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Mitch Lewis
BACK: 11. Our Queen (WIN) for 4 units (Rated at $1.80)
Keen on how this race sets up for the resuming OUR QUEEN. She is a runner who is lightly raced but has shown good speed early in her career and gets the ideal set up today from the inside barrier. She looks as if she should resume in good order here given 2 impressive trials. She should fire fresh and looks likely to get ideal track conditions.
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CANTERBURY PREVIEW AND TIPS | EXPERT TIPS | WEDNESDAY SEPETMBER 17TH 2025
RAIL: +6m Entire TRACK: Good 4
Expecting drying conditions and a good rated track here which will be the first time Canterbury has had a good rated track since April. With the rail out and a dry track, this set up generally favours runners who will settle up on speed.Â
6. Fernweh
14. Perleus
4. Chicama
2. Benevac
Betting Strategy
This looks a tricky race to map out given some of the more favoured runners in this field have drawn wide on a day that it may favour to be closer to the rails. The runner with good early speed who may find the rails quickest looks likely to be FERNWEH, he is resuming for his 2nd prep off handy trials but may just get the best benefit of the conditions. PERLEUS rates well and has race fitness on his side, but the concern is where he may end up in the run given he has got back in runs previously. CHICAMA is drawn out wide but showed speed in earlier races in his career while the other key speed runner in the race looks likely to be BENEVAC, but again, a wide barrier may be costly.
1. Sarapo
2. Pictor
6. Ripley
14. Shangri La Boy
Betting Strategy
Slightly different set up here to the previous race as there doesn’t appear to be an obvious leader from the runners who have exposed race day form. SARAPO represents some good value given he was competitive in some competitive races last prep, this level of race looks ideal for him and with a positive jockey booking he could land in a prominent position. PICTOR looks likely to jump as the race favourite after a solid debut performance at Randwick, this looks easier and expect she may be more positive in the run. RIPLEY resumes and has been trialing well, but may need to be slick early from the wide barrier and of the debutants, SHANGRI LA BOY looks the best of them based off his trials and suggest he can be up on speed and in a strong position.
7. Just A Journey
1. Captain Maverick
2. Perfect Play
6. Highborn Harry
Betting Strategy
BACK: 7. Just A Journey (WIN) for 2 units (Rated at $2.00)
JUST A JOURNEY looks one of the runners on this card who is going to land in what is expected to be the ideal position in run forwards and up on the rails. She is fitter now coming into this 2nd up and coming out of a strong form race, she should prove hard to catch with this set up.
4. Sunset Park
5. Inncourt
7. Sting In The Tail
2. The Gadget Man
Betting Strategy
BACK: 4. Sunset Park (WIN) for 2 units (Rated at $3.50)
SUNSET PARK made up the running from a wide barrier last start and was only caught late. Mapping for a much better run here on a track that is expected to be more favourable for a runner up on speed. She maps as if she should get run of the race here and if given a soft time of it out in front she should prove hard to catch.
6. Shalaa Gold
2. Midnight Dynamite
5. Hidden Motive
1. Huon
Betting Strategy
LAY: 5. Hidden Motive (WIN) for 1 unit (Rated at $4.00)
This looks as if it should be a hot race and especially if the track is playing as expected. Plenty of pressure is expected for those runners on speed which includes the resuming HIDDEN MOTIVE. He certainly has a winning chance but is 1st up here, despite running well 1st up previously he has never managed a win 1st up into a prep, expecting he could win with the right run but he may have improvement to come yet so there is value in risking him at the shorter price.
11. Quein Step
7. Miss Freelove
4. Miss Trentino
2. Divine Vicky
Betting Strategy
Another race that looks likely to have a stack of speed in it, the runner who may be best served by the quick tempo is QUIEN STEP, she is looking to take a step up in grade but gets in here with a light weight and she could prove hard to catch. MISS FREELOVE resumes, her recent trials have been handy and she is a winner over this track/trip previously. MISS TRENTINO is another runner who will likely be racing up on speed and is in strong form having won 2 in a row now. But while they map to go quick, if the track is playing fair enough, that could perhaps set up an inform runner like DIVINE VICKY to run over the top of them all but will need conditions to suit.
11. Our Queen
5. Oakfield Duke
3. Sydney Bowler
7. Debello
Betting Strategy
BACK: 11. Our Queen (WIN) for 4 units (Rated at $1.80)
Keen on how this race sets up for the resuming OUR QUEEN. She is a runner who is lightly raced but has shown good speed early in her career and gets the ideal set up today from the inside barrier. She looks as if she should resume in good order here given 2 impressive trials. She should fire fresh and looks likely to get ideal track conditions.
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The Canterbury Park Racecourse is rich in history, beginning in 1852 at the property of Cornelius Proud, who built a racetrack on his existing land and began holding races for the locals. In 1871 Frederick Clissold and Thomas Austin Davis held a race meeting on land leased by Davis within the vicinity of Prouds racecourse. In 1884 an official racecourse was constructed on the leased land by Frederick Clissold and Thomas Austin Davis comprising a 700 person grandstand and a recreational park. The first official race meeting at the new Canterbury Park Race Club was held on 19 January 1884, with an approximate attendance of 3000 people. From there the track only grew in popularity, so much so that construction on a train line began in 1892 and was completed in 1895 to make it more accessible for patrons, trainers, horses and jockeys.
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Throughout the Great Depression the racecourse took a big hit in attendance numbers, meaning the Canterbury Park owners, the Associated Racing Clubs (ARC), sold the racecourse to the Sydney Turf Club (STC) at the beginning of 1945, 7 months before the end of World War II. The STC also held their first race meeting in January of 1945, and were the sole owners of the race club until they merged with the Australian Jockey Club in 2011, becoming the Australian Turf Club (ATC).
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