Harness
Australian Harness Racing Preview – Saturday, May 31
Champion pacer Leap To Fame will commence his build up to another Inter Dominion campaign when he adds his star power to QBred Breeders Classic night at Albion Park on Saturday.
The hometown hero makes his first appearance since a stunning victory in The Race in New Zealand in early April but draws on the inside of the back row in a handy line-up in the Avonnova Open over 2138m.
The race offers plenty of quality as it also features in form Wisper a Secret, the winner of last year's Rising Sun, along with well-performed Speak The Truth who gets the ace draw and the accomplished former WA pacer Pinny Secret
Leap To Fame is preparing for the Inter Dominion series at the circuit in July and his presence on Saturday adds to a program also highlighted by four QBred Breeders Classic finals.
The three-year-old fillies race looks to offer the best clash where recent NSW Oaks winner Cool and Classy takes on the progressive Arrive who has fared best at the barrier draw.
Cool And Classy beat some smart fillies from three states when winning the Group 1 at Menangle earlier this month and since then came from the back row to win last week's heat.
That victory was her eighth win in nine attempts over the 1660m at Albion Park so she has the statistics behind her.
Arrive is a filly on the up and took her strike rate to 50 per cent when she led from much wider to easily win her heat. She has the speed to take advantage of the ace draw and that could see her hard to catch.
London Baby is another coming off a heat win and she draws to track Arrive so could be dangerous while Ruby Rules broke in her heat but was good in the NSW Oaks series prior, winning a heat before a fourth to Cool And Classy in the final.
Grant Dixon has a strong hand in the two-year-old colts and geldings race with four runners including the unbeaten Fire And Passion who draws well and Changeover Classic winner Fight For Victory who still looks a work in progress after a break in the heats.
Their big danger is Barsby who has done a good job to place from wider barriers in both starts since his debut win and he gets the ace draw.
Smart filly Wontyoustaywithme is a hot favourite despite a second row draw in the juvenile fillies race where Yoursospecial also deserves respect after completing a hat trick by winning her heat last week.
The ace draw sees French Fries as the one to beat in the 3CG race after the consistent gelding added to a string of top-two finishes by leading throughout for an easy heat win last week.
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