The Henry Dwyer Racing stable has two runners today at Ballarat in FOREVER LOUD and LEXINGTON LAD.
The Ballarat Synthetic has been racing well throughout the winter months. Light winds are forecast today which may give those up on speed a slight advantage.
Ballarat – All Weather Track
Race 3 (2pm) Ballarat Antenna Solutions 3yo Maiden
No.3 FOREVER LOUD – Beau Mertens (Barrier 8)
FOREVER LOUD heads to Ballarat today where he will contest a 1200m Maiden. He has drawn gate eight and Beau Mertens will ride.
FOREVER LOUD was gelded leading into this preparation and his first-up run at over 1200m at Echuca. He got into the wrong part of the track at Wangaratta last start and with that in mind his run was better than it looked. UNO VELOCE, who finished behind FOREVER LOUD at Wangaratta has since come out and won, somewhat franking the form and it did look a strong race on paper.
With a bit of luck he should be breaking his maiden status today.
TAB WIN Fixed Odds – $3.90 (as at 8am)
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Race 4 (2.30pm) Pipepro Directional Drilling Maiden
No.4 LEXINGTON LAD – Ben Allen (Barrier 11)
LEXINGTON LAD also heads to Ballarat where he will contest a 1400m Maiden. He has drawn gate eleven and Ben Allen will ride.
LEXINGTON LAD comes out of some pretty strong form races, both here on the Ballarat Synthetic. He just found them a bit sharp over 1000m on debut but battled on OK to the line. The 1200m Maiden he then contested last start was run at a really strong tempo and he was just a little flat-footed when the sprint went on. The step to 1400m on Thursday looks ideal but he will need a little luck and a good ride from the wide gate to get the job done.
There isn’t much depth to this race and MYSTIC CLOUD and GUNNER GET IT DONE look the two main dangers to LEXINGTON LAD who should be fighting out the finish.
TAB WIN Fixed Odds – $4.60 (as at 8am)