Brenton Le Grand and Mandy Cottell look back on the ten-race program at Royal Randwick and bring you the talking points of the undercard.

A mental freshen up and some help from the barrier gods has trainer Michael Freedman quietly confident he’ll see the best of Communist in Saturday’s Group 1 $1.5m TAB Epsom (1600m) at Royal Randwick.

A good barrier draw is likely to see Ducasse step out in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude.