1. Polar Blast | Let-up for nine weeks. Placed at Cairns when last fresh and won one of five first-up. Multiple wins at the track. Cannot rule out. |
2. Silent Explorer | Back from 29 week spell and gets the winkers on for the first time. Down in trip. Perfectly placed. |
3. Oriental Girl | Resumes from a 23 week spell. Placed at Cairns when last fresh and won three of five first-up. Has won five times at the track before. Leading contender. |
4. Hard Yaga | Got the campaign off to a strong start winning when fresh but faded to finish eighth last start at Townsville on a soft track. Big decrease in weight from last start. Genuine claims. |
5. Truculent | Faded to finish seventh last start at Townsville but a big drop in weight. Just the one placing this campaign at Cairns. Outsider. |
6. Tell Everybody | 5-1/2 len, 1/2 nk last of 3 (1) $6.50 54.0 Hard Yaga, El Shaday 900m Cairns Open Hcp Heavy(10) Jan 30. 3-1/4 len 4th of 8 (3) $12.00 58.5 Hit Snooze 1000m Townsville (Bm65) Soft(7) Feb 12. |