| What | Wagga Riverside Races |
| Where | Murrumbidgee Turf Club – Travers Street, Slocum St, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 |
| When | Monday, December 5, 2022 |
| First Race | 1:55pm AEDT |
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Racing heads to the Riverina to start the racing week with a seven-race program out of Wagga Wagga. We’re racing on the Riverside circuit with the rail in the true position for race-day and perfect forecast setting up for terrific conditions for Monday afternoon. The first race is scheduled to get underway at 1:55pm AEDT.
Wagga Best Bet: Lumber Dream
Our best bet comes in the third race of the program with Lumber Dream looking for back-to-back wins for trainer Rodger Waters. His last start win third-up was strong at Goulburn on October 30 after getting back in the field and storming home late to score by 0.2 lengths. That was a competitive BM66 contest and drops down to 55kg when stepping up to open company on Monday afternoon. He’s well weighted after that win and has a fitness edge on his rivals here, however, he does tend to miss the start at times, but that should be offset by barrier two here. Michael Travers takes the reins on this gelding by Snitzel and should get the box seat in running before letting down similarly to last start to salute.
Best Bet
Race 3 – 
#7 Lumber Dream (2)
5yo Gelding | T: Rodgers Waters | J: Michael Travers (55kg)
$5 with Palmerbet
Next Best Bet: Greek Tycoon
We look to the lucky last to find another best bet on the card with progressive four-year-old mare Intense Effort. After breaking her maiden status in her first career start here at Wagga Wagga in dominant fashion on October 28 by 1.3 lengths, she looks a cracking chance to make it back-to-back wins when stepping up into Class 1 company. This daughter of Reward For Effort was faultless first-up and should be able to do something similar on Monday afternoon. Jordan Mallyon takes the reins here as he did in the first-up win and from barrier one should have the perfect set up to sit in behind what looks a hot tempo on paper before showing the same turn-of-foot she did in her initial win. With luck, Intense Effort should be finding the winners enclosure again.
Next Best
Race 5 – 
#1 Greek Tycoon (10)
4yo Gelding | T: Mitchell Beer | J: Simon Miller (59kg)
$3.70 with Ladbrokes
Best Value: Ruban Bleu
It’s been a long time between wins for this seven-year-old son of Artie Schiller being May of 2020, but we think he looks ready to find a peak performance here second-up for the Matthew Dale stable. If you completely forget the first-up effort at Rosehill on November 5 after bombing the start, his form reads reasonably well for this grade. His run at this track and distance back in April is what we’re happy to go by, he was back and wide but produced an electric turn-of-foot late to find the frame being beaten just 1.3 lengths. If Ruban Bleu can recapture that performance, he looks well in at the weights and is worth a bet at the each-way odds with Jeff Penza taking the reins from a perfect draw we’re happy to take a piece of the price on offer.
Best Value
Race 6 – 
#9 Ruban Bleu (1)
7yo Gelding | T: Matthew Dale | J: Jeff Penza (55kg)
$15 with Betfair
Monday quaddie tips for Wagga
Wagga quadrella selections
Monday, December 5, 2022
- 1-2-3-5
- 1-2
- 3-4-5-6-9
- 1-5-9-10
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