Top pick: #5 (YOU'RE JOKING) - Lightly-raced gelding runs third back off a nine month layoff and will be halving in price for this attempt. He's consistently shown the best early speed of this group and trainer Carla gaines has him working fast locally for this. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #1 (Hidden Quest) - Three-year-old tired last out after being involved in a spirited pace duel. That broke a string of six excellent efforts that saw him go (6-0-4-2) and this afternoon this speed/stalker draws the rail.
3rd pick: #10 (A P Corsair) - Improving gelding has finished second in two of his last four attempts and last out did so when trainer Neil Drysdale added blinkers. Gelding is a threat from just off the pace.