Benalla Bandit has been racing in a rich vein of form of late, winning two of his four starts since resuming only three weeks ago.
The son of Fernando Bale won well first-up over the track and distance, stepping out over a touch further two starts later where he gapped his rivals by close to five lengths.
He’s made only the one appearance from Box 4 during his lengthy career, but does look set to run a huge race up on the speed with fitness on his side.
Tommy Tequila made it four wins in a row over further last week at The Meadows.
This is his first look at Sandown, but he draws to find the front nice and early with Box 1 again in his favour.
The son of Tommy Shelby has cashed a cheque in all seven starts over the 515m trip, and as the short price suggests, he’s likely to prove very hard to run down.
Aston Hornet should be racing with confidence following last week’s whopping five-length win over the same track and distance.
He’ll likely go around at a longer price in what is a much tougher race, but still boasts genuine claims with his maiden win coming from Box 4 last year.
Armed with late speed, look for him to get right back in the run and pounce on the leaders late.
Distracting is absolutely airborne right now, and it’s very hard to see anything beating her if she’s able to drive to the front from another wide box.
The daughter of Barcia Bale has put together four tidy wins on the trot, the most recent coming over the same distance last week where she was rightfully installed at a very short price.
There appears to be some good early speed closer to the paint, but based on what we’ve seen from this girl recently, she should prove tough to catch.