Trainer tips $67 chance Madotti to get the job Dunn

A GOOD barrier and a drying track have trainer Matt Dunn growing in confidence Madotti can make a mockery of her long price in the Tattersall’s Tiara at Doomben today.

Madotti (left) wins on Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast in January. Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography

A GOOD barrier and a drying track have trainer Matt Dunn growing in confidence Madotti can make a mockery of her long price in the Tattersall’s Tiara at Doomben today.

Dunn, who has won 90 races overall this season, is chasing his first Group 1 win with Madotti who has drawn barrier one.

She was a $67 chance with UBET yesterday because of her recent run of outs in three runs this preparation.

The mare has won four races, including a $1 million race at the Magic Millions carnival on the Gold Coast in January but she has often had no luck.

At her latest start she finished 10th behind Prompt ­Response in the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes (1350m) at Doomben two weeks ago.

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But Dunn said all three of Madotti’s efforts since her spell were much better than they looked on paper.

“She won a trial in good fashion and then she drew an outside barrier when first-up eighth in the Silk Stocking at the Gold Coast,” the Murwillumbah trainer said.

“Then we took her to Sydney and she ran on a wet track which didn’t suit her.

“At her last start she drew the car park again and was back in the field and wide.

“I know she ran 10th but she was only three and a bit lengths away which considering the ground she covered was excellent.”

Dunn said the simple fact was Madotti went better when drawn near the fence and on good tracks.

“She has never won from a wide barrier and she has never won on a rain-affected track,” Dunn said.

“You only have to look at her record. She won the Magic Millions fillies and mares race from barrier four on a good track.”

Dunn’s best win to date was in the 2016 Group 2 The Roses at Doomben with ­Kebede.

“I haven’t had many Group 1 runners,” he said.

“This has been our best season by far in many respects and it would be great to finish it with a Group 1 win.”

Dunn is fifth in the Brisbane trainers premiership with 26 wins and 14th in the Sydney premiership with 13.

Multiple Group 1-winning South African jockey Robbie Fradd will ride Madotti as he seeks his first win in elite company since moving to Queensland.

“She is a nice mare with conditions to suit,’ Fradd said.