Sat, January 18, 2025

FUKUBANA (4) is a talented gelding who tackled a tougher race at his last run on March 9 and finished 11th behind Celestial Legend over 1m in the G1 Randwick Guineas. Blinkers come off. Big chance of a successful return. PICKABAE (15) was in control from the outset to score as favourite on debut over 6f at Ipswich three weeks ago. Sure to improve and can make it back-to-back wins. ABOUT TO EXPLODE (1) finished second two runs back at Doomben then improved last time out to score by 1.75 lengths as favourite over 6f at Sunshine Coast. Needs to be at his best to beat this field but he can win again. RED DEFCON (16) impressed when resuming then took on a much better race last time when 13th over 6f in the LR Nudgee Quality at this track. Fitter and can do much better this time.