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The Melbourne Mail: Flemington – 2nd of November 2024

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Derby Day in Melbourne with a cracking nine race card featuring three Group Ones.

Melbourne Mail
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Attention turns to Flemington for the first of four huge days with Derby Day kicking off proceedings.

Keen on the best bet of the card which comes up in Race 5, the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) for three-year-old fillies.

The Melbourne leadups have been poor, and this is crying out for some new blood. Enter, Powers Of Opal.

She's been a staying filly of promise for a while, running to 102 on the Racing & Sports scale two starts back in the Flight Stakes when leading and fading before going to Hawkesbury for an easy maiden kill, and doing so.

She ran a fantastic time figure there, easily the fastest race on the card, and did it with plenty of late sectional strength behind her.

Her ratings are already at the same level as the ones coming through Group races, and she profiles beautifully out to 2000m now. I've marked her an even money favourite, and the price available early in the week shouldn't last long.

For the value play, I'm going to the feature race – the Victoria Derby where two horses at huge odds can run well.

The first of those is Scary who gives every indication he'll relish a strongly run 2500m. He was backed into $4 in the Super Impose here two starts back and ran the fastest late splits of the race behind Keeneland.

The Caulfield Classic was a completely farcical and gave no indication to a horse's ability at all, so I'm happy to completely wipe that run.

He's now pushing 50-1 here, they can be more positive from a nice draw and I think he's a genuine chance.

The other that can run well is Oxford Blue. The market backed him off the map in the Geelong Classic and while he was beaten fair and square, I don't think the race shape suited after slowing down mid-race and allowing the chasers to catch up.

A faster tempo and sterner test here, don't be surprised if he elevates significantly.


The Melbourne Mail

Bet of the day: Race 5 #5 Powers Of Opal at $2.80

Each-way play: Race 7 #13 Scary at $41/9.50


Racing and Sports

Flemington

Saturday, 02nd November 2024

5
15:00
(local)

HKJC World Pool Wakeful Stakes (G2)

Age: 3yo Sex: F Type: OPEN
AUD $304,425
2000m TURF GOOD
5
15:00
(local)
AUD $304,425
2000m GOOD

HKJC World Pool Wakeful Stakes (G2)

Age: 3yo Sex: F Type: OPEN
FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 2. TREASURETHE MOMENT (AUS) 3yo F
ALABAMA EXPRESS (AUS) - DRACONIC TREASURE (USA)
DAMIAN LANE
MATT LAURIE
$5
55kg
Yu Long Investments (Mgr: Y Zhang)
2nd 5. POWERS OF OPAL (NZ) 3yo F
OCEAN PARK (NZ) - STRADA CAVALLO (NZ)
JAMES MCDONALD
J G SARGENT
$1.8
55.5kg
J G Sargent, Think Big Stud (Mgr: D G Ramage), Nearco Stud Ltd (Mgr: G R Tomlinson), G G B Macdonald, D F Burges, P W Lord, M B Mcfarlane, Mrs C Brennan, K L Casey, Mrs J S Casey, J L Cox, C L Cox & Miss D Jager

Sales Information

3rd 7. KILLCARE BEACHGIRL (AUS) 3yo F
TOO DARN HOT (GB) - ABSOLUTE JOY (NZ)
TIM CLARK
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT
$17
55kg
Strawberry Hill Stud (Mgr: J D Singleton) & P Fenton
4th 10. INEVITABLE TRUTH (AUS) 3yo F
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - SCARLETINI (AUS)
JYE MCNEIL
J G SARGENT
$19
55kg

Sales Information

5th 9. RAPID CHEVAL (NZ) 3yo F
SUPER SETH (AUS) - VITESSE (NZ)
JAMIE MOTT
S B LAMING
$41
55kg

Sales Information

6th 3. TALISAY (AUS) 3yo F
PRIDE OF DUBAI (AUS) - MYKAETOB (AUS)
BILLY EGAN
BYRON COZAMANIS
$26
55kg

Sales Information

7th 1. JENNI'S MEADOW (AUS) 3yo F
BRUTAL (NZ) - MEADOW (AUS)
ETHAN BROWN
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES
$7.5
56kg

Sales Information

8th 11. SHOCKLETZ (NZ) 3yo F
SHOCKING (AUS) - ZELT (AUS)
DECLAN BATES
CIARON MAHER
$19
55kg
9th 13. ALL KINDS OF FOLK (AUS) 3yo F
D'ARGENTO (AUS) - SHE BRINGS HOPE (AUS)
LUKE CURRIE
JOHN & CHRIS LEDGER
$61
55kg

Sales Information

10th 8. OUR PARAMOUR (NZ) 3yo F
CONTRIBUTER (IRE) - VICTORY PARADE (AUS)
BLAKE SHINN
MARK WALKER
$26
55kg

Sales Information

11th 4. IN HER EYES (AUS) 3yo F
STAR WITNESS (AUS) - LOVE SPY (AUS)
BEN ALLEN
L & T CORSTENS & W LARKIN
$26
55kg

Sales Information

12th 12. SHE NAILED IT (AUS) 3yo F
DE GAULLE (AUS) - LET'S NAIL IT (AUS)
DANIEL STACKHOUSE
TIM HUGHES
$101
55kg

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