RACE COMMENT

OVERVIEW: ARZALI ROCKSTAR (1) was able to lead and rip home in a slick 55.7sec last half two starts back at Ballarat for a strong victory. She was caught parked last time at Stawell and can be forgiven for dropping out late. She’s trialled well at Bacchus Marsh since with a big win in good time and looks very hard to run down drawn the pole over the 1609m if she can lead. SECRET SERVICE AGENT (9) is the key danger and might well start favourite here. He’s chased home some handy rivals in his career, and this does appear a very suitable assignment for a horse with his class. He was a little disappointing last week at Maryborough when he sat out of the early burn, worked to the front and was still run down as a $1.25 favourite, but his best is pretty good and he can win. BLAZIN BY (4) produced a big finale to score impressively in easier grade first-up at Kilmore, while the consistent CALEDONIAN RANGER (2) is one of the gate speed runners who would become a major player if he got across to the pegs. BACK: ARZALI ROCKSTAR (1) – 2 units (win)