Very open affair. ICY POLE (6) is going quite well for a race like this, narrowly beaten here over 1100m two back before another sound effort up in grade at Geelong. This looks fairly winnable and she should take beating up to 1200m where her best figures are. AYSGARTH (1) made sharp improvement second up at Kilmore when getting into fourth. He can improve again third up in Australia and prove hard to hold out. APPARATUS (2) resumes. He ran some good races in better company last time in that measure up well here, he'll just likely give them a decent start from the gate. WICHITALL (3) resumes and can sprint well fresh.