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Oh So Adorable shapes as a ratings special in Thursday’s $20,000 Queanbeyan Quickie.
The Gary Clarke-trained Speed Machine has kicked off her latest campaign with a pair of wins and both have been decisive.
After taking out the flying field at Gundagai on November 15, Oh So Adorable returns to her home track for the $20,000 Queanbeyan Quickie (1000m).
The Beautiful Crown filly has speed to burn and finds a race in which she appears well suited to showcase it further.
Oh So Adorable shapes as a ratings special with Spectacular Iam compressing the weights noticeably.
Of the eight horses remaining in the Queanbeyan Quickie after scratchings, only Spectacular Iam and Oh So Adorable sit within the handicap.
Oh So Adorable chases a third straight win at Queanbeyan on Thursday and the Timeform figures she has so far yielded this campaign auger well for her chances.
She possesses a master figure of 93 run to last start at Gundagai, a figure well clear of what her closest rivals have achieved over the past 12 months.
The filly returns to Queanbeyan where she is unbeaten from two prior outings having won the pair by a combined margin of 7.3 lengths.
She has proven herself against the older horses twice this campaign and the same is expected again on Thursday.
Also in her favour is the addition of Richard Bensley who last partnered Oh So Adorable when she saluted at Moruya on commencing her previous prep.
Bensley can lay claim to being one of the form jockeys in the region at present and rides here fresh off a winning treble at Canberra last Friday.
Expect the pair to be prominent throughout and tough to hold out in the straight.
The Nick Olive-trained Rose Of Falvelon can at the very least make things sporting and is clearly the main danger to Oh So Adorable.
Rose Of Falvelon resumes off a four start campaign late last season which commenced with a hat-trick of wins on her home track before concluding with a poor display at Canterbury.
She was found to be lame after that run and now resumes in a noticeably easier contest.
The four-year-old possesses a master Timeform rating of 81, 12 pounds shy of Oh So Adorable’s current peak.
It means Rose Of Falvelon will have to lift but she is still expected to run a bold race.
Brendan Ward will send the mare to the front and seeing her upstage the favourite certainly would not surprise.
If Rose Of Falvelon doesn’t lead, The tempo is going to be strong in the feature sprint at Queanbeyan on Thursday.
The knockout hopes shape as Spectacular Iam and Grey Drama who will each be rolling forward.
Spectacular Iam was safely accounted for on resuming at Randwick however this contest shapes as being a good deal easier.
These type of Open Handicap’s in the bush were Spectacular Iam’s bread and butter throughout his last campaign so watch for an improved showing on latest.
Grey Drama after two straight seconds in Benchmark 60 company under big imposts can also make his presence felt.
Overall though, Oh So Adorable is the up and comer of this field and should be taking out the $20,000 Queanbeyan Quickie (1000m).
