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Mr Bogart should be returning to the winner’s circle dropping back in grade at Canterbury on Wednesday.

The Joe Pride-trained gelding was a dominant winner at Kembla Grange on resuming however second up could only manage fourth in a strong form race behind Sarajevo.

The performance still possessed merit though and looks suited dropping back in grade for Wednesday’s Cellarbrations 3YO Benchmark 67 Handicap (1250m).

Mr Bogart is the clear top rater of this field on weight adjusted 12 month figures having finished second in the 2014 Skyline Stakes (1200m) last autumn.

While not expected to return to that figure on Wednesday, it highlights the room for improvement Mr Bogart has heading into the fourth race at Canterbury this afternoon.

Gelded prior to commencing this preparation, Mr Bogart also has the blinkers reapplied for this assignment.

Blinkers were last equipped to Mr Bogart when he ran second in the Group 2 Skyline Stakes.

Expect Mr Bogart to settled midfield in the eight horse contest with jockey James McDonald to give him all of the favours.

Connections have a high opinion of the gelding and on Wednesday expect it to be justified.

The Cellarbrations 3YO Benchmark 67 Handicap (1250m) is a strong race which has the potential to be a key form reference moving forward.

Magic Of Dreams heads to the big smoke in search of a third straight win following back to back successes at provincial level.

The Magic Albert filly has improved with each run since a solid third on debut at Newcastle and the ease of her latest success at Wyong suggests she has a bit more up her sleeve.

Happy Snitzel returns to racing after a short but sweet one start maiden preparation where he was a debut winner at Goulburn.

It was a soft success and he can build on the run here after being given time to mature.

Best career figures put Idyllic Scenery and Muy Bien into calculations also however it should be noted the former will be better over more ground while the latter performed well below her peak on resuming.

Mr Bogart brings the best profile into the race and therefore 2-1 about him as of Wednesday morning certainly does appeal.