Can Ortensia bounce back from a shock defeat and win Sat's Grp 1 Stradbroke 1400m? Trainer Tony Noonan seems quietly confident she can do just that. He says: 'The combination of Craig Williams getting back on her, the bigger track at Eagle Farm and, hopefully, a dry track should see the best of her this weekend...She's been a bit maligned after her last start because the simple fact is that she does not handle a wet track.' In the latest betting market, Ortensia is second favorite at $6.50 (11/2

Can Ortensia bounce back from a shock defeat and win Sat's Grp 1 Stradbroke 1400m? Trainer Tony Noonan seems quietly confident she can do just that. He says: 'The combination of Craig Williams getting back on her, the bigger track at Eagle Farm and, hopefully, a dry track should see the best of her this weekend...She's been a bit maligned after her last start because the simple fact is that she does not handle a wet track.' In the latest betting market, Ortensia is second favorite at $6.50 (11/2) behind Whobegotyou $2.60 (13/8).

The big question is whether Ortensia will be allowed to start in the Stradbroke. Queensland stewards have ordered a urine sample from her and this will have to be 'clean' before she is given the green light to take her place in the Stradbroke field. Ortensia returned a positive test following The Galaxy in April. She's had two starts in Brisbane since then and only pre-race blood samples were taken. 'As we have only taken blood from her in her two Brisbane starts, we will have a urine sample taken from her,' says Queensland's chief steward Wade Birch. And he adds, perhaps ominously: 'It has to be clean for Ortensia to be allowed to start in the Stradbroke'

STRADBROKE MARKET ON MONDAY

WHOBEGOTYOU 2.60 1.40
ORTENSIA 6.50 2.37
CATAPULTED 8.50 2.87
MELITO 8.50 2.87
LATIN NEWS 9.00 3.00
BLACK PIRANHA 11.00 3.50
BORDER REBEL 13.00 4.00
GRACEFUL ANNA 13.00 4.00
BEADED 15.00 4.50
WEALTH PRINCESS 16.00 4.75
PHELAN READY 17.00 5.00
STRYKER 21.00 6.00
ALBERT THE FAT 26.00 7.25
MIC MAC 26.00 7.25
MR BARITONE 26.00 7.25
SWIFT ALLIANCE 26.00 7.25

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