Friday 18th April 2025

Another 66%-er!

Another 66% strike rate yesterday as we find a winner, two seconds and three thirds, plus a juicy little quinella..

Junebug got up at $5.30 with All Hunky Dory running second for a nice $14.60 quinella.

Places for Cool Lad, Rumours Abound, Gregolimo and Guerite.

Ten from the book, let’s have a good Friday!!

Looking for a good Friday!!

La Pleine Lune

Echuca R1

Dominant beating Guerite 17 days ago on his return and will be even fitter for this. D Stackhouse sticks, fully expect him to push on here, the $3.20 looks generous.

BET: 10 unit win

Real Gun

Echuca R2

Mixes his form, but his T&D stats are top notch, has gone well in this class and jockey is 2:1-1 up top. Heavy going didn’t help last month, back to firmer conditions will help as will the drop in grade, EW bet at $10.

BET: 5 units ew

Joyful Fortune, Oak Hill, Bifrost

Echuca R7

Big race of the day at Echuca with plenty of metro horses going round, and we have three in this…

Joyful Fortune was resuming from 800 days away in Jan, and under the circumstances did well to run a close third after leading for much of the way. Then ran last in the G1 Lightning, not a bad effort considering but made amends 20 days ago at HQ in a Listed race over this distance, powering home for a Hall of Fame $21 win. E Brown sticks, surely goes close in this…

Oak Hill ran eighth in that race, previous form was excellent, and he rates well in this, watch for him late, $9 shot.

Former Kiwi Bifrost cruised home 30 days ago at Sandown, a bit hard to catch but an EW shot at $41.

BET: JF 5 units ew, OA 4 units ew, BF 2 units ew, can spice up the exotics

Social Conscience

Echuca R8

Consistent but finding it difficult to win, $5.50 in this.

BET: 3 units ew

Fiendish

Kalgoorlie R5

Ditto as above, $23 in this, might need the run.

BET: 2 units ew

Bold Response

Cranbourne R5

Nice win in this grade two back at MV and not disgraced with a close fifth at Caulfield 13 days ago when up in grade. Frontrunner, back to BM64, will take some catching in this as $2.60 fav.

BET: 3 units ew

The Open

Cranbourne R7

Stats speak for themselves, resumes after a sixth 107 days ago and expected to take this out as $2.15 fav.

BET: 3 units ew

Winning Aces

Ascot R6

Stunning win two back in the middle of some ordinary form, $34, maybe watch late…

BET: 3 units ew