Craven Plate

We're not going to watch her.

We're going to go back and watch the Craven Plate, her stablemate Lindemann, one of the more informed horses in Australia when he's placed right over the last sort of 18 months.

So he's out in front.

Tom Kitten, who's a very accomplished horse, coming at him.

Now they're run on the same day.

There's a good card there as well with the invitation at Group 2 level and a couple of other really good races on the day, including the Craven Plate.

Time-honoured race, the Craven Plate.

You go back through its history, it's been won by some absolute champions of the turf.

and Lindemann and Tom Kitten clash there in the big race.

oh i know i i think you've got to kind of set up thinking on pace and stalking you definitely going to be ideal there's a little bit of wind around which could change during the day too i think the direction uh i don't think they would have put as much water on it as they may have Wanted to because there were showers predicted that never arrived so you would be surprised if it wasn't a firm deck there today and you know sort of a nine meter position is the dynamite leader position and we're not far away from that so yeah the firmer it is the harder it should be to run on wide so I'd be yeah I'd be setting up sympathetic to those on speed and if you want a back one that's going to be sort of back and circling I'd wait and see early.

I think that's fair enough advice.

Race number six, I'm really interested to get your thoughts here on the Craven Plate.

Yeah, it's all part of the puzzle, guys, as we have a look at Randwick now.

And Darren, we've got a couple of feature races on the program, the Invitation, the Spring Champion, the Craven Plate, etc.

Any of those features that you're really keen on a particular runner in?

Well, I'll start with the spring champion.

davo anything on the randwick program you've got a good feel for today oh look

i've i've had more bits today across the country than i've had in the last five saturdays combined so i've sort of opened the uh open the shoulders a bit today um I actually chased a few at sort of, you know, odds early that I thought were overs.

I thought going to the Craven Plate, look, you know, Lindemann, he just gets blessed because he's got that early speed and he always gets in races with these sort of wait-for-age races in the middle distance where there's, They seem to have no speed at all, and a lot of them are sort of, you know, looking further.

He's going to get favours with what's going to be a firm track today, you would think, after we miss the rain and the rail at six.

We've got the Five Diamonds Prelude as well there.

And the Craven Plate and the Calendar President will have plays in two at Randwick.

Yeah.

Morfettville will also duck across because daretodream.com.au. There's plays there.

I will not be surprised if he wins, but we've got to, you can't just take any price, can you? I think he's a good horse.

Yep.

Race six is the group two Craven plate.

Weight for age 1,800 meters.

Yep.

All right, let's turn our attention now to the Craven Plate, 1800 Group 2.

Your favourite in here, Lindemann Brownie at 230, but Hummer, I'd imagine that's where most of the money's gone in this

one.