Balaklava Cup Day best bets & quaddie tips | September 14
| What | Balaklava Cup Day 2022 |
| Where | Balaklava Racing Club – 18 Racecourse Rd, Balaklava SA 5461 |
| When | Wednesday, September 14, 2022 |
| First Race | 11:35am AEST |
It is Balaklava Cup Day on Wednesday as racing heads to the Mid North region of South Australia for the Balaklava Racing Club’s marquee day. The track is rated a Soft 5, with the rail in the true position throughout, although with persistent rain forecast throughout the day, it might pay to do the form around a Soft 6 or 7. The day of action gets underway at 11:35am ACST with a small six-horse field in a three-year-old maiden plate.
Balaklava Cup Top Tip – Noname Lane
The Listed Balaklava Cup (1600m) takes centre stage on Wednesday afternoon, and we expect the Will Clarken-trained Noname Lane to leave connections with the major share of the $107,250 on offer. The six-year-old has managed to string together three wins from his last four starts, and based on his last-start victory over 1050m, we expect he will fire over the mile. The Shamus Award gelding won a BM80 over the mile three runs back when getting the upper hand over Skilled Bunch and Somerset Maugham while racing up on speed. We expect to see Todd Pannell to have this bloke settled in the first four having drawn trickily in barrier 18. As long as the pair do not get trapped wide throughout and they’re afforded the luxury of settling outside the leader or in the one-one, Noname Lane has the form and certainly the wet-track record (12: 7-2-0) to be the one walking away with the Balaklava Cup.
Balaklava Cup
Race 8 – 
#5 Noname Lane (18)
6yo Gelding | T: Will Clarken | J: Todd Pannell (56kg)
Best Bet at Balaklava – Saville
The Greg Lesnikowski & Ryan Hannemann-trained Saville had strung together consecutive wins to begin his campaign before heading to a Morphettville BM68 on September 3 where he finished on the heels of the placegetters. Although he ran three lengths off eventual winner Taunting, the five-year-old showed enough to suggest he would take some beating wherever he went. He had won previously when settling at the rear of the field and flashing home on the back of a genuine tempo. With Exalted Maxine and Jacks On Ice engaged in this race, he is sure to gain that over the 1200m scamper. The step back to BMM64 midweek company looks ideal, and under a well-timed steer from Ryan Hurdle, Saville looks a great bet in the second leg of the quaddie. Considering pre-post favourite Nicconi Express has been scratched, the $3.30 with online bookmakers looks to be a steal.
Best Bet
Race 7 – 
#7 Saville (11)
5yo Gelding | T: Greg Lesnikowski & Ryan Hannemann | J: Ryan Hurdle (61kg)
Best Value at Balaklava – Imposing Suspect
The way the Peter Hardacre-trained Imposing Suspect broke his maiden at Murray Bridge over 1400m suggested he was one to follow, and we hope he can bring up a second win at start three on Wednesday. The four-year-old gelding had to settle at the rear of the field on August 31 but unleashed a devastating turn of foot down the centre of the track to finish over the top of his rivals. In the end, the win was a soft one, but a repeat effort here on the back of a genuine speed should see this Unusual Suspect gelding prove too hard to hold out once more. As long as Eran Boyd has him in clear air in the home straight, the $11 on offer with online betting sites looks to be a perfect bank-builder.
Best Value
Race 4 – 
#6 Imposing Suspect (9)
4yo Gelding | T: Peter Hardacre | J: Eran Boyd (58.5kg)
Wednesday quaddie picks for Balaklava
Balaklava quadrella selections
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
- 1-2-5-7
- 1-7
- 1-5-6
- 1-4-11-15
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