Valpolicella returns to Queensland after finishing fourth in the G1 Top Gun Stayers Final at The Meadows.
The Tony Zammit-trained bitch is Queensland’s best stayer and proved that in August when winning the Queensland Distance Championship Final in 42.55 seconds.
In June she clocked a personal best time of 41.55 seconds over this course and distance when taking out a heat of the Queensland Cup.
She’s the class runner in the field and should prove it.
Dalwhinnie looks awfully hard to beat in the opening heat of the Rising Stars series.
Hailing from New South Wales, the daughter of Aston Dee Bee has been low flying at Wentworth Park and is looking for her third win in a row.
Two starts back she broke the 520m track record when scorching the sand in 29.03 seconds, smashing her rivals by 13 lengths.
That was recorded when exiting box 2, as she does here, and I’d expect her to get on the arm and go all the way.
Autumn Storm returns to Albion Park following a successful G1 Ipswich Cup campaign.
The Tom Tzouvelis-trained bitch won her heat in 30.32 seconds before leading all the way in the final to win in 30.16 seconds.
She’s run sub 30 seconds over this course and distance several times including five starts ago when winning in 29.99 seconds.
She has the speed to cross from box 8 and has won two from four when wearing the pink rug.
Wreck James tasted defeat for the first time last start when not having a lot of luck from box 8 at Ipswich.
He’s since been freshened but prior to that the Darren ‘D-Russ’ Russell-trained dog had won his first three starts.
He’s two from two over the course and distance including a personal best of 29.90 seconds three starts ago and a win in the Dave Brett Memorial Final two starts back.
From box 2 he can find the front and be hard to toss.