KEY POINTS:
Hypnotize deserves to be at his $1.90 quote for the steeplechase.
The Great Northern is about strength and stamina and in terms of stickability, they don't come any better than Hypnotize among the current bunch of jumpers.
He will have to carry his 68.5kg topweight three times over the feared Ellerslie Hill, but no one yet has found a way to get to the bottom of the Wanganui jumper.
He looked to be struggling when last of the main bunch on top of the Hill the last time in the recent Pakuranga Hunt Cup, but still managed to find enough to outstay the leaders in the run from the last fence.
The talented Proposition meets Hypnotize 1kg better off this time and will appreciate the likely improvement in track conditions. But are those two factors enough to switch the result?
If you carefully studied Hypnotize's final 400m of the Pakuranga Hunt Cup you'd say no.
* Last night's odds:$1.90 Hypnotize, $5 Proposition, $5.50 Fair King, $9 Just A Swagger, $11 Ima Heroine, $13 All Redy, $21 Willandra Prince, Franconero.
