Welcome to our horse racing preview and betting tips for racing on Sunday, December 15th.
The great weekend of racing wraps up with seven meetings across Australia this afteroon. Luke Krahe has focused on the meetings Hawkesbury and Canberra; find his best bets for each track below!
Horse Racing Tips: Sunday, December 15th
Hawkesbury Race 4 (Market)
(10) Kennebec is one half of a two-pronged attack from the Godolphin yard, (1) Canzonet is the other and also has a good chance. Kennebec found the 900m too short on debut, she was a mile back in the run, slightly held-up before getting a slit early in the straight. She chased hard and ran into third, stepping up in trip looks the key. It can be a little tricky off the inside but if Rachel King can get her mid-field or better and the breaks come, I think she can run over the top.
Hawkesbury Race 5 (Market)
(4) Dreaming For More has had five starts since winning her maiden at career start number two, three of those have been this prep. She has the Gai/Bott tactical speed and will once again go forward, she has been a little costly at her last few. Beaten as favourite against the boys at Wyong, then was at Gosford and beaten as an odds-on pop. Last time at Kembla she never really looked comfortable after struggling to hold the rail and lead and was one of the first beaten. She comes back against the girls here and she should be able to get a soft lead. She has the good SP profile and will certainly be sacked if she doesn’t produce here. (3) Secretly looks the main danger, she was a big drifter in the same race last time at Kembla, she got back and ran on well in a race where it was more favourable to be on the speed. Don’t have her going around a loser, the winner should be from these two.
(4) Dreaming For More
$3.50
Canberra Race 2 (Market)
(2) The Senator will be fitter for his recent run here at the track after having 23 weeks off. He was a Wagga maiden winner last prep and then at his first go out of that grade, on the synthetic track here at Canberra, sat up outside the lead and bolted in. His run resuming was interesting, he was poorly away over an unsuitably shorter trip and never really travelled, he was good enough late though. He should be able to lead or sit outside the leader up in trip today if he begins well enough, controlling the tempo looks his go as he doesn’t want it turned into a sit and sprint. Hopefully Tommy Berry gets him rolling before the turn and gets them off the bit chasing. It looks a great jockey change from Mitchell Bell to Berry.
