It always pays to have a look at the photo form prior to a race just to remind you of the strength of the form in the printed guides but it also helps to look after the races as well. The last race on March 27 at Rosehill was the Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes and after yesterdays Randwick meeting this race has become quite a key race for the remainder of the Autumn carnival. Dare I say it at this stage but perhaps the form lines should be noted for the Spring carnival as well.The race was won by
It always pays to have a look at the photo form prior to a race just to remind you of the strength of the form in the printed guides but it also helps to look after the races as well. The last race on March 27 at Rosehill was the Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes and after yesterdays Randwick meeting this race has become quite a key race for the remainder of the Autumn carnival. Dare I say it at this stage but perhaps the form lines should be noted for the Spring carnival as well.
The race was won by Patronyme beating Beaded, Melito and Jersey Lily. Since then Patronyme was outclassed at wfa yesterday ( ran a fantastic race until the 100m mark) behind Melito while Beaded was just beaten by Renaissance in the Group 2 Sapphire Stakes with Jersey Lily a length behind Beaded. This race certainly has strength written all over it.
In the Phar Lap Stakes run on March 20 Tickets beat Al Dhafra with Descarado 3rd just ahead of Lentini and Shamardashing 0.5L further back. Al Dhafra showed courage to win yesterday, Tickets has been outclassed wfa since in the George Ryder, Descarado ran a bottler in the AJC Derby beaten a by a genuine spring stayer, Shamardashing raced greenly yesterday (gear change needed) to just nab 3rd behind Al Dhafra. This is another strong race.
There is an unanswered question from Saturday. How good is Count Encosta as a future stayer? He beat Descarado home in the Tulloch Stakes but unfortunately had to be scratched due to a barrier mishap. If you keep any sort of punting diary jot down all the names mentioned above for the Spring but do not forget them in the next couple of weeks either.
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