1000m 3yo maiden. With three sleeps to go six have already had a change of heart. Extraordinary - but in the modern era not at all surprising. So, as things stand nine remain, three will be on debut, three will be resuming, two will be 2nd-up. Once again, them fluctuations as the horses depart the mounting yard carry more influence than would usually be the case. Fitness levels? Coping with the heat? ELNAJEEB (4th) and YARANGA (1st) met in a recent trial at Doomben on a soft 5 track. MERCATELLO won her heat that day in quicker time. But the relevance of Doomben/soft for this? The resuming BOSS MODE trialed 2nd at Doomben, also on a soft track, but that was some six weeks ago. The resuming CRYPTO MISS has some decent form-lines. She recently trialed 2nd, winner of said heat landed good bets on its debut. Rex Lipp doesn't come to town for fun.