John O’Shea-trained filly Circular appears hard to beat first up in the Makinson D’Apice Maiden Handicap at Gosford on Thursday.
The filly resumes following a two start maiden campaign where she held her own against some strong two-year-old opposition.
The daughter of Street Cry placed on debut at Randwick behind subsequent Group 1 winner Vanbrugh before then proceeding to measure up well when a midfield sixth in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes.
Given two soft trials in readiness, Circular strikes an ideal first up assignment at Gosford on Thursday.
The 1200m Makinson D’Place Lawyers Maiden Handicap at Gosford looks light on depth and Circular looks a main beneficiary of this.
On weight adjusted ratings, Circular has a clear class edge over her rivals.
From barrier 5, expect jockey Sam Clipperton to give Circular all the favours in transit and simply be too strong at the finish.
The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Tower Of Song profiled as her main danger and with his scratching, Circular’s chances are further enhanced.
Just Nick shapes as a key rival after a solid debut at the course over 1100m a fortnight ago.
The son of Nicconi stuck to his task well to record a 1.3 length second and will no doubt have taken benefit from the outing.
He is drawn to receive all of the favours in transit on Thursday from barrier 1 and also comes in nicely at the weights after the 3kg claim of apprentice Alena Skerritt.
Satirical Magic was solid on resuming at Nowra and was doing his best work late.
The son of Magic Albert will take benefit from the run and has held his own repeatedly at both metropolitan and provincial level.
Magic Sight resumes off a solid four start maiden preparation where his best career effort through those runs came at this course and distance.
The Makinson D’Apice Lawyers Maiden is a solid maiden contest however the strength of Circular’s two-year-old preparation earlier this year has her shaping as particularly hard to beat.
