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Seoul Race 1: Class 6 (6f) Special Weight A / $22,000

Maidens in the opener with seven of the eleven racing for the first time. We'll take a chance on one of the first timers and (5) GOLD SIDAE. He took two attempts to qualify but did so in some style at the second time of asking, racing on pace and crossing the line 2nd in a decent time. He draws well to be on pace here and if he brings that form to the races, he can win. Of the experienced ones, (4) CANVASEN GO will be the best fancied and will probably start as favourite, having run a fair 5th of twelve on debut on February 18th. He should strip fitter for that run, he comes into a better gate, and he has solid claims. (11) HERO GOLD improved from 7th on debut to 5th at start number two and can continue to make progress here. (9) BEST MAYA and (1) CAPTAIN MUSIC are other debut-makers who warrant consideration first-up.

Selections   (5) Gold Sidae (4) Canvasen Go (11) Hero Gold (9) Best Maya
Next Best   1, 3
Fast Start   3, 5, 8, 9

Seoul Race 2: Class 6 (6 1/2f) Special Weight A / $22,000

(3) SOLAIRE has four top-four finishes from five starts so far and comes in off the best of them, when runner-up over this distance on March 16th. She likes to settle back and run on and if she shows the same sort of late speed here, she should go past this lot comfortably. (1) ASSI JANGGUN enters off a 3rd place in a very slow race over this distance in February. She had previously shown more in the way of speed though when 2nd over 6f three starts back and from the inside gate, shapes as the main danger here. (4) JURING SKY was an improved 4th at 6f on March 9th and in the absence of much in the way of early speed in this race, may find herself much further forward today and can be in this a long way. (5) MK LEE and (9) DAEWONYONGMA others who may improve.

Selections   (3) Solaire (1) Assi Janggun (4) Juring Sky (5) MK Lee
Next Best   9, 7
Fast Start   2, 4, 8, 9

Seoul Race 3: Class 6 (6 1/2f) Special Weight A / $22,000

Weak maiden. (2) MO CHUISLE has a 3rd and most recently a 4th place to her name across five starts so far, generally racing best when on pace. From a great draw today, she should get a comfortable run to the lead, and she can go all the way. The main danger is (4) YEJIMONG. Her best from fourteen starts so far is a 2nd but she has finished either 4th or 5th on no fewer than seven occasions, including her latest three, all at this distance. She is an unspectacular type but should be close to the pace and be there or thereabouts again today. (1) TESTA RUBY ran a much-improved 4th at this distance on March 9th and a similar run will see her in the finish again. (6) BAEKDU DAEMUL and (9) TOHOMARKET other minor money hopes.

Selections   (2) Mo Chuisle (4) Yejimong (1) Testa Ruby (6) Baekdu Daemul
Next Best   9, 7
Fast Start   1, 2, 4, 8

Seoul Race 4: Class 6 (1 1/16M) Special Weight A / $22,000

(3) BLOOD MOUNTAIN will be a warm favourite. He has been getting closer in his seven starts so far, culminating in a 3rd place when stepped up to this distance for the first time on March 16th when racing against plenty of today's rivals. He should have benefited from the experience of racing around two turns and he comes into a much better gate today. He will need to overturn the form on (5) COSMO KING, who ran a very good 2nd place in that March 16th race having tarted at odds in excess of 60/1. That was by far his best finish to date, and he warrants more respect here. The rest don't inspire much confidence. (1) YONGBICHEON was 5th in that March 16th races and that's enough to make her the next best. (9) QUEEN ABIGAIL and (4) EVER THE CROWN are minor money hopes.

Selections   (3) Blood Mountain (5) Cosmos King (1) Yongbicheon (9) Queen Abigail
Next Best   4, 7
Fast Start   2, 7, 8, 9

Seoul Race 5: Class 5 (6f) Handicap / $34,000

(2) SSEULMO remains a maiden after eleven attempts, but he has seven top-four finishes, including a last start 3rd at this class over 6 1/2f on March 10th when he overcame gate ten to race handy and run on. He draws much better today and with similar tactics, he can make the breakthrough. That will mean overturning the form on (7) GREEN VIVACE, who was 2nd in that March 10th race, having led for much of the way around. She got her win at this distance, she should be on pace, and third-up this preparation, she can be peaking fitness wise. Plenty of others enter with recent form reading well, but the wild card is (8) BEAT UP. He hasn't raced since a 2nd place at class and distance just over a year ago, but he looked very well when going through a trial in March and he can go well first-up here. (3) GOLDBERG and (9) JAEWOO SIDAE are others to keep safe.

Selections   (2) Sseulmo (7) Green Vivace (8) Beat Up (3) Goldberg
Next Best   9, 10
Fast Start   3, 4, 6, 7