Saturday Slingshot: Horse racing best bets for August 27, 2022

The Saturday Slingshot presented by Bettingsite.com.au is here and it brings you the best bets for horse racing in Australia on Saturday, August 27, 2022 to help you launch into a winning weekend on the punt.

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Caulfield Race 7: #7 Passive Aggressive @ $2.20

The word star gets thrown around too often, but the Grahame Begg-trained Passive Aggressive could be just that by the end of the spring. The four-year-old mare has four wins to her name from as many starts and that includes a win over Star Patrol who we fancy in the race prior. It is simply too hard to knock the way this girl goes about her racing. She has perfect barrier manners, wants to lead and continually keeps on kicking in the home straight when running good time. This is by far her hardest test to date, but with a few of her key market rivals wanting further or potentially being vulnerable first-up, the race shapes up perfectly for Passive Aggressive to lead throughout. She is a clear best bet of the day at Caulfield.

Rosehill Race 5: #10 Grace And Harmony @ $2.80

Chris Waller and Kerrin McEvoy combine in the fifth with a smart mare in Grace And Harmony. The lightly-raced five-year-old has won three of her 11 starts, while she is unlucky for that number to not be four after only just missing last start behind Yukon at Randwick over 1300m three weeks ago. She got a long way back that day and ran home strongly with 59kg on her back, running the fastest last 200m sectional of the entire day. On Saturday, the mare by Sebring drops to 53kg, steps out to 1400m and finds a race with a bit more speed in it. From barrier two, McEvoy can be a bit closer and have her ready to strike in the straight.

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Eagle Farm Race 6: #11 Russian Warrior @ $10.00

We have a big opinion of Allan Chau’s filly Russian Warrior and now that she is deep into her preparation, we are confident that she will be winning. The daughter of Russian Revolution has always impressed us but she has bumped into some good opposition in her seven start career. After two minor placings at Grafton and Eagle Farm, Chau sent the three-year-old to Sydney to contest a very competitive 3YO Benchmark 72 Handicap over 1300m. She settled last and worked home really strongly against the pattern of the day to run sixth, just three lengths behind the likes of Manzoice, Backrower and Kibou. Now in a Fillies & Mares Class 3 Handicap in the Brisbane off-season, Russian Warrior can give this race a real shake. She has drawn to do no work in barrier four under Sean Cormack, while the rise to 1400m will be ideal. The only other time she has been fourth-up, she was an eight-length winner at Ipswich, so we’re hoping to see a similar result on Saturday.

Morphettville Race 2: #2 Golden Crusader @ $2.60

We will be looking to build a bank early when the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained Golden Crusader steps out over 1950m. The four-year-old gelding managed to lead through in what looks to be a tougher race at Sandown on August 7 and from barrier three on Saturday, he should have no issue in doing the same at Morphettville. Both of his two wins this campaign have come on soft ground, with his only failure coming when he ran into the red-hot Crackerjack Prince two starts back. Golden Crusader looks set to gain an uncontested lead throughout and if Todd Pannell can gain a couple of cheap sectionals, then the $2.60 with BetOnline looks to be a steal.

Belmont Race 7: #9 Harmika @ $2.90

Adam Durrant and Clint Johnston-Porter combine in the seventh race of the afternoon with four-year-old mare Harmika. The daughter of Rogano has had eight career starts for two wins and four minor placings, while she is yet to miss out on a podium finish in three starts here at Belmont. Drawn down low in barrier four, CJP will have this mare in a beautiful spot in the first three or four runners, before producing her in the straight. She’s a nice horse who can resume as a winner on Saturday.

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