Bodhi Solutions - Constructing Champions Handicap Stakes

Daretobedifferent has distance and going experience to call on, and her third three starts back and win four starts back show she can perform at this level; rated highest of the six runners here, she arrives fresh on 23 days' rest. The danger is her last two efforts have been modest.

Placed second two starts back and returning after 24 days, Okiru steps up with a 71 rating against an official mark of 64, and he has run over today's trip and going before — from stall one carrying 134 lb, he makes plenty of appeal despite being winless in his last six.

Winless in her last four starts, with a run of 4th, 6th, 5th and 8th hardly inspiring confidence, Melting Snow is hard to fancy at the foot of the market, though experience over today's trip and going, plus a race-fit 19-day gap, offer slim compensation.

Guest House arrives fit on a quick 10-day turnaround, has run over today's trip and going, and a third last time out keeps him in good heart; the worry is that seventh two starts back hints at inconsistency he'll need to shake off.

Bellini Spirit was second four starts back and has run over today's trip, giving her strong claims on fitness and experience once she returns from an 86-day absence — though she remains winless in recent starts and that layoff is the chief concern.