Geez, Sydney racing is disappointing at the moment. Once again, I wanted to pick out a Sydney race to rate this Saturday, but there isn't really a race which is all that suitable for what we're doing here, so Melbourne it is once again. The good thing is we should be starting to get really familiar with some of these horses.

A few first-uppers in the Chester Manifold. Should make it interesting.

FLEMINGTON R6 - CHESTER MANIFOLD STAKES 1410 M ($151000) (LISTED).
1 HUGS DANCER (FR) Tony McEvoy D Oliver 10 60
2 PENTASTIC Colin Alderson S W Arnold 7 60
3 LAD OF THE MANOR (NZ) Roger Hoysted B E Johns 5 58
4 NATURAL BLITZ Doug Harrison Steven King 9 58
5 ROMAN ARCH Robbie Laing V Duric 13 58
6 COUNT RICARDO Stephen Theodore Matthew Allen 6 57.5
7 LORD VOLKSRAAD (NZ) Brian Mayfield-Smith N Ryan (a) 8 56
8 YOUTH John Hawkes D Gauci 1 55
9 PRETORIUS (NZ) Brian Mayfield-Smith S Baster 4 53.5
10 GRUNDY'S CROSSING Barbara Marshman B Shinn (a) 12 52.5
11 LOTS OF SWING Bruce Elkington N Wilson 11 52.5
12 REQUISITE (NZ) Michael Moroney G Childs 2 52.5
13 NOBLE RED Lee Freedman L Nolen 3 52

FLEMINGTON R7 - TAUTO WELTER 1720 M ($60000)
1 COOL TRENT Robert Smerdon R Maloney (a3) 10 59
2 UNDER THE BRIDGE Tony Vasil D Moor (a3) 1 59
3 MR. LOFTY (NZ) Peter G Moody V Hall 6 58.5
4 FONOME Sue Naylor N Ryan (a0) 3 57
5 O'CANARVASS Nigel Blackiston D Moor (a3) 8 56.5
6 CHARNWOOD GREEN Chris Wood B Shinn (a0) 5 55.5
7 MODERN ERA Brian Mayfield-Smith S W Arnold 11 55.5
8 TUAREG John Hawkes D Gauci 4 55.5
9 RULING EYES Greg Eurell Steven King 2 55
10 ARCHFORCE Clive Balfour D Oliver 9 54
11 IT'S PICNIC Stephen Theodore D Nikolic 7 54

Good Luck!