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Chris Scholtz previews the Tancred Stakes meeting at Rosehill on March 30 with selections for all races.
ROSEHILL March 30
RACE 1: (5) Fortress Command (EW)
RACE 4: (6) Invincible Gem (Value)
RACE 5: (11) Maximus (Value)
RACE 6: (8) Pohutukawa (EW)
RACE 1: 5-2-4-3
RACE 2: 2-8-12-10
RACE 3: 3-1-2-4
RACE 4: 6-2-8-7
RACE 5: 11-4-9-6
RACE 6: 8-3-11-10
RACE 7: 3-8-1-10
RACE 8: 5-7-10-1
RACE 9: 10-7-9-11
RACE 1 (5) FORTRESS COMMAND: Steps up from two excellent provincial wins that have laid a strong platform for a race of this nature, given that he had four trials before winning his debut over 1350m at Wyong in February. He then went to Newcastle and created a big impression with the strength of his win over 1400m when he really ran through the line like a good horse. He’s on his home track and reckon they have had this as a target race for some time. Good each-way gamble at the early odds.
RACE 6 (8) POHUTUKAWA: Strong progressive filly gets her first crack at 2000m and should revel in the conditions after her dominant 1600m win over a strong field on a soft track at Kembla Grange. She previously had no luck against several of her main rivals in this field and really only needs to make the expected improvement from her last start to have their measure over this trip with the track conditions in her favour.
TRIAL WATCH REPORT
NOTED TRIAL RUNNERS – March 30
ROSEHILL: Daysee Doom (R4); Grey Lion (R8); Spring Charlie (R9)
WYONG: Making Whoopee (R5); Bobbing (R8)
RECENT TRIAL WATCH WINNERS: Think It Over; Nature Strip; Trumbull; Traumatised; Easy Eddie; Tell Me; Fasika; Evening Slippers; Green Aeon; Chabreet; Pin Sec; Yes Yes Yes; Ball Of Muscle; Trapeze Artist; Mustafa; Stronger; Evalina; Wagner; Kylease; Renewal; Ariege; True Detective; Villami; Baaed; Baller.
BLACKBOOK REPORT
ELIGIBLE BLACKBOOK RUNNERS – March 30
ROSEHILL: Rome (R1); Autocratic (R1); Invincible Gem (R4); Aristia (R6)
BENDIGO: Indian Thunder (R1); Desert Path (R6); Belgravia (R6)
DOOMBEN: Macewen (R7); The Avenger (R8)
RECENT BLACKBOOK WINNERS: Multaja; All Pluck; Widgee Turf; Pohutukawa; Tumbler; Star Missile; Mishani Vaidra; Renewal; Sikandarabad; Nakeeta Jane; In Her Time; Intuition; Reckless Choice; Rock; Andy’s A Star; Heptagon, Bons Away, Naantali; King Lear.
