OVERVIEW: Third heat of the Bacchus Marsh Pacing Cup here following two qualifiers at Melton last Friday as horses progress towards a $10,000 final back at HQ on November 20. Stacks of winning hopes, but ROBLEN RANGER (1) might be the best of them given his good gate speed, pole-marking draw and strong recent form. He led and hung on to win narrowly at Ballarat on October 29 in a slick enough last half of 56.9, which followed two handy runner-up placings at Cranbourne and Melton. He should run well. MONSIEUR FLAMEL (5) and ARE WESLEY (2) are the two Stephen Clarke-trained runners in the race, with the former heading here after a gutsy death-seat win at Kilmore and third placing in a previous heat of this series at Melton last time out. ARE WESLEY (2) has won his last two in slightly easier grade and must be respected, while KITSUNE (10) is perhaps a good runner at a price after a good first-up effort at long odds when fourth behind Cool Story in the first of the Bacchus Marsh Pacing Cup qualifiers last week. JUSJOHN (9), who gains a start as emergency, is an interesting runner and one I’ll be including in the Early Quaddie based off some nice enough efforts last campaign.