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Sydney Specials: Ingham Stakes Day - 13th December 2025
Simon Thomas has your specials for Sydney's feature day of racing.
Our best bet on a difficult ten race card comes up in the Bob Ingham AO BM88 Handicap (1800m), with the Chris Waller-trained Rotagilla.
The All Too Hard four-year-old gelding has gone to a new level this preparation and keeps handling everything that has been asked of him.
Fifth-up tomorrow, Rotagilla can get the job done again to make it three wins for the campaign with the sharp weight drop in a fairly even contest.
The in-form Tim Clark retains the ride, and he maps to get the right set-up in a fast run race where he will be saved for one crack at them and swoop down the outside.
The versatile gelding is adept in all conditions and is going better than most of his rivals.
Rotagilla's been crunched in early betting after as much as $4.60 was bet on Wednesday and now hovers around $3.50.
Our next best comes up in the Group 2 The Ingham Stakes (1600m), with the Team Hayes-trained Rise At Dawn.
The five-year-old gelding has raced with distinction all preparation and looks well weighted on the limit weight, with his main rivals all drawn poorly.
After Rise At Dawn's courageous fourth in the Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill, he's been kept up to the mark with a 1000m jump out victory at Bendigo.
Kerrin McEvoy takes the reins tomorrow and the winkers go on for the first time, where he should be able to take control early and prove hard to run down at the $10 each way quote.
SYDNEY SPECIALS
Race 6 No. 9 - ROTAGILLA
Race 8 No. 11 - RISE AT DAWN
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