War Games hasn’t been seen at the races since January, but he showed promise during his debut prep and can break his maiden at Swan Hill this afternoon.
The son of War filled the minors at each of his first two starts and was sent to the paddock after finishing fourth at Sandown.
This is obviously a drop in class from that, and he has reportedly taken improvement from his time away from racing.
Maspoeta has returned to the races in competitive form this time, and looks the runner to beat in Race 4 at Grafton this afternoon.
The More Than Ready gelding won at Casino when resuming and has continued to race well at a tougher grade.
She’s drawn to receive a lovely run from gate 6 and won’t be offered a better opportunity to win.
Pierro Rose will take good improvement into Race 6 at Swan Hill today and looks well placed to make it two in a row.
The Pierro mare returned some decent efforts in better races than this one last preparation, and she resumed this time for a credible third in a BM58 race at Hamilton.
She’s drawn well today and gets some relief in the weights with Teo Nugent aboard.
Once Upon A Dream will relish a drop in class into the last race at Swan Hill today and rates as a winning chance, at a nice price ($9 at publish).
The Dream Ahead mare mustered a nice turn of foot to win a BM58 race on the synthetic at Ballarat two back and was last seen finishing off well again for fifth in a tougher race.
She looks to be at peak fitness for this contest, gets some relief in the weights and has options from the rails draw.