With three Group 1 placings to her name, the Ben Smith-trained In Her Time (Aus) (Time Thief {Aus}) put the writing on the wall with a recent four-length barrier trial win that she is ready to resume with a top-class effort and looks capable of recording that elusive Group 1 win in The Galaxy S. (1100m) on Saturday.
Another who heads into the race first-up from a spell is the Kris Lees-trained Group 1 winner Le Romain (Aus) (Hard Spun {USA}). Never out of the top three from five first up runs, the 5-year-old comes into the race off two solid trial efforts and while he has never won at the track or the distance, he looks primed for a forward showing.
Jungle Edge (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}) produced an outstanding effort when resuming this time in, finishing second to Redzel (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) in the G2 Challenge S. and come Saturday with a distinct liking for rain-affected tracks, we could see the rising 8-year-old capture his first elite-level win.
Narrowly defeated by Russian Revolution (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) in the G1 Oakleigh Plate on Feb. 24, Snitty Kitty (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) will be able to use her gate speed to take up the running and with a win on soft going in the past, the 4-year-old mare is likely to be in front for a long way and prove extremely hard to run down.
With the death of his sire recently, a fitting result would see Godolphin's 3-year-old colt Viridine (Aus) (Poet's Voice {GB}) become the first Group 1 winner for his sire. He carries just 50kgs and jockey Brenton Avdulla already has two stakes wins on the colt.
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