WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH AT AVONDALE

Avondale Jockey Club at Avondale

Weather: cloudy, track: Dead4, rail: out 4 metres

3.07 p.m. R5 9 Reliable Lad (3 g Reliable Man – Fiorenza, by Stravinsky) – Jake Bayliss; debuts in the $10,000 Maiden 1200 metres and has the gate speed to utilize barrier one. He finished third here when trialling in December, second a month later at Cambridge, and continued to work well. His dam, Fiorenza, was a stakes winner over 1100 metres, and since produced four individual winners of 19 races, including Gustavo (Savabeel) and Your Way (Thewayyouare). Fixed odds: $9.00 & $2.15.

4.22 p.m. R7 7 Avec Moi (4 m Pour Moi – Fuji Belle, by Fuji Kiseki) – Jake Bayliss; finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in good form races won by Lovers Lane (Rip Van Winkle) and The Mayor (Rock ‘N’ Pop) at Matamata. A course winner at her only attempt (1400m), she gets a softer assignment in the $10,000 Rating 65 1600 metres and rates an each way chance from barrier two. Fixed odds: $4.00 & $1.50. Pictured