Vaughan Marshall is keen on the chances of Cape Guineas winner Tap O’Noth in the Daily News at Greyville on Saturday even though the colt has over two lengths to find with Do It Again on Daisy Guineas running and is as big as 17-2 in the betting.

Marshall said: “He is doing exceptionally well at the moment and I think he is a very big runner. You will see a vastly different performance this time.”

Tap O’Noth (Liesl King)

In the Daisy Guineas M.J. Byleveld’s mount seemed uncharacteristically sluggish in the early stages and had to be pushed along. Some observers put this down to unfamiliarity with the lights.

But Marshall said: “He was drawn towards the inside, came up the worst going and got sand in his face – the next day both his eyes were closed. But I was happy with the way he finished in that race.”

Do It Again is 5-2 favourite with World Sports Betting which goes 15-4 Surcharge, 13-2 Pack Leader, 7-1 Majestic Mambo, 15-2 White River, 17-2 Tap O’Noth, 14-1 Like A Panther, 20-1 and upwards others.

Bold Respect has been raised seven points to a new merit rating of 118 for his win in last Saturday’s Tsogo Sun Sprint. This puts him above everything else that ran in the race even though he was receiving weight from five of them.

Brett Crawford said: “He could possibly go for the Mercury Sprint on July 28 but there is nothing for him in the meantime.”

Magical Wonderland, put up a point to 111 for finishing second to Sommerlied (up six to 114) in the South African Fillies Sprint, is to stay on in KZN for the time being but may not race.

Candice Bass-Robinson explained: “I can’t bring her back to Cape Town at the moment because of the quarantine regulations. I will play it by ear but the Mercury Sprint would be a big ask for a three-year-old filly.”

By Michael Clower