Saturday Slingshot: Horse racing best bets for May 6, 2023

The Saturday Slingshot presented by Bettingsite.com.au is here and it brings you the best bets for horse racing in Australia on Saturday, May 6, 2023 to help you launch into a winning weekend on the punt.

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Morphettville Race 4: #2 Savatoxl @ $5.50

Savatoxl is a genuine Group 1 sprinter and will be looking to go one better in the Group 3 D C McKay Stakes following a narrow defeat in the race last year. He returned with a dominant victory at Alice Springs following six months off the scene and looks poised to strike second-up. He is a touch suspect on wet ground but in a race where he ‘only’ needs to lug 60.5kg he is going to take some catching. Caitlin Jones will take the evergreen veteran to the front of the back from barrier three and under a well-rated ride following an uncontested lead, we anticipate Savatoxl will prove too hard to run down upon his return to Adelaide.

Sunshine Coast Race 5: #1 Tycoon Evie @ $2.30

Our best bet of the day will be Tycoon Evie from the Peter & Paul Snowden yard, as she drops back from Group 3 level at her last two starts, to run in the Listed Silk Stocking on Saturday at the Sunshine Coast Turf Club. This five-year-old mare has finished second in the Group 3 Winona Girl Quality at Randwick first-up, before running fourth at her most recent start in the Group 3 Hawkesbury Crown, which is superior form compared to her rivals that she will clash with in this race. The daughter of Written Tycoon will be third-up this weekend, and she has proven throughout her career that she performs very well at her third start for the preparation, recording three wins from five third-up starts. Tycoon Evie will get the services of James McDonald for the first time in her career, and if McDonald can give her a good steer and keep her out of trouble, we expect her to prove too good for this field.

Gosford Race 6: #13 Kin @ $3.30

The James Cummings-trained Kin makes her return to the track after a 186-day spell and looks primed to make a statement on resumption. She raced against quality opposition south of the border last preparation and almost found herself a Stakes winner when placing behind her stablemate Renosu at Flemington on November 1. The three-year-old filly ran into plenty of wet tracks in her latest campaign and she’ll appreciate getting back on top of the ground resuming this weekend. Her barrier trials suggest she’s coming back in terrific order and the Godolphin team has found an ideal race for her to return to winning ways. Kin gets in with 52.5kg, and with Rachel King taking the reins from a gun barrier, we’d be shocked if this daughter of Impending wasn’t in the finish.

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Sandown Race 7: #13 Globe @ $1.75

It does not take a genius to have Globe from the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr bard on top in the second leg of the quaddie. The four-year-old gelding has been faultless through three starts to begin his career and looks a clear best bet of the day as he steps out over 1800m once again. He was a smart track and trip winner in BM64 grade on April 19 and despite the dramatic rise to a BM100, he just looks to well-weighted for his rivals, who most of which are non-winners. Celine Gaudray who sticks on board and claims 2kg, gets Globe in with just 51kg on his back and despite drawing out wide in barrier 13, Gaudray will take luck out of the equation and have this bloke bounding along out in front. The stable has a high opinion of him and we do too.

Ascot Race 3: #3 Harmika @ $2.05

Our best bet on the Ascot program will come up in race three, where the Adam Durrant-trained Harmika will be second-up for her fifth racing preparation coming off the back of a very nice second when fresh in a 60+ Handicap over 1000m on April 22. This four-year-old mare didn’t come up last campaign, and she didn’t finish higher than seventh place in any of her four starts from August to November last year. However, with a slashing finish in the final 200m of her most recent start, this daughter of Rogano appears to have returned in much better form this time in. Clint Johnston-Porter has ridden this mare at 11 of her 13 starts, riding her victory at both of her wins and four of her five placings, including her last start runner-up finish. Johnston-Porter will let Harmika jump from her barrier and settle towards the back of the field and try to replicate his ride from last start but attempt to go one better.

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