Bendigo R1 FORTY WINKS PACE

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8

Race comment

OVERVIEW: Metropolitan racing returns to Bendigo for the first time since Cup night and what a brutal re-introduction this opening event represents. Predictably given the pref-gate nature of this metro maiden most of the class/form runners are drawn to disadvantage headed by STINGRAY TARA (6). Ever since Geoff Webster stepped this bloke’s workload up, he’s thrived with his last two runs his best on Aussie soil. That being said he’s also relished soft journeys in those events and may be forced into a more laborious role from gate six tonight. The other seriously in-form runners engaged here are HAYDEN BROMAC (5) who was heavily backed to win a better race than this last weekend and DAYLIGHT AT DAWN (11) who faces even greater obstacles than his two key rivals being drawn behind a traditionally slow beginner over Bendigo’s notoriously peg-centric short course trip. If there’s a knockout player, it may be YANKEE GOLD (1). He was just OK last start but prior to that raced three-wide to the breeze and fought on bravely in a race won by Sanday, who’d be a dominant favourite here. The key for that polemarker will be what transpires in transit. If he leads or trails, then he boasts legitimate claims but if STREITKID (2) crosses then hands up again he’s likely out of action as a winning proposition. EARLY SPEED: 1,2 + 5,6 RATINGS: 6/ 5/ 11/ 1/ 4/ 10/ 3/ 9/ 2/ 8