Return Home won The Northern Spur in his last race over todays distance and looks to have a good chance of taking The Marine Stakes with Key To Success and Mb Stables second runner The Hand Youre Dealt looking the main rivals.

Marine Stakes – Grade III

Winter Is Coming

D J C Racing Stables

Won three from eleven starts. Purchased by his present owner for $250.000 after winning two from his first three starts a maiden at LS and The FL Sire Stakes – Fager. Since then won one from seven an allowance GP following that by finishing seventh in his last race The  AR Derby – Grade I beaten by two lengths.

Return Home

Mb Stables

Won three from four starts, a maiden at PM, an allowance at SA following that with his last race winning The Northern Spur by a neck.

Finished Laffin

Buddhabase

Won four from ten starts. Purchased before going to the track won a maiden at MD, an allowance at LAD also two Stakes, The Golden Nugget by three quarters of a length and The CA Cup Derby by a head. Last ran in The AR Derby – Grade I finishing fifth beaten by two lengths.

Curveball

Luz International

Won one from five starts, a maiden at AQU in his third race by a length and since then ran in two allowances finishing second beaten by a neck and eight beaten by a length.

The Hand Youre Dealt

Mb Stables

Won three from seven starts, a maiden at MTH in his first race, an allowance at GP also his last race in The Rushaway Stakes by two lengths.

Key To Success

Smokey Stover

Won three from nine starts, Purchased by his present owner for $135.000 after two races and since then won a maiden at RP in his fourth start, an allowance at the same track and The WEBN Stakes by a length following that win with his last two races finishing third in The Spectacular Bid Stakes and second in The IL Derby – Grade III beaten by half a length in both.

Good luck to all.

The Englishman

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