07:30 mornington Wednesday 21st January 2026

CROCODILE (5) is a three-year-old gelding who is having his first run for the Ben, Will & Jd Hayes yard and gelded since last run. Hasn't raced since finishing ninth at Rosehill seven months ago. Fitter for a trial win at Flemington and is in a nice race. Can kick off with a win. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS (2) produced a reasonable effort to finish 1. 5 lengths away in fourth last start over 5½f at Geelong when he made late ground. That followed a win on debut at Werribee. Perfectly placed and is sure to take a ton of beating. TENNESSEE SONG (3) raced on the pace before drawing clear to score a half a length win over this course and distance last time. Expected to feature. TRIPLE SALUTE (4) raced on the speed from the outset and went to score by a neck on debut last start over 6f at Terang. Tackling tougher opposition but is not to be discounted.