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Horse Racing Bets – Group 1 South Australian Derby – Bluey’s Tips 2020

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DERBY 2020 PREVIEW

MORPHETTVILLE RACE 8 – 16:31 AEST

3YO OPEN
2500m
$400,000
GOOD 4
Rail TRUE entire

# Form Horse Trainer Jockey (barrier) Weight (kg) Current Price
1 55511 DALASAN LEON MACDONALD & ANDREW GLUYAS  J HOLDER (9) 56.5 $2.90
2 75563 WARNING A FREEDMAN  D THORNTON (3) 56.5 $4
3 x1532 THEMOONLITEGAMBLER J MCARDLE  DEAN HOLLAND (1) 56.5 $21
4 12x41 RUSSIAN CAMELOT D O'BRIEN  J ALLEN (7) 56.5 $4
5 12x01 MIYAKE C WALLER  TODD PANNELL (14) 56.5 $17
6 x9172 SAINT EUSTACE M PRICE & M KENT  ZAC SPAIN (6) 56.5 $26
7 47213 RISING ARCHIE P PREUSKER  ETHAN BROWN (12) 56.5 $34
8 7315 ROCK STEADY P STOKES  D CABOCHE (13) 56.5 $101
9 18240 ST ARNICCA P PREUSKER  MS C JONES (5) 56.5 $81
10 53826 EXALTED AMBITION G YOUNG  R J HURDLE (8) 56.5 $126
11 63858 SOWPODS G RICHARDS  S CAHILL (4) 56.5 $126
12 3x652 MOONLIGHT MAID MITCHELL FREEDMAN  J TOEROEK (10) 54.5 $13
13 9x410 SILENT SOVEREIGN T & C MCEVOY  BAREND VORSTER (11) 54.5
14 1x627 ZAYYDANI D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG  D TOURNEUR (2) 54.5 $18

OVERVIEW

The South Australian Derby looks to be a cracking edition this year, with a couple of interesting runners making the trip. Among them is the favourite Dalasan, who has put in two top performances in preparation for this race. He faces stiff competition though, against the likes of Group 1 Vic Derby winner Warning and the talented Russian Camelot. They aren’t the only chances either in this intriguing affair.

SPEED MAP

Speed doesn’t look to be overly strong at all here and it might be Themoonlitegambler who leads them away from barrier 1. Sowpods should be prominent from barrier 4 also and Dalasan can push forward early. Warning won’t be far away either, but equal second elect Russian Camelot maps near the tail of the field.

KEY RUNNERS

  1. DALASAN ($2.90)

Dalasan looks a deserving favourite in this field after scoring impressive back-to-back wins after travelling to South Australia. Scored by three lengths two starts back before winning in relatively easy fashion last start when jumping to over 2000m. Unraced at the distance however, which is a genuine query.

  1. WARNING ($4.00)

The Freedman trained gelding showed us why he got his name, sending out an ominous warning to his rivals in the Group 3 Chairman's last start behind Dalasan. He was a mile back rounding the turn but when the wheels got going he motored home to finish just 2L away. He’s won impressively at this distance before and looks a great chance.

  1. THEMOONLITEGAMBLER ($21)

Themoonlitegambler is an interesting runner here for mine. He’s a lightly raced three year old, who gave Group horses Dalasan and Warning a run for their money last start. He finished just over a length away from Dalasan and maps to get a cozy run out in front here. Could be an improver out to 2500m.

BLUEY’S PICK

  1. WARNING ($4.00)

I can’t be against Warning here after his eye-catching performance in the Chairman’s. He’s shown before that he handles 2500m, scoring a blistering 3.25L in the Group 1 Vic Derby last prep. He can push forward and settle closer here and should be able to outstay them here.

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