Mick Guerin runs through the big race of the weekend.
NORTHERN BREEDERS STAKES
$85,000, Group 3, 1200m
Ruakaka, Saturday, 2.29
The race: Black-type three-year-old race with three big guns in Lickety Split, Pacific Dragon and Lord Cosmos.
Rider-go-round: Both Pacific Dragon and Lickety Split need new jockeys for this race while Opie Bosson has to get down to a testing 57kgs for Lord Cosmos.
The class factor: Lickety Split won a Group 1 at Ellerslie last season beating Te Akau's best, so she has real class.