12. Chica Mojito darted up the inside to just miss first up. The winner, Firestorm, has since won again and goes around in the Epsom later at the meeting. Chica Mojito finds herself in a BM94 second up so she is racing out of her grade, but she carries just 52kg because of that. The former Kiwi is still stuck on one synthetic maiden win in New Zealand, but the majority of her racing has been in black-type company. 4. Floating improved sharply third up to win well at this track over this trip two weeks ago. Zac Lloyd had the grey in a perfect stalking position on that occasion and he sticks. Only has to hold that form to prove hard to beat. 2. Cafe Millenium had excuses first up, and he jumped out of the ground second up over the Randwick mile to give Celestial Legend and Militarize a fright in the Guineas.
How to play it: Chica Mojito to win.

Race 6 – 3PM DARLEY FLIGHT STAKES (1600 METRES)

1. Autumn Glow is the dominant filly this spring. Her place in the market tells you that. The tactical versatility she showed to settle outside the leader in the Tea Rose Stakes adds another, and significant, string to her bow. Not dissimilar to that race, there again isn’t an obvious leader. It doesn’t shape to be a truly run race and James McDonald can put the daughter of The Autumn Sun just about wherever he wants. At her first two starts she beat up on Dawn Service and Wanaruah, which have franked the form in Melbourne since. Then she made light work of the fillies. In the Tea Rose, 2. Snow In May was saddlecloth No.10. Such was the spike in her ratings that she is now carrying No.2. The wildcard element to Snow In May does make her a genuine threat. She clocked the fastest last 200m split of the meeting two weeks ago.
How to play it: Autumn Glow to win.

Race 7 – 3.35PM PRECISE AIR PREMIERE STAKES (1200 METRES)

7. Bella Nipotina sizzled home in the Concorde Stakes. It was a brilliant run in defeat, clocking a lightning fast 31.81s last 600m split. She made a late dive to just miss to her stablemate I Am Me. There was two lengths back to third. I Am Me has since franked that form line by subsequently winning The Shorts. Bella Nipotina has been freshened since, tackling this four weeks between runs. That won’t bother her. She has been remarkably consistent in her past five starts. Maps to be in the second half but should be rushing home again. You’re putting a lot of faith in Giga Kick to bounce back to somewhere near his best on Saturday. His peak performance would win this race, and comfortably. He got a pass mark first up over 1000m and was always going to improve off that being a year on the sidelines prior.
How to play it: Bella Nipotina to win.

Race 8 – 4.10PM JAMES SQUIRE METROPOLITAN (2400 METRES)

14. Land Legend comes through a high rating Kingston Town Classic behind Eliyass and Ceolwulf. Happy to trust that form reference as the strongest here. It is also a race that has provided five of the past six Metrop winners. That run will top off Land Legend nicely. He found 1500m too sharp first up, never getting warm before improving out to 2000m. Confident that he will step forward again off that. He needs to but the lightly raced five-year old was so impressive when winning the St Leger around this time a year ago. He broke the track record that day. Drops to 51kg. 21. Unusual Legacy is yet to produce a performance that would win a Metrop, but he gets out to 2400m for the first time in his career and carries just 50kg. His upside is his biggest appeal. 4. Que Tempesta scored a pass mark for his effort in the Naturalism a fortnight ago, but he will come into his own out to 2400m now.
How to play it: Land Legend to win.

Race 9 – 4.45PM TAB EPSOM (1600 METRES)

7. Ceolwulf has to come back to the mile after contesting the Kingston Town Stakes two weeks ago where he fought out the finish with Eliyass. The turn of foot he showed over 1500m at Rosehill the start prior was unlike anything he had shown in the past. He ground home to run second in the ATC Derby in autumn behind Riff Rocket on a heavy track. He has returned a sharper horse this time in, his first campaign as a gelding. 10. Berkshire Shadow is the knockout. He hasn’t had much go his way in his Australian career to date. He had no luck at all behind Ceolwulf first up at Rosehill, savaging the line once he saw daylight. Then he was posted three deep the trip in the Cameron at Newcastle. 4. Kovalica is testing the patience of punters being 70 weeks between wins, but he turned in an eye-catching Epsom trial in the Tramway.
How to play it: Ceolwulf to win.

Race 10 – 5.25PM TAB HANDICAP (1200 METRES)

4. Ostraka produced a brilliant finish to round up his rivals at Rosehill three weeks ago. It was emphatic. And that was despite the race not being run to suit given where he settled. It was even more impressive on the clock. His last 600m split was the quickest across the meeting, and comfortably so. The best two performances of his career have come at his past two starts. The four-year-old has a history of improving with a run under his belt, too. And he maps to settle closer in this one. 5. Moravia was equally dominant two weeks ago. James McDonald parked him in the perfect trailing position, but he ripped clear late to win well. Should take confidence from that. He rattled home in the Concorde Stakes first up. Has come back in career-best form himself. The same can be said for the unbeaten 21. Briasa, which carries just 52.5kg and is up in grade as well.
How to play it: Ostraka to win.

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