Tim's Tips for Flemington Saturday
TIM HABEL was a racing journalist with the Sun, then Herald-Sun for 36 years and now works as a contributor for The Age. His selections are published mid-week and each Saturday.
FLEMINGTON Saturday, June 20, 2026, rail 11m, track soft 7
RACE 1: STAR OF MACEDON 1, Fontein Jewel 2, Portarlington 3, Running Rich 4
RACE 2: DECALOGUE 1, Harbour Town 2, Kings Reflection 3, Noble Work 4
RACE 3: BOLD SOUL 1, Mr Waterville 2, The Western Front 3, Tempesti 4
RACE 4: CHOIR POINT 1, Recuperato 2, Jenni The Ninja 3, Poker 4
RACE 5: TEN COMMANDMENTS 1, Thebelmontgangster 2, Capper Thirtynine 3, Sought After 4
RACE 6: CHANGING COLOURS 1, It's A Knockout 2, Stylish 3 First Chorus 4
Wide race, Changing Of Colours was reserved from Sandown last Saturday for this. In a new yard, trialled well, gets blinkers. It's A Knockout's first up fifth here was encouraging, Stylish is ready to win while First Chorus is in-from but a query with a foot abcess concern.
RACE 7: LOSESOMEWIMORE 1, New York Lustre 2, De Bergerac 3, Dragonstone 4
Match between two straight specialists, leaning to Losesomewinmore drawn to swoop as he did last start, New York Lustre is coming off a career best fourth in the Group 1 Goodwood.
RACE 8: JIMMY THE BEAR 1, Aka Duca 2, Seafall 3, Punch Lane 4
Jimmy The Bear won this race last year and after the claim carries just a kilo more. Wet tracks in winter are his domain. Aka Duca had a torrid wide run in the Bendigo Golden Mile, softer ground suits, Seafall was luckless in the Swan Hill Cup and in career best form.
RACE 9: PADDYPIE 1, Dirnaseer 2, Kaleo 3, Flying Done 4
Trainer Patrick Payne can quinella the last with promising gallopers Paddypie, undefeated in two runs at the provincials, and Dirnaseer, wide throughout before sharing the win with Kaleo last start at the track and trip.
BEST BET. Ten Commandments, Bold Soul. VALUE: Changing Colours.
THE $20 FLEXI QUADDIE
1st leg: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
2nd leg: 2, 4
3rd leg: 2, 5, 12
4th leg: 2, 4, 8
For a $20 outlay you would receive 22 per cent of a $1 dividend.