Australian Racing: Tulsi set to take out Wyong feature

There are seven meetings set to take place on Sunday, including at Wyong, where an eight-race card is scheduled.

They also race at Carnarvon, Geelong, Hobart, Moree, Port Augusta and Sunshine Coast.

Race 7 Wyong

Tulsi @ 7.00

Race 6 Sunshine Coast

Super Daisy @ 3.00

Race 7 Moree

Dream Game @ 11.00

Tulsi looks good for Mona Lisa glory

The feature race on the Wyong card is the penultimate race of the day, the $200,000 Mona Lisa Stakes over 1350m.

The race restricted to fillies & mares has attracted a field of fifteen with Terra Mater expected to jump as favourite for the Jarrod Austin stable.

The five-year-old has won twice this year including in a metro Benchmark 78 handicap over 1300m at Randwick in January.

The mare’s second victory came over 1400m when racing at Newcastle two starts later, with both of those efforts coming on a good 4 track

The daughter of Wandjina returned from a spell with a runner-up finish in a 1200m Benchmark 88 handicap held on a soft 5 track at Rosehill last month.

The return to a sound surface is in Nash Rawiller’s mounts favour here and she rates highly in this field.

Matthew Dale’s ex-New Zealand-trained TULSI is the pick on this occasion, however, with the filly having demonstrated good form across the Tasman Sea last season.

The filly’s efforts over the water included placed efforts in Group company including when third in the Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas over 1600m last October.

The four-year-old raced on a soft 5 track at Riccarton Park that day and, while she has placed on good going since, any softening of the ground would aid her chances.

The 7.00 selection resumed with a narrow defeat when contesting a 1200m Benchmark 78 handicap on a soft 5 surface at Randwick just over three weeks ago.

Regan Bayliss’ mount is expected to have improved for that effort and with the extra distance here in her favour she is taken to return to winning ways.

Daisy to salute at Sunshine Coast

In Queensland they are set to race at Sunshine Coast, with the sixth race of the day a 1000m Benchmark 60 handicap for fillies & mares.

Adalie is expected to have her supporters having registered two good placed efforts on the polytrack here earlier this year.

The second of those saw her place third in an 1100m Benchmark 65 handicap at the end of March.

The mare has been spelled since and should have no issues dropping in distance, having won over this track and trip in a Benchmark 58 handicap the previous month.

The five-year-old has won on the forecast good 4 going in the past and she holds obvious claims in this field.

SUPER DAISY is the selection here, though, with the filly having demonstrated good winning form since returning from over a year off the track.

The four-year-old won a barrier trial over 850m at this venue in June prior to resuming with a narrow victory in a 1000m maiden here the following month.

The 3.00 selection raced on a soft 5 track when recording that maiden success and impressed switched to a good 4 surface here subsequently.

The filly came home over two lengths clear of her rivals when racing over 1000m in a Class 1 handicap that day and she races over that trip once more here. 

Paul Hamblin’s mount has a wide alley to overcome, but looks capable of doing that to record her third consecutive victory.

Dream to triumph in Moree Cup

The 1400m Moree Cup is the big race of the day at Moree, with DREAM GAME taking the eye in the 1400m open handicap.

Cecil Hodgson’s gelding has won two of his last three starts including by one-and-a-half-lengths over 1400m at Dubbo in June.

The 11.00 pick encountered a heavy 10 track when contesting a Benchmark 82 handicap that day, but the quicker going expected here is no issue.

The six-year-old was freshened prior to recording a third in the 1400m Dubbo Gold Cup Prelude over this distance at Dubbo last month.

William Stanley takes a valuable one-and-a-half kilograms off the gelding’s back and, with an inside alley here, the pair are taken to record a win together.