If you have ever been involved with buying or selling property, the old maxim about the three most important things in real estate - location, location, location (position, position, position) - will serve you well when summing up the form for Happy Valley tonight.
With the movable rail in the C position, the likelihood is the city track will race with a strong bias in favour of horses in forward positions and on the rails.
Consequently, good barriers and early tactical speed are the critical ingredients for success, as they usually are at the historic, popular but nevertheless quirky midweek course, especially when the rail is wide as it is tonight.
In the third event, the two leaders look likely to fight it out - Asset Play and Treasure Raiders. Asset Play is to play the role of pacemaker, with Treasure Raiders (Chris Munce) likely to cross from gate seven and race at his girth.
In the fifth, Daneman Hill looks like obtaining a comfortable lead, courtesy of having drawn the coveted rails stall. But his last-start nemesis Chosen One has drawn gate 12, a near death knell at the 1,200-metre start.
The value bet of the night may come in race seven, where Fortune Smiles will be a good price because of the 'Whyte-off factor'. With champion jockey Douglas Whyte opting for Winning Sunshine, the John Size-trained Fortune Smiles will be at a bonus price.
