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Last week we got a prize after Miss Wynette took out the final race of the day when sent out the $3.70 favourite.

She was well supported, firming from $4.40 earlier on Friday.

Unfortunately the ‘Play Of The Day’, Light It Up, went under as a $1.80 favourite, which in hindsight was probably a little too short.

This week we race on the ‘inner track’, the Morphettville Parks circuit, where the track is currently rated a Dead5 and the rail is out 4m from the 1000m to the winning post and then 2m for the remainder.

And I’m banking on Clare Lindop having a good day.

She rides the Peter Moody-trained Rowdy Belle in Race 4 – the Gold Star RV Handicap over 1400m and White Roe in Race 5 – the Hindmarsh Plumbing Handicap over 1400m.

Moody has shot out of the blocks at the start of the 2014/15 racing season which kicked off on August 1 and in the five weeks since has prepared 32 winners at a strike-rate of 32% so far this racing season.

Rowdy Belle will be lining-up for her fourth run of her campaign and comes into this contest off a last start victory at Seymour on August 21.

Moody turned her form around. After a solid first-up performance at Cranbourne on July 16, the daughter of Bel Esprit ventured to Sandown second-up and disappointed, finishing well down the track.

However Rowdy Belle bounced back to form with a well-timed victory at Seymour last time out, coming from a midfield position to land the prize.

From barrier three she should get a good run in transit and prove hard to run down.

White Roe returned from a 20 week break with a first-up victory in a Restricted 72 Class race at Morphettville 21 days ago.

The rise up to 1400m on the ‘Parks’ track is certainly going to be an advantage to the gelding by New Approach.

Prepared by Leon Macdonald and son-in-law Andrew Gluyas, White Roe has a good second-up record having filled a place at both runs second-up.

While up to a Benchmark 82 class race, White Roe has a 4.5kg weight drop on his last start victory and although drawn out a little he can roll forward and is going to be very hard to hold out at the finish.

Good luck and good punting.

Play Of The Day: Race 4 #8 Rowdy Belle @$3.80