Yearning savaged the line to record a classy win in the Thousand Guineas and she is the filly to beat in the Wakeful Stakes. She gives the impression that she will relish the step-up to 2000 metres and Flemington is a track that suits. Damien Thornton will settle her in the second half of the field and she will be storming home late.
Oxley Road is a sprinter on the rise and he can make it two wins on the trot in the Linlithgow Stakes.
He never gave his rivals a chance when he bolted in to win the Caulfield Sprint and before that he was good behind Masked Crusader.
The Flemington straight doesn’t pose any worries for him and there is no sprinter in this field with as much upside.
Tofane is one of the best mares in the country and she can claim another Group 1 win in the Empire Rose Stakes.
She hasn’t won a race this campaign, but she is in simply outstanding form.
She wasn’t beaten far in the Memsie Stakes and the Makybe Diva Stakes before she was gallant with a big weight in the Toorak Handicap.
This is the perfect race for her and she should have every possible chance from barrier two.
Superstorm is the value runner in a very open edition of the Kennedy Cantala.
He showed his class with a win in the Feehan Stakes and he has gone on to run well in the Underwood Stakes and the Toorak Handicap.
Damien Oliver will settle him in the second half of the field and he will get the last crack at them.