Shayne O’Cass’ tips, inside mail for Goulburn, Casino on Friday, May 30, 2025

Form analyst Shayne O’Cass provides his best bets, value selection and analysis of the quaddie legs for Goulburn and Casino on Friday.

Shayne O'Cass previews Goulburn and Casino on Friday.

Form analyst Shayne O’Cass provides his best bets, value selection and analysis of the quaddie legs for Goulburn and Casino on Friday.

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GOULBURN

BEST BET

Race 8 No. 3: ORTHIE’S BOYS

Runner-up here at only visit and has recent solid provincial form.

NEXT BEST

Race 7 No. 3: BOMBELLEISTIC

Excelled in a very strong Class 1 at Scone on Cup Day.

VALUE BET

Race 4 No. 6: ROUGE HOMME

Lightly-raced. natural/raw talent, in good hands here at the track.

QUADDIE

Race 5: 1, 5, 8, 11

Race 6: 2, 3, 4

Race 7: 2, 3

Race 8: 3

JOCKEY TO FOLLOW

JAY FORD has ridden 133 of his 1,408 career winners at Goulburn.

Jay Ford can add to his solid record at Goulburn. Picture: Bradley Photos

CASINO

BEST BET

Race 3 No. 9: MERAPI

Could not be better placed at her second run for an astute new yard.

NEXT BEST

Race 2 No. 4: HOMELAND

Placed four from 10. Reliable and drawn well this time.

VALUE BET

Race 6 No. 10: LOVE RAT

Big run first-up in a much superior Benchmark 58 to what this is.

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RACE 5: GOULBURN POST MAIDEN HANDICAP 1500m

SHE REX (1) is trained by Ciaron Maher who also trains her very close relation, Pride Of Jenni. She Rex might end up being a good investment on her $240,000 Inglis Classic Sale outlay in 2023. So far, she has placed at five of her six starts; she has been terribly costly, but in much better races than this. Zero excuses. HIDDEN MOGUL (11) doesn’t know how to run a bad race. She could potentially make this favourite earn the win.

Bet: She Rex to win, exacta 1 to beat 11

RACE 6: ABERNETHY GORE SOLICITORS COUNTRY BOOSTED BENCHMARK 58 HANDICAP 1500m

LETHAL LADY (2) was so unlucky it wasn’t fair at Wagga during the carnival. Fast forward to her last start and she was third at the Sapphire Coast when coming from a long way back as usual. That’s not easy to do there. Easier here though. Luke Pepper is flying himself but he’s also got HELL OF A FOX (3) on a hat-trick. In fact, she should be going for four straight since she got down to Canberra.

Bet: Lethal Lady to win, quinella 2, 3, Daily Double 1st leg 2, 2nd leg 3

RACE 7: HIBERNIAN HOTEL BENCHMARK 58 HANDICAP 1600m

BOMBELLEISTIC (3) is the fourth foal of his dam; all of her foals are housed by Team Joseph/Jones who bred the lot of them. As this for one, he has a win and two seconds from eight starts but you could argue that nothing he has done has contained as much merit as his fifth in very strong Class 1 at Scone on Cup Day. CHEBICI (2) is on a hat-trick. Easy to like with the good alley and Coriah Keatings doing the right thing by her all the time.

Bet: Bombelleistic to win, box trifecta 2, 3, 5, 9

RACE 8: CAMPBELL PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS BENCHMARK 58 HANDICAP 1200m

ORTHIE’S BOYS (3) has been with Richard Collett for the last three of his five career starts. Those were; a barnstorming second here, another ‘from last’ fourth at Gosford then a fading on-pace fifth at Kembla. Maybe he didn’t see out the 1400m but we’re back to 1200m in weaker grade today. For what it is worth, I think COUGARS (1) is a pretty handy horse and sure, they’ve all got to carry big weights here, but he’s got the biggest and 62kg is a big number.

Bet: Orthie’s Boy to win

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RACE 6: BACK TO THE ROYAL COUNTRY BOOSTED BENCHMARK 58 SHOWCASE HANDICAP 1200m

LOVE RAT (10) is a get back and run on type, perhaps better suited at Grafton but here we are at Casino. The son of Love Conquers All has a troubling second-up record but if you can overlook that and the wide draw, he is in this with as a good a chance as any and better than most. AYE AYE SKIPPER (1) is in fabulous form, and has been for a while too, but this is as bad a draw as the horse has been dealt in all that time.

Bet: Love Rat each-way

RACE 7: CASINO FOOD CO-OP CASINO FLYING 1000m

DIS IS HEAVEN (5) is ’3213’ heading into the Casino Flying. They were all good quality affairs too, but none were any harder than his May 7 assignment at Warwick Farm when and where Colt Prosser’s gelding was an honourable third. Stablemate and MNC Championships Qualifier placegetter BJORN IRONSIDE (4) has raced once at 1000m; that was the day he carried 62kg at Taree when he won by two lengths.

Bet: Dis Is Heaven to win, quinella 4, 5, box trifecta 1, 3, 4, 5, DD 1st Leg 5, 2nd Leg 5

RACE 8: CASINO RSM CLUB BEEF WEEK CUP 1400m

SECRET PLAN (1) is a Queenslander, via Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. The Bob Peters-bred galloper has been with Tony and Maddysen Sears for the last three runs, the most recent of them was a third at Eagle Farm. On-pace type with a manageable weight now after Jett Newman’s claim. COLLAY’S SPIRIT (4) could very well tally up his 10th career win, third-up. Note that Luke Rolls is one win and two placings on the horse. The best CENOTES (6) is better than a lot of these.

Bet: Secret Plan to win

RACE 9: WAL’S CONCRETING CLASS 3 SHOWCASE HANDICAP 1400m

MONTE MAXIMUS (5) probably deserves a bit more credit for his last handful of runs than would normally be afforded to a horse with a ‘7295’ lead in. All in all, 1400m is in the right range for the Noel Mayfield-Smith-trained son of Invader and he gets a little bit of weight off on what he has been carrying lately. Former Godolphin galloper STYLISED (1) is ready to produce now that he is out to 1400m. The more scratchings the better in view of that wide alley.

Bet: Monte Maximus each-way