Elite looks Invincible in Kranji Stakes on tricky card
– A very tricky Friday awaits punters at Kranji today but you would imagine with some very competitive fields, there should be plenty of value to be found and a Kranji Stakes A 1400m event to keep things interesting late.
True the headline race lacks the depth of normal Kranji Stakes A fields but, after missing the Raffles Cup with an elevated temperature, the connections of ELITE INVINCIBLE will be hoping for a big run going forward to a Gold Cup tilt.
This four-year-old won at this level in February but it was his subsequent Group 1 winning form heading into the Derby that had him stamped as top class.
He found one better in the Emirates Singapore Derby - Jupiter Gold - but lost no friends there or when running on well late behind the same horse over 1200m on the Polytrack in preparation for this campaign.
He looks the best horse over 1400m in this field and with Vlad Duric up from gate 7, will race in a forward position and be very hard to beat.
If he is tested it will be by the progressive TESORO PRIVADO, who was also a late scratching at his most recent non-outing.
Tesoro Privado looks like a horse who will play a big part in feature races in the future at this venue.
Best Bets: (ELITE INVINCIBLE Race 6, win), (O’WHAT A FEELING Race 5, value) and (OUR SHOWCASE Race 8, value).
Jackpot: Race 5 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6), Race 6 (3 and 9), Race 7 (2, 8 and 13), Race 8 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8).