DARREN Beadman takes the ride on the very consistent Third Time Lucky this evening, and the new partnership look the pair to beat in the penultimate event.
The five-year-old, trained by Englishman David Oughton, won over tonight's equitrack dash last time out, but was ridden on that occasion by Basil Marcus.
However, Marcus has elected to ride Allocate for Ivan Allen, but, without discounting Allocate's chances, that adage of jockeys being bad judges could well prevail in this.
There was certainly nothing wrong with the way he won last start, being taken on early by Lucky Champ for the lead, but he showed character by shrugging off the challenge and going to the line strongly for a length-and-a-quarter win.
Without being characterised as an equitrack specialist he did look suited by the surface and Oughton has not wasted much time in entering him for a similar event.
Looking through the field, it's by no means a past the post job for Beadman's mount, as he meets several other sorts who also look suited to the trip.