The final day of the Flemington carnival with an outstanding Champions Day assembled.
Champions Day has really become the feature day of the week and the three features are all outstanding fields.
In the Champions Stakes, we have a last start Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup, and Melbourne Cup winner (Without A Fight being first-up here).
The Mile is arguably the best field of the year and the sprint is exactly what you'd want to see as well.
I've previewed all three Group Ones here but we'll give the punters a couple more on the card and kick off with the best which will be Kinesiology in Race 3, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
He comes here off the plane rated 111 on the RAS ratings which is the exact same rating Soulcombe had when he came here and won this race dominantly two years ago.
This field is very exposed and while a few have slightly higher peak ratings than him, he does get weight off the ones who do while also getting a soft trail behind the leader from barrier one.
These connections have won this race the past two years and I'm expecting that to continue with Kinesiology.
For the each-way play we roll over to Race 5, the Matriarch Stakes for the mares where Quickster looks a strong chance getting to 2000m third-up.
Two runs back from a spell she's hit the line nicely over 1400m and 1600m, running a new peak rating of 105 on the RAS ratings last start at Randwick when running into second, ahead of Hinged who she meets again here.
Hinged was given a horrible steer that day and was good last time but is hard to back as favourite while Quickster has more improvement to come and is a much bigger price. She should run a new peak again on Saturday and if she does, she'll go close.
The Melbourne Mail
Bet of the day: Race 3 #7 Kinesiology at $2.90
Each-way play: Race 5 #6 Quickster at $8.50/3.00