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Australian Turf Club presents a 10-race winter card at Royal Randwick this Saturday featuring the $160,000 TAB Handicap (1400m).

Promising type Getafix is a $2.50 equal favourite on TAB (in from the opening $2.60) alongside another firmer It's A Knockout ($3.70 into $2.50) and the drifting Mickey's Medal ($4.60 out to $6.50).

The rail is out 6m the entire circumference with the track rated a Soft 6. There's nothing but blue skies ahead until Saturday with a pleasant top of 20 degrees expected on raceday.

This week’s selections: RH

BEST BET
Race 9, No.10 - IT'S A KNOCKOUT ($2.60 on TAB)

Saturday 12th July – ROYAL RANDWICK

2. YISKA ($10) can be a bit hit and miss, his record tells you that, but he races well fresh and seems to race best when allowed to find his feet and swoop. That’s what happened first-up last time in when he beat, an admittedly very unlucky, Accredited at Canterbury. He can balance up from the wide gate and while you’re banking on some early pace bringing him into it he’s an each-way chance.

8. PUNTIN ($4.60) looks a progressive type and he was able to get control and hold them off to score second-up at Rosehill. Steps out to the mile now which he’ll relish, he’s drawn to land right there in the lead or on pace again and he’s the one horse in this race that’s very likely not reached anywhere near his ceiling just yet. Bit of a moment of truth for him but he looks hard to beat.

10. IT’S A KNOCKOUT ($2.60) was awesome in winning first-up over the same track and distance last month, she landed in a great spot from a wide gate and simply powered away. It’s a rise in class now for her to Benchmark 88 but she gets a 1.5kg weight drop and a barrier perfect for her style. She’s already been Group 3 placed in mares company so it’s not foreign waters she’s stepping into and if she’s anything like the horse that turned up three weeks ago she’ll be hard to stop.

5. CHANGING COLOURS ($4) was particularly dominant coming to Sydney off a month between runs and overcoming trouble to score an easy win at Rosehill two weeks ago. While she does up in the weights she’s meeting a largely similar group and if anything she’s drawn a lot better. It’s up to her to repeat that performance but nothing is saying she can’t.

View final fields with full form & race replays for Royal Randwick here