CRISTAL MAGNUM (123 lb) won his Class 4 sprint by a cozy 2L on Saturday, but the time he clocked confirms that he is in the right class. This makes the horses behind him look pretty bad, even though some of them were first up or over the wrong distance. The 2nd horse FAST INTENTIONS (133) was 3 wide in a very fast-run race, so he did well under the big weight to close off faster than anything else. MAKE IT (130) peaked on his run early to finish 3rd, and will be very interesting over the Happy Valley mile.
BET ON ME (116) put in a good front-running performance to win his Class 3 1200m race. He set only an even tempo but kicked away to win comfortably. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th horses all need longer distances, so they ran well in that regard. HAPPY GUYS (119) closed off well despite being quite wide at the tail of the field; he clocked the fastest final 400m, and HIGH RETURN (125) indicated he might be back on track.
However, bear in mind that Tony Millard's ELITE FORTUNE (117) went every bit as well as Bet On Me in the second Class 3 sprint of the day. He clocked a very similar time off a very similar pace, on a track that had received a little bit of precipitation. In this race Elite Fortune, last year notoriously slow out of the gates, was actually up on the pace tracking the leader GOOD LUCK WIN (121), and doing it on the bridle. He came away to win well from Good Luck Win, who ran a startling good race that would have won a weaker Class 3.
Brett Doyle dropped his whip at the 350m so SHIFACHI TRADITION (128)'s run was even a bit more impressive than it looked. He has overseas form up to 2000m.
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