The sharp sprint for the Alibi Cup is likely to be a highly competitive affair as eight useful sprinters will vie for top honours. Top-weight Record Breaker and bottom-weight Must Be Magic may garner the maximum support by virtue of their jockeys – Christopher Alford and B. Sreekanth – but they will have to contend with the Patrick Quinn-trained pair of Highland Music and recent winner Ocean Legacy. The presence of speedy runners like Zillionaire, Shershah and Clear Mandate will ensure that there will be a scrimmage for the rails and that is where top-weight winter winner Highland Music has a slight edge as he is drawn inside and placed at a tidy mark. As he is a trifle long in the tooth, stablemate Ocean Legacy may be his immediate threat while well-prepared Record Breaker is always in the reckoning for a podium finish.

Some of the runners which ran prominently on the opening day may end up as the public choice on this afternoon. From among these, Jasbir Singh-trained Poker Princess, running in the Desert Blaze Handicap, looks a good bet. Stablemate Poker Angel appears to be in the field for a lung-opener.