Johnny Thunder has been racing well without winning during his racing career to date and he has an excellent chance to claim a maiden race win this afternoon.
He was only narrowly denied by Hellova Night at Tatura last start and he maps to get a lovely run in transit from barrier six with Fred Kersley in the saddle.
Ahika will return to the races in a very winnable contest at Echuca this afternoon.
She showed plenty of promise during her maiden racing campaign and on exposed form she does have a genuine edge over the rest of this field.
Boom Boom Becker is deserving of his status as a dominant favourite for this contest.
He could hardly have been more impressive when he bolted in at Geelong last start and the scary thing for his rivals is that he still has the scope to improve.
Miss Sarasota scored a strong win at Cranbourne at just his second race start and is a filly that has plenty of upside.
Barrier nine isn’t ideal and the daughter of Pierro will need some luck in running, but this isn’t the strongest race and I think she has enough talent to get the job done.