The Megapool Pick 6 will be a big attraction for punters on L’ Ormarin’s Queens Plate day at Kenilworth on Saturday and the two Grade 1 races therein could provide the best opportunities to go narrow.

Legal Eagle (Liesl King)

In the big one, the weight for age Queen’s Plate, Legal Eagle will be regarded as the meeting banker. He is unbeaten in seven starts over the 1600m trip. He is attempting to win this race for the third time in a row and thus claim his fifth Grade 1 weight for age mile. Legal Eagle won the Green Point in good style, proving he still retains his ability as a six-year-old. The slight concern is the form of the Sean Tarry yard. They have not been as lethal as they were in their record-breaking 2016/2017 season. Marinaresco is the one who could pick up the pieces. He has a ton of class and showed plenty of zip in his warm up outing over 1200m. He has a plum draw of four. Captain America is also full of class and the mile is his best trip. His wide draw of nine is the drawback as he is a handy sort.

Sail South became a revelation when Richard Fourie began partnering him last season. If Greg Cheyne can get him to relax he should produce his devastating finish and will in that case be a definite contender. Fourie will be aboard second favourite Gold Standard, who showed his class when a narrow runner up to William Longword in last year’s Grade 1 Cape Guineas. That pair were well clear of the rest that day and trainer Glen Kotzen believes he has the big colt back to his best. His wide draw of eleven will make it tough. African Night Sky goes in with just one run under the belt this season and will  attempt to emulate the great Pocket Power by following up his Winter Triple Crown feat with victory in the Queen’s Plate.

The Grade 1 Cartier Paddock Stakes looks to be a three-cornered contest. Oh Susanna looks to be the closest Street Cry South Africa have ever had to the immortal Zenyatta, as she is has a huge stride. She apparently takes her racing quite hard but has had time to recover from her flying second in the Grade 1 Cape Fillies Guineas. She will relish the course and distance from a plum draw of four. Nightingale is full of class and is course and distance suited. The same can be said of Nother Russia. These three should be enough to get punters through the Pick 6.

By David Thiselton