Bunker Hunt has been installed 6-1 G-Bets Cape Derby favourite to make amends for his Politician disaster when he stumbled out of the pens unseating Richard Fourie and then sent Justin Snaith crashing to the ground when he was trying to catch the horse. Both jockey and trainer are bidding for their fourth Cape Derby win.

World Sports Betting makes Anton Marcus’s mount Charles and Duncan Howells’ raider Thanksgiving joint second favourites at 7-1.

Snowdance, almost unbackable at 1-4 when she won last year’s Majorca, is now on offer at 22-10 for a repeat in the Bidvest-sponsored Grade 1. Lady In Black, who came out of the Sun Met to go for this, is on 28-10 with the WSB Fillies Guineas winner Front And Centre seemingly on the drift. She opened a clear favourite at 18-10 but was out to 22-10 by mid-afternoon yesterday.

Kasimir and Bold Respect, first and third in the Cape Merchants in November, are both on11-2 for the Betting World Cape Flying Championship but Pacific Trader, who beat both of them in a Pinnacle at the end of last month, has been backed from 6-1 to 5-1 favourite..

One World, who lost his unbeaten record when third to Soqrat in the Cape Guineas, is 2-1 favourite to gain huge compensation in the R5 million CTS 1600. Twist Of Fate, who finished half a length in front of him in the Guineas, is second favourite at 22-10 while fourth-placed Cirillo dominates the market for the CTS 1200. The Sean Tarry runner is on 19-10 with 8-1 and upwards available about the rest.

For many punters the New Turf Carriers Stayers is seen as the traditional getting-out stakes, being the last of the features on the marathon 12-race card, and here the Snaith-trained Strathdon has been installed favourite at 2-1. Intriguingly last year’s winner Let It Rain is on offer at 25-1. Dan Katz has laid Greg Cheyne’s mount out for this since the start of the season!

By Michael Clower