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Gai & Adrian TV 3rd October 2025

All eyes will be on Royal Randwick, where we saddle up runners in the major handicaps, including Fully Lit in the $1.5 million Group 1 Epsom Handicap and Vauban in the $750,000 Group 1 Metropolitan.

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Emma Reeves aids us with programming and identifies who she thinks is the best placed horse each weekend.  Eviction Notice, Saturday 4th October, Randwick, Race 2:I’ve been feeling optimistic about this weekend for some time now but I thought I’d better talk about one of the babies as the planning to get to Saturday is quite different to any other time of year. It all begins in January when the horses are identified and purchased. The sales team then gets to work on selling them down and during that time, usually only a few weeks after the sale, the horses commence their early education which includes having a rider on their back for the first time. By April or May they have their first look around Randwick, which is usually two to four weeks long, before heading out for a spell. Everything to this point is about education. They learn to swim, see the barriers for the first time, and generally have a good look around Randwick so that when they return in July, there are no surprises from the flag poles and billboards, to working alongside other horses and everything in between. It is then up to Gai and Adrian to identify the most forward group to prepare for the Gimcrack and Breeders’ Plate. Over the next six or so weeks it becomes clear which ones are thriving and which simply aren’t ready. They might go off their feed, lighten off, feel their shins or just sour on the routine. All of these minute signs are their way of telling us they need a rest, and we react immediately by sending them to the paddock. Those that are thriving will undergo their first test at the end of August with a jumpout on the grass, and those who get the tick there progress to level two, a jumpout on the course proper two weeks later. Due to the rain this year, those jumpouts were delayed and the revised date was too close to the official two year old trials. To avoid going to the well too many times, and in the interest of giving them longer to recover, ours jumped out on the polytrack three days earlier, something we hadn’t done before. Thankfully it seemed to have the desired result because eleven horses progressed to the next stage, the official two year old trials, and we won six of those nine heats. That left us with eight two year olds bouncing out of the experience, thriving and ready to take on their Grand Final. That’s a long winded way of getting to Eviction Notice, but he has breezed through every challenge since the day we purchased him with a sensible ‘can do’ attitude. He then ran the fastest time of all the colts at the trials. The only thing I didn’t get to see from him there was a fight to the line with one of his rivals because he was too far in front, so he will experience that for the first time on Saturday. He has given every indication that he won’t lie down though, so I’m hopeful a very exciting day of racing for us is going to start with a bang.

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WEDNESDAY 8TH OCTOBER - KENSINGTONRail Position: +3m Entire CourseAVENUE MONTAIGNE (Race 1, 1:35pm, 1400m, T Clark, 54.5kg) Avenue Montaigne is delighting us ahead of her first-up run. She’s had three trials so she’s as fit as can be, and this enables us to kick her off over 1400 metres which we expect her to relish as she’d just be slightly vulnerable to speedier types over anything shorter. She’s drawn the outside barrier but it’s a small field, so Tim should be able to roll forward from there to get her into a more suitable inside position where she can make her own luck on or near the speed. She’ll be suited by this track and she showed on debut that she’s a city-grade filly, so given she’s had some time to mature and furnish since then we think it’ll take a good horse to run her down. KAKADU SUNSET (Race 2, 2:10pm, 1250m, T Clark, 57.5kg) Kakadu Sunset resumed with a terrific effort when finishing third at Warwick Farm. She was taking on older mares which is hard to do but she more than held her own, and she was finishing better than anything through the line where she was unlucky not to nab second. She’s taken good improvement from that run, and she’s going to relish the slight step up to 1250 metres here on her home track. This is a small field so it could develop into a tactical affair, so as such we expect her to sit closer to the speed here and Tim will settle here where she’s comfortable in the run. She’s 3kg better off at the weights here with Jellicious than when they met last time and she’s got plenty of upside second-up, so whilst she’s a tough opponent we expect them to be evenly matched and we hope your filly’s able to get her head in front to salute the judge for you all.ROCK EMPIRE (Race 7, 5:05pm, 1400m, A Hyeronimus, 61kg) Rock Empire ran well for a long way when resuming at Randwick. He was in a tough grade of race and we knew the 1200 metres would be on the short side, and so it proved. However, he’s a big horse who needed that hit out to bring him along, so he strips a lot fitter and tighter in condition here. The step up to 1400 metres is a big positive, and this represents a drop in grade so whilst he’s got more weight on his back he’s taking on inferior opposition. He’s reunited with Adam who’s got a good association with him, so he’ll be positive from barrier 9 to try and get into a better position close to the speed and if he can enjoy a smooth run in transit we see no reason why he won’t be fighting out the finish.Reign Of Honor is pleasing us ahead of his first career start. He blotted his copybook in his intended first start at Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, but he’s since returned to the trials where he behaved well in the gates so he now just needs to take this to a race day environment. 1300 metres at the provincials is a lovely starting point for him, and Zac will be positive from his lovely barrier in 3 to try and flow forward so that he can race on or close to the speed. Hawkesbury’s an expansive track with a long home straight so he’ll have plenty of time to balance up and hit top gear, and he’s shown in his trials that he’s got a very willing attitude so we expect him to give this a good shake and make his presence felt. THURSDAY 9TH OCTOBER - HAWKESBURYRail Position: +2m 1100m-450m, True RemainderREIGN OF HONOR (Race 5, 4:20pm, 1300m, Z Wadick (1.5kg), 56.5kg) Reign Of Honor is pleasing us ahead of his first career start. He blotted his copybook in his intended first start at Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, but he’s since returned to the trials where he behaved well in the gates so he now just needs to take this to a race day environment. 1300 metres at the provincials is a lovely starting point for him, and Zac will be positive from his lovely barrier in 3 to try and flow forward so that he can race on or close to the speed. Hawkesbury’s an expansive track with a long home straight so he’ll have plenty of time to balance up and hit top gear, and he’s shown in his trials that he’s got a very willing attitude so we expect him to give this a good shake and make his presence felt.

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