The top-weight Spirit Of Tara. Not ideally suited slow track but has a bit of class on the others..

Noms & weights

1 BANNER STORM David Harrison 56
2 BELARUS David Edwards 56
3 CAPE NORTH (NZ) Fred Kersley 56
4 FOR SHAME Warwick Bradshaw 56
5 MR DIAGNOSIS Fred Kersley 56
6 TORRID AFFAIR Neville Parnham 56
7 KIA ORA MISS Adam Durrant 53.5
8 REAL SPECIAL Frank Maynard 53.5
9 SOLWAY LASS Lou Luciani 53.5

early selections Cape North, Torrid Affair, Mr Diagnosis, Kia Ora Miss

Probably not up to these under the weight scale but I've been impressed with the recent performances of Belarus, in particular last 2 starts without blinkers. Still a maiden but I think not for long.

Final Field

1 Cape North(NZ) 8 OPN 56 Shaun Mc Gruddy F R Kersley
2 Banner Storm 2 OPN 56 Jessica Hill D R Harrison
3 Torrid Affair (B) 9 CL5 56 Steven Parnham N D Parnham
4 Mr Diagnosis 5 CL5 56 Paul Harvey F R Kersley
5 Belarus 1 MDN 56 Dion Luciani D A Edwards
6 For Shame (B) 7 CL1 56 Alana Sansom W J Bradshaw
7 Kia Ora Miss 4 OPN 53.5 Peter Farrell A G Durrant
8 Solway Lass 3 CL1 53.5 Jason Whiting L P Luciani
9 Real Special 6 CL1 53.5 William Pike F H Maynard

1 IMPALER David Atkins P Mertens 4 58
2 CLASSICONI Shane Fliedner S Seamer 8 56.5
3 PROUDLY AGRO Barry Bowditch J Bowditch 15 56
4 SIR BREAKFAST Liam Birchley M Rodd 10 55
5 PANZER Harry Richardson G Colless 9 54.5
6 KING REX Ray Dart M J Cahill 14 53
7 SHYSU Rex Lipp J Byrne 7 53
8 TOP MARC Kelly Schweida K Pope 13 53
9 SAN FRANFRISCO Bryan Guy J Taylor 2 52
10 DOONAN DANCER Brian Costello A Pattillo 1 52
11 DIAMONDS AND CHALK Cliff Brown J Holder 5 52
12 CENTURY SERB Mick Miladinovic D Nikolic 6 52
13 BANABOLDA Lawrie Mayfield-Smith K N Forrester 12 52
14 GLOUCESTER ROAD Debbie Newham Matthew Palmer (a) 3 52
15 COURT ADJOURNED Paul Facoory J Warrington 11 52

Bracketing IMPALER and CENTURY SERB. Both have a little bit more class over the rest.

Cape North
Mr Diagnosis
Torrid Affair
Belarus

(7) SHYSU
(2) CLASSICONI
(1) IMPALER
(12) CENTURY SERB
(3) PROUDLY AGRO

Mr Diagnosis