Moonee Valley is the venue tonight, the meeting has attracted eight races, with scratching, four races will be reduced to quinella betting only.

The Penetrometre reading is 4.70, the track a dead 4, the Rail will be out 7 metres, the track has received 40mls of irrigation this week, including 4 mls overnight.

Manila Jewel has been disappointing of late, she gets her chance to atone in the Alternative Railway Handicap, she receives a 1.5 kg claim for the services of Chad Schofield, if she cannot win this she deserves the sack.

Her stable mate, Great Game, is short at $2.60, she is still a maiden after running four seconds, she gets her chance from gate one in the Boscastle Plate over 1600 metres.

Caulfield tomorrow has a good card with a lot of interest, The Penetrometre reading is 5.40. The track is a dead 4, the rail out 6 metres, last week it was out 3 metres, the track has had 38 mls of irrigation this week, including 8 mls yesterday.

Racing will shine brightly at Caulfield with the better horses beginning to return to racing, for what promises to be a successful autumn carnival.

The first Group1 race of the year, the Sportingbet C F Orr Stakes, named in honour of Charles Frederick Orr, who played a prominent role with the Williamstown Racing Club in the early 1900s.

King Mufhasa is a proven at weight for age, having won over the trip on six occasions, including a win in the Futurity Stakes and has performed well here previously.

He has had a change of stables since we last saw him, he comes into the race as a last start winner, he is entitled to be highly respected, particularly as he has won under the scale.

The reappearance of the three year old, All Too Hard, adds further depth in the field, after winning the Caulfield Guineas he beat all but Ocean Park in the Cox Plate, he looks like making the transition to weight for age.

One gets a bit tired of All Too Hard being referred to as the half brother to Black Caviar, if he is good enough he will do it on own, he is in no need of assistance.

The unbeaten Callanish, a winner of eight on the trot, faces his biggest challenge to date when he steps up to weight for age.

He has done nothing wrong to this stage, he seems certain to be in the race for a long way, he has worked well since winning the Seymour Cup.

Le Remas may not be the worst of them, Brian Mc Knight has him rock hard in condition, the horse is as tough as old boots and never gives in without a fight.

H galloped on the straight track at Ballarat on Wednesday, then swam yesterday, he is bucking his brands off.