ALBURY trainer Mitchell Beer is confident Allez Brew can turn the tables on favourite One Man Band, rating the three-year-old filly his best winning hope at Wagga on Monday.
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In her second race start, Allez Brew boxed on well after being stuck out wide from a wide barrier early to finish third in a maiden at Gundagai on November.
The second placegetter who beat her by a length, One Man Band, was a $2.10 favourite for Canberra trainer Matthew Dale for Monday's Maiden Handicap (1400m), with Allez Brew $6.
But Beer believes the different in the market is too great and expects Allez Brew to get a gun run just off the speed from barrier four.
"I've got a bit of time for her, she's a nice filly," he said.
"She got back on a rain-affected track in her first at Albury and did nothing. Second up she drew bad and did a bit wrong, and Gundagai is a very hard track.
"But she's come through really good, she should have run second at Gundagai but things got a bit tight late.
"The horse that ran second is $2.20 and our is six or seven dollars. There's a bit of a gap in the market when I don't think there's much in it.
"She'll probably want a mile over time but given the improvement she took from her first run to her second, she doesn't have to improve a lot off that to win.
"It's not an overly strong race, a big track and 1400, I think she's our best chance."
Beer said race experience will be the query.
"She's a young, immature filly. Ability wise I think she's the best horse in the race, it's just whether she's had enough race experience," he said.
"If she does everything right, I think she'll win.
"If it rains I don't think it will be too bad, if we're playing on a soft I don't think that will affect her chances."
Beer will also saddle up Matsumoto in a Class One Handicap over $1200m.
The $4 top weight will have to carry 62kg and overcome barrier 11, but Beer said the step up in distance will be more suitable after he finished sixth over 1000m first up at Albury earlier this month.
"I regret running him first up in the 1000, they were way too sharp for him," Beer said.
"He's a nice horse and on the strength of his first two runs he'll be a real shot tomorrow.
"He's got to overcome weight and an average barrier, but hopefully class can get him a long way."
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