A trip back to Victoria should see the lightly raced Lone Star return to the winners stall when he lines up in the seventh race at Sale this afternoon.
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Stepping out for his fifth run back this time in, Lone Star has been in good form of late following up on his dominant win when resuming at Morphettville Parks back in September.
After finishing midfield in the Apache Cat Classic behind Obsidian Dragon at Sandown, Lone Star would go on to finish a close third behind Muchos Respectos at Bendigo before game in defeat after he was swamped late at Morphettville last start when finishing fifth in tougher Saturday company.
Dropping back sharply in grade for this afternoon's event has seen Lone Star allotted the tough task of carrying 61.5kg however with the in-form Patrick Maloney engaged he receives some much needed weight relief and will only carry 58.5kg just 4.5kg above the minimum.
A noted front runner, expect Maloney to roll forward on the son of Stratum and with Prime Ace the only the only other leader engaged in the race, expect Lone Star to receive an easy time out in front and prove very hard to catch.
Having collected four wins and four minor placings from just his eleven career starts, Lone Star remains one of the few horses in this race still on the upward spiral and shapes as a strong winning prospect.
The Colin and Cindy Alderson trained You Tell Me shapes as one of the leading contenders resuming in today's race off the back of five-and-a-half month break.
Another runner who still appears on the upward spiral, You Tell Me showed good form in far tougher company last time in with a second placing behind the John Hickmott trained Classy Chloe one of his main highlights.
Coming into this race off a solid trial performance at Cranbourne expect Brian Higgins to settle him back off the speed and if he receives conditions to suit expect him to be charging home late over the top of them.
The Shea Eden trained Street Stall is another galloper given a tough task by the handicapper as he too drops back sharply in grade for today's event.
Allotted the task of carrying 61kg, Eden has elected to engage apprentice rider Jake Bayliss and will claim 4kg off the son of Immovable Option.
Resuming with a sound performance to finish third at Cranbourne, Street Stall was somewhat thrown in the deep end last start when finishing towards the tail at Mooney Valley behind It's Crunch Time.
Stepping back up to 1208m today should suit and given he has been kept fresh for this he is definitely capable of fighting out the finish.
The Robbie Griffiths trained Chelembra and the Jason Warren trained Catagious round out the multiples.
Good luck and happy punting.
