This week Warwick Farm hosts two races for 3yo's where it is absolutely vital the punter really, really and I will say it again, really keeps their hands in their pocket unless they can find a chance at excellent odds. Year in year out the hearts of punters, owners and trainers are broken with indifferent runs in the early 3yo races with the recent defeats of Crystal Lily and Solar Charged, both odds on, highlighting my concerns.Solar Charged is again challenging Obsequious in the Silver Shadow

This week Warwick Farm hosts two races for 3yo's where it is absolutely vital the punter really, really and I will say it again, really keeps their hands in their pocket unless they can find a chance at excellent odds. Year in year out the hearts of punters, owners and trainers are broken with indifferent runs in the early 3yo races with the recent defeats of Crystal Lily and Solar Charged, both odds on, highlighting my concerns.

Solar Charged is again challenging Obsequious in the Silver Shadow and on face value you would have to go for Obsequious but the question you still need to answer is how much improvement does Solar Charge have? The first uppers in the market Chance Bye, Parables,Amber Waltz and More Strawberries may have grown and matured and become forces to be reckoned with this campaign. You won't know for sure until tomorrow night.

The same problems exist in the Up and Coming with Skilled first up challenging Brightexpectations and Decision Time both of whom didn't fire up massively first up. These type of events are suck races for the inexperienced punter not used to the usual annual carnage of the so called newspaper champions.

My advice is to look for a runner at about 10/1 or longer and have a small each way type bet to relieve the tension but do not delve too deep into the wallet. It is all right guessing for small investments but guessing when using the heavy artillery is the first quick step to the punters graveyard. The backers of Crystal Lily and Solar Charged will tell you their impatience has been very costly - don't join them.