Tricky Day 
It just looks like one of those tricky days today, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne with smallish fields and a fair few shorties. Either the bookies will get hammered or their guardian angel will step up to the plate and lend them a hand with some silly outcomes.
At Rosehill, there does not appear to be a lot of value on offer - if the form stands up. However I am keen to gamble on KING GLADIATOR in race four on the card at reasonable odds. This is not a strong race, and the sting out of the ground may help this horse find his best form. After all, he was competitive in the good three year old races last season, can stay, has Hugh Bowman on board and is trained by Chris Waller. He has a lot going for him today.
At Flemington the weather as much as anything holds the key as they are predicting rain this afternoon. I am pretty keen on Huxssen in race five on the card. He has drawn to come down the crown of the track and on his best form he would be very competitive in a race like this.
The Doomben program is going to be run on a very heavy track and this could prove tricky. But i really want to have something on STARTSMEUP in the George Moore Quality. He is a serious horse, and today he is having his first start for Gillian Heinrich, having been transferred from Bruce Hill.
ROSEHILL:
1...BARBADOS
4...KING GLADIATOR 1, Old Bill 2.
5...SCARF
6...MERENSKY REEF 1, Nextanix 2, Sea Galleon 3, Count Encosta 4, Yulalona 5.
7...PECK 1, Jimmy Fortunes 2, Sebony 3, Regal Banter 4.
8...ROMANUS 1, Lichtenstein 2, Roccker 3, So So Sure 4.
FLEMINGTON:
3...CHASSE 1, Lohnreign 2.
5...HUXSSEN 1, Snaparazzi 2, That's Not It 3, Mr Griswold 4.
6...LUCKYI'MBAREFOOT 1, Full Peal 2.
7...AGRIPPA 1, Viking Hero 2, At The Heads 3.
8...STAR SALUTE 1, Barbie's Bombshell 2, Rock Me Sweet 3.
DOOMBEN:
5...GRIFFON 1, Alltherightmoves 2.
6...PLAYTIME 1, Charm's Honour 2, Lucky Morna 3, Hollyweird 4.
7...STARTSMEUP 1, Ready To Rip 2.
8...TOMBOY 1, Sway To Go 2, Achievements 3, Liesele 4.