RACE COMMENT

OVERVIEW: ONLY ONCE BITTEN (4) has been placed in five of her past six starts and will appreciate a slight drop back in class on her past two performances. She attempted to lead throughout and was run down on the line by Odins Black Crows last week and she is capable of going one better now. WATCH THE ATTITUDE (7) broke stride at the start, chased hard and did an excellent job to finish as close as she did last week. She finished third behind the in-form pacer Priddy Carson prior and is capable of featuring prominently if she gets away safely. SHIRLEY NOT (6) may have finished ninth last week but her effort was still sound. It was a slowly run race, the final sectionals were fast and she was picking up ground out wide on the track in the latter stages. She is likely to settle in the second half of the field again but she has the ability to run a good race, particularly if the tempo of this race is more genuine than last week. DAYLIGHT (2) began fast to find the lead, backed off the tempo mid-race and was run down on the line last week. She is likely to lead early but may take cover over the longer trip this week and is a minor place chance again.