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Gai & Adrian TV 20th June 2025

Osmose will look to add the Ipswich Cup to her name on Saturday for First Light Racing and connections.

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THURSDAY 26th JUNE – HAWKESBURYRail Position: +3m 1100m-450m, True RemainderDEVOTED TO YOU (Race 3, 2.05pm, 1500m, R Bayliss, 57kg) Devoted To You hasn’t set the world alight in her two trials. However, she’s a filly who’s bred to get over ground so her first trial was simply too short for her to ever get warm and she then wasn’t disgraced in her second trial where she was forced to take on some talented horses in an open grade heat, as it was the only option over 1200 metres. You can’t accurately judge a stayer until you get them over a suitable trip, and Adrian and I could give you numerous examples of horses that couldn’t be competitive in a trial but then went on to win several races once they were racing over 2000 metres or beyond. As such, 1500 metres is a suitable starting point for your filly as she’d be rushed off her feet over anything shorter, but bear in mind that it’s very much a first step and once she’s had this run we can then look to stretch her out to the distances she’s bred to thrive over. Regan will be as positive as possible from barrier 5 to try and land as close to the speed as he can, as she’ll be best suited by a genuinely run race. Hawkesbury should suit her well and the long home straight will give her every opportunity to hit topflight, so whilst she may still find one or two of them a bit sharp for her over this distance we still hope to see her show something to get her career off to an encouraging start en route to better things down the line. OSO SPIRITED (Race 3, 2.05pm, 1500m, R King, 57kg)Oso Spirited was a bit disappointing first-up at Kensington. Whilst it was a city-grade race, we still expected to see a bit more from her and we’re hopeful she just needed that outing to bring her to peak fitness. She’s dropping back in grade to the provincials here, and the step up in trip on a drier track that’s rated a Good 4 at the time of writing are two further positives that should help her. Rachel will try to go forward from barrier 8 and get across into a better inside position where she can travel comfortably in the run, so fingers crossed she can improve and feature in the finish. CENTENARIO (Race 7, 4.25pm, 1500m, R Bayliss, 60.5kg)Centenario is pleasing us ahead of his first-up run. He blotted his copybook last preparation with some poor behaviour, particularly in the barriers, but after plenty of patience and extensive schooling by our fantastic barrier team he’s now a lot better in this area. His two trials this time in have been good and he hasn’t been beaten too far, but he simply needs to get over further to be effective. As such, 1500 metres is the ideal starting point for him as he’d be vulnerable to speedier types over anything shorter. He’s drawn a lovely barrier in 1, so Regan will be positive from there to try and hold a handy position where he can make his own luck on or near the speed. The expansive track at Hawkesbury will also play to his strengths, so whilst he’ll improve with racing and as he gets over further he’s still got plenty in his favour here and a forward showing would come as no surprise.SATURDAY 28th JUNE – ROSEHILLRail Position: +6M EntireELAMAZ (Race 9, 3.50pm, 2000m, J Parr, 56.5kg)We couldn’t be more excited to see Elamaz make his Australian debut this weekend. He won four of his seven races in Europe, and finished second in the other three, so he has a fantastically consistent record. All bar one of his races have been over a mile, so whilst 2000 metres is a step into the unknown from what we’ve seen in his trackwork and trials we think he’ll relish it and these European imports nearly always need to get over ground here to be effective. Josh won’t rush him from barrier 6, and he’ll let him land where he’s comfortable in the run with his focus being on getting him to relax and travel in a comfortable rhythm. He has experience on both dry and soft tracks so he should handle the conditions come Saturday, and whilst he’s kicking off in a competitive race he’s ticking all the right boxes and we see no reason why he won’t be right there at the finish.

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