Progressive Anthony Cummings gelding Vision In Motion looks poised to extend his unbeaten career start in this afternoon’s Canterbury Park Benchmark 75 Handicap over 1250m.
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The four-year-old son of Danewin looks perfectly placed following a talented showing 13 days back at Hawkesbury where he ran to a weight-adjusted Timeform figure of 88.
He settled fourth, rounded them up four wide before hitting the lead 200m out and holding them all off over 1300m.
That followed an all-the-way win on debut at Gosford last month where he shied at the winning post when two lengths clear.
His debut run yielded a weight-adjusted figure of 81.
Should he offer similar improvement today he should prove too good for this lot, and he’s giving every indication he can do just that.
Vision In Motion drops to 55kg for this one and should again find a perfect spot from barrier five.
It’s a tougher race clearly now he’s in city grade but he clearly possesses the most upside of these, and the $5 being offered about him on fixed-odds markets right now looks very appealing.
The big danger looks to be That’s A Good Idea, second-up for Joseph Pride after running third in similar here resuming two weeks ago.
That run also netted a weight-adjusted rating of 88, behind impressive Gerald Ryan galloper Kanjistar.
Pride’s four-year-old son of Flying Spur usually takes a run to warm up so should improve this time around.
He’s another one with upside, and did win a Saturday race at Warwick Farm last campaign for his old trainer Mark De Montfort.
That was over 1400m, and this one may still be a fraction short but he’s certainly good enough to win this if given a chance.
He’s only missed the top three once in six starts under jockey Glyn Schofield.
Nediym’s Quest is the other curious runner today after winning a race two back at Hawksbury.
His best puts him well in the mix here, but there are a couple of queries on his credentials today including his record over this trip.
He has just the one win over this journey from five starts at the trip and that was in a Newcastle maiden in August last year.
His last start was also concerning, a 2.6L sixth at Warwick Farm three weeks ago over 1100m.
He was left a little flat-footed when the tempo quickened 600m from home and was inclined to lay in down the straight.
Jockey Nash Rawiller, who has retained the ride, suggested the horse might well benefit from a step up in trip which he gets today.
Don’t be surprised to see him bounce back.
