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The Melbourne Mail: Sandown- 25th of May 2024

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We head to Sandown for Saturday racing with big fields and good betting opportunities.

FASUTO winning the Catanach's Jewellers Handicap at Mornington in Australia.
FASUTO winning the Catanach's Jewellers Handicap at Mornington in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

Sandown takes its first Saturday meeting of many throughout the winter period, a role it does so well and one that (hopefully) isn't given away.

I'm looking to Race 4 for the best of the day where the topweight Fasuto just needs to replicate what he did fresh to be winning this.

He posted a big rating of 105 there with the 62kg at Mornington, smashing Title Fighter by three lengths who then came out and won a three-year-old open race at Caulfield over some handy types.

Consistency has been Fasuto's problem so he's no sure thing to go and repeat his rating but we're getting a good price again in what doesn't look a particularly strong benchmark 78.

Even with 61kg, our weight-adjusted ratings have him a few pounds clear of the next best last start rating, and I like the fact he's over a month between runs with Luke Nolen sticking.

The wide draw won't be an issue from the chute start and he can probably just get a similar run to his win first up off a strong speed. $5 in the market looks more than fair.

For the value play I'm heading to the last where Showmanship gets to 1400m second-up having done more than enough on resumption in the Wangoom at Warrnambool, getting back on a day where it was near impossible to make ground and running on well.

The tempo was strong there but even still, he was first-up on testing ground on an unfavourable track and came home in the second-fastest last 600m and equal fastest last 200m.

His splits were near identical to Nicolini Vito, who was fitter and finished a length ahead of him. He's come out and run second in the Straight Six but is ¼ of the price of Showmanship here, who draws to sit much closer and is 4/5 at 1400m.

Happy to take the double figures about Showmanship, who can easily improve 10 pounds here off his 98 rating first-up. At his best, he's close to the best horse in this race and there was nothing in the first-up run to suggest he hasn't come back healthy.
 

THE MELBOURNE MAIL

Bet of the day: Race 4 #1 Fasuto at $5
Each-way play: Race 10 #3 Showmanship at $13/3.9


Racing and Sports

Sandown-Hillside

Saturday, 25th May 2024

4
13:00
(local)

Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Handicap

WT: 54.0kg Type: BM78
AUD $80,000
1000m TURF SOFT
4
13:00
(local)
AUD $80,000
1000m SOFT

Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Handicap

WT: 54.0kg Type: BM78


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 11. WONDEREACH (AUS) 4yo G
OUTREACH (AUS) - ONE CAT WONDER (AUS)
JORDAN CHILDS
MATTHEW SMITH
$9
54.5kg
Denns Racing (Mgr: D L Yopp), KPC (Mgr: R Doherty), J M Russo, Mrs E M Russo, G Wynne, Miss J Southon, Ms R A Heggarty, J D Klap, A Berry, Mrs A Berry & A D H Smith

Sales Information

2nd 6. MRS CHRISSIE (NZ) 5yo M
PER INCANTO (USA) - TURF FIRE (NZ)
MS CARLEEN HEFEL
CIARON MAHER
$4
58.5kg
M D Rocke, K B Hitch, C J Harris, M Bacic, P Shulman, A K Racing (Mgr: Ms K L Solomon), M J Scafidi, P Smith, A J Scafidi & C G Doak

Sales Information

3rd 4. PERILOUS FIGHTER (AUS) 3yo C
STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) - BEAUTY SCHOOL (AUS)
JAKE NOONAN
CLAYTON DOUGLAS
$8.5
59kg
Rosemont Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: A P Mithen) & Clayton Douglas Racing (Mgr: C Douglas)

Sales Information

4th 5. BOONIE (IRE) 5yo G
BRAZEN BEAU (AUS) - DICE GAME (GB)
DANIEL STACKHOUSE
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES
$14
58.5kg

Sales Information

5th 3. WOLFLANDS (AUS) 5yo G
WOLF CRY (AUS) - CROSSLANDS (NZ)
LUKE CURRIE
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES
$19
59.5kg
6th 8. ORACLE SON (AUS) 4yo G
DIVINE PROPHET (AUS) - CHESTNUT STAR (AUS)
THOMAS STOCKDALE
PHILLIP STOKES
$9
58kg
7th 7. WILLIAM THOMAS (AUS) 9yo G
NICCONI (AUS) - GIRLS ROCK (AUS)
BEN ALLEN
J W PRICE
$7.5
58.5kg

Sales Information

8th 1. FASUTO (AUS) 4yo G
SUPIDO (AUS) - JUGGLES (AUS)
LUKE NOLEN
CLINTON MCDONALD
$3.25
61kg

Sales Information

9th 2. KENTUCKY CASANOVA (AUS) 6yo G
ARTIE SCHILLER (USA) - ABDAAN (AUS)
BRIAN HIGGINS
MICHAEL HUGLIN
$18
60.5kg

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