Declan Bates

The tongue tie goes on, double tick.

And they actually give Declan Bates the arse for a grand final.

and mark zara goes on so they obviously think this is her race and i do as well that the weight swings that she gets from others through that race it's like seven kilos on soverato that's significant so she's really well weighted at set weights and penalties it's looked at a race for a long time and through that same lead in the tessio i thought jenny's meadow was good it's her first preparation with kira marsh she just had a building preparation the blinkers went on last start they didn't go hard but she also did a lot of early work and i like the way that she just kept sticking her head out through the line.

Declan Bates, this is the ride that he gets after not getting the ride on Barkley, not Barkley Square, on Tudor and Discrete.

So it would be a little bit of poultry if he happens to get up on this mare.

And I think that she can just take that forward position as well.

Well, I was meant to be on track before I got the call up here.

It'd be pretty hard to look past Prince Eric in that for Declan Bates and Archie Alexander, I would have thought.

Aaron is on the line, wants to talk about the AFL ladder next year.

I love this, Aaron.

$71 pop.

Declan Bates to ride out of barrier 13.

So number 13 out of barrier 13.

Is that...

Fitzsimmons is your trainer.

Declan Bates is the job.

Yeah, $71 to win, $18 to place.

Yeah, look, not going well enough for me.