Sydney: Comprehensive preview of every race for Warwick Farm

A COMPREHENSIVE preview of every race for Wednesday’s meeting at Warwick Farm with Shayne O’Cass.

Trainer Clarry Conners (centre). Picture: Jenny Evans

NOTE: RACES are assessed for a Soft 5 or worse, rain is forecast on Tuesday. All horses are considered starters unless notified by Monday at 1 PM. (N/R) denote no rating.

RACE 1

11. POUND STERLING (N/R) makes his long waited return to racing tomorrow, the son of Written Tycoon was an emergency once or twice before, and /or drew shocking so stayed at home. Barrier 10 of 11 isn’t so bad at WF with the long run into the bend and with the rain sure to come, it might be better off the fence. The Chris Waller trained colt is a magnificent looker and trialled so darn well at Randwick on Jul. 15. This is quite a handy little race all up with a few nice horse engaged including the topweight 1. PITTSBURGH (N/R) whose four runs at his first prep were behind (winners) Yankee Rose (twice), Astern and Faraway Town. Has been trialling the house down lately and gets the good run from gate 4. Team Snowden have three engaged, we reckon the best of them is 2. ONSLAUGHT (N/R) who was a very, very good 3rd at Wyong on debut back in March, then went out and has been a real eye-catcher in his two trials. One more for mention — 6. GLENALL (N/R) is a Redoute’s Choice out of Our Quivira and stretched subsequent city winner Tango Rain in a Jul. 15 heat at HQ.

RACE 2

SOME lovely fillies going around here, a few of them will be stakes fillies or mares before they are done methinks. Right at the very top of that list is the Waller trained 4. COCOEXCEL (N/R). A Vinery $600,000 Easter Yearling purchase, this filly is by Exceed And Excel out of Perfect Hostess, a Dehere daughter of Talindert winner Eire Hostess. Cocoexcel’s three trials have been first class. I should note that she has only had one trial coming into this — big, big win — but I am sure she’ll be ready. Well, I’ll be surer once I see the flucs. 5. IN TIMES OF WAR (N/R) is Gerry Harvey owned and bred filly by the mighty Street Cry out of Magic Millions and G2 Reisling winner Military Rose — and the daughter has thrown to mum big time. In Times Of War trialled brilliantly in that one and only heat on Jul. 19 at Rosehill — if Cocoexcel wasn’t here, she’d be a clear top pick. 7. LARAPINETA (N/R) finished an easy 4th in the same heat that In Times Of War was 2nd in but as I say, Larapineta wasn’t at all knocked about. The mark of her potential and regard in which she is held is reflected by the fact she debuted in the Magic Night. Big watch of 12. SAVAAN (N/R) at double figure odds, she’s bred for a mile but there’s been something there in her heats, the first one more than the last one.

RACE 3

WELCOME to the Anything Goes Handicap. You want to know what’s a tough ask and it’s 2200m midweekers at WF on rainy tracks, hence anything goes. Dubbo to Sydney is a long haul so when you see these out of towners make such a trek, you know that it’s for a good reason. 4. CONSENTED (60) made the Dubbo — WF trip on Jul. 13 and almost pulled off a good old fashioned plunge backed from $17 into $9.50 and beaten a nose by Braces. He comes back for another tilt with a Gilagranda nose 2nd over 2400m on Jul. 26. Very fit, very honest and very good on heavy. On pacer who’ll give a great sight again. Local 1. MAJOR MAJOR (68) is a last start Saturday Randwick winner over 2400m on a heavy 8. Has pretty obvious claims again. 2. ELUSIVE RUNNER (66) is fourth-up here off 1400m/1600m and 1800m so it’s quite a nice grounding go into a 2200m Bm67. He’s on the comeback trial having gone amiss after being beaten 3-lens in the 2014 Queensland Derby. Sarge is taking him along slowly, he’s building up to something soon.

