The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) has a huge field and normally comes with an upset or two. Join us on The Roar before the race start time of 4:45pm AEDT for late mail and tips.
Redoute’s Choice is by far the most recognisable horse on the winners list, while Pride of Dubai was last year’s winner.
Extreme Choice is the extreme favourite here at the top of the card, after absolutely spanking them in the Chairman’s Stakes. Comes into this race undefeated so has the form, is $2.80 a bit short though?
Valliano a huge price following a win off the spell at $34 will have some interest.
Flying Artie from the wide barrier comes into the race following the colts and geldings prelude win, $4.80 and looks a good type.
A few of these horses are purely in my opinion out of this race because if they weren’t good enough to beat Extreme Choice with the weight advantage in the Chairman Stakes, they will be working extremely hard to overturn the difference at even weights.
Samara Dancer is well in this after winning the fillies prelude drops from that race and will be competitive along with Concealer who was second in that race.
Happy to take on a lot of these as they don’t appear to have the form at the distance, and this race is an extremely difficult one to tip horses with very limited form to choose from.
Perhaps Highland Beat at triple figure odds is worth a speculative bet however he was still four and a half lengths off Extreme Choice in that stakes race and will need a world of work to overturn it.
I believe Valliano is the horse to look out for if you are looking for odds but Extreme Choice in my opinion is the horse to beat in this race.
Brent Ford selections
1. Extreme Choice 2. Valliano 3. Samara Dancer 4. Concealer
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Brent Ford
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Final result here 1. Extreme Choice 2. Flying Artie 3. ZamZam 4. Power Trip
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Power Trip makes a $200 and a bit trifecta into a $5k first four.
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I've got plenty of horse left in both, we'll probably pay a late fee to get Flying Artie into the slipper.
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Price - All credit to Extreme Choice, today was a day where he had a chance to really stand up and now it'soff to the slipper.
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Newitt - I was caught about four wide but I knew I had one corner to get around so I had to just keep him balanced, it's a nice pick up.
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Power Trip at odds of $151-1 has gotten home for fourth I believe.
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Extreme Choice just goes bang on the turn and Flying Artie is no chance of running him down ZamZam sneaks home for third a few in the line for fourth.
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Highland Beat drives through and takes the lead from Hey Doc using the rail and Areti then Extreme Choice as they near the turn.
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Extreme Choice jumps well as does Star Turn.
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All in and off we go.
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Big field moving in. Valliano probably the best tried.
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Runners loading we shouldn't be too far away from a start.
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Mick Price says it's a great experience and he is just going to let this unfold.
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Valliano now $19 after it was $34 earlier this week. Flying Artie now into $5 from $7. Star Turn into $11, China Dream also from $81 into $51 which shows the raffle it is.
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Runners behind the barrier now.
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Extreme Choice is in top order in the yard, Samara Dancer looks like she will be strong here.
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Huge race here the Blue Diamond Stakes. Hard to pick this one.