And Has The Answers is in such devastating form that he should stroll to victory and continue veteran Byford trainer Tony Svilicich's dominance in this race.

Svilicich (63) has won two of the past three Lord Mayor's Cups and has finished second in the other.

Seven-year-old Has The Answers will start from the outside barrier (No. 9) in the 2356m event and he should give Lewis an armchair drive after his runaway win over Flaming Roadstar and Lord Guy in a 2130m event last Friday night.

Lewis boasts the outstanding record of eight victories in the Lord Mayor's Cup. He has been successful with Village Kid in 1985, '86, '89 and '90, Ballantines (1992), Desert Patrol (1993), Royal Motoring (1998) and Ohoka Ace (2005).

Svilicich and reinsman Morgan Woodley combined to win Lord Mayor's Cups with Taihape Tickler (2006) and Mysta Magical Mach (2009). Demoralizer, trained by Svilicich and driven by Colin Brown, finished fast when second to Live To Reign in the 2007 Cup. The race was not run in 2008.

Has The Answers, raced on lease by Svilicich and Sonya Murrell, will be a long odds-on favourite in a race in which his chief rivals are likely to be Spirit of Shard, Talk To Me Courage, Tealsby Karita and Tee Pee Village.

Spirit of Shard and Talk To Me Courage are prepared by leading trainer Gary Hall sen., who has won the Lord Mayor's Cup three times, with Tricky Bey in 1994, Abit Rich in 1997 and Live To Reign in 2007.

Eight-year-old Spirit of Shard has resumed after a spell in good form. After a solid first-up fifth behind Im Themightyquinn, he finished a nose second to Amongst Royalty, third behind Ima Rocket Star and third to Has The Answers.

Spirit of Shard will start from barrier five, with his stablemate Talk To Me Courage at No. 8. Talk To Me Courage finished powerfully from tenth in the middle stages when a last-start second to Tealsby Karita in the 2550m Harvey Cup last Saturday week.

Tealsby Karita, who burst to the front 1200m from home in the Harvey Cup, will start from barrier six in the Lord Mayor's Cup.

Svilicich has a second runner in the Cup in honest eight-year-old Rostriever Ornum, who will be driven by Chris Voak. Rostriever Ornum dashed to the front after 500m and then set a solid pace when a close second to the fast-finishing Stumpygullyroad over 1730m last Friday night.

Solitary Man puts the writing on the wall

Eye-catching performances at his past two starts are strong pointers to lightly-raced seven-year-old Solitary Man breaking through for his first WA success when he contests the Gloucester Standardbreds Yearling Sale Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

Solitary Man, trained at Wanneroo by Debbie Padberg, is ideally drawn at the No. 1 barrier in the 1730m event and is capable of leading all the way.

The New Zealand-bred gelding was most unlucky at Gloucester Park last Friday week when he started from barrier seven, was restrained to last position and was tenth at the bell when he was forced wide when Tuff Jag broke into a gallop.

Solitary Man was four wide at the 650m mark before accelerating quickly and bursting to the front 430m from home. He wilted to finish third behind Gross Misconduct and Sports Adda.

At his previous start, a fortnight earlier, he started from the back line before sustaining a spirited burst which carried him from eighth in the middle stages into second place behind Torben.

Solitary Man has been placed at three of his first four WA starts after winning once in New Zealand, once in Canberra and three times in New South Wales. He has had only 26 starts for five wins and nine placings.

Consistent performers Puhinui Rainbow, Young Walton and Im Light Hearted appear to be Solitary Man's chief dangers.

Puhinui Rainbow, trained and driven by Grant Williams, has a losing sequence of 15, but is close to another win. He worked hard without cover over the final 1200m when a fighting third to Gross Misconduct last Friday night.

Young Walton, who ran on from eighth at the bell to be fourth in that event, impressed at his previous outing when he thundered home from the rear to finish a close second to Constantly Perfect at Bunbury. Im Light Hearted is in splendid form and his past five starts have produced two wins, two seconds and a third. He continues to impress with his wholehearted finishing bursts.

Mickie Dilinger to make his WA debut

Leading trainer Gary Hall sen., a master of producing newcomers to his stable for first-up victories, will be represented by five-year-old Mickie Dilinger in the Retravision Pathway Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

Mickie Dilinger has not been produced since he finished fourth over 2230m at Globe Derby Park on October 10, two lengths behind the winner Torben.

A week earlier, he started at 4/1 from barrier seven in a 2230m claimer at Globe Derby when he raced three wide in the middle stages and then outside the pacemaker before finishing a nose second to the 2/1 on favourite Massarua, with another veteran former WA pacer Hilton Adonis in third place.

