Talented harness racing free-for-all pacer Resurgent Spirit would only need to mirror his effort to win the Ascot Gold Cup in Hobart last week to repeat the dose at UBET Park on Sunday night.
The Roger Whitmore-trained gelding led and gave his rivals a pacing lesson to score convincingly from Macho Comacho and this year's Easter Cup winner Riverboat Jasper and on Sunday night he meets a similar field in the Brighton Cup.
However instead of drawing the pole position as was the case in the Ascot Gold Cup he has to contend with the outside gate seven.
The in-form Mister Lennox has drawn gate three and he has enough early speed to find the front so it that eventuates Resurgent Spirit's driver James Austin would most likely wait the opportunity to circumnavigate the field and work to the breeze.
Macho Comacho also has speed but from gate four he would most likely go back if Mister Lennox came out humming from the gate.
There is no doubt Resurgent Spirit is the best stayer in the race so if it boiled down to a dogfight over the 2579-metre journey Whitmore's gelding would win nine out of 10 battles.
Peter Staples