Track Soft 5 and rail out 2m. RACE 1 2. Monte Braveheart is a tough and still improving four-year-old coming back in distance 12 days between runs, with blinkers replacing winkers.
Hit the line first-up at Kembla before being shuffled back and not getting much room on the course proper here in Saturday company when he should have finished closer. A more experienced rider goes on. 6.
Tasoraay is likely to jump an odds-on favorite and naturally is the clear threat, having been close-up in tougher metro fields, but still looms under the odds. 5. Rockbarton Flash is down in weight from a softer draw.
Gap to the rest, headed by 3. The Bentley, resuming off an eight-week break. How to play it: Monte Braveheart to win.
Racing returns to Newcastle on Thursday, on the Beaumont track. Credit: Getty RACE 2 4. Kotaishi hasn’t been far away in his last few and is well placed here from this low draw and coming back 150m in trip.
Led for a long way against tougher metro opposition two starts back, then ran home fairly as a well-backed favourite on the course proper here when not in the best part of the track. 5. Rickythesteamboat is second-up in a weaker race off a fast-finishing effort at Warwick Farm.
10. Reasonable is a well-drawn stablemate of the top selection and was close-up in similar company at Hawkesbury. 2.
Indiamo held his ground at Hawkesbury when well-tried in the market, and was scratched from an easier race at Orange on Monday to be saved for this. 9. Network Error is over.
