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Reigning Miracle Mile champion Catch A Wave can land another feature when he returns to racing in Saturday night’s Group 2 Ballarat Pacing Cup.
Catch A Wave makes his first appearance since a dominant win in the Breeders Crown 4YO Entires and Geldings Championship at Melton in November but flies fresh having yet to miss a place in five attempts, winning three of them.
He should be ready to fire first up again off a trial win and scored the only time he raced at this circuit so class should take him close.
Cya Art didn't miss by much last week at Menangle when he drew widest and was good two back when leading to win the Shirley Turnbull Memorial at Bathurst.
He is yet to miss the top two in Australia and is drawn for a trail. He looks dangerous from there.
Mach Dan draws the second row but went to the paddock off back-to-back feature wins and races well fresh so looks a player along with his stablemate Beyond Delight who is enigmatic but is a talent on his day and should get every chance from the ace draw.
Star trotter Just Believe makes his return to Victoria in The Knight Pistol earlier on the Ballarat card.
He confirmed his place as the dominant force in Australian trotting with his clean sweep of the Inter Dominion series in Brisbane, winning the final for the second year in a row in his most recent appearance.
Just Believe has been kept fresh since but he is two from two at this circuit and is clearly the one to beat.
Mufasa Metro has been very consistent and will relish the ace draw having come from there when runner up to Just Believe in the Inter Dominion Final. The barrier can see him in the finish.
Callmethebreeze is the big query. He is a newcomer to the Golino yard from Europe where he is a multiple G1 winner.
He was readied with a couple of trials and draws well so should measure right up.
Queen Elida was beaten into third as a hot favourite in the Maori Mile and cops a wide draw but she is a classy and consistent mare who is rarely out of the money so must be included.
Arcee Phoenix cops a tough draw but deserves respect after claiming some big scalps in his Maori Mile win last start.
