We touch on a couple of key races and ratings over the weekend.

Caulfield – John Monash Stakes

In Flight continued her excellent form over the Winter with a big win in the Sir John Monash stakes, running to a new career peak rating in the process.

The tempo wasn't quick here but her late splits to come from the back were very good, recording the fastest final 800, 600, 400 and 200m split of the meeting.

115 is her new Racing & Sports rating, up from a pair of 113 wins prior. That's the equal second highest John Monash Stakes on record, only bettered by Recommendation (116) last year, who won by seven lengths.

Some handy types have rated well below 115 to win this race, including super-sire I Am Invincible who went 113 in 2009.

Other winners include Lord Of The Sky, who also went 115, Sigh (113), Jungle Edge (111) and Voodoo Lad (109).

There's no reason In Flight can't be kept ticking along with feature sprints such as the Bletchingly Stakes or even the Group 2 Missile Stakes in a few weeks' time at Rosehill both options.

The Missile Stakes has typically taken a bit more winning than 115 depending on the year, ranging all the way from 108 (Tycoon Tara) to 127 (Lonhro).

Schwarz (110) and I Am Me (115) have won the past two so In Flight certainly fits in well there and can pick up a very valuable Group Two win.

New York Lustre was good in second running a clear new peak of 111 (up from 106), however did have the pace scenario to suit and I think In Flight is comfortably better than the margin on the day, with the adjusted time figure suggesting she's at least eight pounds (nearly three lengths) better than these.

Randwick – Royal Supremacy

Only an off-season meeting but I think there's a horse worth highlighting here that may fly under the radar of a few people.

This horse won the benchmark 88 over 1800m, carrying 58.5kg after the 2kg claim from Braith Knock, and has put up a very strong rating for this time of year.

He's run to 111 on the RAS scale which is very strong for this grade. On the Timeform scale, he's run to 115 which is nearly 13 pounds higher than an average benchmark 88 winner at Randwick.

Going back through his profile overseas, there's plenty to like. He's only won a two-year-old handicap at Kempton All Weather but the piece of form that stands out is running third to Calandagan in a Group 2 King Edward (2414m) at Ascot.

Now, he was beaten 7.8 lengths on that occasion but still, it's a strong piece of form.

He's had a few runs for the Ciaron Maher yard now and is starting to hit his groove, with any further rises in trip only to suit better, and that has me thinking they've got a certain race in mind for him.

The Metropolitan looks tailor made for this horse under handicap conditions. Horses have won that Group 1 contest with RAS ratings lower than what Royal Supremacy did on Saturday, with a typical winner coming in at around 115-116.

Given that he's been kept in their NSW stables and campaigned in Sydney, I think that could be their thinking as well.

$26 is the best price in futures markets (pre-noms) at the moment with some corporates getting in as ridiculously low as $15.

Whether that's worth taking is debatable but the Metrop field falls off a cliff pretty sharply each year and he certainly profiles well for it.