Marinaresco is 33-10 favourite to give Mike Bass his sixth Winter Guineas this century in the Tekkie Town-sponsored feature at Kenilworth tomorrow.
Aldo Domeyer
The Milnerton stable thought earlier in the season that he would prove their best three-year-old but it wasn’t until the Politician, and the Cape Derby in particular, that he proved the point. He has since been gelded but he hasn’t raced and there is also a question as to whether he is as good over a mile.
“It could be a touch on the sharp side but I don’t think this will be too much of an issue for him,” answers Candice Robinson. “He doesn’t take a huge amount of work and I think he should be pretty much ready.”
Favourites have won four of the last five runnings but two of those were longs odds-on shots. That said, Aldo Domeyer’s mount comes out best at the weights on merit ratings and he looks the one to beat.
Hard Day’s Night opened 9-2 second favourite with World Sports Betting yesterday and Joey Ramsden is bidding for his third Winter Guineas in five seasons. Racecourse gallops and the stable’s treadmill should ensure that a nine-week absence does not hinder Donovan Dillon’s mount but the snag is that the Selangor winner has to give weight all round.
Snaith Racing is optimistic that today’s forecast rain will bring Langerman winner Ready To Attack (7-1) right into the picture. “He has had two gallops and he is pretty ready,” says Jonathan Snaith.
Hard Day’s Night (Liesl King)
Cape Classic scorer Eighth Wonder would be a big price at 14-1 were it not for last time’s below par Fairview run and his wide draw. “The draw is a problem but we are going to drop him in,” reports Greg Ennion who won with 12-1 shot Modern Mission in 2003. “He is doing very well and he should have a good chance.”
Only one horse is a bigger price than Elusive Silva but apparently the colt has a far better chance than odds of 22-1 would suggest. “I know he is badly in on ratings but he is a good horse and it was a tough call as to whether to put Anthony Delpech on him or Ready To Attack,” says Jonathan Snaith.
Brett Crawford has a quarter of the field and the betting would suggest that Bernard Fayd’Herbe’s mount Whisky Baron (15-2) has a better chance than the 2.5kg higher rated Vilakazi (11-1) who disappointed last time.
Anglet is the class horse in the RTT Sweet Chestnut but she has been off since the Fillies Guineas in December and Qing, who has won her last four, is preferred. However Anglet’s trainer Paddy Kruyer can win the last with Mega Secret.
By Michael Clower
