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Toorak Handicap Tips - Can Another Wil secure Group 1 or is there a lightweight that can cause an upset?
- Another Wil is favourite for the Group 1 event
- Antino was runner-up in this race last year
- Pericles and Craig both finished runner-up at their most recent start
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 21: Jamie Kah riding Another Wil winning Race 5, the Millennium Testa Rossa Stakes - Betting Odds during Melbourne Racing at Caulfield Racecourse on September 21, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)
The Toorak Handicap will be held on Saturday October 12 and is the last of three Group 1 races at Caulfield on Guineas day.
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Another Wil is favourite for the time-honoured handicap and claimed the Testa Rossa Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on September 21, overcoming a check at the 300m mark to win in dominant fashion.
The Ciaron Maher-trained galloper eight lenghts faster than standard and should have room for improvement at his third run back from a spell.
Wishlor Lass (2nd), Jimmy The Bear (4th) and Light Infantry Man (6th) were among the beaten briagde. Wishlor Lass has some upside but is no better at the weights and has just under two lengths to make up.
Best last start benchmark figures belong to Pericles, who went 13 lengths faster than standard benchmark when 3rd in the recent Underwood Stakes (1800m). He should be better at the 1600m and the form from the Underwood held up with the winner, Bucakroo, going on to finish runner-up in the Turnbull Stakes (2000m).
Antino also boasts some solid last start benchmark figures when going 12.4 lengths faster than standard to place 3rd behind a couple of stars in Pride Of Jenni and Mr Brightside in the Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley recently.
The former Kiwi galloper, Desert Lightning, carries top weight of 57kg and was solid with an on-speed victory in the Sandown Stakes (1500m) recently. Craig meets that horse 2kg worse at the weights but is another with some upside and was held up from the 500m to the 400m before being snagged out and producing the fastest last 400m and 200m. He is likely to get back from barrier 12. Magnaspin was also held up before running 3rd, while Bank Maur was 4th.
Alsephina is one of three last start winners in the race and represents a bit ox X-factor. The West Australian mare has won 10 of 17 and was strong late when claiming the Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley last time.
Orchestral comes across from New Zealand was dominant in the autumn when winning four in a row in her homeland before taking out the Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. Not sure about her past two runs though and she might be one worth risking. Osipenko is an each-way hope that comes down from Sydney but has not won since the autumn of 2023.
2024 Toorak Handicap Tips
2024 Toorak Handicap Best Bet
There are a host of chances in the Toorak Handicap, including Pericles, who draws barrier 13, as well as Antino, who was runner-up in this race last year. But I am going with the favourite, Another Wil. The five-year-old has had one run in Group 1 company for a 7th in the Doncaster Mile (1600m) but drew wide in that race and was forced to work hard on the Heavy track before fading late. He was at the end of a long prep. This time around, the son of Street Boss should be right at his peak at his third run. He wont be too far away in the early to middle stages and will just need the gaps to present at the right time.
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Craig is the pick of those on the minimum weight and has produced excellent figures in all seven of his career runs, having never finished out of the placings. The Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young-trained galloper was given a slight freshen up and went 12.4 lengths faster than standard when winning over the 1400m here in late August before a bit of an unlucky run behind Desert Lightning last time. He is slighty worse off at the weights for that performance and draws wide but should land in the running line, while the slight step to the 1600m is in his favour.
Verdict
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