Hai Li caught the eye coming from last to be beaten a neck by Winta Chiller, she is worth a chance next time she appears in that class.

Shoreham turned in a nice run first up, with another run or two under his belt he could be one to follow.

Night racing is proving popular at the Moonee Valley venue.

The Penetrometre reading is 4.67, the track a dead 4, with the rail out 5 metres.

Last night’s rain measured 13.5 mls and a further 1.5 mls this morning.

The Sportingbet Plate is among the most interesting races on the eight race program, with so many unraced two year olds making their appearance.

Naturally Politeness is at a short priced quote, there are big wraps on her, after she was backed sensationally throughout Australia this week, to win the Blue Diamond Stakes.

She was also a declaration for Caulfield tomorrow; however, her connections gave preference to Moonee Valley.

Mick Kent is on a roll at present, he has You Think So engaged in the Top Cut Handicap, the gelding is racing well at present having won two of his three starts, his likely dangers, Doc Hennessy and Distillation, have both been scratched.

Caulfield has had 26 mls of rain for tomorrow’s meeting, the Penetrometre reading is currently 5.35, the track is a dead 4 and most likely will improve by race time, the rail will be out 3 metres.

This is the time when the good horses are coming back, a lot of interest will centre on the reappearance of Hosting, the son of Host, he was ultra impressive in winning a Maiden Handicap, by five lengths, at Mornington back in August.

He missed the spring due to a slight injury, his astute trainer, Greg Eurell, has a high opinion of the colt, he was not prepared to take any risks with him.

It is a big ask first up, but then he is not your average colt, he will have most to fear from the top weight, Albrecht, a proven Sydney trained colt out of the Snowden yard, he has not raced since September either.

First Command should win again; he is racing in great zest at present, loves Caulfield, the 1000 metres trip and G Boss that ticks all the boxes.

The new synthetic track is open for business on Monday morning, Racecourse Manager, Jason Kerr, has given it the thumbs up.

The Melbourne Racing Club has received 49 third declarations for the Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes of $1.015million, which is less than four weeks away.

However, that does not include the current favourite Miracles Of Life, the brilliant winner of Saturday’s Preview for fillies.

The Adelaide filly is being quoted at $3.40, by Sportingbet, in Australia’s all in market.

Her connections have until Monday, February 18, by noon, to pay up the late entry fee of $55,000.

The same conditions apply to Dissident , and Montsegur and Metastasio, she is the one most likely to represent the Darley stable.

David Hayes originally entered 67 two year olds in July of last year; he remains in the mix with 10 declarations, while Peter Moody and Mick Price have five each.

Among the sires, Exceed And Excel heads the list with five declarations, followed by Fastnet Rock with four, and MoreThan Ready and Northern Meteor with three each.  

There is no myth about Miracles Of Life, she is the real deal, you can be assured of that, after blowing her rivals away in the fillies division of the Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes Preview.

It looked as if this was going to be another jumped up reputation that was going astray, when she settled back in the middle of the field after Donna Madeira came across quickly from the outside, setting up a cracking pace.

The race looked made for Montsegur who had drawn the rails, and remained there, being the best backed runner outside of the favourite, Miracles Of Life.

Once the straight was entered it soon developed into a one act affair, Miracles Of Life carried too many guns for her opposition, it developed into a complete demolition job.

It is extremely doubtful if any of those fillies, that finished behnd her in the Preview, would bother her, certainly not in this preparation.

Miracles Of  Life - Adelaide's Flyer

There was quite some speculation earlier in the week if winning jockey, Lauren Stojakovic, would retain the ride on the dazzling filly.

Just about every jockey’s agent in Melbourne was phoning up trainer Daniel Clarken, looking for the ride on behalf of their client.

Ultimately common sense prevailed with the Serbian born rider, Lauren Stojakovic, retaining the ride, she did nothing wrong in winning both races in Adelaide on the filly, Miracles Of Life, and did nothing wrong at Caulfield either.

It would have been a tragedy had she lost the ride to the more fashionable rider, who couldn’t have ridden the filly any better, and what’s the point in breaking a winning combination? As quoted by Racingtopics earlier last week.

That win was the highlight of her career, a moment she will never forget, she was free of post race nerves, just waiting in the jockey’s room for the word to go out and mount.

For Daniel Clarken, who trains at Morphettville, it was also a big occasion with the favourite for a $1million race.

Lauren Stojakovic

Le Remas made the transition from a restricted rating class 70 midweek race at Sandown, to open company with a minimum of fuss, when winning the Swettenham Stud John Dillon Stakes at Caulfield.

The gelding has now answered the challenge to Listed company, the bar will now be raised another notch with the impending agenda likely to be the weight for age time honoured Sportingbet C F Orr, also at Caulfield over the same distance, 1400 metres.

All that Le Remas required was time, he always had shown the ability, even in the paddock as a yearling; it was just a matter of waiting for him to put it all together.

He was gelded, not by choice, but by necessity, he was almost unmanageable, he would never have raced as an entire, it would have proved a useless exercise.

Even now it takes two to lead the headstrong gelding around the paddock area, once the jockey is mounted the clerk of the course takes over, it’s then off to the starting gate where he finds his comfort zone.

The wheel of fortune has turned for Brian McKnight and the whole family, they conduct a top racing operation at Maldon, with excellent facilities, the win of the gelding was rewarding for the time and patience that has put into him. 

Confidence soared earlier in the week when Le Remas was taken down to Ballarat to work on the straight track, and ridden by Jacob Rule, declaring he would win the Sportingbet John Dillon Stakes. 

As the race unfolded it was the perfect ride from Dean Yendell, he allowed the gelding to stride up on the outside of British General as they topped the rise, at the back of the course he was in front soon after. 

The rider was comfortable on the horse, and the horse was comfortable under him until the home turn, when Under The Eiffel threw out a determined challenge that looked as if it would succeed.

However, Le Remas would not surrender, he looked beaten three or four times in the straight, using an old boxing term, “he got off the floor to win,” that takes courage

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Le Remas wins Sportingbet John Dillon Stakes