Serenade Tackles Magic Night

A busy weekend - one which hopefully will be a winning one - kicks off for Ballymore at Cranbourne on Friday night and on Saturday we will be cheering home Ballymore runners at Flemington and Rosehill.

Lining up in the final race on Friday, Rising Stock steps up in class on the back of an impressive maiden victory at Warrnambool late last month.

"He has trained on well," Michael Moroney said of the well related son of Tavistock, noting that the three-year-old is kept on the fresh side - "we don't do a lot of fast work with him in between runs."

"He is a very nice horse although still a bit unfurnished - whatever he does this preparation he will improve upon next time in... but he is a horse with good talent."

We have just the one runner at Flemington on Saturday but is a very nice horse, the talented Saint Or Sinner set to resume in the Listed 1400m event, the last on the card.

A winner at Flemington last spring, the St Reims five-year-old did not have a long spell and therefore looks ready to come to hand quickly.

"He is going really well," Moroney enthused, noting that "his work and his jump-outs have been right up to his best."

Boasting good first up form, Saint Or Sinner is expected to run boldly for Damien Oliver - "from a good gate he should prove hard to beat."

Our Rosehill day starts earlier with the tough and honest Devonshire Duke racing in the opening event over 1500m.

A last start winner over the same trip at the same track, Devonshire Duke has drawn the outside gate but it is a small field and the rain Sydney has received is a great help for him.

"It looks a stronger race than last time but the rain gives him an advantage."

"He has good gate speed and he should put himself right into the race."

Our feature runner for the day is exciting filly Serenade who contests the Gr.2 Magic Night Stakes.

"Our only query with her is whether she handles the soft going but she is flying."

"She has drawn out but that is an advantage when it has been raining at Rosehill and she was so good without much luck start - she should prove hard to beat."