Giga Kick is the only notable absentee on Saturday between Melbourne and Royal Randwick, which has a strong program studded with golden oldies.
The exciting I Wish I Win faces a demanding assignment in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield in his quest for the title of best horse currently racing in Australia.
Think It Over, with a higher benchmark than the former, is an eight-year-old and favourite for Randwick’s Chelmsford. In the Concorde, speed demons Nature Strip, also eight, and 10-year-old Eduardo are out to show that age has not wearied them either. To be worthy of champion status – in my estimation – requires a period of saddle excellence that expands over decades. Ollie, with 128 group 1s including three Melbourne Cups, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates and a Golden Slipper, qualifies.
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