out and while he can be inconsistent, he tends to go very well with Jim Byrne in the saddle, who has piloted him for four of his five career wins. He comes up against plenty of backmarkers in this field so should find a good spot on the speed from the outside gate and be hard to beat.
Cruze is still only lightly raced with just the four starts under his belt, but he has rated well in both runs back this campaign including the win at Doomben last start which has The ‘Cock thinking there is considerable scope for improvement left in him. He needs to find another 2 lengths to beat Perfect Dare but it wouldn’t surprise The ‘Cock to see it happen, although the $3.80 top price won’t be enough to entice backing him to do so.
Recommended Betting Strategy:
- The ‘Cock is very keen to take Perfect Dare here and will be looking to make a solid early dent in bookies on the Gold Coast via that $4.50 top quote for him. Include all other listed runners in the quaddie around him to put this first leg in the bank.