RACE COMMENT

OVERVIEW: Another tricky event here for the three-year-old maidens where there’s a big watch on MAURLEN COMPASS (2) after an impressive trial performance at Cobram recently. There, she surged away from two rivals in the last lap to score by around 50m in a dominant display. She finished third in her one and only career start back in September when trained by a different stable, but was beaten a long way. She goes on top. BEAU BECA (9) showed good signs on debut when settling last and running past THE FINAL DANCE (7) to finish fourth at Melton on April 15, SEW HOPEFULL (4) has gate speed and would be a factor if she could find the top, while the aforementioned THE FINAL DANCE (7) has started favourite in all three runs this campaign and is certainly a winning chance despite the difficult gate.