Sandown Hillside best bets & quaddie tips | February 15, 2023
| What | Sandown Races |
| Where | Sandown Racecourse – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 |
| When | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 |
| First Race | 3:40pm AEDT |
Racing returns to the Sandown Hillside track this Wednesday for what promises to be a competitive twilight meeting. The track is currently a Good 4, and with no rain and warm weather on the forecast, we expect that rating to stick for most of race day. The rail will go out to the +13m position for the entire circuit after racing on this track on Saturday, which may prove to play favourable to on-speed runners. The first of eight races will jump at 3:40pm AEDT.
Best Bet at Sandown: Greece
The third race of the day will see the exciting three-year-old filly from the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace yard return to the races for her autumn campaign. Greece was very good in her second career preparation, recording a dominant victory at Geelong to break her maiden and then when a long odds-on favourite at Cranbourne she didn’t receive a lot of luck and finished second, before going out for a spell. In preparation for this first-up run on Wednesday, this daughter of I Am Invincible had a very easy jump-out at Cranbourne, where the jockey had a strong hold on her for the entirety of the 800m event. The Maher & Eustace team have made it very clear that they won’t race this filly if the track is anywhere near the Soft range, so with no rain expected and the track expected to be dry, we should see this girl return and be at her very best. Jamie Kah will partner this filly again after being the only successful rider on her to date, and from barrier three we expect Kah to take her to the lead and prove very hard to beat.
Best Bet
Race 3 – 
#4 Greece (3)
3yo Filly | T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | J: Jamie Kah (58.5kg)
Next Best at Sandown: Skywriter
We won’t have to wait long for another of our best bets at Sandown, with the Chris Waller-trained Skywriter going to the races for the second time in her career, after finishing second on debut at Moe over 1214m on January 24. This three-year-old filly was very good in the final 100m of her debut run once she got into clear air and was able to chase down the eventual winner, taking a good length off Skepticism. If the runs were reversed there is no doubt in our mind that this filly would have won the race. This daughter of Written Tycoon was able to settle at the rear of the field, with just one runner behind her, before weaving a passage between tiring horses on the home turn. From barrier eight on Wednesday, we should see Craig Williams drop her back to the rear of the field again, however, with the big spaces of the Hillside track, we should see her come down the outside and be in clear air for the entire length of the straight. If this filly gets even luck and doesn’t get held up in the final 300m, she should be winning.
Next Best
Race 1 – 
#9 Skywriter (8)
3yo Filly | T: Chris Waller | J: Craig Williams (57kg)
Best Value at Sandown: Cradle Of Life
The first leg of the quaddie is where we will see the Richard Laming-trained Cradle Of Life go to the races for the third time in his career after finishing second in a Pakenham Class 1 Handicap over 1400m on January 25. This three-year-old colt has finished in the top three at both of his career starts, with his last start fast finishing third off a slow speed, being the better of his starts even though he won on debut. This son of Written Tycoon settled last at his most recent start, where the leaders set the race up for themselves by running the race at such a slow tempo, but this colt was enormous making up at six lengths in the final 200m on the leading duo. If the leaders can set a solid tempo on Wednesday and give this guy a fair chance to run home from the back, we should see him rattling home from the back to stake his claim in the concluding stages of the 1300m event.
Best Value
Race 5 – 
#4 Cradle Of Life (5)
3yo Colt | T: Richard Laming | J: Ethan Brown (59kg)
Wednesday quaddie tips for Sandown races
Sandown quadrella selections
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
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