RACE COMMENT

OVERVIEW: SOME AMERICAN (4) has started the campaign in flying fashion, with his three wins from four starts all from the front in good style here at Melton. Last time, he led and gave a good kick to defeat CATCH A WAVE (8) and TRIPLE EIGHT (10), who finished strongly but couldn’t bridge the gap. The position in running looks the same for the Emma Stewart-trained speedster, who is expected to find the top and be hard to run down over the 1720m. While Stewart stablemates STORMS COLLIDE (6) and METEOR MOTH (5) are major players, I’ll work around them for the minor placings. I fancy ULTIMATE VINNIE (1) has the speed to boot up and settle leader’s back, which would give him a great chance of finishing in the money. He was trapped parked last time at Horsham and was very brave in second, and ran a good third a while back in FFA grade here at Melton behind Oliver Dan. CATCH A WAVE (8) has a tough draw to overcome if ULTIMATE VINNIE (1) doesn’t lead, but is a brilliant pacer with a devastating turn of foot, while HOORAH PHILTRA (3) is crying out to win a race like this after cutting ground off four Stewart-trained pacers when runner-up in recent weeks.