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After two solid seconds this campaign, Unanimously third up is largely expected to defend his Wagga Town Plate on Thursday.

The Matthew Dale-trained gelding lines up in the Wagga Town Plate after close seconds at Moonee Valley and Caulfield.

His first up outing was behind dual Group 1 winning mare Platelet before a narrow second to stakes winner Pago Rock at Caulfield last start.

Unanimously ran to a Timeform figure of 101 on resuming before improving to 109 at Caulfield.

It’s hard to ignore the strength of that form heading back up the highway for the Wagga Town Plate (1200m) on Thursday.

The Not A Single Doubt gelding should be fitter again third run from a spell and looks very well suited in the feature race on day 1 of the Wagga Carnival.

Just three horses sit inside the handicap in the form of Unanimously, Darci Be Good and Taxmeifyoucan.

The rest sit a long way out of it and only get five kilos off the Matthew Dale-trained sprinter.

Living On A Prayer is the first horse outside of the handicap and should get six kilos off the anticipated favourite.

The race depth then drops off sharply with Cum Dividend down who should be getting eight or more kilos off the Canberra-based runner.

Being the main beneficiary of the compressed weights seen in the Wagga Town Plate, Unanimously as the class horse of the field should be claiming the event for the second straight year.

On ratings, Taxmeifyoucan profiles as the main danger.

The Gregory Hickman-trained galloper mixed his results last campaign however was solid when placing at Rosehill and also in the Goulburn Cup.

The four-year-old has placed in three of his prior four first up outings.

Taxmeifyoucan will likely be better this campaign between 1400m and a mile however is another who appears well suited in this contest.

Living On A Prayer shapes as the third elect despite the fact he was beaten nearly five lengths in the same race as Unanimously last start.

The gelding has drawn favourably in this contest though not to mention he possesses the track and distance credentials of a horse capable of fighting out the finish.

Overall though, it is hard to go past Unanimously as he looks to defend his Wagga Town Plate (1200m) on Thursday.