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The Grant Williams trained Elite Belle simply demoralised her rivals last start and appears well placed to continue her winning run at Belmont on Saturday.
Having really caught the eye first up when she proved most unlucky finishing second behind Magnifisio the daughter of Canny Lad would go on to frank the form when saluting easily in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint.
Successful in notching up a new career peak the now rising six-year-old appears open to further improvement stepping up to the mile and has drawn to get the ideal run in transit from the rails draw.
The return to weight-for-age conditions should post little concern as she does rate clear on Timeform ratings and given her main danger Kalahar now meets her 2kg worse off at the weights following his last start defeat, she seems bomb proof.
As much as $1.75 is currently on offer about her chances and while that may seem short enough we have her closer to a $1.40 chance and a more than happy to take the shorts.
The Simon Miller trained Sujet returned in impressive order last start and appears more than capable of notching up back to back wins on the weekend.
Having displayed plenty of ability in his maiden preparation the son of Vital Equine was put away after the Group 3 Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic and rightfully so given his slashing performance fresh.
Settling nicely just off the speed he took advantage of a solid tempo up front when taking a split in the straight to race away and score easily in the end.
Successful in recording a Timeform rating just five pounds shy of his career peak there is no question he should show further improvement racing second up and the step up to 1200m appears more than ideal.
The time figures out of his latest display also pushed the strength of his performance and the fact that almost 6-4 is on offer about his chances it seems more than a fair gamble.
We have rated closer to a $1.70 chance and more than happy to take the early price on offer and would be surprised to see him start in the black on Saturday.
From the gun draws he shapes as one of the best bets in the West for some time and we will be looking to crush him on Saturday.
One that does appear under the odds on Saturday is in race seven with last start winner Ultimate Success coming up favourite.
Currently installed the $4.80 top elect in the 18 horse field does appear well under the odds as we have the Justin Warwick trained Lucciola installed favourite in our market.
The shortest we can get Ultimate Success is 5-1 and hence are more than happy to take him on at the current quote.
BEST FROM THE WEST:
BANKER: Race 5 #7 Elite Belle @ $1.75
PLAY OF THE DAY: Race 4 #5 Sujet @ $2.30
LAY OF THE DAY: Race 7 #2 Ultimate Success @ $4.80