All that said, it is mightily hard to go past Trekking from a great gate and at WFA.
After his Stradbroke win in June and a spell, he was a fast finishing 8th in too short a Moir Stakes, won the Schillaci, backed up and ran a corker in the Everest and then flew home in the Redzel.
From the barrier, you can see Kerrin McEvoy putting him midfield one off the rails and even though it's a competitive field, he has the best finish.
Home Of The Brave plus a few others will set a good tempo and so Trekking's G1 form will kick in late.
Note the stablemate Viridine has been in a few big race contests with Trekking over the last 12 months and every time has been behind him.
However he is going well as we saw in the Doveton Stakes and could easily get into the quinella.
The race prior is the Country Championship Final over the 1200m.
The top two are on win streaks but one has a bit of weight to carry and the other has drawn right off the track.
With that in mind, Concrete Madame gets her opportunity to get back into winning ways.
She was very close to Mr Genoa at Kalgoorlie and has a little weight swing in her favour.
Of even more significance is the addition of Damian Lane. That is only going to help from a lovely barrier. We'll back her each way.
BEST FROM THE WEST
BET OF THE DAY: Race 8 #1 Trekking @ $2.60
EACH WAY PLAY: Race 7 #8 Concrete Madame @ $6.00

FP | Silk | Horse, Age & Sex Sire & Dam |
Jockey Trainer |
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1st |
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3. HEY DOC (AUS) 6yo G DUPORTH (AUS) - HEYINGTON HONEY (AUS) |
LUKE CURRIE T & C MCEVOY |
$13.00
58.5kg |
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Mrs A F Ramsay, A C Hall, Mrs P M George, M J Davidson, Ms D M Mahony, G S Tucker, J W & Mrs J F Higgins, M F & Mrs A J James, B S Evans, Ms J Tynan, Mrs J Harvey, D P Smith, Mrs R Smith, Mrs S R Smith, P H Smith, G C Babich, Dr N J Babich & Lucky Fifteen (Mgr: C Bracken) | |||||||||||
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2nd |
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10. VITAL SILVER (AUS) 6yo G WANTED (AUS) - VINTAGE SILVER (AUS) |
BEN MELHAM DANIEL & BEN PEARCE |
$7.00
58.5kg |
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B M Pearce, T D Forrest, D S Emmerson, A J Duffy, P R Brace, G J Foster, R K Foster, M S Deaves, R G Lynn, M F Hunt & Ms H C Hunt | |||||||||||
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3rd |
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4. ROCK MAGIC (AUS) 10yo G REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - ROCKABUBBLE (AUS) |
JARRAD NOSKE CHRIS GANGEMI |
$31.00
58.5kg |
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Gangemi Thoroughbreds (Mgr: M J Gangemi), Mercon Racing (Mgr: D Condidorio), R J Wade, D P Coyne, J Coyne, A B Da Prato, D R McLean, D A Cestrilli, Mrs S M White, L H Scamaton, K F Jones, A G W Strauch, R C Stone, N L Gleeson, C H Yeak & S Fraser | |||||||||||
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4th |
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1. TREKKING (AUS) 5yo G STREET CRY (IRE) - OUTDOOR (AUS) |
KERRIN MCEVOY JAMES CUMMINGS |
$2.88
58.5kg |
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5th |
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13. FLIRTINI (AUS) 4yo M ARTIE SCHILLER (USA) - AJAWEED (AUS) |
PAUL HARVEY SIMON A MILLER |
$7.00
56.5kg |
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6th |
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15. DUBIOUS (AUS) 3yo C NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - SUSPICIEUSE (FR) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE |
$8.00
53.5kg |
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7th |
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7. VIRIDINE (AUS) 5yo G POET'S VOICE (GB) - PATINA (AUS) |
DAMIEN OLIVER JAMES CUMMINGS |
$17.00
58.5kg |
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8th |
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11. SPIRIT OF VALOR (USA) 5yo H WAR FRONT (USA) - STONE HOPE (USA) |
STEVEN PARNHAM CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE |
$101.00
58.5kg |
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9th |
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12. STAGEMAN (AUS) 5yo G WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - BEST FEATURE (AUS) |
WILLIAM PIKE ADAM DURRANT |
$13.00
58.5kg |
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10th |
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9. ENDLESS DRAMA (IRE) 7yo H LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) - DESERT DRAMA (IRE) |
LEITH INNES TONY PIKE |
$31.00
58.5kg |
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11th |
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14. MISTY METAL (AUS) 5yo M ORATORIO (AUS) - RUBITAWNY (AUS) |
SEAN MCGRUDDY Robert & Todd Harvey |
$31.00
56.5kg |
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12th |
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8. VALOUR ROAD (AUS) 4yo G FROST GIANT (USA) - MELBA AVENUE (AUS) |
CHRIS PARNHAM SIMON A MILLER |
$26.00
58.5kg |
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13th |
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5. HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE) 7yo G STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) - BLISSFUL BEAT (GB) |
DAMIAN LANE JAMES CUMMINGS |
$21.00
58.5kg |
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14th |
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2. MALAGUERRA (AUS) 8yo G MAGNUS (AUS) - TENNESSEE MORN (AUS) |
TROY TURNER VAUGHN SIGLEY |
$67.00
58.5kg |
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