Welcome to our horse racing preview and betting tips for racing on Tuesday, November 12th.
Scone and Hamilton are the only two race meetings in Australia on today as we build up to another busy weekend.
Luke Krahe's best bets for each track can be found below.
Horse Racing Tips: Tuesday, November 12th
Hamilton Race 4 (Market)
(7) Neptune’s Wink goes on top in the last, but I will say that I want to see some support for her at start two. She debuted at big odds against the girls in a harder maiden three weeks ago, she was poorly away and never in the race. She had been given plenty of time to come to the races for the first time with four jump outs dating all the way back to the start of the year. She has been sent to the jump-outs again since her debut, at Ballarat a week after start one. She was tailed off early before getting to the outside, when she was stoked up, she really ran on strongly to win that jump-out. She gets out to the 1400m which looks ideal the way she ran through the line in that jump-out, the barrier blanket goes on which should assist her in getting away cleanly and with the field.
Hamilton Race 6 (Market)
(2) Heavenly Barb has to take the step from maiden grade to a 58 after a solid win last time here at the track. She was perfectly ridden behind the speed, ran on strongly to take the lead at the furlong and was soft through the line, she looked like she could have but a bigger gap on them. Drawn well again, she has the speed to lead and I expect that may be the spot that Dean Holland will attempt to take early, even if she does take a sit, she should be able to accelerate and put them away in a couple of strides. Most of these have been stuck at this level for a while, she has more upside.
Please note: today's Scone meeting has been postponed until Wednesday, November 13th.
Scone Race 2 (Market)
Race 2 at Scone looks an open race on paper, the bottom two look the couple that I don’t expect to fight out the finish. I have priced up (2) Fearless Mia to be favourite in the race, so at the early quote around the 7/2 ($4.50) mark, she looks good value. She won her maiden two back when running on and then was only fair before going to the paddock. She has trialed at Wyong recently and looked good to the eye, she was beaten comfortably into second but never got out of second gear and was strong through the line. She has place at both previous fresh runs and the horse that beat her in the trial is an interesting one that has bolted in at both trials after having two years off. She has tactical speed and expect her to be up on the speed and very hard to catch. (2) Snicki Minaj has opened as the favourite but looks a great lay, she won her debut way back at career start number two, today lining up at start 14. She hit the line ok last time over 1000m from well back, I just can’t see her sitting outside our pick and running past her.
Scone Race 3 (Market)
There are a few unknowns here coming to the races for the first time, if there is no real confidence around those debutants in the betting, I am very confident (4) Mother’s Day can get the cash. She debuted here at the track a little over two weeks ago, she was forced to sit up on the speed and wide without cover, looked like she had a lot to learn and was all over the place in the straight. She stuck on well to be beaten a half a length, there was some serious money for her that day. The official flucs were $5.50 into $3.60 so the confidence was certainly there. There are no gear changes which is a little surprising, if she jumps well, she should be hard to run down, I expect that she will be closer to first than last when turning for home.
