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Best Of The Best : Our 3 Best Bets For Saturday 29th August

August 29, 2020

Best Of The Best : Our 3 Best Bets For Saturday 29th August

It’s an intriguing day of racing at Rosehill with the San Domenico the headline & we’ve done the hard work for you to find our 3 best bets for the meeting.

  • Last Saturday’s Results: +4 Units

Rosehill Race 5 – Anders

  • Trainer: C Maher & D Eustace
  • Jockey: J McDonald
  • Barrier: 5
  • Odds: $3.6 With TopSport

This year’s San Domenico Stakes hosts a small field of top-class 3 year old’s returning for the Spring. In my opinion, Mamaragan may be the best horse in the race after showing above-average talent when finishing 3rd in the Golden Slipper in just his second race start. With that being said the weights, fitness and race tactics all suggest that Anders may have too many things in his favour. 

Anders couldn’t have been more impressive winning the Rosebud by 4 lengths first up three weeks ago and it should be expected that he’ll improve from that run. He should be able to cross from his wide barrier and be hard to run down.

Mamaragan is going to have to settle back in the field from the outside gate and may be left with too much to do, especially considering he may be aimed at races over a mile this preparation. Expect him to be flashing home late regardless.

Tip: 4 units @3.6


Rosehill Race 6 – Destination

  • Trainer: J Cummings
  • Jockey: R King
  • Barrier: 10
  • Odds: $6.5 With TopSport

This lightly raced colt from the Cummings yard comes into what doesn’t look like an overly strong BM78 with the minimum weight of 52kg. He is coming off a 3rd over 1100m at Randwick last start behind Twice as Special and Torun and will carry 3kg less. A good indicator of his ability is that T Berry stayed in the saddle for that run after winning on him at the provincials. Rachel King takes the ride today and the $6.5 on offer looks great value.

Tip: 2 units @6.5


Rosehill Race 8 – Mugatoo

  • Trainer: K Lees
  • Jockey: K McEvoy
  • Barrier: 3
  • Odds: $2.25  With TopSport

Happy to take the short odds on offer for the highly rated Lees import here. He worked through the grades nicely last prep, ultimately winning the Canberra Cup and finishing second behind Young Rascal in the Manion Cup. There are no Young Rascals in this field and he should be too strong for this lot of stayers.

Tip: 3 units @2.4

 

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