Ballarat Racing Tips for November 11 – Promising youngsters from the Freedman stable to strike early

Here are our best bets from the meeting, which also feature in our daily selections.

Goodness gets her chance to break through in the opener after placing in three of her four starts. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained mare resumed with a third behind Rough Enuff over 1400m at Sale, where a post-race vet examination found she had colic. Strong early support is encouraging, and the fifth horse from that race has since won a maiden at Cranbourne. Goodness improved by more than seven lengths on benchmark figures when stepping from a third at Ballarat to a second at Caulfield Heath at the same stage of her debut preparation. From barrier four with Michael Dee aboard, she’ll take some beating.

Pocketfullofcash can bounce back with a significant drop in grade. The Reece Goodwin-trained filly was a dominant debut winner at Pakenham in July before taking on stronger three-year-old company in the spring. She struggled on heavy ground behind The Next Episode in the Danehill Stakes (1100m), then went more than 12 lengths faster than standard to the 600m while leading in the Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield before tiring to finish eighth. Her figures still stack up well against this field, and she’ll be hard to beat if she can get into a better rhythm up front.

Ladhar looks well placed back in grade and up to 1400m. The Godolphin filly was a smart winner at Geelong two starts ago for the Freedmans before finishing seventh in the Crockett Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Cox Plate day. She settled handy and kept on steadily, running five lengths faster than the standard benchmark. The daughter of Exceed And Excel lacked a turn of foot over 1200m, but the extra distance should suit. Expect her to settle just off the speed and be hard to hold out late.