Tapo has been racing well without winning this campaign and has an excellent chance to claim a maiden race win at Echuca this afternoon.
She has shown good speed in her two race starts this preparation and she maps to get a lovely run in transit with Jack Hill in the saddle.
It is no surprise that she has been well-backed in early betting.
Naiconi is clearly the filly to beat in this contest at Echuca.
She made her racing debut in black-type company in the Dequettville Stakes and she has generally raced in much tougher company than this.
On exposed form, she has a clear class edge over the rest of this field.
It is impossible to have any real confidence in a 19 race start maiden, but this is surely the best chance he will ever chance to score a maiden race win.
This is a very weak contest and on his recent form, Catskill should have too much quality for his rivals.
Barrier five is ideal and he will get the run of the race with John Allen in the saddle.
I am surprised that Race Against Time isn’t a clear favourite in this contest.
He has already scored a good win at Warracknabeal this campaign and a repeat of that sort of effort would make her very tough to beat in this contest.