This boom two-year-old won his first four career starts, before tasting defeat at his first try at 1200m.
He did his fair share of work to cross and lead in that hit-out, so he can be forgiven for fading in the last 100m as handy galloper Kisukano swallowed him up.
The gelding draws to get a much easier time of it in front here, allowing him to lead his main danger, Isotype, in the run.
A 7-week let up will have freshened him perfectly for this and I'm expecting him to show his best here.
This four-year-old mare from the Bjorn Baker stable oozes class and is absolutely banging down the door to break through.
She had the one soft trial heading into her return run, where she ran on well from the wide gate over the 1300m at Rosehill.
She was able to record the fastest last 600-400m of the race with an 11.05, as she built into the race well to finish 5 of 14.
Last start she had very little luck and the 2.1 length margin off the eventual winner, Soldier of Love, wasn't a fair reflection of her ability.
She drew in that run and was taken back to the rear after the jump. She once again worked into the race nicely, recording the fastest 600-400, 400-200m sectionals of the race.
Regular jockey Jason Collett searched for a tight gap between Soldier of Love and Celestial Falls, however the latter laid in severely which caused a large check around the 100m mark.
Despite the disruption, the mare was able to pick herself up off the floor and run to third after recording the fastest last 600m sectional of the race with a 35.68. This was roughly 2 lengths faster than any other horse in the race.
She steps out to the 1500m for this assignment and the gate will be no issue, as Collett will have plenty of time to settle near the rear.
She’s a mudlark who put in a career best performance on a similar surface third-up last preparation, racing away to win by over 6 lengths at Warwick Farm.
I’m expecting her to prove way too classy for these, with track conditions lining up absolutely perfect for her!
This galloper from the Snowden yard finds a very winnable maiden here.
He has caught my eye a few times at the trials, matching motors with some nice gallopers.
Last year he finished close-up to Adelong in a Randwick trial. That mare has gone on to build an impressive record of four wins and most recently won a BM78 in nice style.
The gelding has struggled to put it together on race day so far, however he's returned with two good trials in preparation for his first-up tilt.
He finished 0.9 lengths behind Lost and Running in the first trial, which bodes well given that horse bolted in on debut. Garrison then cruised past the post in his latest trial, finishing 5.5 lengths ahead of the field.
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