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Emma Reeves aids us with programming and identifies who she thinks is the best placed horse each weekend.

Shangri La Spring, Sunday 9th March, Canberra, Race 5:
Some horses have a lot of fight in them and love winning, and I think this colt is one of those. Since turning three, he’s been unbeaten and in each of those starts he raced older horses making it all the more impressive. He went from breaking his maiden to winning a class 1 at the provincials and then leapt up to Saturday city class. That’s hard to do and understandably, it has provided him with a high rating for a three-year-old making him tricky to place. Although he gets a penalty, 1400 metres against his own age group, on a big track is a perfect starting point for him en route to further Black Type options for three-year-olds over the Championships.