Rosehill Gardens Turf Talk: Mitch Cohen, Shayne O’Cass debate the key chances on 2025 Tancred Stakes Day

Mitch Cohen and Shayne O’Cass debate all the big chances on 2025 Tancred Stakes Day at Rosehill Gardens, where a $12 chance to be ridden by James McDonald catching our experts’ eyes.

Racenet and The Daily Telegraph form analysts Mitch Cohen and Shayne O’Cass debate all the key chances on 2025 Tancred Stakes Day at Rosehill Gardens.

Mitch Cohen (left) and Shayne O'Cass.

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Shayno: Hello Mitchy. Seems a long time ago now that the Tancred was run at Newcastle because of the Sydney weather and while I’m not saying there’s going to be a change of venue tomorrow, I’ve done the form for a Heavy 8 becoming a 10 later in the day.

Mitch: Looking for the mudders, Shayno. Our good friends at the Bureau Of Meteorology can be hard to catch but I am with them at the each way odds to be on the money this weekend.

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Shayno: I won’t pretend to be able to line-up the French form but I do like the look of Zarir, one of the Yu Long/Waller horses. The other horse I will be watching closely is Asterix, he could win the Sydney Cup.

Mitch: Cracker of a race this year. Formlines from Longchamp to Te Rapa to Sha Tin. I am reading the tea leaves a little with River Of Stars and the booking of J-Mac. She hasn’t run a bad race in her life and should have no worries in the conditions. This could be the only time we get $12 about her.

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Shayno: If Treasurethe Moment handles an 8 or 10 or whatever we are on by the Vinery, she should win again. That said, I fancy the other Yulong filly, Movin Out, to place and maybe play the old switcheroo if it’s a bog.

Mitch: Find a horse to finish second to Treasurethe Moment on Saturday. She won’t be losing. I reckon she’s something right out of the box. As for that second place tip? Give Me Declichy Boulevard. Wet track, no worries.

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Shayno: It could be that the Tulloch Stakes winner plays a big part in the Derby which has been known to happen. My two, King of Thunder and Tsitsipas, will stay all day and night; and the latter eats mud.

Mitch: This is 1000% a throw at the stumps, Shayno. Could we see a bounce back performance from Deal ‘N’ Dash? Not much went right when he was beaten as a $1.40 pop last start at Canberra but his performance before that was excellent. I’ve seen stranger things.

Shayno: I’ll be cheering for Ceolwulf for lots of reasons, one is so I can back something to sink Via Sistina in the QEII.

Mitch: I know you’ve been waiting for my best bet. Look no further than Nepotism in race two.

Originally published as Rosehill Gardens Turf Talk: Mitch Cohen, Shayne O’Cass debate the key chances on 2025 Tancred Stakes Day