On pace runners, 2, 8, 9. NEW BEGINNINGS finished unplaced on a heavy Grafton surface on debut last start and when the performance was better than it appears on paper. Natural improvement can now be expected at only start number two! PACIFIC REEL has handed in solid frontrunning efforts in defeat within this distance range recently at Grafton and then at Inverell and he can maintain his form here. HALLOWEEN HOLLY clearly suggested second up at Port Macquarie that she should relish the distance rise that's now on offer. LEGIN must be forgiven for an unplaced first up effort on a heavy track at Grafton when he struck traffic problems on the day. VIRGINIA BREEZES is another who struck traffic problems when she was last produced and when her Coffs Harbour effort was more than honest.