Things get serious from this weekend with a traditional cobweb-clearer, the Group 2 Lawrence Stakes, headlining a Caulfield card that contains some other semi-features.

One of those features is the Group 3 Quezette Stakes, an 1100-metre event that brings together some handy three-year-old fillies who acquitted themselves well at Stakes level at two and some who have been racing their way through the grades.

SCENIC POINT fits somewhere in between. The first time we saw her was in a Pakenham maiden, which she won brilliantly, before showing a good turn of foot to win the Listed Redoute's Choice Stakes over the Quezette course and trip.

Second in that race was Aleppo Pine, who was unlucky when beaten just two lengths in the Group 2 Todman Stakes, which proved one of the top two-year-old form races last season, which is a good form reference.

She heads into this off a couple of jumpouts, the latest a stylish win down the Flemington straight, and Daniel Stackhouse's main job early will be to ensure she stays off the fence and doesn't get buried back in the ruck from gate two.

If he does, the daughter of Written Tycoon will hopefully be able to round them up late.

Also over 1100m is the benchmark 74 that launches the card and now that Theblade, the second emergency, has got a run he could be the horse to beat.

The Team Hawkes four-year-old is regally-bred, being out of a half-sister to Black Caviar, and comes here for only the fourth of his career.

A brilliant debut winner, the son of Toronado then started favourite, when fourth, against rising star Private Harry, before a luckless fourth placing at Rosehill when he never got a crack at them after being passively ridden early from the inside alley.

Draws the same gate here but a recent Rosehill trial win, when he led all the way to win easily under a tight hold, showed there's speed there if they want to use it.

MELBOURNE MAIL

Best Bet: Race 6 No 4 - SCENIC POINT
Next Best: Race 1 No 18 - THE BLADE