| What | Ararat Cup Day |
| Where | Ararat Turf Club – Cnr Western Highway and Geelong Rd, Ararat VIC 3377 |
| When | Sunday, November 6, 2022 |
| First Race | 1:30pm AEDT |
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On Sunday the Ararat Turf Club will host its annual Cup meeting, which will feature a very competitive eight-race card highlighted by the Ararat Gold Cup. The track is currently rated a Heavy 10, but with some good weather forecasted for central Victoria over Friday and Saturday, we should get into the Soft range by Sunday. The rail will be in the true position for the entire circuit, and racing gets underway at 1:30pm AEDT.
Ararat Gold Cup Tip: Keats
The feature on Sunday will be the $80,000 Ararat Gold Cup and we believe that the Gavin Bedggood-trained Keats will be extremely hard to beat as the top weight in the race over 2000m. This five-year-old gelding has been very good since being transferred from Michael Moroney to Gavin Bedggood at the start of this campaign, winning three of his five starts this preparation. At his most recent start in the Peninsula Cup at Mornington, this son of Galileo was way too good for his rivals as he lead for the entirety of the 1600m event, taking out the feature race at Mornington by just over three lengths. With very little on-speed runners in this race on Sunday, Jarrod Fry should be able to push forward from barrier four and take up the lead uncontested, which will give this guy every chance to win.
Ararat Gold Cup
Race 6 – 
#1 Keats (4)
5yo Gelding | T: Gavin Bedggood | J: Jarrod Fry (59kg)
$2.10 with Bet365
Best Bet: Pintoff
In race seven over 1200m in the Ararat Bowl, the Richard Cully-trained Pintoff looks to have found a race that is very winnable, as he drops back from Listed grade to a country handicap race. This six-year-old gelding was very unlucky in his first-up start in the Listed Caulfield Village Stakes where he box seated in the run, but never saw any clear air until the 150m mark and he worked home nicely along the inside fence, finishing 10th by just under three lengths. From barrier nine, Declan Bates will have to push forward and lead or sit just outside the leader upon settling. If this son of Toorak Toff can get to the front comfortably and roll along in a rhythm, he should be very hard to run down in the home straight.
Best Bet
Race 7 – 
#3 Pintoff (9)
6yo Gelding | T: Richard Cully | J: Declan Bates (59.5kg)
$11 with Bet365
Best Value: Meiner Legacy
In the last race of the day over 1600m the Aaron Purcell-trained Meiner Legacy represents great value opening up at $15 with online bookmakers for his second-up start, after winning his most recent start over 1400m at Casterton on October 24. This son of Rulership was very impressive when he burst through a gap with just under 100m to go and won quite soft on the line by half a length. This five-year-old gelding looks to have come back much better this preparation, returning in winning form to record win two at start 20. From barrier six, Linda Meech should be able to get into a good position in the mid-field one off the fence and look to stake his claim on the home turn out wide and hopefully record his third win of his career and second win in a row this preparation.
Best Value
Race 8 – 
#5 Meiner Legacy (6)
5yo Gelding | T: Aaron Purcell | J: Linda Meech (59kg)
$15 with Neds
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