Pearls Oscar has the best bend rating in the field by some distance and the sharpest early pace of any runner today. She fires out of the traps at maximum effort and handles the bend well — at Valley over 260 metres, that combination is almost all you need. Her recent form has been mixed with a low run last time out, but she posted a rating of 67 four races ago which is comfortably above anything else in this field. She is a Fader by profile, meaning she hits the front fast but may not sustain it — at this distance that barely matters since the race is over in a blink. Trap 1 has produced over 21% winners at this grade and distance from 123 runs, making it one of the better draws available here.