BLUEY’S BEST BETS - 05/01/2022
BLUEY’S BEST
- HEIR APPARENT ($3.90)
Duchy Of Savoy resumes here as a hot favourite for the Hawkes camp; whilst the filly looks talented, she’ll need to be ready to fire first up here. Heir Apparent looks on the up and looks a genuine chance to knock the favourite off here. He was wide throughout last start and laid in during the straight, but managed to fight strongly to finish just 0.8L away. He’s recently been gelded and it seems to have done the trick.
WARWICK FARM RACE 5 – 16:40 AEDT
- QUATENUS ($3.40)
Quatenus looks a great chance here for James Cummings. He has proven to be ultra consistent throughout his short career, finishing no worse than 1.7L away in five runs. He scored a nice win when resuming this prep, scoring by a length, but has only managed to finish in the placings in his next two runs. He finds a nice race here and looks a great chance fourth up today.
WARWICK FARM RACE 7 – 17:50 AEDT
- SUR LA MER ($2.30)
Sur La Mer has finished under half-a-length in three of her past four runs in this grade, and when she was dropped back in class, she was hampered at the start and forced to be eased toward the rear of the field. The Waller trained mare finds herself in the easiest race she has faced for some time & with the key booking of James McDonald, she should prove very hard to beat here.
BLUEY’S BEST VALUE
- NURIYA ($21)
Favourite Lucky Decision looks talented and is coming off a strong win at Sandown last start; however, the lightly raced Nuriya looks an intriguing runner here for mine. The mare has had just four career starts, and has had some excuses/not been fully tested in a few of her runs. She exploded to a new level last start at Terang, scoring by a narrow margin at big odds. The in-form Laura Lafferty takes the ride and if she can repeat her performance last start, she could go close here.
