Tamworth, Albury best bets, inside mail for Friday July 19, 2025
The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer.
TAMWORTH
BEST BET
Huge run on debut here; even better the next time here as well.
NEXT BEST
Won't be left with any excuses from the rails draw.
VALUE
Race 3 No. 3: HE'STHECHIEF
Placed at three of four, lost the rider in the other one.
QUADDIE
Race 5: 3, 6, 7, 14
Race 6: 2, 4, 5, 6
Race 7: 1, 10
Race 8: 2, 5, 6, 9
JOCKEY TO FOLLOW
GRANT BUCKLEY could be in for a good day.
ALBURY
BEST BET
Race 2 No. 3: STRAIGHT FIRE
Arguably 'the best horse in the race' which is a good place to start.
NEXT BEST
Race 8 No. 6: JUST LUKE LIAM
Has a good record at the home track and at this trip.
VALUE
Race 6 No. 4: ELLIS BEACH
Might be the best of a questionable bunch.
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INSIDE MAIL - TAMWORTH
RACE 5: McDonalds Tamworth (Bm58) 1400m
CONSIDERED (7) is a So You Think granddaughter of Kiss From A Rose which belies her $30,000 price-tag. Chalk her up as another bargain for Group One Thoroughbreds; she's already won back her purchase price in four starts. Last start winner, drawn well, at home. VISUALISE (6) has been rock solid in his four runs since he got to local trainer Jacob Perrett's stable. Beaten a lip at this track and trip by To Be Frank the other day.
Bet: Considered to win, quinella 6, 7
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RACE 6: Koobah Performance Horses (Bm82) 1600m
RAJNISH (5) has raced at Tamworth twice for a second and then that last start win which also happened to be over the mile. It was a very comprehensive victory too; he came from off the speed to chase down a very respectable bunch. WEALTHY INVESTOR (6) won his fourth race at start 41 out at Dubbo on June 29 but for one, he won very easily indeed and two, his poor win record is more a reflection of some of the strong races he has contested.
Bet: Rajnish to win, Daily Double 1st Leg 5, 2nd Leg 6
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SAINTLY SANDS (10) turned in a fantastic debut here when third to a nice style of horse in Savethebesttilast back on January 6. The Rodney Northam trained filly came back to Tamworth 17 days later and won her 1400m Maiden. Spelled, no public trials, but she is clearly handy filly in a top barn. DEEBO (1) boasts some outstanding figures right across the board but those home track, and trip, numbers are hard to go past.
Bet: Saintly Sands to win, exacta 10 to beat 1, quinella 1, 10
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ZAKOR (6) has always raced well at Tamworth from the day he broke his Maiden here way back as a two-year-old prior to his fourth in the Romantic Dream. The Justin Bowen-trained gelding tries his heart out every time, if he gets beaten it is usually either bad luck or he just wasn't quite good enough on the day. SPECK (8) resumes on a hat-trick, bearing in mind that the second of the sequence was a Randwick TAB Highway. WHO GOES HERE (3) is four from four at the track and trip.
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INSIDE MAIL - ALBURY
LUNAR MOJO (1) has been awfully costly to follow but at the same time he has placed at six of his eight starts and four of them are seconds. On top of that he has two seconds and a third from four Albury runs and has twice placed second on Heavy It's now or never again. FITZALAN (6) led and was passed late on debut at Wangaratta, One would imagine that is the modus operandi again here from barrier 2. MACHETE (8) is trained here now and was good in her two Victorian runs.
Bet: Lunar Mojo to win
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ELLIS BEACH (4) is having his first run for the new management. It will be his first run in NSW as well but he is fit for purpose on the score of a July 7 trial (ran second) at home at Wangaratta. Finds a winnable race. Not sold on the Heavy form of POWERFUL MAJIK (5) but he ran a good race here on debut. CAYMAN ISLAND (7) turned in his best career run when fourth to a handy horse at Wagga at $101.
Bet: Ellis Beach to win, Daily Double 1st Leg 4, 2nd Leg 6
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BLAZING SWORD (5) is a Bendigo-housed three-year-old who shares his name with Contract Racing's exceptional late 1980s colt who ended up as a stallion in Thailand. The 2021 model of Blazing Sword has a tidy little resume of one win, three seconds and a third in his 10 starts. Best of all, the son of Too Darn Hot has a win and a third on his only two Heavy runs. GOOFINATOR (10) sent out some rather positive signs second-up that a win was close at hand. FLUTTERBY (6) is flying.
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JUST LIKE LIAM (6) is from the 17th and final crop of Albert Stapleford's beloved Magic Albert, a great little over-achiever at stud he was too. Anyway, Just Like Liam is trained here at Albury by Garry Worsnop; 11 times he has raced there for two wins and three placings. He has also won at the track and distance. FREDDY'S SHOCK (10) ran second to Sorry Sunshine on a Heavy 10 at Wagga last start. Both are clearly in the mix here. As is RUSHFORD (1) who was fifth in that same race.
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