Race lacks much in terms of early pace over the mile. AOTEAROWER has placed in her past two outings, one of which came at Group 3 level. The mare has an excellent record at this trip and rates highly amongst this field. BEEFEATER came close to posting an overdue win when second at Trentham last start. Knocking on the door however is proving costly for followers having been beaten as favourite in three of his past four outings. Competitive field and plenty of locals involved. The pace looks a tad dubious so it may see some shuffling before most riders are happy where they are situated on settling down. AOTEAROWER has won at home before. Top tie must and will be booming home. MARY QUANT can be forgiven last start on a tight and biased venue that had awful wet footing too. Here at home she has won three of her four runs and been placed the other time. Top tier must. BEEFEATER a visitor that rarely goes a bad race. Class riser and drops a staggering 4.5kg. Fortune Knight has never been out of the money when third up. Marky Mark and Stylish Attack are racing too well to exclude. SUGGESTED PLAY: Multiples with Aotearower, Beefeater, Stylish Attach and Strada Cavallo.