Eagle Farm free racing tips & quaddie selections | March 16, 2024

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Eagle Farm tips

What	Eagle Farm Races
Where	Eagle Farm Racecourse – 230 Lancaster Rd, Ascot QLD 4007
When	Saturday, March 16, 2024
First Race	11:38am AEST
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Brisbane Racing Club will host a competitive 10-race card at Eagle Farm this Saturday afternoon. The track is rated a Soft 5 at the time of acceptances, but with little rain on the forecast, it is expected that the going will improve into the Good range before the start of the meeting. The rail will be pushed out slightly to the +0.5m position for the entire circuit, with racing set to kick off at 11:38am AEST.

Best Bet at Eagle Farm: Press Link

After returning from a 16-week spell with a dominant win at Doomben in mid-week grade, Press Link appears ready to step up to Saturday metropolitan level this weekend. The Robert Heathcote-trained gelding was able to settle behind the speed before peeling off the leaders back to run straight on by at the 250m mark. The son of Press Statement showed a devastating turn of foot as he put two lengths on his rivals within a few strides to career away with a 2.3-length victory. Although this bloke has drawn an awkward barrier (11), Michael Rodd has been on his back in both of his career starts, and he will give Press Link every chance to remain undefeated.

Best Bet

Race 8 – #2 Press Link (11)

3yo Gelding | T: Robert Heathcote | J: Michael Rodd (59.5kg)

+160 with Picklebet

Next Best at Eagle Farm: Tribeca Star

Tribeca Star returned to the winner’s circle for the first time in four starts as the Matthew Dunn-trained galloper recorded a soft win at Grafton over 1410m on February 17. Since that win, Dunn has given his four-year-old gelding a four-week break, which should do him well considering he has been up since September of last year. Ryan Maloney will be legged aboard for his first ride on this son of Star Turn, and from barrier nine, he should be able to slot into a midfield position off the rail. If Tribeca Star lets down with a similar finish to his last start, he will prove very hard to hold out late.

Next Best

Race 5 – #4 Tribeca Star (9)

4yo Gelding | T: Matthew Dunn | J: Ryan Maloney (57kg)

+200 with Neds

Best Value at Eagle Farm: Hyde

Hyde ran home nicely from midfield to finish third behind Boom Torque first-up and was only beaten by 1.3 lengths on the line over 1350m. Rising in distance to 1600m second-up (3:2-1-0) in a slightly weaker race looks to be the ideal step for the Annabel Neasham-trained gelding. With the aid of Bailey Wheeler’s 2kg claim, this son of Snitzel gets in very well at the weights and should be able to land in a good spot midfield from barrier six. With even luck from the 600m mark, Hyde will be running home strong to play a prominent role in the finish.