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Agent heads north to Doomben on Saturday for Team Hawkes having produced good form in Sydney recently.
The seven-year-old gelding has finished third in both runs at Rosehill this campaign, the most recent coming behind Dothraki over 1100m in a Benchmark 95.
Jim Byrne takes the ride for the first time and from the inside draw should get a good run behind the speed going up slightly in trip to 1200m today.
Agent (Race 4 #1) rates very well in this company on best form and his last start effort rates well clear of what anything else in the field has done recently.
The current trend of NSW trainers sending their horses north has paid off recently and the current price on offer of $2.70 looks pretty good.
The big danger looks to be Whiskey Allround who has won his last two starts for Tony Gollan and his last start effort at this C/D brings him right into this.
Later in the day Savoureux (Race 5 #7) will look to build on her strong recent form in NSW and despite drawing wide looks to be a very good each way bet.
Only lightly raced having finished in the money all four runs to date, running a narrow second at Canterbury leading into this.
Top local jockey Damien Brown takes the ride and from barrier 12 will more than likely go forward again and take up the lead.
The Kris Lees stable has been firing of late and just last week stablemate Brook Road was able to get the job done.
Hijack Hussy looks the obvious top pick having won her last two but Savoureux is open to further improvement and has found a very winnable race with solid prizemoney.
Last week saw our bet of the day Brook Road salute, paying as much as $3.50 on the Friday whilst our each way play Stroak was scratched, electing to run at the Gold Coast where she won.
BRISBANE BEST
Bet of the day: Race 4#1 Agent @ $2.70
Each way play: Race 5 #7 Savoureux @ $8.00