Golden Delicious should win her share of races against better-than-average sprinters. Her record now is 16 starts for 9 wins and 3 2nds. Raced twice in Melbourne last spring for a 1st and 5th. hasn't run beyond 1200 metres.
As Crofty said Northerly is a plodder and he can't concede a weight advantage to top horses. That said, the only horse I've seen that had a better nose for the winning post was Better Loosen Up. He's in that class.