RACE 4

HERES’S hoping Mark Newnham can bag his first winner as a trainer here with 1. LUCKY FISH (66) whom he took over from old boss Gai Waterhouse in the very recent past. The horse won a trial at Rosehill on Jul. 19 by 4.5-lens so is obviously going well. The horse has some very deep form around him — names like Sir Bacchus, Chandana, Ravi, Hellbent, etc. Drawn 3, Tommy Berry — the only thing is the wet — he’s no good on it — personally I think he’ll be scratched but we’ll have to wait. 9. CENTRO SUPERIOR (60) was $12 into $6.50 in a Bm67 here over 1300m on Jul. 13. The Greg Hickman trained Danzero son was 13th of 13 at the 800m, 11th of 13 at the 400m but ended up 3rd of 13 beaten only 1.2-lens. I like his numbers — Track: 4s 0-1-1, Dist: 9s 1-3-3, heavy 3s 1-1-1. Colt Prosser has tied up the services of Blake Shinn for Wauchope galloper and fairly frequent Sydney visitor 5. PRINCE MAYTED (63) tomorrow. This fellow is 28s 5-7-4 and goes all on surfaces, especially soft and heavy. He’s run some decent races in town — no reason why he won’t figure again this time. 12. PIANISSIMO (58) is the big watch horse. A lightly-raced Waller Northern Meteor, I would have him higher up but I thought the trial was a bit ‘iffy’.

RACE 5

BEST Bet time. 7. IMMORTAL MISS (62) raced 5 times from Nov. 12 to Mar 16 and ran super at the first three, less so the last two. I am sure if she runs up to any of those first three runs that she’ll deadset just run right over the top of these and win. She can really power up late this one. David Pfieffer knows how to get them ready and use the trials too. I must admit this one was hard to read on her trial because she just went round when 6th of 7 to Redzel. Jay Ford hardly moved a muscle on her and if anything, he allowed her to back right off that last 150m. I am thinking they drop out to near the tail from gate 14, build up the momentum rounding the bend and just unleash. If she’s within 4-lens at the turn — yes, anymore than that, then no. The big danger and the definite quinella horse is another of the locals in 8. LITTLE MISS BROWN (62) who will be ridden, as it happens. by Jay Ford. Reith rides us. Little Miss Brown is a Joe Pride mare that is 4s 1-0-1 and was spelled for a short while after her Wyong maiden win. Granted that trial (win) here on Jul. 25 was a bit of a jump-out for everyone but 1st is better than last anywhere, anytime. The other three chances are 10. RAKITNO (62), 1. MICHELLE’S GIFT (67) and 6. CLEAR RIPPLES (63).

RACE 6

CLARRY Conners fans can win a huge sum of cash if he wins the running double here as I feel he can. He kicks off with 1. CONARCHIE (70), the benchmark 70 rater in a benchmark 70 race at home over a trip that he has won over. Conarchie is 28s 5-1-3 and even when he’s beaten, he’s very rarely beaten badly or by a big margin. If he runs up to his Jun. 25 1-lens 2nd to Super Tycoon and ahead of Grunderzeit, these others can’t beat him. He was pretty good too last time when 2.2-lens off Isorich and Butterboom at Rosehill on a Saturday. 2. BIG ARTY (68) is 5s 2-1-0 and aiming for the hat trick of wins at the venue. The Adam Wadick trained 4YO has won a Mdn and Bm67 in consecutive runs in Jun. 29 and Jul. 13. Steps up from those 1300m wins to 1400m but he doesn’t appear to be a ‘weak’ horse. 3. CHOICE LARGA (69) has been

going great guns this whole prep with 2 wins, a 3rd and a last start 4th to the aforementioned Super Tycoon in a deep 1500m Bm78 at Rosehill on Jul. 16. Leader drawn to lead.

RACE 7

IF Clarry wins the last with 6, STYLISH LAD (63) he and I both will be heroes to a nation cause he is gunna be a price. I reckon I’ve tipped him somewhere in the top three at every run this prep and even though the form says ‘00308’ I promise you he’s going okay and can win. He hasn’t had a lot of luck in most of those runs, or was getting fit, but you’d have to agree 1.6-lens 3rd to Suboric is good form for this so too 3.5-lens behind King’s Officer (t/d) last start when he was getting warmed-up late. The other eye-catcher in the King’s Officer race was 5. MR DARCY (63) who has in no way lived up to the potential he showed early, I can’t believe he is only 1 from 11. Like I said, the WF run was pretty good then he didn’t have much luck at Canterbury after that — ignore the placing and the margin. 1. GRANITE BELT (66) has the winning form, he’s lining up for 3 straight after comfortable wins at Beaumont and Wyong. harder here but he is winning where my guys (Stylish Lad and Mr Darcy) aren’t so you have to respect that side of the argument.