

Portelli Thunders Into Randwick With In-Form Mares
It’s not ideal to have two in-form stablemates clashing but trainer Gary Portelli can’t deny both Nicci’s Fling and Arctic Thunder appear well placed at Randwick on Saturday. Portelli said the four-year-old mares are hard to split in the UNSW Handicap (1400m). However, with Nicci’s Fling being third-up and Arctic Thunder coming off a big first-up win he feels it may be the former that could be better suited as the latter is the one needing to replicate a potential peak while