Lester Aldridge Handicap Stakes

Redbud Sixteen has won twice in her last five starts, with back-to-back victories two and three starts back, and has run over today's trip; drawn in stall 3 carrying 142 lb, the main query is whether a 62-day absence has left her short of peak sharpness.

Winless in her last five starts, Zgharta nonetheless rates well clear of her rivals on our figures and has run over today's trip and going, while fourth two starts back hints at latent ability that a 34-day freshener may help unlock.

Ranked bottom of the field on our figures, Aleatrix faces a stiff ask, though she arrives on the back of a win two starts back and a second last time out, and has run over today's trip before.

Third last time out, Lucky Camino returns on a sharp 15-day turnaround with experience of today's going and a rating of 88 that marks him down as a leading threat from stall 5; the main risk is that he finds one too good again.

Chapter shaped well when second two starts back and got off the mark last time three starts back, so there is plenty of recent encouragement; he has experience over today's trip and going, carries 131 lb from stall one, and his rating of 88 marks him as a leading threat, though that seventh last time out is the form to oppose.