#Zuma California

Unbeaten gelding Antino is the Ladbrokes.com.au favourite for the feature race at Eagle Farm this Saturday, The Gateway (1400m). The winner gets ballot exemption for the 2023 Stradbroke and the market thinks Antino can get the golden ticket despite rising sharply in grade/depth and only having start four. He sits at $4. He just holds the call over…

Trainer Cameron Richardson with Zuma California and jockey Angela Jones. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography Cameron Richardson is a captain in the Australian Army but has given up full-time service to focus on his racing passion. And the Toowoomba trainer could on Saturday march away with a $3m Stradbroke Handicap golden ticket for his…

Leaders dominated last week at Eagle Farm and with rail going out to four metres much of the same can be expected. Once again, there are southern raiders coming up in search of good ground but previous experience on the track is advantageous. The talented 3kg claimer Angela Jones is currently leading the Queensland Metro Jockeys premiership and I…

WITH relatively small fields in all but two races and the rail true, all horses will get their chance on the roomy Sunshine Coast track. Recent form should stand up and I will stick with stables in form and horses ridden by the better jockeys. Race 1- QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap 1000m The senior rider versus an apprentice debate gets another run…

Pink Ribbon race day is always a big occasion though with track renovations underway field sizes have been reduced. A prospect of fair weather will help though on this tight circuit I will be looking for those that can make their own luck and aren't going to get caught in traffic.

After a spate of Ipswich and Doomben midweeks it is back to the wide-open spaces of Eagle Farm. The firm surface can bother a few but with the rail out 10.5 metres all horses will get their chance and I am keen on a few dropping back from Saturday grade. BEST BET: GEMELON BOLT (Race 5 No 1) NEXT BEST: THIRD TIME ROUND (Race 7 No 12) VALUE…