Clive Robinson
The Aloe Handicap (Non-Black Type) for three-year-old fillies over 1300m on the Fairview Polytrack takes centre stage on Monday and it promises to be an interesting contest as it seems to be a test of whether class will prevail or form on the surface.
Chere For Me is clearly the class act of the field but the fact she has yet to win in her two attempts on the surface could mean she is vulnerable to a filly like Chroniclesofnarnia.
This Tara Laing-trained filly will be in receipt of 5kg from Chere For Me and was a decent winner the first time she tried the Polytrack.
That was over 1600m and the drop in distance may not suit, but she did also run well last time when third behind Demigod who runs a race earlier, so the strength of that run will be known before Chroniclesofnarnia lines up for this race.
Ryan Munger retains the ride.
Chere For Me was a top-class juvenile and her form reads pretty well if this race was being run on turf. She has beaten rivals in this race including Gavin Smith-trained Easy Living by 5.50 lengths and again by 4.85 lengths. Stablemate Pinnacle was 4.75 adrift of Chere For Me when that filly won in June last year.
Since then though, both Easy Living and Pinnacle have shown a liking for the surface and have won some nice races.
Talking about nice recent winners Carbonado was very impressive in her last win which was over 1200m on this track. That win did suggest she had more wins in her.
Two fillies in the race who have shown good form on the turf and have not really reproduced that on the Polytrack are Double Destiny and Rainbow Thief.
Double Destiny has quickened nicely in her races on grass unlike her two most recent performances when lacking a strong finish on the Polytrack.
Rainbow Thief won a cracker on debut and was not disgraced when third in her next start.
Her recent runs, which were on the Polytrack, were below that level of form.
To put her debut win into perspective, she had Carbonado struggling 4.25 lengths behind her.
