| What | Mornington Races |
| Where | Mornington Racecourse – 320 Racecourse Rd, Mornington VIC 3931 |
| When | Friday, September 2, 2022 |
| First Race | 1:30pm AEST |
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Friday afternoon racing in Victroia heads down the peninsula to Mornington, where an eight-race program is scheduled on a track rated a Heavy 10. This is the first meeting at the track since June 13, when it was also a Heavy 10, and on that day – despite it being no disadvantage to be on speed – runners were still able to make up ground from the rear and fight out the finish. We expect a similar story on Friday, with the action commencing at 1:30pm AEST.
Best Bet at Mornington – Final Overture
Following a decent enough debut at Moonee Valley on August 20, the Emma-Lee & David Browne-trained Final Overture looks well placed to break his maiden at start two. He was beaten under three lengths by three-year-olds on a Caulfield Guineas campaign like Virtuous Circle, Castillian and Proscenium Arch. Form lines that stacks up perfectly in a maiden like this. Prior to his debut effort, he was narrowly beaten in a 990m trial at Cranbourne and considering both of those runs have been on heavy ground, he should be rock hard fit for this assignment. From barrier 10, we expect to see Michael Dee be aggressive early and have Final Overture settled in the one-one. If he can do that, this bloke may just have a bit of class on his rivals.
Best Bet
Race 2 – 
#10 Final Overture (10)
3yo Gelding | T: Emma-Lee & David Browne | J: Michael Dee (57kg)
$2.40 with Unibet
Next Best at Mornington – La Zucca
Coming off a dominant win at Geelong on August 12, the Lyn Tolson & Leonie Procter-trained La Zucca looks well placed to bring up a second consecutive win. The five-year-old mare relished the Heavy 8 going on that day and with similar conditions expected on Friday, the Unencumbered mare looks the one to beat in the second leg of the quaddie. She has a win and a minor placing from three starts on wet ground and despite this being her first go around Mornington, she looks to have plenty of upside. Matt Cartwright will have her settled in the second-half of the field and if La Zucca can replicate her turn of foot as she did at Geelong, then she should prove too hard to hold out.
Next Best
Race 6 – 
#7 La Zucca (6)
5yo Mare | T: Lyn Tolson & Leonie Procter | J: Matthew Cartwright (58kg)
$4.40 with Palmerbet
Best Value at Mornington – Alexander Hamilton
The Rachael Frost-trained Alexander Hamilton is a genuine mudlark boasting a record of 17: 3-1-5 on wet tracks and looks a great value play in the last at Mornington. The six-year-old gelding was beaten just over two lengths at Geelong on August 12 over 1741m in a run that screamed out he will only improve over a longer trip. He gets just that on Friday, stepping up to the 2050m in this BM64 event third-up from a spell. He has a win and two minor placings, as well as having won twice, with a further five minor placings at the 2000m. If Jason Maskiell can have his mount settled no worse than midfield with cover, Alexander Hamilton looks a great play with online bookmakers in the last.
Best Value
Race 8 – 
#8 Alexander Hamilton (11)
6yo Gelding | T: Rachael Frost | J: Jason Maskiell (59kg)
$26 with Neds
Friday quaddie tips for Mornington
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Friday, September 2, 2022
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