Many with each-way credentials in a big field but it could pay to side with best-weighted FURIOUS QUEEN who drops in class and races off a career-low mark with a 2.5kg claiming apprentice booked to ride. Last-start winner CROWNED HORNBILL is open to any amount of improvement after a recent gelding operation, but he does concede weight to older hard-knocking rivals, including recent course-and-distance scorer PEACE OF MIND who should confirm her superiority over RATTLESNAKE on similar weight terms. UNITED NATION is also closely matched on that form. NIGHT TIGER and COUNTER ATTACK aren't out of it.
by Pascal Rodon