Steal The Stars is racing in great form with two wins from her past five starts.
The daughter of Fernando Bale recorded a personal best time of 22.28 seconds over this course and distance two starts ago when she exploded out of box 6 to lead all the way until the shadows of the post where she was picked off to finish second.
She backed that performance up last start when going all the way for a 1.5-length win in 22.43 seconds.
If she begins as quickly as she has been then she may prove hard to catch from the inside box.
Gambino should be at peak fitness now after three runs back this preparation.
Two starts ago the James Porter-trained dog clocked 22.28 seconds over this course and distance when finishing 2.25 lengths second.
He was unlucky last start when run off the track when looking to come three wide around the leaders, but to his credit he fought back to finish a length third.
From the inside box he should enjoy a great run and prove hard to beat.
Scarlet Oak has been scorching the Gosford sand lately, winning her past four starts here.
The daughter of Tommy Shelby won back-to-back races over 388m before stepping up to this distance for the first time and dominating over it.
Two starts back she led all the way from box 1 in a best of the night 29.52 seconds before fighting strongly last start to win in 29.64 seconds.
She has the early speed to lead, but if she doesn’t, she’ll be handy and that will make her hard to hold out late.
Dominic’s Girl had no luck in the Thunderbolt Final at Grafton last start when contesting the lead and being squeezed out of it.
The Fernando Bale bitch was in excellent form prior to that with three wins in a row at Bulli and Grafton.
She has a terrific record from box 6, having won three of her four races with her only defeat being a length second.
This is her first look at the track, but I’m expecting her to get on the arm and give them something to catch.