| What | Mornington Races |
| Where | Mornington Racecourse – 320 Racecourse Rd, Mornington VIC 3931 |
| When | Thursday, October 6, 2022 |
| First Race | 1pm AEDT |
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Mornington Racecourse will host a nine-race card on Thursday as the solitary Victorian meeting for the day. The track is currently rated a Good 4 but with some rain on the way for Victoria on Tuesday and Wednesday we could potentially be in the Soft range come raceday. The rail will be in the 3m position for racing, with the first race jumping at 1pm AEDT.
Best Bet: Breaking Ground
Our best bet of the day at Mornington will be Breaking Ground for the Chris Waller stable in race two over 1200m. In this three-year-old colt’s debut, he raced right at the back of the field in a Pakenham maiden over 1200m where he got out late and worked home very nicely to finish fifth just over two lengths off the winner and stablemate, Lindermann. Even though this son of Snitzel only managed to run home for fifth, he was just about the run of the race as nothing else made ground in the straight. Brett Prebble has chosen to stick with this young colt, which will be one of his two rides that he has for the whole day, in what would be a rare trip to Mornington on a Thursday for one of Victoria’s premier jockeys. With Brett Prebble making the trip to stick with this guy and considering the strength of the field isn’t that strong, we should be seeing this colt breaking his maiden today.
Best Bet
Race 2 – 
#9 Breaking Ground (6)
3yo Colt | T: Chris Waller | J: Brett Prebble (57kg)
$3 with Bet365
Next Best Bet: Miss Passion
The Peter Moody-trained Miss Passion will be our next best bet in race three over 1200m. This three-year-old filly has run second at all three of her starts, sitting on pace at all three and just beaten by a combined two lengths in her last two runs this preparation. This daughter of Redoute’s Choice has looked like winning both of her two starts this time in at some stage during the straight, and she should have won last stat but was beaten by General Barca who flew home to nab her late. Luke Nolen will get back aboard this up-and-coming filly and as he does a lot of work for the Moody team, he will know how to get the best out of this girl and hopefully get her into the winners circle for the first time.
Next Best
Race 3 – 
#8 Miss Passion (4)
3yo Filly | T: Peter Moody | J: Luke Nolen (57kg)
$5 with Bet365
Best Value Bet: Zakurak
Our best value runner is the Shane Nichols-trained Zakurak in race eight over 1000m. This six-year-old gelding resumed from an eight month spell on September 22 on the Pakenham Synthetic over 1000m, but he bumped into Boldhino who absolutely smashed the field that night. Outside of the winner, this son of Iffraaj was by far the best run in the race after he was midfield and held up on straightening but once he got some room to let down, he did so nicely. If Matthew Cartwright can have this guy bounce well from barrier eight, he could be much closer to the leaders if not outside the lead and then prove very hard to run down in the straight.
Best Value
Race 8 – 
#5 Zakurak (8)
6yo Gelding | T: Shane Nichols | J: Matthew Cartwright (59.5kg)
$20 with Bet365
Thursday quaddie tips for Mornington races
Mornington quadrella selections
Thursday, October 6, 2022
- 1-5-8
- 1-3-6-7
- 2-3-5-6
- 1-4-5-11-13
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