The Henry Dwyer Racing stable has three runners today with OUT OF THE PARK at Caulfield and UNDER OATH and KAWUNEECHE at Warracknabeal.
Caulfield – Good (4)
The track is a Good 4 and with fine weather and strong winds forecast for Saturday, it could get to a Good 3.
Race 3 (12.55pm) Allan & Helen Angus Handicap
No.8 OUT OF THE PARK – Ben Allen (Barrier 3)
OUT OF THE PARK heads to Caulfield today where she will tackle a 1400m BM90 for the mares. She has drawn gate three and Ben Allen will ride.
OUT OF THE PARK is having her first start in Australia having come over from New Zealand. She’s had a couple of recent jump-outs at Caulfield and Geelong and hasn’t done anything wrong in either, working to the line well enough for a mare that will appreciate further than 1400m as the preparation wears on. From gate three, she needn’t be too far away in the run in a race there doesn’t look to be much tempo.
This is the bottom of her distance range and she will find a couple of these a touch sharp over the 1400m, but she has settled in nicely and will derive plenty of benefit from today’s run.
TAB WIN Fixed Odds – $61 (as at 8am)
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Warracknabeal – Good (4)
Warracknabeal is a magnificent winter track and it’s a slight advantage to be on speed. Winds are forecast to be 20km/h from the north and they shouldn’t have a huge impact.
Race 4 (2.26pm) Rupture Crv Horse Of The Year Maiden
No.4 KAWUNEECHE – Georgina Cartwright (Barrier 3)
KAWUNEECHEE heads to Warracknabeal today where he will contest an 1800m Maiden. He has drawn gate three and Georgina Cartwright will ride.
KAWUNEECHEE ran well in a pretty strongly run race at Moe two starts back and if he reproduces that sort of effort out in trip he will be very hard to beat. However, he was pretty plain up to 2000m last start when dropping out alarmingly on the corner, although that was a Heavy 10 so it might be a total forgive run. The blinkers go on here and he gets onto a firm deck here for the first time this campaign and is drawn to get a lovely run in transit.
This is a medium strength maiden and this is a winnable race for him today, going on last start being a blemish because of the track. Our expectation is that he will bounce back and be very competitive today.
TAB WIN Fixed Odds – $8.50 (as at 8am)
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Race 6 (3.46pm) Bet365 2020 Sheep Hills Cup
No.2 UNDER OATH – Will Price (Barrier 3)
UNDER OATH also heads to Warracknabeal today to tackle the 2000m Sheep Hill Cup. He has drawn gate three and Will Price will ride.
Dropping back to the 2000m of his Casterton Cup win five starts ago seems advantageous for UNDER OATH after he stretched to the 2400m last start – he has a very good record at this trip (10-3-2-0). He is going to get a lovely run from gate three on the back of that strong tempo and the firm track will be in his favour. UNDER OATH comes into this five-weeks between runs but he did have a nice, soft jump-out at Geelong on August 19 to keep him up to the mark and he worked well to the line there.
In a race of many chances, he’s a big winning hope and this race sets up nicely for him.
TAB WIN Fixed Odds – $6.50 (as at 8am)