The O'Dea/Hoysted-trained five-year-old has rated well in his two starts since a spell, running on to place fresh in the Sunshine Coast Cup before at win over a mile at this course last start.
That was jockey Ben Thompson's first ride on him and he sticks.
Namazu is a two-time third-up winner so should still be on the up and further improvement would see him hard stop.
The last race of the day is a bit of lottery with a big field lining up but Rock Amore does look to offer decent each way value.
Tony Gollan's gelding has already won twice this campaign and his last-start second in this grade suggests he is holding his form well.
He does have to overcome a wide draw but his course and distance statistics suggest he can be in the finish.
BRISBANE BEST
BET OF THE DAY: Race 6 #2 Namazu @ $3.40
EACH WAY PLAY: Race 9 #3 Rock Amore @ $12.00
| FP | Silk | Horse, Age & Sex Sire & Dam |
Jockey Trainer |
SP
WT |
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| 1st |
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11. TREVELYAN (AUS) 7yo G PIERRO (AUS) - DANDESHA (FR) |
MELEA CASTLE CHRIS MEAGHER |
$7
50kg |
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| Meagher Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: D J Bizzaca), D J Bizzaca, M J Mills, C P Rom, J Prentice, Mrs C B Walker, J H Davies, R J Harvey, T J Mccarthy & C Pukallus | |||||||||||
| 2nd |
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8. HIGH COURT (AUS) 7yo G STAR WITNESS (AUS) - VENASSAS JIG (USA) |
ASHLEY MORGAN RODNEY NORTHAM |
$8
54kg |
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| P S Frampton, Mrs B F M Frampton & Mrs H M Hallett | |||||||||||
| 3rd |
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9. MUBARIZ (GB) 7yo G DANSILI (GB) - COULD IT BE (IRE) |
SAMANTHA COLLETT CHRIS WALLER |
$26
54kg |
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| A J A Bosma, J N Richards, Dr J F Kinnear, J Yeo, T J Pankhurst, A J Laurenson, Mrs J A R Parry, D Faass, M Gordon, K J Paisley, Ebb Tide (Mgr: A Bosma), S C Atkins, S W Grant, M C Marinkovich, Heretaunga No 1 (Mgr: A Bosma), G Clarke, A Howard, D S Howard, A W B Sloane & Heretaunga No 2 (A Bosma) | |||||||||||
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| 4th |
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6. POINT COUNTERPOINT (AUS) 5yo G BULL POINT (AUS) - PARNISSIUS (AUS) |
BROOKE STOWER STIRLING OSLAND |
$8
56kg |
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| 5th |
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7. SHE'S THE GIFT (NZ) 5yo M POWER (GB) - TRUST (NZ) |
JIM BYRNE CHRIS WALLER |
$5.5
55kg |
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| 6th |
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1. MOHICAN HEIGHTS (IRE) 6yo G AUSTRALIA (GB) - MOHICAN PRINCESS (GB) |
BRODIE LOY CHRIS WALLER |
$6
59kg |
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| 7th |
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10. DR EVIL (AUS) 6yo G CASINO PRINCE (AUS) - RASAY MIST (AUS) |
KYLE WILSON-TAYLOR JOHN STEINMETZ |
$7
53kg |
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| 8th |
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5. BARADE (FR) 8yo G HAVANA GOLD (IRE) - STATIA (FR) |
JUSTIN HUXTABLE JACK BRUCE |
$41
57.5kg |
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| 9th |
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2. NAMAZU (AUS) 5yo G MEDAGLIA D'ORO (USA) - EARTHQUAKE (AUS) |
BEN THOMPSON S O'DEA & M HOYSTED |
$4.6
59kg |
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| 10th |
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4. TEARS OF LOVE (AUS) 6yo G LOVE CONQUERS ALL (AUS) - HERE NO TEARS (AUS) |
MS T HARRISON MATT KROPP |
$21
58.5kg |
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