Sat, January 11, 2025

EMPIRE'S BEST (3) produced a good effort when narrowly defeated last time at Remington Park (Dirt) over 1m. Leading chance. NAUTICAL MOON (1) has been racing in great heart with two top-three finishes on end, the latest a second over 1m1/2f at Remington Park (Dirt) when he was always up in the leading division. Taking on a better line-up this time but he has the ability to mix it with them. ABSOLUTE COURAGE (5) was narrowly beaten at his latest appearance at Lone Star Park (Dirt) over 1m1/2f six months ago. One to consider. COMPUTATION (9) turned in a nice effort to score two runs ago but was less impressive last time out when seventh over 6½f at this track, beaten 9 lengths. One of the main hopes.