Forbes on a Friday and the forecast suggests we will have a top 40 degrees. The meeting is scheduled to go ahead though, albeit with an early start we will be done and all clear by 2:40pm. We get things underway with a 1400m Maiden. Expect 6 to lead. THE BULLET comes back in distance after a close non-TAB defeat. Finds a winnable race and should track handy in running. WILLIAM'S SMILE may look as though he's finally on the cusp of a breakthrough as he has been able to follow up a PB finishing position on Boxing Day with a PB beaten margin on New Year's Day. If you can get confident about a horse like him winning you are a more positive person than me. Newcomer FIERCE LUVA had four trials in 2025, all for trainer John Sargent. Was slow out and always back in each and now fronts up to debut for a new camp.