Steve Donoghue Handicap Stakes

Penfolds Grange has been largely consistent, with two seconds and a third among his last five starts, but remains without a win in that sequence. Back from a 50-day break carrying 142lb from stall eight, our rating puts him firmly among the leading dangers.

Kitaro Kich won three starts back and, despite an underwhelming sixth next time, rallied to a fourth last time out. Fourteen days on from that run, carrying 141lb from stall one, our top rating of 77 marks him the biggest threat in this field.

Eutropia has won three of her last six starts and was runner-up when last seen 32 days ago. Fit and proven over today's trip from stall five, her rounded recent form edges her into our selection, with matching it the main task.

Bobacious has been a steady if unremarkable midfield sort, a third his best effort in five recent starts but no better than sixth last time. Fit and experienced over today's distance, drawn in stall nine, our rating of 68 makes him more of a makeweight than a threat.

Trio strung together three creditable thirds before fading to seventh last time out, a fifth the run before, though our rating of 76 still marks her second-best in this field. Seventeen days since that run, drawn in stall seven, the recent dip is the one query.