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Will Hudson aids us with programming and identifies who he thinks is the best placed horse each weekend. 

Shiki, Saturday 20th December, Randwick, Race 1: It was virtually impossible to look past Shiki this weekend. She won the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes on debut back in September, and she now finds herself unpenalised in a set weights 2 Year Old plate. Her two trials this time in have been fantastic, and she won her latest one by almost 5 lengths without Tim having to move a muscle so she’s returned in fantastic order. Race experience counts for a lot and she’s the only runner in the field with it, so she should be able to put this to good use. Of course there could be an absolute superstar in opposition, but she ticks all the boxes going into the race and she should be very hard to beat.