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By Mark Brassel

Talented galloper Bartolf is set to claim his first Rosehill Gardens victory in The Inglis Influence Handicap (1300m) at Sunday’s delayed race meeting.

Bartolf (James McDonald) cruises home at Warwick Farm. Image by Bradley Photographers

The 10-race card was pushed back a day after yesterday’s oppressive afternoon where temperatures skyrocketed to 40 degrees.

Bartolf, trained by the duo of John O’Shea & Tom Charlton, is a son of former champion performer So You Think out of Lesley’s Choice.

Bartolf, or Bartholomew, was a Scottish nobleman and founder of the Lesley Family, hence the name.

The stable is keen on his chances with the four-year-old firming from $6 into $4.40 in TAB markets.

Two starts back the gelding powered home to score over 1300m at Warwick Farm on October 22.

He followed that with a fourth (beaten 1.2 lengths) to Tuned at Rosehill.

Bartolf could be considered unlucky in that event as he did run into trouble halfway down the straight and took a while to balance up before motoring late.

The galloper is one of seven rides on the day for Jason Collett who will also handle Format ($7.50) in the previous race, the Captivant @ Kia Ora Handicap (2000m) for the Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott stable.

Also a four-year-old, Format won at Hawkesbury (2000m) three starts back and last time out was a close-up third to Sacrify at Canterbury Park (1900m).

Coincidentally, their main opposition will come from the O’Shea-Charlton trained Hurstville Zagreb (Adam Hyeronimus) who is the $2.80 favourite.

That gelding finished seventh last time to Brave Call at Kembla Grange (2000m) but the race was run in blinding rain so the failure can be forgiven.

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