Ballarat racing preview, best bets & quaddie | Sunday, May 12

May 10, 2024 3:44 pm.

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What	Ballarat Races
Where	Ballarat Turf Club – 240 Kennedys Rd, Miners Rest VIC 3352
When	Sunday, May 12, 2024
First Race	12:40pm AEST
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The Ballarat Turf Club will host a competitive eight-race meeting this Sunday afternoon from 12:40pm AEST. Although the track was rated as a Soft 6 at the time of acceptances, with no rain on the forecast for the weekend, it is expected that the surface will improve into the Good range by the start of the program. The rail will be pushed out to the +3m position for the entire circuit, which should see it play favourably to on-speed runners.

Best Bet at Ballarat: Layeruponlayer

Layeruponlayer was ultra-impressive on his Australian debut, running away from his rivals in the final 400m to record a dominant seven-length victory. The son of Stratum Star showed that he can jump well to put himself in a forward position before sprinting strongly late. From barrier four, John Allen will attempt to replicate the last-start victory by leading all the way to record back-to-back wins.

Best Bet

Race 7 – #4 Layeruponlayer (4)

5yo Gelding | T: Mathew Smerdon | J: John Allen (60kg)

+170 with Bet365

Next Best at Ballarat: All So Clear

All So Clear tasted his first defeat at the Ballarat 1600m on April 28, going down to Matriarch Rose in Benchmark 64 grade. Even though this son of So You Think finished 2.3 lengths off the winner, he beat the rest of the field by over four lengths. Now that he is third-up, All So Clear looks primed to run a big race and should be at peak fitness for this contest at his favourite track and trip.

Next Best

Race 5 – #4 All So Clear (5)

5yo Gelding | T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes | J: Matthew Cartwright (60.5kg)

+340 with Picklebet

Best Value at Ballarat: Blast Wave

Blast Wave experienced a torrid run on debut, as she was made to travel three wide for the entire 1217m trip and battled on gamely to finish fourth. The daughter of Grunt will have taken a lot out of her first raceday experience, and from an inside barrier, Lachlan King will be able to settle this girl off the speed in a stalking position. If Blast Wave travels as well as she did first-up and lets down strongly, she will play a prominent role in the finish.