Leon Corstens may be worried about the wet Brisbane weather for his well-fancied stayer Zabeelionaire in the Qld Derby 2400m, but rival trainer Robert Smerdon has no such concerns with his improving Sandown winner Westsouthwest. Westsouthwest was scheduled to leave by air for Brisbane on Tuesday. The Darci Brahma 3YO heads into the Grp 1 Derby with the advantage of having won on a heavy track - and he'll be ridden by leading Sydney jockey Corey Brown. On Saturday the Queensland Oaks meeting was

Leon Corstens may be worried about the wet Brisbane weather for his well-fancied stayer Zabeelionaire in the Qld Derby 2400m, but rival trainer Robert Smerdon has no such concerns with his improving Sandown winner Westsouthwest. Westsouthwest was scheduled to leave by air for Brisbane on Tuesday. The Darci Brahma 3YO heads into the Grp 1 Derby with the advantage of having won on a heavy track - and he'll be ridden by leading Sydney jockey Corey Brown. On Saturday the Queensland Oaks meeting was hit by steady rain that downgraded the track to a heavy 10. Corstens says: 'The wet is a problem, I'd much prefer a dry track, and even if it's a favorable forecast I just wonder how quickly last Saturday's rain will dry out.' The Peter Moody trained pair Brambles $3.50 and Valuvei $4.20 dominate the latest Derby market from www.betstar.com.au.

LATEST QLD DERBY MARKET

Brambles 3.50 Vatuvei 4.20 Zabeelionaire 5.00 Soros 7.00 Quintessential 8.00 Westsouthwest 11.00 Red Shift 13.00 Lucripetous 15.00 Scream Machine 17.00 Isopach 21.00 Poste Restante 26.00 Tohunga 26.00 Invest 34.00 Reigning 34.00 Vittoria 34.00

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