Boss Man should surprise Pinktober field

BOSS MAN ran way better than his fourth-place finish suggests, 15 lengths down the track behind Gold Cup-winner RIDEALLDAY, with whom he had tried matching strides from the half-mile marker but was left behind when the grey went after THE PRINCE’S SPUR and PACK PLAYS coming off the home turn.

Far from disgraced on his grade-one debut, BOSS MAN steps back down to open-allowance level for Saturday’s Pinktober Trophy at six and a half furlongs, facing a pair of Americans, who will be trying to make all, speedy PEPPER STEPPER and WAR TO REMEMBER, a four-year-old gelding making his local debut.

In a pace which should collapse, BOSS MAN and fellow local-bred, seven-year-old RAINSVILLE could get the drop on the Americans, who are both inclined to sprint.