Selections:
#13 Private Harry (NEXT BEST) - $3.40
#14 Commemorative - $6.50
#3 I Am Me - $12.00
#6 Growing Empire - $8.00
BEST BET - #13 Private Harry - (BEST BET)
Like the best bet of the day, it is impossible to know just how good he could be. He has won each of the four starts in his career so far, stepping up in class with ease. This is his first try in a black-type race, let alone a Group 1 but he shapes as if he is going to be up to the task. He hammered Lady Of Camelot and Arabian Summer at Gold Coast on his most recent start in January. The runner-up that day has finished second and third in a pair of Group 1 races since while the third won a Group 3 and was fifth in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate. Given how much distance Private Harry put between himself and those rivals, he is surely up to winning at the top level.
THE DANGER - #14 Commemorative
Only raced twice in the spring but produced a pair of strong runs. She was runner-up in a Group 3 before being unlucky enough to run into Jimmysstar and Rey Magnerio in a Bm100 at Caulfield. A Group 3 field at Randwick last time was easily despatched by her, looking ready to try her hand at the highest level. Perhaps a little rain would be ideal for her chances given that she is 3/3 on soft ground but it is only a minor point given the level of quality in the rest of her form.
VALUE BET - #3 I Am Me
Has not enjoyed much luck in her two starts so far this prep so they are easy enough to excuse her. She likes to sit just behind the pace so the barrier in one should give her the perfect position to adopt early here to stalk the speed. Rosehill is a course that has treated her well in the past, winning on three of her five visits so far, including a perfect 2/2 when running over this distance at the track. The pair mentioned above are open to a little more improvement than she is, yet to get her head in front in eight starts at Group 1 level. She has run with more than enough credit in the past to give her strong claims of hitting a place here though.