Canterbury racing preview & quaddie tips | Friday, January 5

January 3, 2024 2:05 pm.

Canterbury night racing tips

What	Canterbury Races
Where	Canterbury Park Racecourse – King St, Canterbury NSW 2193
When	Friday, January 5, 2024
First Race	6pm AEDT
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The summer series of evening racing continues at Canterbury on Friday, with a very competitive eight-race program set to be run and won. The rail moves out +3m the entire circuit, and with a promising forecast predicted in the lead-up, watch for the track to receive an upgrade into the Good range for race-day. The opening race is scheduled to get underway at 6pm local time.

Best Bet at Canterbury: Yvette

Yvette made her debut at this track and trip on December 15 and with even running clearly should’ve won. She was a victim of the ‘Canterbury coffin’ from barrier one and had nowhere to go when attempt to get clear along the inside running rail. Once she saw daylight, the daughter of I Am Invincible cruised through the wire to be defeated by a half-length, giving a strong impression the three-year-old filly is worth following second-up. She draws gate three in this event to allow Jason Collett to hold a one-off position, and with a bit more luck in transit, Yvette should swallow up her rivals in the concluding stages.

Best Bet

Race 3 – #10 Yvette (3)

3yo Filly | T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | J: Jason Collett (56kg)

+115 with Bet365

Next Best at Canterbury: Voile

Voile was very disappointing first-up at Caulfield on December 2 and didn’t seem to have excuses to the eye. She’s since returned to Sydney for the James Cummings barn, and with a lovely tick-over trial at Rosehill on December 18, we’re willing to give the filly by Exceed And Excel a chance second-up into the campaign. Tommy Berry takes the reins from barrier four and maps to find the one-one position throughout the 1100m journey, and from there, Voile should give a much better account of herself.

Next Best

Race 1 – #10 Voile (4)

2yo Filly | T: James Cummings | J: Tommy Berry (56kg)

+380 with PlayUp

Next Best Again at Canterbury: Fickle

After electing to withdraw Fickle from a maiden contest on New Year’s Day, the Peter & Paul Snowden yard picked out this wide-open affair on Friday night. She heads to this on the back of two barrier trials, with the latest catching the eye at Randwick on November 20, allowing the daughter of I Am Invincible to stride to clear to score by 1.7 lengths under Zac Lloyd. The trials were stylish and we’re willing to take the risk they had plenty of substance too – particularly provided horse racing bookmakers give punters an each-way price.