Given all her starting prices in preparation no.1, TUSCALOOSA GEM is going to be all the rage 1st up. In her four starts, her longest SP is $2.30. There's plenty of depth to her form for a race of this class. Naturally, she's jumped out well for her return. SMASH BLUE ran well in this class 2nd up at Cranbourne. She drew gate 1 there and at a key stage was needing a little more room to wind up. This time, drawn outside from the chute, she should be well suited. Back to 1000m with blinkers first time might be the key to STORMBOURG. His best performances would win a race of this class. His only win was at 1000m. LYCHEE GREEN TEA got through in the fast lane last time but the effort was good in a slightly better class of race. DAPPER DON is next best.