It is almost impossible to bet against the Purdon-Rasmussen machine at the moment and the good news for punters on tonight's $125,000 Northern Oaks at Alexandra Park is you won't have to.
But while the all-conquering stable who won four group ones in Sydney on Sunday have the two favourites in tonight's classic, deciding which one to back isn't quite so clear cut.
Golden Goddess is a red hot favourite for the first group one of carnival week and if she produced the exact form she displayed at Alexandra Park through December she would probably win, even from her tricky inside second line draw.
But as strong as Golden Goddess was winning the Sires' Stakes Champs on December 31, there was enough about the performance of runner-up Piccadilly Princess then and since to suggest she will be no pushover tonight.
She may not be blessed with Golden Goddess's imposing physique, but Piccadilly Princess has turned into a true pro, as she showed downing her more favoured stablemate at Methven on the grass two weeks ago.