Sweet Home Alabama looks a promising filly in the making from the Leon and Troy Corstens yard after finding the money in three of her four starts last time in work.
She resumes from a spell looking to finally break through and looks to have a serious experience edge over a few of these facing the starter for the first time.
Her recent trial at Geelong was full of merit and she should be going close.
Rendelsham has been well-backed at short odds after bolting in to score by three lengths over the mile at Great Western three weeks ago.
The six-year-old by Reward For Effort will carry an extra 4kg around today, but she’s proven more than capable of racing under big weight after finding the placings three runs back with 67kg.
She’s had six goes over this trip and found the money on four occasions, while recent form looks hard to fault.
Lucente gets a second crack over his preferred track and trip where he’s proven a valuable commodity in the past.
The old boy wasn’t far off the winner Swelter Magic for second here a fortnight ago, and he should be afforded another lovely run in transit from an almost identical draw under Jack Martin.
There doesn’t appear to be a ton of speed on paper, so with even luck, he should be doing his best work late.
Licciardi flew home to win her maiden comfortably at Mornington three runs back, and she certainly hasn’t been disgraced rising through the grades.
The Street Boss filly finished only a length fourth to Bella Tiara in a Benchmark 70 at Caulfield last month before finding herself three wide no cover at Moonee Valley.
She’s rock-hard fit dropping back in class and looks set to bounce-back.