We've found a horse to follow from Murray Bridge on Saturday.

Race 7: Hot Off (9th) 

Hot Off was first-up for seven months and making his first appearance for the Matt Seyers stable. On paper, his ninth placing behind Riche D'Amour over 1100m might not immediately jump off the page, but there was a bit to like about the performance and I think he can be a winner in his next couple of runs.

The four-year-old jumped well from a low draw and was able to take the lead and control the race. Leading sprint races from the chute start is hard to do at Murray Bridge and, while he pinched a two-length margin at the top of the straight with one of the fastest 600m - 400m splits of the day, he was collared in the final 80m when tiring.

There is little doubt he will improve with the run under his belt after the lengthy time off the scene. All three of his career wins have come over 1300m so there's enough evidence to suggest he will be better over a little further than the 1100m as well. 

With a rating of 61, Hot Off will be well placed to adopt similar tactics in the right benchmark handicap to win second-up or third-up.