Saturday Horse Racing Tips & Best Bets [Eagle Farm, Caulfield, Rosehill]

Check out our tips and best bets for Saturday’s racing around Australia, with G1 racing at Eagle Farm, plus metro action at Caulfield, Rosehill Gardens, Morphettville and Pinjarra Scarpside.

BEST BETS

Eagle Farm R5 No.2 Gallo Nero

Expecting the Champagne Classic form to stand up. Gallo Nero (2) covered extra ground and beat all but Cool Archie (3) last start. He is drawn slightly better here, will appreciate 1400m on a big track and with Tommy Berry will be hard to hold out.

Tommy Berry (57kg)
M, W & J Hawkes
2yoC (b) Wootton Bassett x Chianti

Rosehill R9 No.7 Kind Words

Kind Words (7) (in the Lucia Valentina colours) was beaten three lengths in the Prov/Midway Final. She paid a big price for her 15 of 15 draw there at Randwick a fortnight later. As for last start, she drew wide again and came from a mile back again to finish inches off the winner, in third. Deserves a win; can see why she is favourite here.

Benjamin Osmond (58kg)
Kris Lees
4yoM (b) Written Tycoon x Gracious Grey

Caulfield R5 No.2 Madiyya

Madiyya (2) should continue on her winning way here. She was dominant winning at Sale two-back and then flew home to score over 1400m here last start. Third in that race was Ahha Ahha who absolutely bolted in last Saturday, so it’s hard to knock the form.

Luke Currie (56.5kg)
Ben, Will & Jd Hayes
3yoF (ch) Super Seth x Ruqqaya

BEST VALUE

Eagle Farm R9 No.5 Bubba’s Bay

Value with Bubba’s Bay (5) which didn’t flatter on a heavy track at Hawkesbury but goes best second-up and loves this track and distance. She won a recent trial, will appreciate a firm surface and Andrew Mallyon knows how to ride her.

Andrew Mallyon (57kg)
Kris Lees
5yoM (b) Cable Bay x Lift All Boats

Rosehill R8 No.6 First Light

First Light (6) shares an honour roll with the likes of Carbine, Phar Lap, Wakeful, Flight, Gunsynd and others as a Colin Stephen winner. He actually ran rather well in a Metropolitan too which suggests he is more a 2400m horse he’s only third-up into the prep and on a positive trajectory despite what the form guide suggests.

Reece Jones (55kg)
Chris Waller
7yoG (ch) Dubawi x Anzhelika

Caulfield R3 No.10 No Fooling

No Fooling (10) looks promising, making it 2 from 2 with a soft victory at Pakenham last start. This is much harder but his sectionals were impressive and he looked to have a bit in hand despite having 62.5kg on his back.

Beau Mertens (54kg)
Ciaron Maher
3yoG (bay/brown) Alabama Express x April Rules