2. Think It Over will collect a $1million bonus if he completes the Craven Plate-Rosehill Gold Cup double but he’ll be made to earn it with 61kg. Instead of the weight-for-age scale, under which he was so well suited, he faces different conditions with significant weight swings in favour of his rivals – but will it matter? The six-year-old put two lengths on his rivals a fortnight ago, making it three wins from his last four starts, and that was his most dominant one yet. The loss was a 0.9L defeat to Verry Elleegant where he was posted deep throughout on a track favouring those hard on the fence. 6. Sky Lab hit the line powerfully behind Think It Over for second in the Craven Plate despite being unsuited by the tempo. Gets a 4kg swing at the weights to make things interesting, particularly if Josh Parr can use the gate to park closer.
How to play it: Think It Over to win.

Race 6 — 4.10PM CLASSIQUE LEGEND STAKES (1300m)

1. Eduardo now comfortably sits in the very top echelon of sprinters in the country and this field will all need to chase him down. The obvious obstacle is the 1300m. The common knock on the eight-year-old ahead of the TAB Everest was whether he could sustain his speed over 1200m. Looking at his splits, he clocked the fourth fastest last 600m and the sixth quickest last 200m. That’s certainly better than a pass mark. Few would argue that 1100m is Eduardo’s best trip, however, and now he has to stretch it further again. 2. Masked Crusader sizzled to the line in the TAB Everest. However, Tommy Berry produced a beauty of a ride, ducking and weaving through the pack. Even then he still only beat Eduardo 0.2L. It’s far from a repeatable racing pattern.
How to play it: Eduardo to win.

Race 7 — 4.50PM XXXX GOLDEN EAGLE (1500m)

It’s hard to ignore 9. Ellsberg’s two runs over the Rosehill 1500m. He has run over the track and trip twice for a dominant four-length romp and a second to Kirwan’s Lane with a whopping seven lengths back to third. Ellsberg was taken off his line in the Silver Eagle yet he knuckled down to finish a narrow second, coming again through the line. The set-up for 1400m back to 1300m was hardly ideal but was the run he simply had to have. Sets up to run somewhere near his best, which makes him a player from up on top of the speed. 4. Apache Chase has form through all of the right horses and takes luck out of the equation with his free-running style. He knocked off Ayrton in the Fred Best last preparation and the start prior to that he started $2.40 in the Queensland Guineas only for 1. Private Eye to run him down.
How to play it: Ellsberg each way.

Race 8 — 5.25PM NED WHISKY HCP (1100m)

If 6. Delexo finds the fence this race could be over, given the history of the Rosehill 1100m. It’s very hard to peg back talented leaders and he is exactly that. The four-year-old has won three of his four starts this preparation, including last start over 1000m on the Kensington track. It looked like a barrier trial for him, such was the ease of it, yet he broke the track record! You just have to get your head around the fact that his one loss this campaign came to 12. Fox Fighter and he meets that horse 3kg worse off for a 1.5L defeat. With the benefit of hindsight, perhaps the drop back from 1100m to 1000m was against 4. On The Lead last start but we’re starting to run out of excuses for this frustrating sprinter. Another dry track, draws well. Gets a lot in his favour again.
How to play it: Delexo to win.

Race 9 — 6.10PM SCHWEPPES HCP (1500m)

4. Brookspire was scratched from Randwick back in early October with a vet’s certificate and reappears tomorrow having not raced for seven weeks. It’s not an ideal scenario when tumbling into a favourite, but the fact that Chris Waller pushes on with her campaign, and over 1500m, suggests she’s good to go again. This is a mare capable of rushing through the grades too. Don’t expect to get the chance to back in her too many BM78s going forward. 7. Golly I’m Lucky is belying his name this preparation. He hasn’t got a clean crack at his rivals in four runs. He was only momentarily held up last start behind Promise Of Success and pinched third. That’s a key race to decipher as it includes 1. Equation and 10. Heza Gentleman.
How to play it: Brookspire to win.

Race 10 — 6.45PM TAB ‘NOT ONE DAY CAMPAIGN’ HCP (1300m)

16. Dynamic Impact hasn’t been done any favours by the draw but there’s no shortage of speed drawn right across the track, so he could still get his chance. We’re getting the right price to find out, anyways. After winning a Bathurst C1 first up last preparation, he was two starts later convincingly beating Fastconi at Canterbury. Inbetween those two runs was a fifth at Scone that has turned out to be a deep race. Two trials back and gets in very light after Jenny Duggan’s claim. 11. Promotions was on the receiving end of an aggressive Nash Rawiller special on a wet Warwick Farm last start but it might prove to be the shot of confidence this five-year-old was in desperate need of. Had been running well prior without winning.
How to play it: Dynamic Impact each way.

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