Wednesday’s Ipswich best bets & quaddie | 17/8/2022
| What | Ipswich Races |
| Where | Ipswich Turf Club – 219 Brisbane Rd, Bundamba QLD 4304 |
| When | Wednesday, August 17, 2022 |
| First Race | 12:33pm AEST |
HorseBetting’s Queensland racing analyst presents you with his best bets, value bet and quaddie selections for Wednesday’s eight-race metropolitan card at Ipswich. The track is rated a Soft 5 and the rail is out 6m from the 1100m to the Winning Post and then 4m for the remainder of the course. The first of eight races is scheduled for 12:33pm AEST.
Best Bet at Ipswich – Our Armistice
Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted combine in race three with four-year-old mare Our Armistice. The daughter of in-form stallion Shalaa has had three starts in Brisbane, finishing fourth twice and most recently running into third at Eagle Farm. Now having her fourth start for both her career and the preparation, the stable have opted to apply Blinkers for the first time, which should sharpen her up nicely. From barrier six, Our Armistice will get the right run in transit just midfield with cover, and with the ‘Queen of Ipswich’, Samantha Collett, in the saddle, she should go very close to getting her maiden out of the way.
Best Bet
Race 3 – 
#5 Our Armistice (6)
4yo Mare | T: Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted | J: Samantha Collett (57kg)
Next Best at Ipswich – A Call From Heaven
Tony Gollan and Ryan Maloney combine in the fourth with four-year-old mare A Call From Heaven, who is lining up in her second run for the preparation. In her first-up run, she got a long way back on a leader-dominated day and chased hard to be beaten just under a length by subsequent winner Beaux Rumble on a Soft 6 over 1200m. Every bit of that run suggested she wanted a bit further, as her breeding suggests, so the step out to 1350m should be ideal. In her maiden win over this distance at Doomben on February 16, A Call From Heaven led all of the way, so Maloney is going to have a few options from the wide gate – either cross and lead, or go back and run on like she did first-up. Either way, this is a suitable race for this mare.
Next Best
Race 5 – 
#11 A Call From Heaven (8)
4yo Mare | T: Tony Gollan | J: Ryan Maloney (57kg)
Next Best Again at Ipswich – Chief Artie
Chief Artie was impressive when resuming behind Incentivise’s half brother Argyle Lane at the Sunshine Coast on August 7, sticking on gamely to run second. The Rob Heathcote-trained four-year-old has some really solid form, breaking his maiden back in December last year when beating subsequent Group 3 Winx Guineas winner, Majestic Colour, by almost three lengths. The son of Flying Artie had a trial back in February, but he didn’t make it to the races following that, so it was encouraging to see him win a Doomben trial on August 2. Les Tilley rode him in that trial and in his first-up run, so it is good to see he has stuck with the horse. Chief Artie can be handy from barrier three and give this race a real shake.
Next Best Again
Race 7 – 
#5 Chief Artie (3)
4yo Gelding | T: Robert Heathcote | J: Les Tilley (57.5kg)
Friday quaddie picks for Ipswich
Ipswich quadrella selections
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
- 1-2-6-7-11
- 4-10-11
- 2-5-6
- 2-4-7
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