Round Three Of The Easter Egg Preludes

As the One Golden Easter Egg approaches, the quality of the preludes increases. This week we see some handy Victorian's trained by Darren McDonald, and the Healesville Cup winner and holder Frosty Jay Jay making an appearance.

Three Preludes will be conducted at Wentworth Park on Saturday night, on a card that features two heats of the a Group Three Betfair Cup, which ARG is also previewing.

Golden Easter Egg Prelude 1 – Race 4 at 8:28pm

Darren McDonald's first runner of the night is Where's The Surf. The blue Where's Pedro – Nova Surf (Surf Lorian – Nova Keroma) dog has won his last two at and has won nine from 24 overall. He is a good beginner who likes the rail and he will need to lead from the awkward draw. He comes up against well-performed Tasmanian Hellyeah Bolt. The trained chaser steward's trialled at Wentworth Park last week in 29.89. He has won five of his last nine and 18 from 29. He is also handy out of box eight, winning three from four.

Manyana Pearl (6) has won her last three on the trot, including a last start 29.95 at Wentworth Park in a fourth and fifth grade. She has been beginning well of late and with a first split of 5.39, could very well lead the race.

Apollo Reign (2) is a strong dog who won at Richmond in a fast 30.43 last start. He can find some trouble early and can't afford to give some of these a head-start.

Of the others, the superbly bred dog by ( – Proper Shelby), Quite Ready (1), has box one and has won two from three at Wentworth Park, including a last start win in 30.00 from box six. He can be risky at box-rise. Knot Tellin Ya (3) and Retiring (4) have been around the track plenty of times, which may assist them, but their recent form has been patchy. Gibbonator (7) has contested the last two rounds of the Preludes and isn't having much luck and looks to have a tough ask from the box.

Golden Easter Egg Prelude 2 – Race 5 at 8:47pm

Queenslander Yogi Blue (2) gets another chance this week from box two. He had box eight last week at his first look at the track and finished a respectable fourth behind Make A Fifty. He's got four wins from box two and after a look at the track, will be improved.

Classy There's A Earn (4) is McDonald's second runner engaged in the preludes. A litter-mate to Where's The Surf, he has had seven wins from 12 starts and has won his last three (two at and a fast 29.40 at Sandown). He's got early speed and is a good beginner and is definitely one of the chances.

Two more Queenslanders, Rascal Flash (3) for Ron Ball and Raging Obsession (7) for are also engaged. Rascal Flash finished last at Wentworth Park from box one earlier this month and will need to improve on that. Her form is good and she has won 11 from 24. Raging Obsession has won 12 from 24 and is having his first look at Wentworth Park. He is good from an outside draw and can run, having broken 30 at Albion Park.

Cawbourne Bugsy (8) appears the best of the local chances. She has had two wins at Wentworth Park and ran 29.77 last week from box two. Her form from box eight isn't inspiring, with two starts from the pink reaping no reward.

Golden Easter Egg Prelude 3 – Race 6 at 9:10pm

This is a very tough race with a number of talented Victorian's and the white and fawn flash Frosty Jay Jay (3). Frosty Jay Jay has returned to Renald Attard's kennels after a highly successful campaign with Kel Greenough in Victoria. He is well-performed on the bigger tracks, so it will be interesting to see how he handles the difficult Wentworth Park.

Fellow Queenslander, Swift Opulence (4) is drawn on Frosty Jay Jay's immediate outside. She is a good beginner and handled her first look at Wentworth Park well, winning in 29.86. If she repeats that, she will be hard to beat.

Dyna Geldof (1) has drawn box one for the first time in his 21 start career. He has good wins around Geelong and The Meadows and should go well at his first look at the track.

McDonald's final runner of the Preludes is Dark Warrior (7). The black dog by Where's Pedro – Shanlyn Supreme (Token Prince – Shanlyn Maddy) has 30 career wins but is having his first start at Wentworth Park. He is a very consistent beginner and has won five times from box seven.

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