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Tale Of Dreams appears well suited under Set Weights conditions contesting the fourth event at Muswellbrook on Monday.

The David Pfieffer-trained mare possesses the equal highest Benchmark rating in the field and under the Set Weights conditions of Monday’s XXXX Gold Class 1 & Maiden Plate, this sees her well in.

Instead of giving her rivals substantial weights as would be the case under handicap conditions, Tale Of Dreams is pitchforked into the contest.

The Tale Of The Cat mare drops to country level after stringing together a number of solid performances at provincial level, the latest when fifth at Wyong over 2100m.

She also drops in distance on that outing which for now should suit.

David Pfieffer’s mare has drawn barrier 3 for the event which should make it easy for jockey Mitchell Bell to find a prominent position in transit.

The pair should enjoy the run of the race from there and could take some gunning down over the concluding stages.

The Bjorn Baker-trained Ready Street as of Monday morning holds favouritism for the event.

He steps up in distance fourth run from a spell after closing for minor placings in his past two outings at Orange.

Ready Street has a sense of timing about him in this affair.

His chances will largely depend on the ride Bob El-Issa can produce from the awkward draw however with the field going into the first turn not long after jumping from the 1750m.

Shotgun Roulette is an intriguing runner who drops noticeably in grade after three ambitious tilts at stakes level success through the Sydney Autumn Carnival.

While having always shown promise, the daughter of Casino Prince for now is much better suited at this level.

The Bohemian is another who like Tale Of Dreams has been holding form well at Provincial level.

Paul Perry drops the gelding back in class and distance on his latest outing at Wyong where Tale Of Dreams beat The Bohemian by just over half a length.

The Snippetson gelding obviously must find some improvement on that outing in order to turn the tables however it certainly isn’t out of the possibilities.

Packen shapes as the best of the value runners.

The seven-year-old has returned this campaign in excellent fashion, placing over the miles at both Scone and Tamworth.

He will strip fitter again third run from a spell and while hardly the most fashionable sort, latest form suggests the son of Untouchable can be working into calculations at the business end of proceedings.

The market as of Friday morning suggests the XXXX Gold Class 1 and Maiden Handicap (1750m) is an open sort of affair.

Near each way odds about Tale Of Dreams is definitely the most appealing aspect of that market.