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By Gary Harley

John O’Shea will have two well fancied runners at the Wyong meeting.

Trainer John O'Shea (Pic: Steve Hart)

The trainer's apprentice Reece Jones rides the first of the pair Condrieu in the opening event the Insurance House Class 1 Handicap (1600 metres). The 5 year old mare has only had two starts.

On debut at Newcastle in September she was a huge drifter in betting when beaten less than a length.

First up at Goulburn on February 5 the mare was an odds on favourite and she ran over the leaders late to win convincingly. The mare is bred to run a strong ‘mile’.

OShea’s other runner Speak Up will be ridden by Brenton Avdulla in the Lincoln Electric Maiden Plate (1300 metres).

The filly was a close third first up at Gosford recently after being last of eleven at the top of the straight. She has shown no speed in both her career starts but this trip is ideal.

RACE 1, INSURANCE HOUSE CLASS 1 HANDICAP, 1600m
Condrieu is a lightly raced 5 year old which was impressive in a first up win at Goulburn on February 5. She is bred to run a strong mile and she beat a subsequent winner at Goulburn.

Maralago bolted in at Gosford two starts back and failed last start over a longer trip.

Street Candi won a Wyong Maiden before a close fifth at Newcastle.

SELECTIONS: 3 CONDRIEU 2 MARALAGO 6 STREET CANDI

RACE 2, AMOTE C,G&E MAIDEN HANDICAP, 1100m
Free Enterprise is on debut after he led all the way in a recent Randwick trial. He won the trial by 3.85 lengths and he wasn’t far away in a hot open trial at Randwick.

Chartwell was scratched from Gosford on Saturday and he resumes after a nice trial win recently.

Cool Jakey is on debut and the colt has good trial form.

SELECTIONS: 1 FREE ENTERPRISE 3 CHARTWELL 4 COOL JAKEY

RACE 3, MECHPRO SOLUTIONS AU F&M MAIDEN HANDICAP 1100m
Choose Your Words was beaten a nose in a recent Randwick trial and the winner won at Gosford on Saturday. She was placed twice last prep and she has good speed. She has a tricky draw but Tim Clark rides and the blinkers go on.

Eagle Nest hit the line hard in a recent trial and she was placed at Gosford on debut.

SELECTIONS: 1 CHOOSE YOUR WORDS 7 EAGLE NEST 6 DAYTONA GAL

RACE 4, LINCOLN ELECTRIC MAIDEN PLATE, 1300m
Speak Up resumed from a spell with a close third at Gosford on January 13. She was last in the straight in the big field and she stormed home. The longer trip is ideal and Avdulla rides.

Ambassadors was placed twice last prep and he will improve on his first up run.

Smart Vengeance ran on nice into third place at Goulburn first up.

SELECTIONS: 12 SPEAK UP 2 AMBASSADORS 10 SMART VENGEANCE

RACE 5 SITE INNOVATION PROVINCIAL MAIDEN PLATE 1600m
Owari will be an odds on favourite and he looks a good thing. He has only had two starts and was runner up both starts. He was beaten a length on debut in a Newcastle Maiden on January 17 and he was run down on the post at Kembla two weeks ago.

Gallic Fox has been placed in two recent country races and he ran on both starts.

Higher Hand has a place chance.

SELECTIONS: 8 OWARI 6 GALLIC FOX 7 HIGHER HAND

RACE 6, KINCROME BENCHMARK 64 HANDICAP, 1000M
Nasdaq Dubai bolted in first up at Kembla on January 14 and he pulled up lame when an unplaced $1.18 favourite in a field of four at Kembla on January 31. He was beaten less than 3 lengths in the Listed Lonhro at Randwick in February 2021.

Miss Violet is very quick and is in great form.

Florida Sky has won her last two.

SELECTIONS: 1 NASDAQ DUBAI 7 MISS VIOLET 2 FLORIDA SKY

RACE 7, MACK CONDITIONAL BENCHMARK 68 HANDICAP, 1350m
Pharoah’s Reign won three on the trot during the spring and was a close second at Warwick Farm in October. She has had two quiet trials and draws nice.

Speak Now had good form during the winter and has been unplaced only once in six starts.

Capital Asset should run well from the soft draw.

SELECTIONS: 1 PHAROAH’S REIGN 5 SPEAK NOW 6 CAPITAL ASSET

RACE 8, INFRABUILD MIDWAY CLASS 1 HANDICAP, 1200m
Wealthofknowledge is fitter for a creditable first up win at Newcastle.

Orthie’s Girls has a chance.

SELECTIONS: 4 WEALTHOFKNOWLEDGE 9 ORTHIE’S GIRLS 2 HASTEN DELIGHT

LATE MAIL
RACE 1
3 CONDRIEU – WON RUNNING AWAY 1ST UP
2 MARALAGO – THIS TRIP MORE SUITABLE
6 STREET CANDI – NICE WIN HERE 2 STARTS BACK
1 BRING THE BOOM – 1ST UP PLACE

RACE 2
1 FREE ENTERPRISE – BOLTED IN RECENT TRIAL
3 CHARTWELL – TRIALLING WELL
4 COOL JAKEY – BOTH TRIALS GOOD ENOUGH
5 GRAND CRUSADER – GOOD FORM LAST PREP

RACE 3
1 CHOOSE YOUR WORDS – CLOSE PLACINGS BEFORE SPELL
7 EAGLE NEST – RESUMES. JUST MISSED GOSFORD AUGUST
6 DAYTONA GAL – BOTH RUNS OK

RACE 4
12 SPEAK UP – EYE CATCHER LAST START
2 AMBASSADORS – FITTER THIS TIME
10 SMART VENGEANCE – WILL APPRECIATE THIS TRIP
8 MOONFLOWER – CAN IMPROVE ON ONLY RUN

RACE 5
8 OWARI – CLASS ABOVE THESE
6 GALIC FOX – PLACED LAST 2
7 HIGHER HAND – RUN DOWN BY SMART ONE LAST RUN
9 STEAM CLOCK - PLACE

RACE 6
1 NASDAQ DUBAI – LAME LAST START. WON EASY 2 BACK
7 MISS VIOLET – VERY QUICK AND IN FORM
2 FLORIDA SKY – HUGE COUNTRY WIN
3 CHIEF CONDUCTOR – FORM OK LAST PREP

RACE 7
1 PHAROAHS REIGN – 3 WINS & A 2ND LAST PREP
5 SPEAK NOW – HAS GOOD VICTORIAN FORM
6 CAPITAL ASSET – NICE TRIALS FORM OK
2 THE HIMALAYAS – IS BETTER THAN LAST RUN

RACE 8
4 WEALTHOFKNOWLEDGE - READY TO WIN
9 ORTHIE’S GIRLS – NO LUCK LAST START
2 HASTEN DELIGHT – WON ONLY START

All the fields, form and replays for Tuesday's Wyong meeting