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Gai & Adrian TV 25th July 2025

Koibito could not be in better order ahead of her first career start. She’s won each of her two trials in extremely likeable fashion.

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Emma Reeves aids us with programming and identifies who she thinks is the best placed horse each weekend. The Three Hundred, Friday 1st August, Coffs Harbour, Race 7: I’m dodging Sydney’s heavy tracks and returning to one of my more consistent themes – back in grade to a country cup with great prizemoney on offer. Gai and Adrian saw something in this horse very early on, so as a two year old, he was thrown in the deep end and by no means disgraced himself. He had eight starts as a three year old and won three of them, all in town, including one at Group 3 level. That Stakes win was incredibly satisfying because it was the first time he pieced everything together perfectly and showed everyone what we had seen glimpses of at home. He turned four today and, being a gelding who’s not yet top level, we came up with a plan to chase some prizemoney. The $3mil. The Big Dance over 1600 metres at Randwick in early November fit the bill perfectly. I find it very difficult to qualify the right horse for this race because you really need a miler who’s unexposed. Otherwise, you’ll carry too much weight in most of the qualifying races, and the horse needs to be rated around 100 come November. In short, they must be highly progressive, and you need to get the timing spot on. I’m hopeful we’ve done just that today.

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WEDNESDAY 6th AUGUST - CANTERBURYRail Position: +2M Entire COBRA CLUB (Race 1, 12:50pm, 1200m, T Clark, 58.5kg)Cobra Club is delighting us ahead of his return. His two trials have been good, and they’ve given him the right fitness foundation from which to kick start his preparation. 1200 metres around this tight turning track is a lovely starting point for him, and he ran second here last time in so we know he likes it here. He’s drawn well in barrier 5, so Tim will be positive to try and flow forward from there so that he can establish himself in a good position on or close to the speed. He’s taking on older horses, which isn’t easy to do, and he’s also untested on anything worse than a Good 4 so the Heavy track is the other challenge that he needs to rise to. However, he’s in a good headspace and has matured nicely since his last campaign so if he handles the testing conditions we see no reason why he won’t give this a good shake. NOTABADBUY (Race 7, 4:20pm, 1900m, A Hyeronimus, 62.5kg)Notabadbuy has taken the return journey to Sydney in his stride, which you’d expect for a gelding as professional and seasoned as him. He’s got a large weight here so it’s not going to be easy for him, however he’s taking on inferior opposition compared to those he’d be forced to race down in Melbourne. Furthermore, Adam’s a natural heavyweight rider which means he’ll carry minimal deadweight in the form of lead which is always our preference. We expect him to show his customary early gate speed to roll forward from barrier 5 and make his own luck from the front, and his ability to handle, and even thrive, in a wet track will come to the fore here as we expect it to remain relatively testing come race day. He hasn’t raced in Sydney for almost eighteen months, but he’s got two wins to his name racing in this direction and he was beaten less than a length over course and distance in February 2024 so he’s gone well at this track previously which adds further confidence. He’s a tough and genuine performer who’s got a fantastic six career wins against his name to date, so fingers crossed he can add another here.THE YEARS (Race 7, 4:20pm, 1900m, R Bayliss, 59.5kg)The Years was brilliant when winning over the mile at Warwick Farm last week. He took the very wet track in his stride, so we know he will handle what he’s presented with here, and he needed every yard of the mile so the further step up to 1900 metres promises to suit him and bring about further improvement. He’s drawn a lovely barrier in 2, so we envisage him landing in a forward position and enjoying a favourable run in transit. He’s racing on a seven-day backup and conditions last week were very testing, but he’s deep into his preparation now and he’s showing us all the right signs that he’s capable of backing up so if he reproduces last week’s effort he’ll be hard to beat once again.THURSDAY 7th AUGUST - KEMBLARail Position: +6M EntireALWAYS SHINING (Race 6, 3:40pm, 2000m, A Hyeronimus, 59kg)Always Shining found the 1400 metres too short for him when resuming at Newcastle last time. He’s been back to the trials since where he performed very well with blinkers on, and this hit out has given him confidence and kept his fitness up to the mark. As such, we’re wasting no time getting him out in trip so we expect him to relish the 2000 metres, as the steadier tempo of this longer race will enable him to settle in a forward position and travel comfortably in the run. He should handle the heavy track conditions, so we expect him to take a big step forward and run a much more competitive race.ENTITLEMENT (Race 6, 3:40pm, 2000m, R Bayliss, 57kg)Entitlement has been mightily consistent finishing in the placings in each of her last three starts. She was no match for the winner at Hawkesbury last time, but she was still extremely game in defeat and she’s very close to breaking her maiden. She sticks to 2000 metres as maidens beyond this distance are virtually non-existent, so Regan will be positive from her lovely barrier in 3 to get her rolling along on or near the front end. The heavy track is the big query as she didn’t seem to love it when first-up at this track in May, but then again that was over 1300 metres so there may have been other factors at play. She’s racing over a much more suitable distance here where she can travel more comfortably in running, so hopefully this enables her to get through the wet track as she’s the one to beat if she does.ABOVE THE LAW (Race 8, 4:50pm, 1200m, Z Wadick (1.5kg), 56.5kg)Above The Law is pleasing us ahead of his first start. He’s shown more promise in his two trials this preparation since being gelded, and he probably just needs to get over a bit of ground to be effective. As such, 1200 metres on a big track like Kembla is a very suitable starting point for him and should enable him to travel comfortably in the run. He’s got the blinkers on to ensure he’s entirely focused and Zac rakes a valuable 1.5kg off his back, so if he handles the testing track conditions we hope to see him run a competitive race.

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