Eagle Farm Preview & Best Bets – 13/12/2023

Eagle Farm Tips for Wednesday, December 13

Our form expert provides Eagle Farm tips for today’s horse racing at Eagle Farm Racecourse and gives his best bets.

BEST BET 🏆

Race 6:  No.8  CAESARIS  ($4.60 with Neds)

The Tony Gollan-trained CAESARIS has been hot and cold with her form this time in but with conditions to suit here, she looks a genuine winning chance in this contest. Last start, the Capitalist mare faced her first heavy track and left no doubt she is not a mud-runner, finishing well back in a BM68 Hcp over 1110m at Doomben. Her resume shows eight starts on dry tracks for three wins and four minor placings so the forecast Good 4 today will be right up her alley. James Orman boasts a 23% strike rate with the Gollan camp and is having his second ride on the mare today. Ideally drawn in gate two, she maps to settle in the first half-dozen and with the blinkers back on again today, she has strong claims to bounce back a winner here.

NEXT BEST 🥈

Race 2:  No.3  DARK CHILL  ($3.20 with Palmerbet)

The David Vandyke-trained DARK CHILL has improved with three starts this preparation and now looks ready to win. Last start, the Dawn Approach gelding finished third in a Class 1 Hcp over the mile at the Sunshine Coast. That was his first look at the Corbould Park track and the Soft 6 conditions may have a played a role as well. His only career-win (to date) came on a Good 4 at Doomben last preparation. He is back on top of the ground today as Ben Thompson sticks with him for this assignment. At his peak today, he looks a genuine player in this field.

BEST VALUE 💰 

Race 7:  No.9  KERNEL BOOM  ($11 with Bet Right)

Locally-trained by Robert Heathcote, KERNEL BOOM sees his home track for the first time (under race conditions) today and fitter for two runs back, looks a real chance of staking a claim here at odds. Last start, the Spirit Of Boom gelding came off a first-up win when he finished third in a Class 2 Hcp over 1000m at the Sunshine Coast. Martin Harley has his first ride on the four-year-old today who meets similar company here but steps-up for another crack at the 1200m. Race tactics with play a major role here and from gate three, he maps to settle better than mid-field with cover. Fast approaching his peak, we take him on trust here and he is well worth an each-way ticket in this contest.