Warwick Farm Tips & Preview | Wednesday 1 April

Seraphox trialled up nicely ahead of his debut before finishing down the order in the Todman Stakes Improving from that experience and dropping substantially in class under James McDonald, he get plenty of ticks this time.

He’s a five-start maiden, but Above The Law has finished second four times, including a nice performance behind Ouragan at Hawkesbury when resuming. He strips fitter for that hit-out and looks ready to begin his journey through the grades.

Oso Spirited was fair without threatening during a brief debut Australian campaign, but after trialling up well, she returned a winner over this route in early March. I like that she has been kept up to the mark with a trial since that race and something like this looks the next logical target for her.

Mirzann has improved noticeably with each of three runs back this time, culminating in a near miss behind Subarctic in a competitive BM78 contest at Wyong last time out. He looks to be in peak order this week and James McDonald rides from a low draw.

Casserousse hasn’t been seen at the races since November, but she won each of her first two runs back last time in, including a BM68 sprint at Rosehill. She’s had the benefit of a couple of trials ahead of Wednesday’s return and gets into the race well with a light weight.

Metallic Cat was a dominant winner last week and backs up into another very winnable race on Wednesday. The Pierata mare couldn’t have done much more without winning on debut here in early March and took plenty of improvement into a four-length victory at Randwick-Kensington. She’s got plenty of upside still and she is my best bet on the program again.

He’s only made one competitive appearance so far, but Castlejohn stamped himself as one to follow by beating home the likes of Metallic Cat here on debut. The form out of that race has obviously been franked, and with natural improvement and from a perfect alley this week, I’m confident he can go on with it.

Formal Display turned in some fine performances in races not dissimilar to this one last time in, while he returned to action to score in BM78 company up at Wyong. With natural improvement, he’ll enjoy some relief in the weights under Mollie Fitzgerald, and he’s certainly up to winning something of this quality.