The Early Mail for tomorrow is First Command in Race 7 at Caulfield in Melbourne.

This runner also meets all criteria for top-rated status.

How To Win is taking a well-earned rest until the end of next month at which time we will return for our spring assault.  In the meantime Black And Bent will keep the pot simmering.

Secret Flyer looks a good show of winning the Bletchingly (Race 6) at Caulfield in Melbourne tomorrow, however, the horse which meets all criteria for top-rated status is Mister Make Believe in Race 8.

How To Win is looking to finish the season on a high after a magnificent day last Saturday with Black And Bent saluting at odds of $1.35 and Tierqualo also streeting his rivals at odds of $3.30.

The Early Mail has found Black And Bent in Race 1 at Morphettville in Adelaide and Tierqualo at Eagle Farm in Brisbane.  Both horses also meet all criteria for top-rated status.

The Early Mail has found El Chico in Race 2 at Doomben in Brisbane.

How To Win has returned to the scene of the crime with Essington winning last Saturday at odds of $2.30.

Although not quite meeting all of How To Win’s stringent criteria Frozone in Race 3 at Randwick in Sydney and Essington in Race 7 at Eagle Farm in Brisbane appear good gambles on a difficult winter’s day.

Early Mail assessments for tomorrow have Title in Race 6 at Rosehill in Sydney, Philda at Moonee Valley in Melbourne and Nevzlin in Race 6 at Morphettville in Adelaide on top.  Barring scratchings these assessments are final so unless otherwise advised please also consider these three runners as How To Win’s top-raters for the weekend.

In the first half of this year there have been 15 top-rated recommendations for 7 winners thus providing a strike rate of 46.66%.

Based on flat/level stakes investment this provided a profit on turnover of 39.34%.

How To Win is therefore on target to almost exactly replicate the successes of last year.

The two top-rated runners remain Grand Nirvana and Media Alert at Belmont in Perth, however, in the event of a wet track (slow or heavy going) How To Win leans towards Media Alert.

Subject to important scratchings How To Win has it down to two, both at Belmont in Perth:  Grand Nirvana in Race 6 and Media Alert in Race 7.