Bowie’s Babe will relish a drop in class and distance when contesting the Magic Millions Benchmark 60 at Muswellbrook on Thursday.
The daughter of Nicconi was a strong first up winner over 1000m at Gunnedah before connections elected to run her in a Class 2 Highway Handicap (1200m) at Rosehill on December 19.
The end result was a fading eighth.
Bowie’s Babe now drops in Class and distance for Thursday’s Benchmark 60 Handicap (1000m) at Muswellbrook.
While clearly a talented filly, this sort of grade and distance for now is where she is best suited.
First up, the filly was brilliant when prominent on settling and dashing away for a two length success in a 1000m Class 2 at Gunnedah.
The performance returned a Timeform figure of 76 has her rating highly in a similar contest on Thursday.
She is capable of even better still considering she possesses a master Timeform rating of 82, returned during her two-year-old season.
From an inside draw, jockey Darren Jones should have her prominent throughout and the filly has shown she possesses the necessary winning dash.
Madam Fran profiles as a main danger off her last start second over 1000m at Dubbo where she was closing strongly late.
The daughter of Falvelon while inconsistent has drawn favourably.
Her jockey/trainer combination of Robert Thompson and Rodney Northam is a particularly formidable one throughout country New South Wales also.
Farah has placed in his past two outings, the latest when working nicely into third over this distance at Taree.
The son of Commands has drawn to receive all of the favours in transit from barrier and can make his presence felt at the business end of proceedings.
Strathaird drops back from provincial level after a battling first up effort over this trip at Gosford.
The colt was prominent before fading quickly over the final furlong.
It was a disappointing effort considering the promise he showed through his two-year-old season which included a dominant 3.3 length maiden success at Taree over 1257m on June 5.
The son of I Am Invincible has been freshened since that first up flop and seeing a sharp return to form would come as no surprise.
