12:40am - Strathmore Community Bendigo Bank Handicap | 955m | | i

Cox Plate day at the Valley, with overnight and morning rain putting the track into the Soft range to start the day with the rail in the True position. A small field over 955m for the speedsters to start the program, where ANCESTRY looks to continue on his winning ways off the back of two big wins since resuming. He will look to jump and lead, however JUNGLE EDGE won’t let him get too far away in the run, with deteriorating conditions now coming into the 10YOs favour. They look the two with the most class, with a watch on the two resuming including THE CENTAURIAN (flies fresh) and HOLBEIN (looking for further) [FORM GUIDE only].