Pike Pike Pike
You either call him a Wizard or a Butcher , love him or hate him , Pike is on 10/10 pre post favs as we speak tonight. at an average of 2.59 . The Multi price to ride the card is $9715 , the actual odds of that happening is much bigger however I do have several of the 10 on top so picking the right ones to multi up is the task we are left with . Throw in some quaddies and novelties banking on a few and there is still good money to be made , take him on successfully and you can retire!
Trixie : A trixie takes the 3 doubles and 1 treble combination for equal stakes. At these current prices , 2/3 will be money back / tiny profit while all 3 will be a decent collect. I use 365 which allows you to combine the 3 separate boost odds combined , if you wait til race day it also includes drift protector however I’m concerned they will firm even more overnight. I’ll leave that decision up to you.
Race 4 Wonderfully Made (1.70-1.83) ; We kick off with the shortest of the 10 who is 2/2 this campaign and I’m tipping this run will continue right through and include the Oaks. She beat up extremely limited c1 horses last start but it was literally a barrier trial. She again gets it too easy close to the speed for anything to run past her.
Race 7 Magical Sequence ( 2.20 -2.40 ) ; Has won 3/4 this prep and the one time she lost was the only time Pike wasn’t on. While 1400m with 59kgs might be a query , think she gets too soft a run in this grade to be too concerned. If something does run her down it might be Later Alligator who is racing well and is the Quinella / Exacta horse.
Race 9 Hubble’s Dragon ( 2.00 - 2.20) 3yo with upside , working his way through the grades . His last start was a solid 2nd in the Magic Millions 3yo behind the very smart Twisted Steel . 4th in that race was Champagne Crusader and that filly made light work of C3 opposition on Wednesday. Should get a lovely , soft run just behind Kelvinator and take him when Pike presses the button , leaving Hey Pino & Macciateau to try and run him down.
Novelties : 7 , 5 8 9 12 , s2 , s2 . If we get to r9 and we have a lot riding on the Dragon winning we can consider going all ways for insurance.
Early Quaddie (r3-6 ) 3 , 2 , 2 3 5 6 8 10 11 12 , 3 4 5 . $24 / 100%
Quaddie (r7-10 ) 3 , 2 3 , 7 , Field . $20 / 100%
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