The 2010 edition of the $175,000 Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) was taken out by Woorim. Can he make it back to back or will one of his 17 rivals overpower him in Caloundra’s best sprint race. The 2010 winner, who was most unlucky in the Stradbroke Handicap, is the $5 favourite. View this years preview.
Well let’s talk about Woorim. Produced a stunning final furlong to get up and win the BRC Sprint before he got held up and never was fully tested when finishing seventh in the Stradbroke behind Sincero. His class means he has to wear the number one saddlecloth with 58.5kg but on class alone, he will prove hard to hold out but he has some things against him. No horse has won back to back Glasshouse Handicaps, no horse has carried more than 57.5kg to win, and he has to contend with the wet track and a good class field. He deserves to be favourite, but he is a major risk.
It’d be great to see the former star juvenile Phelan Ready bounce back to win his first race since his 2009 Golden Slipper triumph. Judging by his first up second behind Varenna Miss, a win isn’t too far away. He has the nightmare draw, but Brad Rawiller is back on him and he doesn’t mind some give in the ground. Having said that, the 58kg he has been asked to carry is a concern.
Drenalin was going to win the Eye Liner at Ipswich, but fitness and the weight just got the better of him over the last 50m. Drops 2kg here, drawn horribly, but he should be near peak fitness for this and he is unbeaten at the track. His overall record is outstanding with eight wins and seven placings from 23 starts and earning just under $350,000 for connections. I think he is a great hope each way at $7.50 and $2.68 for the place.
Gundy Son can unleash a hell of a sprint and he has shown that in all three runs this time in with a slashing second, a tough win at Doomben before another fighting second in the Eye Liner behind Adnocon. No doubt he wasn’t suited by the tight turning circuit of Ipswich and will lap up the bigger surroundings of Caloundra. Drawn wide, but he’ll sit back and have the last crack at them out wide. He can also get through wet ground well.
One for value is Viking Legend. Formerly with Gai Waterhouse when he was a youngster, he placed behind Monaco Consul in the Victorian Derby before being beaten a lip in the Randwick Guineas in the Autumn of last year behind Shoot Out. He is now with the Ross Simpson & Tracey Barnes training partnership. He has had one run for the new stable, a close up fourth in horrible conditions behind Title, who came out and belted a strong field in the Takeover Target Stakes. He has won second up, and Chris O’Brien doesn’t get down to 55kg too often. He only gets to that weight if the horse is a winning chance.
Happy to leave Adnocon and Carrara. Adnocon was very good, sitting three deep and winning the Eye Liner, but I question if that has taken the ping out of him. He has drawn wide and looks a good lay for me. And Carrara is the bookies’ favourtie horse. Punters keep backing him and every time he lets his supporters down. I think he’ll do that again because he has gone completely off the boil.
Written by Adam Page
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