Coach Trevor Andrews is upbeat about his bid for a record-breaking fifth Magic Hundreds of thousands WA 2YO Basic victory at Pinjarra after the favourite A Lot Of Good Males drew barrier eight.
Andrews, who shares the coaching report of 4 wins with David Harrison within the $250,000 function, mentioned the midfield draw would swimsuit his twin Ascot winner.
A Lot Of Good Males burst into Magic Hundreds of thousands favoritism when ending powerfully to win over 1000m and 1100m at Ascot at his previous two begins.
The son of A Lot eased barely from $2.40 to $2.65 after the draw, with growth filly Tremendous Smink a firming $2.90 second favourite after drawing barrier 5.
“I feel we have drawn in a great spot the place Paul (Harvey, jockey) will be the place he desires to be,” Andrews mentioned.
“The primary factor with us is he simply wants a bit of little bit of room on the surface to get dwelling, he does not should be bottled up on the within and from eight, it appears to be like perfect.
“Ideally he’d be midfield with a little bit of clear air on the surface. That is been the sample of each of his wins, sitting simply off the pace and operating on strongly.
“With out getting too far forward of ourselves, we’re actually proud of the best way the horse goes. The 1200 ought to swimsuit.”
Harvey has gained the traditional thrice.
Connections of Tremendous Smink erupted in glee when part-owner Danielle Pratt’s father, Lance Langford, plucked out gate 5 at Sunday’s barrier draw.
The Dan Morton-trained filly stormed dwelling after leaping from barrier 14 to run an attention-grabbing third to A Lot Of Good Males final begin.
“She appears to be like thrilling,” Morton mentioned.
“She got here by her final run good and the Magic Hundreds of thousands appears to be like a superb goal for her.”
Morton is chasing his third win within the traditional. Chris Parnham will once more trip Tremendous Smink.
Odinaka, who will back-up from his Ascot win on Saturday, was one other huge winner from the draw after developing with barrier 4.
The Steve Wolfe-trained gelding is on the third line of betting at $6 and might be ridden by Shaun McGruddy, winner of 4 Magic Hundreds of thousands WA 2YO Classics.
Man Crush retained favoritism for Saturday’s $200,000 Magic Hundreds of thousands WA 3YO Trophy (1200m) regardless of a large attract barrier 12.
The Luke Fernie-trained gelding heads the market at $2.70 from Malkar Pindari ($3.70), who drew the within gate.
In the meantime, Trevor Andrews will assess blood assessments from All The King’s Males on Monday after his disappointing fifth in Saturday’s Problem Stakes (1500m).
“It was undoubtedly below-par,” Andrews mentioned of the run.
“If I am not completely happy along with his blood I will not go on. If he is good, he’ll go to the Lex Piper.”
