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Will Hudson aids us with programming and identifies who he thinks is the best placed horse each weekend.

Bases Loaded, Saturday 28th September, Rosehill Gardens, Race 9:

There were a few tempting options this week as I think Dawn Service has a terrific chance in tonight’s Stutt Stakes at The Valley and Sir Lucan’s found himself in an extremely winnable race at Mornington on Sunday. However, I’ve gone for Bases Loaded who returned with a terrific second in the Group 2 Theo Marks over 1300 metres a fortnight ago. He was a Group 3 winner over a mile at Eagle Farm in June, so this step up to 1500 metres is a big tick and will play to his strengths. He’s meets many of the same horses he faced last time and he’s got 1kg more on his back so he needs to improve again, but he’s capable of doing so. He’s got soft track form which is likely to come in handy after the wet week we’ve had, and he rarely runs a bad race so I expect his big white nose to be challenging at the finish.