The weekend’s racing gets underway at Busan on Friday with 8 races from 11:50 to 18:00. Here are the previews:
Busan Race 1: Class 6 (1200M) Special Weight A / KRW 30 Million
Wide open maiden to start, with four of the twelve racing for the first time. Debut-maker (8) KING DRAGON looks to have as good a chance as any. He won a trial all the way back in June last year but didn’t make it to the races. He trialled again, fairly, in January and this is a good race to start in. Of those with prior experience, (5) TOP LINE is the pick. Fater a positive trial, he ran 5th of eleven on debut over this distance on January 14th, showing on pace. He should have come on for that run and can get closer this time. (1) MAJESTIC DANCER has raced five times with a pair of 3rd places at this distance and at 1300M His latest couple over 1400M have been indifferent, but he comes back in trip here and draws well. (2) STORM GRIT and (7) GIANT MARINE others who can improve.
| Selections | (8) King Dragon (5) Top Line (1) Majestic Dancer (2) Storm Grit |
| Next Best | 7, 10 |
| Fast Start | 3, 5, 9, 11 |
Busan Race 2: Class 6 (1400M) Special Weight A / KRW 30 Million
(4) GRAY BOSS is the one to beat there. He has been a model of consistency across six starts so far, always finishing between 3rd and 5th. He has the fastest time among these for the distance and today really should be his day. (10) DREAM WAY is the only other one in the field to have a top-three finish to his name and that’s enough to put him into contention here. He goes best when on pace and despite the wide draw, in this company, he should be able to get a forward position and he can be in this a long way. (5) TAP BOLT is yet to finish in the top-three in fifteen starts but has had a few near-misses and with an apprentice claim, he can get close this time. (3) CHOEGANG CHONGAL and (8) POSTMAN others who could improve.
| Selections | (4) Gray Boss (10) Dream Way (5) Tap Bolt (3) Choegang Chongal |
| Next Best | 8, 1 |
| Fast Start | 1, 2, 6, 10 |
Busan Race 3: Class 6 (1300M) Special Weight A / KRW 30 Million
(2) WIN WIN will need a line drawn through his latest. Instead, we’ll go on his effort two starts back on February 22nd when he settled midfield and then ran on strongly for 3rd place, again over this distance. He draws nicely here and is the one to beat. (9) RAON STROKE is another who needs her latest effort disregarded when slow away over 1200M. She has tended to do that but two starts back she overcame gate eleven to run on for 2nd place over this distance and with Tanaka climbing on, she can go close here. (10) BORAM enters off back-to-back 4th place finishes in all-filly races over this distance. She should be settling handy here and can run into some money again. (7) GREAT BOY and (4) STORMY DAY are the other place chances.
| Selections | (2) Win Win (9) Raon Stroke (10) Boram (7) Great Boy |
| Next Best | 4, 6 |
| Fast Start | 1, 2, 10, 12 |
Busan Race 4: Class 4 (1400M) Special Weight A / KRW 75 Million
Small but competitive field. Several of these raced one another over 1200M on February 23rd. (6) WOLFS KING MAN was sent off as the favourite that day but put in a somewhat lacklustre run, laying inward and generally not performing. Prior to that he registered a runner-up finish on debut, beating a few of these in the process and is that effort, together with the step up in trip, that leads us to give him another chance here. (2) CRAZY ARMY debuted at this distance on February 18th, beginning slowly but growing into the race and finishing off well for a close 3rd in a decent time. She should have derived benefit from that experience and can be a danger here. (4) AKARAKA and (7) CHOWOLUI BANSEOK both beat Wolf’s King Man in that February 23rd race and can get close again. (9) CONNECT MARINE another in the hunt.
| Selections | (6) Wolfs King Man (2) Crazy Army (4) Akaraka (7) Chowolui Banseok |
| Next Best | 9, 3 |
| Fast Start | 3, 6, 7, 8 |
Busan Race 5: Class 5 (1400M) Handicap / KRW 45 Million
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