Cox Plate winner So You Think is 'hot' for Sat's Underwood Stakes. He's the early $1.75 fav after drawing gate #2. Rival trainers, though, reckon he can be beaten. John O'Shea has Zabrasive running second-up in the race but predicts that Metal Bender, the $6.50 second fav and Mick Price's Heart Of Dreams ($7.50), will strongly press the favorite. O'Shea says: 'So You Think at 1400 metres was too good first-up in the Memsie Stakes but Saturday is 1800 metres second-up and the track is probably no
Cox Plate winner So You Think is 'hot' for Sat's Underwood Stakes. He's the early $1.75 fav after drawing gate #2. Rival trainers, though, reckon he can be beaten. John O'Shea has Zabrasive running second-up in the race but predicts that Metal Bender, the $6.50 second fav and Mick Price's Heart Of Dreams ($7.50), will strongly press the favorite. O'Shea says: 'So You Think at 1400 metres was too good first-up in the Memsie Stakes but Saturday is 1800 metres second-up and the track is probably not going to have as much give in it. If he's ever going to be vulnerable, it's Saturday.'
David Hayes is another trainer putting a question mark over So You Think. Hayes has last-start winner Largo Lad in the Underwood and says So You Think is far from over the line. DH says: 'So You Think looks the logical winner, but I had Miss Finland in the race second-up in 2007 and she was every bit as impressive winning the Memsie first-up but got beaten as favorite in the Underwood. It's never easy after a big run first-up.'
Latest Underwood Stakes market:
SO YOU THINK 1.75 1.12
METAL BENDER 6.50 1.88
HEART OF DREAMS 7.00 1.96
SHOCKING 10.00 2.44
ABRASIVE 15.00 3.24
DARIANA 18.00 3.72
LARGO LAD 26.00 5.00
ZAVITE 35.00 6.44
RED RULER 51.00 9.00
MASTER OREILLY 71.00 12.20
BUCCELLATI 126.00 21.00
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Glen Boss is heaping praise on Newcastle Spring Stakes winner Ilovethiscity. The 3YO's win on Wednesday catapulted him into contention for next month's Grp 1 Caulfield Guineas. Bossy says: 'I have ridden plenty of good horses but, mark my words, this is a serious horse... I just love the way this bloke does it...He is a quality individual and has a magic stride on him. It was as if he was just out there floating.' Ilovethiscity is now equal fav for the Guineas with Toorak Toff. Latest Guineas betting (from Betstar):
Ilovethiscity 5.50
Toorak Toff 5.50
Rekindled Interest 11.00
Altius 13.00
Anacheeva 13.00
Masquerader 13.00
Kudakulari 17.00
Too Deadly 17.00
Smokin' Joey 21.00
Bullbars 26.00
Columbus 26.00
Giresun 26.00
Praecido 26.00