Competitive battle set to occur

The race prior to Friday’s feature promises to be a competitive battle with Gary Hall Snr-trained pair Whozideawasthis and Eloquent Mach set to take on a quality field that includes Stroke Of Luck, El Jacko and Patrickthepiranha.

Whozideawasthis returned to racing off a nine-and-a-half month break last Friday night and finished a narrow second to Our Perkins in 1:55:1, beating home his better-credentialed stablemate and a similar field to whom he faces in his upcoming encounter.

The Ross Olivieri-prepared Stroke Of Luck, who has drawn inside of Whozideawasthis in barrier two on Friday, looks capable of squaring the ledger after having finished second to Chicago Bull from the same draw in a blistering 1:53:2 mile rate on July 24.

Group 1-winning three-year-old Patrickthepiranha will have the addition of hood blinkers for this assignment and will also be looking to bounce back to his best form after finishing a beaten favourite at his past two starts, however, he may have his work cut out after drawing outside of his main rivals in barrier five again.

Eloquent Mach, a winner at 13 of 32 starts, will come out of gate six.

 

Michael Heaton