Race 6 - SCHWEPPES PACE FINAL (GROUP 3)

SS=Sit Sprinter V=Versatile E=Enforcer L=Leader

OVERVIEW: The Racing Office at Harness Racing Victoria should take a bow for programming this sensational M1 to M2 final right before the Inter Dominion deciders as the quality engaged here and the preferential draw should ensure this is a race of merciless brutality and more action than a Michael Bay blockbuster. Ultimately it appears there are four very serious winning chances here headed up by STAR OF MEMPHIS (11). In a pre-race interview prior to his heat of this series 11 days ago Andy Gath suggested he would need the run and despite that fact STAR OF MEMPHIS (11) worked harder than Winston Churchill in transit and was only nutted on the wire in a brilliant mile rate of 1:55. If he has improved off that run then he gets the nod narrowly clear of EGODAN (12) who has been huge in two Victorian runs this prep and, who, along with STAR OF MEMPHIS (11) will be starting his circumnavigation of this field very soon after the start. The Sleeping Giant in this super final is PROFESSOR TOM (6) who produces an archetypal eye-catcher in his heat of this series and who will love the take-no-prisoners pattern of this affair while AMPLE POWER (13) also has big claims despite appearing to have every chance when beaten last time out.