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Australian Turf Club presents a 10-race winter card at Royal Randwick this Saturday featuring the $1 million Group 1-Winx Stakes over 1400m.

The great mare Via Sistina is the $2.40 TAB favourite ahead of Gringotts ($5) and the favourite's stablemates, Fangirl and Aeliana both at $7. Ceolwulf is next at $11.

The rail is in the TRUE position with the course, naturally, a Heavy 10 after Randwick was bombarded with 74.5mls of rain over the last 24hrs and 158.7mls for the past week. There's more rain later today and Friday but the showers will ease with a top of 20 degrees forecast on a partly cloudy raceday.

This week’s selections: RH

BEST BET
Race 3, No.1 - JUJA KIBO ($2.90 favourite on TAB)

Saturday 23rd August – ROYAL RANDWICK

Tried hard to find a reason to oppose 4. AUTUMN GLOW ($1.95) given the testing ground first-up but she’s given no reason to think she won’t handle heavy ground and kicking off at 1100m looks ideal. She did trial quite smoothly on heavy a couple of weeks ago which is some guide. The raps are huge on her and while it’s risky taking a short price she has to be the one to beat.

Not only does a heavy track throw a spanner in the works for the Group 1 but a distinct lack of speed doesn’t help either. Settled on 3. GRINGOTTS ($5) who might be able to put himself in the first few in running given the likely leader has drawn just to his outside. He should have won his past two first-up attempts and he proved his class winning the Ryder. The heavy is the unknown but everything else about him says he’ll run well.

6. CORNICHE ($8.50) is a proven heavy tracker having his first run for Ciaron Maher and since his eye-catching third behind Romeo’s Choice on a soft 5 five weeks ago. The heavy will even that up and he meets the winner 3kg better for less than half a length. Just like to see him hold a position not too far back and he should be hard to hold off.

11. NARBOLD ($6) is hard fit and brings form around Amusing into this race from his two starts before he scored on a heavy track at Kensington just over a week ago. All three heavy runs have been this prep and he’s been right there in all of them, he’s down 2kg and this race could well fall away a bit numbers wise which would help his cause.

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