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With racing in Sydney abandoned, we’ve focused on the meeting at Sandown Lakeside and found a couple of horses for your Racing & Sports blackbook.

Sandown-Lakeside Race 4- Carbonetti

An interesting horse for the Waller stable who was eased down and beaten 24 lengths at his Australilan debut, but this was an improved run at 50-1 that may suggest he's ready to do something next start. He'd never seen a soft let alone a heavy track before coming here and I'm willing to bet he improves on top of the ground. He was no match for an impressive winner but found the line well without looking entirely comfortable, recording the second fastest late splits of the race. Up to 1600m and ideally on a good, or synthetic (which he's run well on before), he can run well, and you're likely to get double figures about him again.

Sandown-Lakeside Race 5- Sacred Command 
It was a bunched finish here but the time was solid for the day and it was all honours to the winner, Sacred Command who raced three wide no cover the trip, creeping forward throughout the race and really finding the line well. He looked challenged when the favourite, Copperfield, burst through a gap but Sacred Command found another gear and was holding everything comfortably on the line. This was his third start at 1400m this preparation and he looks ready for a rise in trip. Given his rating, he'll be able to find another Bm70, hopefully over 1600m, and he'll be hard to beat again.