The big form reversal for maiden filly Secret Spirit to win at Listed level today came on an absolute Ellerslie bog. She had suffered a slipped saddle at her prior outing on heavy footing and before that had gone two good races in easy conditions. Today she was last and going nowhere wide across the top until rider Danielle Johnson gave her some cuts with the whip and got a response. Once she grabbed the bit a sharp wide improvement saw her fifth and deepest but coming at the 400m before swimming clear at the 150m. The time of 1:33.76 showed just how bottomless Ellerslie had become but it was a respectable time in comparison to the latter part of the card. Get That Jive after disputing most of the pace fought well for second closer in and has plenty of size about him. Ragnaar was a floundering fifth at the 100m but once angled widest was strong the last bit to grab third money on the line. High Class and Brighton fought well for fourth and fifth respectively with the former sitting back then looming into the race and the latter was wide on the pace throughout. Castamere never ran on while Aramelle plugged on like an improver and could be a name to watch early spring as a 3yo filly. All in all a bog track result so hard to judge the form worth overall but a few with some scope certainly contested the race so once on better footing a more accurate appraisal can be made.