MILLIONS TO BECOME CLEARER
Local filly Oakleigh Girl ($2.60) heads the market for Saturday’s B.J. McLachlan Stakes where she takes on several highly fancied Magic Millions rivals.
While Oakleigh Girl is favourite ahead of Echo Gal ($3.30) for the Doomben two-year-old race, the roles are reversed for the next month’s Millions at the Gold Coast.
“The Magic Million market could change dramatically after the B.J. McLachlan. Oakleigh Girl is favourite here because she has drawn inside Echo Gal, from a tough starting point for widely drawn runners. But there’s plenty of class horseflesh here and any one of them could step-up,” Sportsbet’s Ben Hawes said.
Impressive Wyong Millions winner Unencumbered is on the third line of betting at $5.50 and Sagatona, who turned in an eye-catching run at Doomben last week, is $8.50. The rest of the field are at $15 or more.
B.J. McLachlan Stakes
$2.60 Oakleigh Girl
$3.30 Echo Gal
$5.50 Unemcumbered
$8.50 Sagatona
$15 Pinch River
$21 Totally Sure
$26 Stroak
$26 Bassilique
$26 Freezethemillions
$67 Eljetem