Selections and best bets for racing at Randwick on July 21.

RANDWICK July 21

RACE 1: (1) Plague Stone

RACE 4: (7) Gaulois (EW)

RACE 6: (8) Seahampton

RACE 7: (9) Easy Eddie (EW)

RACE 8: (3) Bandipur

RACE 9: (15) Travancore (Value)

RACE 1: 1-4-11-5

RACE 2: 2-5-8-4

RACE 3: 6-4-5-1

RACE 4: 7-8-5-10

RACE 5: 13-8-15-3

RACE 6: 8-7-11-9

RACE 7: 9-3-8-4

RACE 8: 3-11-7-8

RACE 9: 15-1-8-2

RANDWICK PARLAY

RACE 4 (7) GAULOIS: Godolphin have the timing right to bring this honest gelding back to Sydney after three excellent Melbourne efforts – all over 1600m - that saw him win at Moonee Valley and finish third in strong form races at Flemington in the last month. He’s down 5.5kg off those placings and they read well for this after he gave 6kg to the subsequent Caulfield winner Mount Kilcoy in both events.

RACE 8 (3) BANDIPUR: Struggled first-up off a long spell in heavy going then made good improvement second up on soft ground for third over this course and distance in a higher Benchmark event on July 7. Gets a firm track for the first time this prep and the significant booking of Hugh Bowman points to him regaining the excellent form of his last campaign when he won three times and was never worse than second in six successive starts.

RACE 9 (15) TRAVANCORE: Ran home over the top of rivals to win over this course and distance in January and looks ready to put in a similar performance after two strong efforts at this track since resuming when he has had to contend with heavy going. Ran home for fifth first-up over 1200m before game second to High Mist over 1400m on June 23 when he was still short of peak condition. Looks a worthy value gamble in this suitable class as he can only make further improvement with his extra fitness on a better surface. Note he also has winkers reapplied.

BLACKBOOK UPDATE

Eligible Blackbook Runners – July 21

RANDWICK: Tactical Advantage (R7); Redouble (R9); Travancore (R9)

FLEMINGTON: So Splendid (R2); Data Point (R4); Ducimus (R6)

DOOMBEN: Pinch Passion (R7)

BLACKBOOKERS - Horses to follow at next three starts. Selected July 14

PARET: He’s a work in progress.

INSENSATA: Has come up well and will improve.

SWEET VICTORY: Luckless. Suited back to her own sex.

MISS NORWAY: Should have been closer. Longer trip suits.

SNITZEPEG: Locked in for last 400m. Never tested.

CHAPTER AND VERSE: Forgive run. Has talent.

GRAFTON CARNIVAL BLACKBOOKERS: King Lear; Harnova; Mother To Race Her; Just A Dame; Eight Below; She’s Choosie; Inkblot; Editors; Reneged; I Am The General; Hologram

RECENT BLACKBOOK WINNERS: Santa Ana Lane; Bastia; Rising Red; Lean Mean Machine; Dagny; Going Gaga; Savanna Amour; Invincibella; Black On Gold; Eusebio; My Nordic Hero; Envy For All; Rillito; No Annamossity; Roman Typhoon; Sparky Lad; Jetsonic; Island Missile; Curragh.

CURRENT BLACKBOOK HORSES: Abdon; Akkadian; Araaja; Aristocratic Miss; Axella; Bedford; Belfast; Belflyer; Call Me Handsome; Care To Think; Chapter And Verse; Charlayne; Consommateur; Crack Me Up; Creativity; Cruze; Data Point; Dawn Wall; Diplomatico; Ducimus; Dyslexic; El Dorado Dreaming; Elle Lou; Firsthand; Frolic; Fundamentalist; Furore; Generalissimo; Ghisoni; God Of Thunder; Han Xin; Happy Hannah; Heliosphere; Hopes Eternal; I Am Impinge; In Her Time: Invincible Star; Invinzabeel; Isaurian; Johannes Vermeer; Kings Of Leon; Kinshachi; Lamborghini; Le Romain; Leather ‘N’ Lace; Mactier; Magstock; Mantastic; Marmaris; Mickey Blue Eyes; Miss Norway; Mister Sea Wolf; More To Gain; Mr Monaco; Nahuel; Newsfan; Noire; Order Again; Outback Barbie; Paret; Patrick Erin; Perizada; Petition; Pinch Passion; Prezado; Raiment; Raqeeq; Ravi; Rebellious Lord; Redouble; Ruban Bleu; Samadoubt; Satono Rasen; Serenely Discreet; Sesar; Sister Sledge; Sizzleme; Slightly Sweet; Snitzepeg; Sony Legend; So Splendid; Spin; Stratosphere; Sully; Sweet Victory; Tactical Advantage; Tamasa; Temple Of Bel; Torpenhow; Travencore; Trubia; Valentino Rossa; Virtual Insanity; Wall Of Fire; Well Sprung; Wyndspelle; You’ve Been Had; Youngstar; Zestful.