In that race he was claimed for $20,000 by South Australian Simon Forrest and Victorian Michael Pridmore.

Mickie Dilinger has shown sound form, earning $49,825 from nine wins and 15 placings from 46 starts. He has won seven times in Victoria and twice in South Australia. His granddam Myrniong Rose, a winner of seven races from 69 starts, produced the hardy performer Myrniong Rager, who had 159 starts for 33 wins (one in Victoria, 17 in Queensland and 15 in SA) and 66 placings for stakes of $190,134.

Four-year-olds Zanardi, Jay Cee Ess and In A Fashion should provide Mickie Dilinger with plenty of opposition. Zanardi has been a shade disappointing at his four outings since he finished powerfully to win from Barnetts Secret at Pinjarra in the last week of December. He battled on gamely from seventh at the bell when fourth behind Jay Factor at Harvey last Saturday week.

Jay Cee Ess led when a Harvey winner four starts ago, and In A Fashion maintained his excellent form for trainer-reinsman Brian Kersley at Bunbury last Saturday night when he covered extra ground before fighting on gamely to be third behind Bullets And Bluff and Bubbles And Bling.

Aussie Terror wins South-West Derby at 25/1

Aussie Terror, a 25/1 outsider, caused an upset when he finished powerfully to get up in the final stride to snatch victory from odds-on favourite Parsons Dragon in the $7500 Hankook Tyres South-West Derby at Harvey on Tuesday night.

Driven by Morgan Woodley for trainer Colin Reeves, Aussie Terror dashed forward from the outside of the front line to race outside the pacemaker Parsons Dragon (Justin Prentice) before Thomas With Steam went forward to race in the breeze, thus enabling Aussie Terror to enjoy the one-out, one-back trail.

Aussie Terror, who had won twice from seven starts as a two-year-old, was having his second start as a three-year-old. He rated 2.2.7 over the 2550m in winning by a nose. Lively Attitude (Bill Hayes) trailed the leader throughout and fought on finish fourth.

Earlier in the program, Michael Robinson continued in marvellous form in the sulky, landing a double with Vindara and Kinney Cool Cat.

Vindara, trained by his father Warren Robinson, trailed the pacemaker The Wicked Sister before flying home to win from Its Full Force in a 2150m event. Vindara paid $18.90 for a win on the tote.

The 30-year-old Robinson adopted similar tactics when the John Colling-trained Kinney Cool Cat, a 5/1 chance on the tote, trailed the pacemaker Zed before finishing fast to win from Jimmy Dancer.

Patrick Miller breaks 13-year drought

Mariginiup trainer Patrick Miller drove his first winner for almost 13 years when lightly-raced mare Cracklin Rose beat Lucrative Dream and Rebas Gift in the Find Thirty Every Day Pace over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Monday afternoon.

Proudly wearing the light green and white colours made famous when his father Harry Miller drove Jackie Scott to victory over Taxi Boy and Billy Collette in the 1960 WA Pacing Cup, Patrick Miller trailed the pacemaker Dilemma Daughter for most of the way before sending Cracklin Rose to the front 300m from home.

Miller, who does little driving, previously was successful with Danikan at Pinjarra on March 31, 1997. He had only 20 drives in between his past two wins. Miller races Cracklin on lease from his mother Teresa, who bred the mare. Miller had to survive a double protest lodged by Matt White, driver of Lucrative Dream, before being able to savour his success.

White protested against the winner, alleging interference at the turn into the back straight in the first lap and again at the turn out of the back straight in the final circuit.

The stewards dismissed both protests, but found Miller guilty of shifting off the pegs behind the leader in the first lap and forcing Allied Force (Chris Lewis) to shift wider on the track and causing Lucrative Dream to be inconvenienced. Miller was suspended for 14 days.

Miller also was reprimanded for allowing Cracklin Rose to shift up the track in the run to the finish. He was also fined $200 for using the whip in the home straight while holding the reins in his other hand.

Cracklin Rose, a four-year-old, is by The Accelerator out of Judge Hanover mare Sursum Corda. The Accelerator had 75 starts in WA for 21 wins, 26 placings and stakes of $244,009. He won the 1999 Celebrity Mile, rating 1.55.5 in beating Saab and Nebulizer, and finished second to Admiral's Avenue in the 2000 WA Pacing Cup.

Sursum Corda managed only one win from 24 starts. She was driven by Harry Miller when she beat Movebabymove by a neck in a three-year-old event for fillies at Harvey in April 2000. Sursum Corda has also produced six-year-old Habemus, who had a tough run before fading to the rear behind Mon Hanover on Monday, after scoring stylish wins at Bunbury and Pinjarra at his two previous outings.

Ken CASELLAS