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Early mail and Blackbook Update for Rosehill and Flemington on February 20.
ROSEHILL SATURDAY
RACE 1: (5) TO BE SURE: Get the feeling Bjorn Baker has a classy filly on his hands, having put this one away after her impressive debut win at Canterbury four months ago with the autumn in mind. Certainly looked the part beating subsequent winners Magic Alibi and Perignon in a recent trial win and if she’s as good as the stable believes should be winning this on the limit weight with a 6kg advantage over her main rival Redzel.RACE 3: (4) BEAU TIRAGE: Top Canberra trainer Keith Dryden is showing plenty of confidence bringing this promising sprinter straight to town for a first-up tilt at this Highway Plate. Looked better than country class winning three of his first six starts and his two city placings when last in work rate highly for this grade. Looks a winning move to take advantage of a 3kg claim for talented apprentice Jamie Innes.
RACE 5: (2) CATKINS: Terrific mare when fresh on her home track and has been trialling as well as ever. The stats really say it all as she has won first-up seven times, she’s won nine races at Rosehill including both her starts over the 1300m trip and Hugh Bowman has been her partner in six of her 16 career wins including this race last year. Perfect race for her return.BLACKBOOK UPDATE
Selected Horses from February 13 (Randwick; Caulfield)CONCEALER: Big filly with a big finish.
TARZINO: Excellent pipe opener for his autumn campaign.HUCKLEBUCK: Has the class to make up for lost time.
PEEPING: Will take plenty of benefit from first-up placing.POLITENESS: Class mare in any company.
Eligible Blackbook Runners for February 20/21ROSEHILL: Defcon (R4); I’ve Got The Looks (R5); Shards (R7), Tarquin (R7); Too Good To Refuse (R7); Balmain Boy (R7); Libran (R8).
FLEMINGTON: Palentino (R6); Tulsa (R6); Puccini (R8); Lonrockstar (R9)GOULBURN: Istanbul (R7)
LAUNCESTON SUNDAY: I Love It (R7)RECENT BLACKBOOK WINNERS (Since November 1) - I Can Rock; Zarzali; Pittsburgh Flyer; Star Of Night; Famous Seamus; Telepathic; Zanbagh; Festivity; Lady Sniper; Tall Ship; Pemberley; Legendary Luke; Northern Fury; Bank On Henry; Denmagic; Trafalgar; Right Or Wrong; White Dove; Chandana; Lord Disick; Lunar Rise; Clearly Innocent; Catch A Fire; Sultry Feeling.
CURRENT BLACKBOOK HORSES: Abidewithme; Almighty Girl; Alpine Eagle; Amazon; Archean; Artibai; Artlee; Aussies Love Sport; Azkadellia; Babooshka; Balmain Boy; Bound For Earth; Bow Creek; Cantbuybetter; Challenge Accepted; Chastened; Concealer; Cuban Fighter; Defcon; Dibayani; Elle Lou; Flippant; Game Pie; Grand Slam Eagle; Good Offa; Hauraki; He Or She; Heiroglyphics; Hetty Heights; Hogmanay; Honesta; Hucklebuck; I Love It; I’m Belucci; Istanbul; I’ve Got The Looks; King Of England; La Speciale; Lady Le Fay; Lessyd; Libran; Lonrockstar; Magic Artist; Mahican; Master Of Arts; Mercurian; Minnie Downs; Mr Smart; Noble Protector; Ocean Tempest; Oncidium Ruler; Painted Fireball; Palentino; Payroll; Peeping; Pico Turquino; Politeness; Portman; Prized Icon; Puccini; Redsson; Regatta Rebel; Rekindled Power; Reldas; Roaring To Win; Rose Of Choice; Sabor A Triunfo; San Diego; Sardaaj; Setinum; Shards; Silent Sedition; Sistine Demon; Sugarparma; Tarquin; Tarzino; The Monstar; The Special Two; Thermogenic; Thinking Of You; Thud; Too Good To Refuse; Trust In A Gust; Tulsa; Unanimously; Unblemished Mark; Ungrateful Ellen; Valley Sweetheart; Velox; Wawail; Whistle Baby.