Richard Fourie, who kicked off July day with a Justin Snaith winner, can score for the stable on Snowdance’s full sister Juniper Spring in the Racing.It’s A Rush Maiden Juvenile Fillies at Kenilworth today.

This Captain Al filly was considered good enough to make her debut in last month’s Fillies Nursery (Jonathan Snaith said then: “She has a lot of class and we rate her very highly”) and she ran a creditable fifth of six to some really smart fillies.

She has far less on her plate here and, although the bookies are not giving much away at 13-20, she is bound to have come on from that first outing and she looks a banker.

Richard Fourie

Fourie also rides leading fancy Lanza in the opening Maiden Juvenile. The Glen Kotzen-trained colt was 28-10 joint favourite with World Sports Betting yesterday and is much better than last time’s second to shock winner Quarllo would suggest – the ground was so atrocious that racing was abandoned after only two races.

But marginal preference is for Bernard Fayd’Herbe’s mount Cash Call even though he has not raced since Met day.  He was seventh in the Listed race and had Lanza nearly four lengths behind. Little wonder that he has already been nibbled at from 3-1 to 28-10.

Some of those with more recent form also have claims, notably the Brett Crawford runner Hudoo Magic (17-2) and Dean Kannemeyer’s 11-1 shot Larry Jack. The draw could play a part here because at the Kenilworth meeting last Wednesday penetrometer readings for the straight showed the going to be seven per cent faster on the inside than either the middle or the outside.

Fayd’Herbe can also win races three and four. He rides Suite Francaise for Andre Nel in the TAB Telebet Maiden and the 16-10 favourite stands out after her half-length second to Ikebana over this course and distance three weeks ago. She is well drawn and should prove too good for Flower Of Carmel (9-2) and Fourie’s mount Courtisan (11-2).

Photcopy keeps running well and reverts to sprinting in the Tabonline.co.za Maiden but the 16-10 favourite has been frustrating to follow and the Justin Snaith-trained Captain Of Tortuga is preferred at 22-10. Fayd’Herbe’s mount made a whopping R4.5 million at last year’s Cape Thoroughbred Convention Centre Sale and, while no match for the classy Clouded Hill last month, he proved too good for everything else.

The Michael Robinson-trained Blue Roller has finished second in all three starts and can justify 11-10 favouritism in the Betting World Maiden even though his wide draw is a cause for concern.

By Michael Clower