Emphasize let down nicely to fill the minors on debut and will take improvement for that experience.
The Embellish gelding was settled off the pace by Thomas Stockdale here at Sale last month and produced a nice turn of foot, despite jumping at huge odds.
He strips fitter and can begin his rise through the grades.
Porter steps out today in peak order and looms as the one to beat in the penultimate at Sale.
Porter returned to the races with a fair effort, though was well beaten by Big Swinger at Ballarat back in October, but he was excellent when winning in BM58 company second up.
He’s a month between starts again since finished third, beaten a little under three lengths in BM64 company, but larger gaps between starts does appear to be the key to him.
The Viking can keep alive his unbeaten record when he steps out in the last at Sale today.
The Viking turned in some fine trial performances prior to his debut and put the writing on the wall with an easy victory here at his first start.
With natural improvement and with Blake Shinn retaining the ride, he can go on with it.
Luna Jet is another debut winner that can make it two on the trot today.
The Capitalist filly didn’t show a lot at a Moruya trial prior to debuting but produced an eye-catching turn of foot on her way to a stylish win at Nowra on New Year’s Eve.
With natural improvement, this looks the next logical step for her at Wagga.