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Gator's Game Plan: David Gately's Saturday best bets (04/10)
David Gately • October 2nd, 2025 5:00 pm
David Gately has provided his best bets for Flemington and Randwick this Saturday.
See Gator's Game Plan below:
BET OF THE DAY (Melbourne)
FLEMINGTON - Race 5 No.4 - ON DISPLAY - Love the way she set out after (and ran over) subsequent winner Shadhavar fresh with big weight (they gapped 3rd) then looked to have plenty to give in Lets Elope but was poleaxed! 3rd and 5th from race quinellaed Sunline Stks MV. Sticking with 4yo Mares Vs older.
BET OF THE DAY (Sydney)
RANDWICK - Race 5 No.19 - IDLE FLYER - Soft win fresh then loved her acceleration here latest and her sizzling 10.8 last 200m backs up what you saw. She ran over a talented Bauhinia there too. Drops to 52kg here. Can win again.
Group 1 analysis
Flemington: Race 8 - G1 Turnbul Stks - SWP - 2000m
4 - VIA SISTINA - Top return win then crawling tempo 2nd-up and couldn’t run over leader. Gets to 2000m now, she has won her last five at 2000m including this race last year then phenomenal Cox Plate victory!
7 - AELIANA - Just missed Via fresh then nice tenacity to wire to beat her home in that dawdling Maybe Diva. She went to 2000m 3rd-up last prep and zoomed home Vs 3yo’s before amazing Derby win. She’s a star, and, a live danger for mine !
3 - SIR DELIUS - Wide early and great chase fresh then loved the late strength and fight to beat Buckaroo, that’s the horse that just missed Via Sistina this race last year. Wants all of 2000m. Good horse!
1 - ANTINO - Wide too soon fresh. Way too clod a ride in that Makybe!! Excellent winner his one go 2000m when taking off early… Surely that’s the plan this time. He goes in.
6 - HALF YOURS - Love the horse and the win latest. Good test for him here obviously to SWP and G1 Turnbull but I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t measure up and run well.
10 - GOLDEN PATH - Right with Sir Delius / Buckaroo latest and so gallant. To SWP he has 3kg on Sir Delius here… That gives him a hope for sure.
Randwick: Race 8 - G1 Epsom Hcp - 1600m
4 - AUTUMN GLOW - Star mare who just gets stronger and stronger in her races and runs (sustained) times! Will eat 1600m. Wide gate but follows Pier over surely… Rail likely off too. It’s been a 4yo’s race for years and she is a star 4yo!
1 - CEOLWULF - Outstanding 1st-up swinging wide Vs bias then just OK 2nd-up no matter how you slice it. Stuck to task latest but also bled 1-nostril so happy to forgive that. Comes through the best races. Won this as 4yo last year with 54kg.
5 - PIER - His return was very good running similar closing fractions to Autumn Glow and he was way back Vs bias that day. Gets weight swing. Was on-speed when broke EFM / 1600m track record a few months back. Gets weight swing on fave here too. Winning hope.
10 - SWIFTFALCON - He has been pretty much forgivable all prep. Way back latest in race nothing ran on. Has huge relative weights swing on a few here. Sits closer? Best roughie $17 ?
6 - WILLTDOIT - Love the way he hit the wire fresh when not far off Swiftfalcon, with bias against! Big yes 1600m and in well weights himself. Chance.
2- PERCILES - Had the run latest but won well and he flies 2nd-up. Not easy 57kg with weights against but must have a case.
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