| What | Warrnambool Races |
| Where | Warrnambool Racing Club – 2-64 Grafton Rd, Warrnambool VIC 3280 |
| When | Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
| First Race | 2:30pm AEDT |
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The solitary Wednesday afternoon meeting in Victoria will take place at the Warrnambool Racing Club, which will host a very competitive eight-race card from 2:30pm onwards. The track is rated a Soft 7 after the Warrnambool area received 10mm of rain on Sunday; however, there is good weather forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday, so we should be racing in between the Good 4 and Soft 5 range come race day. The rail will be out in the +9m position for the entire circuit.
Best Bet at Warrnambool: Queen Air
Three-year-old filly Queen Air returns from a three-month spell for Lindsay Smith. This daughter of Toronado finished her spring campaign running fourth in two Group 2 races, the Fillies Classic at Moonee Valley and Wakeful Stakes at Flemington, before finishing third in the Group 1 VRC Oaks. After running in a three-year-old maiden at Geelong on debut, this filly has not raced out of Group level, meaning that this three-year-old Maiden Plate on Wednesday is a massive drop in grade, when compared to her last three runs. Even though 1300m will be short of her best, we get the feeling that Lindsay Smith is sending this girl to Warrnambool to take care of her maiden and then push onto better things in the autumn. From barrier four, Jarrod Fry should look to jump and stay out of trouble mid field, before getting to the outside to prove too classy for this field in the concluding stages.
Best Bet
Race 2 – 
#10 Queen Air (4)
3yo Filly | T: Lindsay Smith | J: Jarrod Fry (56kg)
$2.25 with PlayUp
Next Best at Warrnambool: Golden Vitrine
The first leg of the quaddie is a Benchmark 64 Handicap over 1700m, where Golden Vitrine from the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace yard will be looking to return to the winner’s circle after he was very unlucky last start at Pakenham. This four-year-old gelding settled in the one-one after jumping well from barrier five, and travelled sweetly to the home turn before he was held up behind slowing leaders, whilst the eventual winner had the advantage of building momentum down the outside in clear air. Once this son of Showcasing got through a gap and started to let down, he sprinted quickly to finish second, but the race winner was already off and gone with the prize. John Allen will stick on Wednesday and from barrier 11 of 11, we should see him settle in the back half of the field on the outside and try to eliminate any chance of bad luck occurring again. If he can find clear air with 300m to go, this guy should go close to recording his third victory of his career.
Next Best
Race 5 – 
#5 Golden Vitrine (9)
4yo Gelding | T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | J: John Allen (60kg)
$3 with Neds
Best Value at Warrnambool: Cat Empire
In the opening event of the day, John Salanitri will have his three-year-old filly, Cat Empire, return to the races after a six-month spell. This filly has only faced the starter once in her career, where she finished fifth of nine at Echuca over 1200m on July 29. On debut, she settled just behind the leading pair and looked to have something to offer on the turn before shifting around in the Soft ground and losing a few lengths on the leader before rallying late to hold on to fifth place. Since returning from a spell, Salanitri has given this filly a nice trial at Burrumbeet where she settled behind the leader and pulled out on the home turn to finish the trial off under little riding. This daughter of Sebring will enjoy a firmer track on Wednesday and if she can settle close to the speed from barrier five, we could see her break her maiden at a nice price with online bookmakers.
Best Value
Race 1 – 
#8 Cat Empire (5)
3yo Filly | T: John Salanitri | J: Alana Kelly (57kg)
$11 with Bet365
Wednesday quaddie tips for Warrnambool
Warrnambool quadrella selections
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
- 2-5-9
- 4-6-7-8
- 1-3-5
- 1-2-3-10
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