WINNING CHANCES FOR US ON MONDAY

Two runners for us at Echuca today with Cutting Loose and Proud Mary making the trip north.

Cutting Loose runs in race one, the Maiden Plate over 1200m with Jordan Childs riding from barrier nine after scratchings.

It is the first start this preparation for Cutting Loose which showed early speed in his debut run at Geelong in April.

“We tossed up whether to run him from the wide draw but when we looked at the field we think it’s a winnable race,” Moroney said.

“He’s got good gate speed so if he begins well we will likely go forward and make our own luck.

“He’s trialled up nicely and he’s ready to go 1200m first-up so unless there is something smart amongst the unraced horses I’m anticipating our horse will run well.”

Proud Mary runs in race four, the Fillies and Mares Maiden Plate over 1600m with Daniel Stackhouse in the saddle and drawn barrier four.

“She’s drawn well and we’ve kept her at the 1600m,” Moroney said.

“We’ve added blinkers to her to help sharpen her up and this does look a nice race for her on the way to better races.

“We think she’s the best horse in the race, her debut run was terrific than she had no luck last start at Flemington so with ordinary luck today I expect her to be hard to beat.”