End the day with a 1350m C1. From this start all may run, but with a couple of sleeps to go a couple have already chickened out (presumably due to the draw hence the poultry reference). Gollan has five in, but hasn't declared a rider for one of them. Given there wouldn't be a rider in the state that would not accept an offer to pilot one of his I shall fall in - egg at the ready - "Attention attention! Ladies and Gentlemen! - number 3 will be scratched! No's 2,12,16,18 would appear to be the cohort most likely to assume a forward berth in transit. CHIEF IN CHARGE backers (when resuming) still affected. I was starting to wonder if Matthew Hoysted alone was not equal to the sum of the parts of O'Dea/Hoysted but 2026 is shaping up to be 'the year that made him'. Nowadays most stables have gone from one to two hence this is not in the slightest anything but an observation and if he proves me correct the stiff of Marvel Comics. PROMINENT LAD should be prominent from go to whoa. DOMINANT DARCY bolted in 1st-up, that was five weeks ago but that break makes perfect sense. BRUTAL LASS rounds out my numbers, speaking of which run your numbers on C & C Munce and see if you can ignore them at your peril.