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Saturday's 10-race program at Rosehill Gardens features the $200,000 Listed-Toyota Forklifts WJ McKell Cup (2000m) where the TAB favourite is Golden Path ($3.40) in advance of Waterford ($3.70) and Touristic ($9), the only gallopers under double-figure odds.

The rail is in the TRUE position with the track rated a Heavy 8. There's no rain predicted prior to raceday with a top temperature of 19 degrees forecast for Saturday.

This week’s selections: BG

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Race 6, No.10 - IN FLIGHT ($5.50 favourite on TAB)

Saturday 29th June – ROSEHILL GARDENS

5. SILVANITO ($8 on TAB) is flying in his first preparation for Nathan Doyle and another win looks to be close. There has only been one blemish in his four runs since calling Newcastle home. That was in Midway company where he didn’t look comfortable in the run. The former Godolphin-trained gelding has always been talented but could be a little hit and miss so you have to forgive him that. Otherwise, he comes through all the right races this time in and was beaten by the barrier at Rosehill two weeks ago when second to Captain Furai but he still knuckled down to find the line. This is a similar race and he maps to settle closer. Prior to that he ran well at Scone in a hot race behind Elson Boy and Ostraka and first-up he chased home Commemorative.

Big field but 12. I'MINTOWIN ($4.40 favourite) should get the chance to cross and lead from the draw. He fought on doggedly over this same track and trip two weeks ago when second to Franz Josef and that was the four-year-old’s first exposure to heavy ground. He’s ticked that box now. We are still learning about where this former Kiwi fits in class-wise and distance-wise but on the evidence we have to this point, he could be a fast miler type. Perhaps he will stretch out to 2000m again in time but he failed over the trip last campaign despite being a $2.40 favourite. He also has the scope to work through the grades. Regan Bayliss jumps back on for Saturday and he rode the gelding in his first two Australian runs, which of course included his dominant win back in November.

5. DON DIEGO DE VEGA ($6.50) adds so much intrigue to this race. The French import is first-up for 54 weeks and that’s the first hurdle but he has had two trials and liked the way the grey gelding found the line on both occasions. The real story, however, is his depth of form. He has only had five startsna din one of those, in May last year, was a third at Chantilly in Listed company over 2000m where he was beaten three lengths by Ace Impact. That horse retired unbeaten going on to win the Arc De Triomphe three starts later. That has to be a strong form reference for a BM78 in the middle of winter at Rosehill Gardens! He started $4.40 in that particular race too. There looks to be a lot of room to move off his current rating of 77 and tate money might tell the story.

11. BOJANGLES ($7.50) produced one of the runs of the race at Scone last start behind Elson Boy and that race has subsequently provided half a dozen winners. The Kim Waugh-trained three-year-old didn’t get the clearest of passages in the straight but flashed home into sixth. Prior to that he won at Hawkesbury as an even-money favourite before running second to Schwarz in the Hawkesbury Guineas out to 1400m. There is no doubt that the Showtime gelding is good enough, the gamble is the six weeks between runs. Presumably that means he has had a little hiccup on the way through. His trial at Wyong since then was a pass mark. The fact that Waugh is happy to press on with his preparation suggests he has done everything right at home since.

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