Dunn’s up for home run
LIFESAVER is being reserved for Rosehill Gardens but trainer Matthew Dunn still has the opportunity to lead in a hometown stable hat-trick culminating with Red Bowers’ title defence in the $28,000 Newmarket Handicap (1200m).
Dunn confirmed Lifesaver will be withdrawn from the Class 3 Handicap (1200m) and kept for the TAB Highway (1100m) at the Rosehill meeting tomorrow.
But the trainer still has three good winning chances at Murwillumbah – Red Bowers, Call The Coppers and Martial Art. Red Bowers is chasing a second successive Murwillumbah Newmarket win, although Dunn conceded the firm track (Good 3) was a concern.
“He won the Newmarket last year and he is going well enough to run a competitive race again,’’ Dunn said.
“But we would be more confident if the track has some give in it. I’d like to see some rain (overnight).’’
Red Bowers has won his only two starts over the Murwillumbah 1200m course – including an open sprint there three starts back. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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He then struggled in Calanda’s Ramornie Handicap before running sixth behind Lucky Meteor and Heroic Action in the Ballina Sprint.
Heroic Action, the winner of 16 races, is the No. 1 saddlecloth bearer and looms as the hardest to beat in the Murwillumbah Newmarket.
UBET Fixed Odds price assessors rate Heroic Action early favourite at $3.10 ahead of Sorority Sister at $4.70, with Red Bowers next at $8.
Dunn is confident Call The Coppers will shed his “professional placegetter” tag in the Murwillumbah Cup day PRINCETON SPIRIT
ROCKY’S ECHO
THE PENINSULAR
FLYING FRENCHY
CIRCOMO
DITS AND DAHS
KING MOMBASSA
MOONLIGHT’S REWARD
TOCCO D’ORO
CARIBBEAN PEARL
SANCY’S DIAMOND
SHAKE THAT
Emergencies: (in order) SUCCHIOTTO 58.5 34.00 PASEO DEL RIO 54 15.00 PLAY AND RUN 58.5 21.00 ASHSTAR 56.5 21.00 SANCY’S DIAMOND 1, Play And Run 2, Dits And Dahs 3,
Shake That 4. 58.5 58.5 58.5 56.5 56 56 56 56 56 54 54 54 10.00 51.00 26.00 31.00 8.50 10.00 7.00 6.00 26.00 — *3.50 6.00 1 SULLIVAN’S PADDOCK 59.5 8.00 2 ROYALIC 58.5 *2.70 3 ZELAMORE 58 15.00 4 INVINCIBLE JOY 57.5 5.50 5 NEW YORK CELEBRITY 56.5 3.60 6 NORTHKAPE 56.5 8.00 7 DRAGON ARTIST 54 10.00 8 JACK HENRY 54 17.00
ROYALIC 1, New York Celebrity 2, Invincible Joy 3, Zelamore 4. RACE 1: (2) Chouxting The Mob RACE 2: (1) Drysdale Spirit (6) Miss Sadie
(8) Stella Vitae
(10) Thunderzone
RACE 3: (6) Jeannie Cee RACE 4: (5) Circomo opener, a 1010m maiden. Call The Coppers has had five starts for four seconds and a third.
He hasn’t raced since being edged out by Best Of Us over today’s course and distance back in February but Dunn revealed the sprinter subsequently underwent air passage surgery.
“Call The Coppers was a grade-five roarer when we stopped him so the surgery should help him,’’ Dunn said.
“He had a nice, soft trial on the Gold Coast and is coming up well. He has good speed, should get across from the outside barrier and he gets in well 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 WALL STREET WOLF 60 *2.00 2 SIR MASK 59 8.00 3 KOOLAMA BAY 58.5 4.00 4 COSTA BOMB 58 6.00 5 PURRPUSSFUL 58 11.00 6 SIGA LA VACA 58 15.00 7 VICTORIAN CROWN 57 26.00 8 BELCREST LADY 54.5 — 9 HOWLING WOLF 54 26.00
WALL STREET WOLF 1, Purrpussful 2, Costa Bomb 3, Sir Mask 4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 at the weights after the claim. I’d be disappointed if he didn’t beat those horses home.’’
Bookies agree, with Call The Coppers dominating betting at $1.75 in early markets.
Martial Art comes off a close third in an Ipswich class 3 and drops back in grade today for the 1530m race in which he is overnight favourite at $2.30.
“This does look the right race for Martial Art, particularly with the home track advantage,’’ Dunn said.
“The track is going to be quite firm and you will need to be on speed but this looks a race he can win.” CLEMMENSEN 60 NIMBOSTRATUS 60 SOLID ROD 60 WEAVE 58 SISTINE SAINT 57 BEACH GOD 56.5 DAME LARGO 54 MAKO BAY 54 ONE FOR LATER 54 CRUISIN 54 STARS IN THE SKY 54 CLEMMENSEN 1, Solid Rod 2, Weave 3, Mako Bay 4. DEAL MASTER 61 CHANNING 60.5 SISTER KITTY MAC 59.5 TACITURN 58.5 BARMAID FROM WYE 57.5 LIFE OF WALDO 57.5 SWEET PERFUME 57 THE BONT 57 LOMI 55 QUEEN BECKI 55 WHAT A SAGA 54 LOMI 1, The Bont 2, Sweet Perfume 3, Channing 4. 21.00 3.70 5.00 6.00 *2.80 9.00 21.00 21.00 17.00 21.00 51.00 3.70 8.50 13.00 11.00 13.00 26.00 *2.20 11.00 13.00 11.00 51.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NORDIC ECLIPSE 60.5 ENGINE FIFTY FIVE 60 EIGHTEEN BOMBERS 59.5 DANCING POETESS 58 HOT DEMAND 55.5 URBAN BOURBON 55 HOT DEMAND 1, Nordic Eclipse 2, Dancing Poetess 3,
Eighteen Bombers 4. CLEESE 59 4.20 CONTACT FRONT 59 5.00 HOLD THE BIDDING 59 13.00 QUE PASA 59 6.00 STRATEGIC MAN 59 17.00 TACTICAL LASS 57 21.00 TOUCH OF FLO 57 21.00 RAZOR CUT 56.5 11.00 RAZOR RACING 56.5 9.00 SORRY I AM RAZOR 56.5 *3.70 RAZOR SKIRT 54.5 11.00 CONTACT FRONT 1, Razor Cut 2, Que Pasa 3, Razor Skirt 4. CHIMA 59 7.50 GIRL HAPPY 59 3.60 CASINO EXIT 56.5 26.00 NAMING RIGHTS 56 *3.00 SWIVET 56 3.40 KATCH NICCONI 55 13.00 CATCHTHERAINBOW 55 7.50 GIRL HAPPY 1, Naming Rights 2, Chima 3, Catchtherainbow 4. LE COMMANDANT 64.5 *2.30 CADMAN 59.5 5.00 RHYTHM OF CUBA 58 13.00 POT BLACK 56 9.00 SNOWTROOPER 56 6.50 DU BOIS 55 4.20 DOON BUGGY 55 11.00 POT BLACK 1, Le Commandant 2, Du Bois 3, Snowtrooper 4. RACE 1: (1) Grande Castagno
RACE 3: (3) Hold The Bidding (5) Strategic Man 9.00 3.00 7.00 9.00 *2.00 11.00
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