Justin Snaith is expecting a good day at Kenilworth on Saturday and was particularly confident about the chances of the Grade 2 Cape Merchants second favourite Kasimir.

Made To Conquer (Candiese Marnewick)

He said, “The yard has turned for the better and all the horses are doing well so I am expecting a good weekend. Kasimir is flying at home and is going to take a lot of beating. The danger will be Sir Frenchie. Bishop’s Bounty has a small chance too as he has a weight turnaround with a lot of the horses from his last run. Sergeant Hardy is very well at home and has come back to his Cape Town form but he has only had one gallop and if he runs a half decent race we will be happy. We have to be realistic, there are a lot of better weighted horses than him and this will be a preparation race for the weight for age events.”

Snaith runs two promising sorts in the Grade 2 Concorde Cup over 1600m and said, “Crown Towers was not right for his last start. This is a big test for him and Trip To The Sky to see whether they are up to the Cape Guineas or not.”

He felt his three runners in the CTS Ready To Run Stakes over 1400m “had a lot to do” especially from their respective draws, although he said Captainofthesea was well and gave him an “each-way chance.”

He has many runners on the day and made special mention of Made To Conquer. He said, “I had been preparing him for the Summer Cup but decided not to go in the end, so he is quite fit and I expect a good run.” The Vodacom Durban July runner up runs in a Pinnacle Stakes race over 2000m.

By David Thiselton