Chris Scholtz - Early Thoughts
R&S Contributing Editor Chris Scholtz takes a look at tomorrow’s Sydney racing.
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Canterbury Race 1 - 4 Hair Trigger
There is something about this youngster! His debut run over 1000m at Kembla Grange in April was a real eye catcher and he confirmed that promise when he resumed to win over 1200m at Wyong on June 30, easily rounding up his rivals on a slow track with something in hand.
Poised to go on with it and while the topweight Thronum looks a classy type the 3kg weight differential brings them together on the affected track.
Canterbury Race 6 - 13 Cheeky Babe
Lightly-raced filly has missed a place just once in her six starts and is set to go on from an excellent first-up third over this course and distance on June 22 when she hit the line strongly from the back half after an awkward start.
She has since had the benefit of a soft second in a Randwick trial and this looks the right choice of race for the dual acceptor as she drops a handy 5kg from a favourable inside barrier.
Canterbury Race 9 - 6 Shahrazad
Impressive win over this course and distance at first start for eight months on July 6 when she cruised around the field three and four wide to win eased down in the heavy ground by a clear margin.
She clearly has an affinity for the Canterbury track - all her career wins and placings have been at this course - and she should again relish the soft conditions and expected strong tempo.
Extensible - Excellent first-up effort. Bright future.
Forget - Expect plenty of improvement in coming starts.Hill Spy - Had excuses. Good Canberra sprinter.
Bondeiger - Nothing went right. Obviously going well.Sharif - Top stable would be happy with this effort.
Recent Blackbook winners - Telopea; Dissolute; Eagle Way; Super Tycoon; Tales Of Grimm; Sold For Song; The Monstar; Duke Of Brunswick; A Lotta Love; Wall Street Wolf; Ruettiger; Magicus; Dark Eyes
ELIGIBLE BLACKBOOK RUNNERS for 23 July
Canterbury - Magical Stance (R5), Lanciato (R5), Ever So Natural (R6) and Forget (R7)
Flemington - Yulong Baby (R4) and Ma Jones (R4)Newcastle - Wide Acclaim (R6)
Chris’ final observations and full audio preview of all Sydney races will be available after 9.30am Saturday on the R&S website and tweeted by @ScholtzRacing.
