Rocha Clock has been placed in 13 0f 20 career starts including runner up placings in The Invitation and Hot Danish to close out her last campaign.
She has had two nice barrier trials leading into this first up assignment and she represents good value in a very open betting race.
Parry Sound is out of the Group 1 winning mare Aqua D’more and while he hasn’t quite lived up to her abilities, he has been a very handy race horse himself.
He has been racing very consistently right throughout this campaign including a good run on the Gold Coast and he represents really good value at his current price.
Love the fact that he is stepping back down in distance and he will have fitness edge over most of his rivals here.
Barb Raider put together back to back wins including the Oaks Trial at Flemington before finishing third in the Thousand Guineas behind Yearning during her last campaign.
She has a sharp turn of foot and the 1400m first up from a spell should not be an issue for her.
The best sprinter in the world returns to the races in a very hot Black Caviar Lightning Stakes which is full of very talented short course specialists.
There is none better than Nature Strip, and he proved that during a sizzling spring campaign which netted him wins in The Everest and VRC Classic at this very track.
As long as he turns up near his best, he will win.