Kensington betting tips & quaddie picks – February 15, 2023
| What | Randwick-Kensington Races |
| Where | Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 |
| When | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 |
| First Race | 2:20pm AEDT |
Metropolitan racing heads to Royal Randwick Racecourse on Wednesday afternoon for a competitive seven-race program on the Kensington track. The rail has moved out +5m the entire circuit for the meeting and the track is currently rated in the good range for race-day. We should be playing on a relatively fair surface on Wednesday with the rail out. The first race is set to get underway at 2:20pm AEDT.
Best Bet: Journalism
Journalism has been terrific since returning with a win on January 18 at Wyong and has continued to be consistent since that effort. This four-year-old gelding was unfortunate not to be making it back-to-back wins, running second behind Mystic Mermaid over the 1580m at Canterbury. He decided to sit outside the leader on that occasion and hit the line well, just getting run over late to go down a half-length on the winning post. Brett Prebble takes the reins this time and from barrier three should see this son of I Am Invincible ping the lids and take up the running if he wants it; however, if they over do it up front he can easily take a sit in behind the speed as he did first-up. The 1550m here on the Kensington looks a perfect setup and we’re happy to be with him.
Best Bet
Race 2 – 
#2 Journalism (3)
4yo Gelding | T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | J: Brett Prebble (59.5kg)
Next Best: Hollywood Hero
We’re giving one last chance to Hollywood Hero to break his maiden status on Wednesday afternoon and should be right in the finish on the Kensington surface. His second up performance at Canterbury on February 1 had plenty of merit despite starting a short-priced favourite with online bookmakers. He drew wide and cut across to sit outside the lead on a solid tempo and gave favourite backers a great sight turning in; however, if proved too much for this three-year-old colt who just faded late. He steps up to the 1400m for the first time and James McDonald sticks, so that gives us a good indication he thinks this Sacred Falls colt will appreciate the extra distance as well. They don’t need to lead in this contest, but we’ll leave it up to J-Mac to sort out the tempo and manage the task from there.
Next Best
Race 3 – 
#1 Hollywood Hero (1)
3yo Colt | T: Bjorn Baker | J: James McDonald (59kg)
Next Best Again: Lascars
Lascars returns from a 15-week spell and has been trialling the house down coming into this first-up assignment on the Kensington. You only have to look at the first of his two jump outs to see why we’re with him on Wednesday as he travelled up behind Eskimo Prince Stakes winner Aft Cabin with ease to run into second in the Godolphin-dominated trial on January 16. He then had another jump out on the synthetic course at Warwick Farm hard held throughout, winning the trial to boot. He runs into a quality field here though to be fair, with plenty of chances across the board with horse like Headwall, Fumiko and Allusionist all having claims as well. Barrier three just looks perfect though for Lascars here with James McDonald having the choice to lead or get the leaders back. If he does, the only question mark is fitness, but with those two phenomenal trials under his belt, we think he’s the one to beat.
Next Best Again
Race 4 – 
#4 Lascars (3)
3yo Gelding | T: James Cummings | J: James McDonald (58.5kg)
Wednesday quaddie tips for Kensington races
Randwick-Kensington quadrella selections
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
- 3-4-5-6
- 1-2-5-10
- 4-5-6-7
- 1-3-5
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