Horse Racing Preview Weekend 25 04

Apr 26, 2025 | Racing News Archive

Weekend Horse Racing Betting Preview
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Worth a closer look…

In this weekly horse racing preview the ThoroughbredNEWS team take a fresh look at the form ahead of the weekend’s domestic and international action. We hope to get a good run for our money, the experts certainly are of the opinion that they’ve unearthed some interesting points of view and as such these…

Saturday

Morphettville Race 3 – 1:42pm Group 3 Sportsbet John Hawkes Stakes  (1100m)

WATCHME WIN is held in high regard by his Morphettville-based stable and is drawn perfectly to get the run of the race. A lightly-raced son of Harry’s Angel (Ire), this 4-year-old won over the course and distance first-up from a spell and then finished within two lengths of Royal Ascot winner Asfoora in the Group 3 Irwin Stakes. Watchme Win has finished in the money in the majority of his starts to date and is expected to fight out the finish of this competitive sprint once again.

Morphettville Race 4 – 2:17pm Group 3 PFD Food Services Chairman’s Stakes (2000m)

OPENING ADDRESS has raced in black-type company in the 3-year-old division through the spring and now in to the autumn and proven to be at his best over this trip. A narrow miss in the Group 2 Vase at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day was followed by a win during Melbourne Cup week at Flemington, and a return to that form could well see him fight out the finish of this SAJC Derby lead-up. Forget the last start effort of Opening Address on a Moonee Valley surface that did few horses any favours. The son of So You Think (NZ) is better than that and represents good each-way value.

 

Sunday

Sha Tin – FWD Champions Stakes Day

Race 5 – 4.50pm Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m)

Race 7 – 6.00pm Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m)

Race 8 – 6.40pm Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m)

Three excellent Group 1 races from Sha Tin on Sunday.

The Sprint will be another demonstration of effortless sprint power from Ka Ying Rising under Zac Purton. Satono Reve was third to the David Hayes trained star in the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint and he may get closer on Sunday. It is sporting of connections to return for a re-match and Joao Moreira thinks his mount’s win in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo was against a strong field.

The Mile is about Voyage Bubble winning for the fifth time in succession, including two Group 1’s, to surely take him to rank as the world’s leading turf miler if he wins. Tim Clark on the rock hard fit Royal Patronage might be leading to issue a significant challenge to James McDonald on Voyage Bubble, with Craig Williams and Mr Brightside ready to fight the outcome. Never let Clark on a Waterhouse and Bott trained runner gain a margin.

The Cup has many a possible tale, but surely this time Prognosis will win the Cup after two seconds in succession. The Deep Impact entire looked in peak condition on the turf on Wednesday. The task for James McDonald is to time the run of Prognosis, not too far back, not going too soon, just perfection will do.

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