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Emma Reeves aids us with programming and identifies who she thinks is the best placed horse each weekend. 

Miss Chanel, Saturday 14th February, Royal Randwick, Race 3: While this is imperfect as she is taking on the boys, one of whom is a winner and finished in front of her on debut, I am attempting not to repeat the same stories and horses each week and I think this one is interesting. This filly put in an, albeit short, career best effort last time out when running second by a little over a quarter of a length in Group 3 company. That was against the girls but the ratings gurus marked that run very highly and, outside of the top one who carries a 1.5kg penalty for that win, I do not think there is a huge amount of depth here. A win would not only make her a very valuable Saturday winning, Group 3 placed two year old, but it would also get her prizemoney up to over $140,000 which almost certainly gains her a start in the Golden Slipper, giving us the flexibility to do whatever is right by her en route to the big one. I think the boys will need to bring their A game to get past this filly.