Canterbury races preview & betting tips | Friday, February 9

February 7, 2024 5:17 pm.

Canterbury night racing tips

What	Canterbury Races
Where	Canterbury Park Racecourse – King St, Canterbury NSW 2193
When	Friday, February 9, 2024
First Race	6pm AEDT
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Canterbury Park sets the scene on Friday evening with a competitive eight-race program lined up for punters. The rail is out +3m the entire circuit, and with no significant rainfall predicted to hit the track in the lead-up, we anticipated a genuine Good 4 rating for the race-day. The opening event is set to get underway at 6pm local time.

Best Bet: Pasima

Pasima continues to race consistently without securing victory but does appear ready to peak after two runner-up performances. His latest effort at Warwick Farm on January 26 was sensational when closing off second-best behind Dimitrov, with the Pierro colt savaging the line despite turning widest. He pulled up with heat stress in the stewards’ report, so although he was clearly hampered, the three-year-old did enough to suggest he is worth following into this maiden contest.

Best Bet

Race 1 – #1 Pasima (8)

3yo Colt | T: Ciaron Maher | J: Jason Collett (59.5kg)

+210 with Neds

Next Best: Remedies

Remedies returns after a 39-week spell and brings some elite form from her two-year-old season. She was far from disgraced behind the likes of Steel City and Blanc De Blanc in the Group 3 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) before heading to Adelaide, where she finished in the minor money behind Stretan Angel at Listed level on April 15. Two impressive barrier trials have this daughter of Sepoy ticking over beautifully for this first-up assault, and provided Tommy Berry can find cover from barrier eight, Remedies looks classy enough to figure in this BM72.

Next Best

Race 8 – #11 Remedies (8)

3yo Filly | T: James Cummings | J: Tommy Berry (56.5kg)

+500 with Unibet

Next Best Again: Unusual Legacy

Unusual Legacy appears to be a stayer on the rise after securing his first Australian victory at Newcastle on January 27. The gelding by Unusual Suspect bounded away from his rivals to win by 2.5 lengths and seemed to have plenty in hand over the 1850m journey. Getting to the tighter-turning track at Canterbury might be the only negative, but based on what he’s produce so far in his short four-year-old career, we think he can manage the task on Friday evening.