Race 1

Summary: TAX FREE (4) made promising improvement at her second start behind progressive Alice B Toklas. MOSAIC WORLD (6) found market support in a promising debut and should improve. ICEBERG ROSE (11) has a wide draw but made good improvement second time out. RED HOT MISS (3) should prefer this trip after a promising sprint debut. (Andrew Harrison: 4-6-11-3).

Race 2

Summary: GORGEOUS DUDE (1) in form. Best course and distance and best of the draw. SEND ME (4) improved in blinkers. Fair weight. KIMBALL O’HARA (10) Down in class and form has been franked. BANK STREET (6) big drop in class. Enjoys the poly. (Andrew Harrison: 1-6-4-10).

Race 3

Summary: Many first timers. KUDIKARAN (2) finished last in a four-horse SA Nursery field but was not far back. RED HOT GUY (8) was close-up in a promising debut and should benefit from the run. LIGHTINTHEWOODS (4) was a distance second on debut but sure to come on from that outing. Takes on males. SCOTS WAE HAE (1) looks the pick of the Hollywood runners judged on jockey bookings. (Andrew Harrison: 2-8-4-1).

Race 4

Summary: Open. BOURBON’S BEAST (5) goes well this course and distance. Last two were in the soft. GOOD OMEN (7) is overdue. Beaten favourite last run and can make amends. KAZ FROM ALCATRAZ (10) was beaten by a promising colt last run. Takes on older runners but looks promising. Stable companion HARPA (9) takes on males but is well weighted and can surprise. (Andrew Harrison: 5-7-10-9).

Race 5

Summary: Many warming up for the bigger races. QUESTIONING (1) won well last time out. The extra furlong will not trouble him from the best of the draw. GLADATORIAN (2) is back on his favourite course and won last year beating See It Again.  OUTLAW KING (6) has consistent Cape form and has won over the distance. CATS PAJAMAS (7) made the required improvement in blinkers when winning the Hawaii Stakes. He meets stronger here but is still improving. (Andrew Harrison: 1-2-6-7).

Race 6

Summary: QUICKSTEPGAL (5) was beaten by the weight last run. She can add to her Cape Fillies Guineas victory. WISH LIST (8) won the Cape Derby beating males. She may prefer it a touch further. PRINCESS OF GAUL (2) arrived from the Cape in good form winning her last start. She should be a contender from a handy gate. BEACH VERSE (10) has excellent form in linkers but does jump in class. (Andrew Harrison: 5-8-2-11).

Race 7

Summary: TIN PAN ALLEY (3) got a hefty rating increase for his last win in the Gr1 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes. De Melo is two-from-two and a repeat showing should see him hard to beat. There should be little between STAR MAJOR (8) and HAPPY VERSE (10) given their last two encounters. ONE EYE ON VEGAS (6) is never out of the money and should be a strong contender. (Andrew Harrison: 3-6-10-8).

Race 8

Summary: ROSE WOOTT (9) surprised in first time blinkers. Lightly raced she may still be under the handicappers radar and has a handy galloping weight. LADYOFDISTINCTION (4) has yet to finish out of the money. This is her peak run after a short break. GERBERA (5) was a good second when taking on males last run behind former Gr2 Golden Horseshoe winner Chronicle King. RAHHABBA (8) is in mustard form and had Ladyofdistinction behind her at her last two wins. Now meet at level weights. (Andrew Harrison: 9-4-5-8).

Race 9

Summary: O’TENIKWA (10) looks well in at the weights. He is a smart sprinter and should feature. TAXI TO THE MOON (6) has run two smart races in top company at his last two and should be right there again. I AM GIANT (11) did not put a foot wrong in the Cape against the best sprinter around. These weights could find him out. KING OF THE GAULS (2) is quick and has found his best form of late. (Andrew Harrison: 10-6-11-2).

Race 10

Summary: INAFIX (7) has a light weight and first time blinkers. ZOOMBOMBER (8) has come to hand and only has 48kg to shoulder. LUHAMBA PHAMBILI (6) has been up against stronger of late but gives plenty of weight. ARVERNI PRINCESS (4) is in good form and another with a light weight. (Andrew Harrison: 7-8-6-4).

ANDREW HARRISON

Tin Pan Alley will be out to prove the handicappers assessment of his ability is correct when he starts in the Gr2 WSB Guineas at Hollywoodbets Greyville today.

The Guineas and the Gr2 WSB Fillies Guineas along with the Gr2 Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes traditionally mark the start of the three-month Champions Season and all three events have attracted top class fields.

Tin Pan Alley got shunted up from 117 to 128 after demolishing Gr1 WSB Cape Met winner See It Again in the Gr1 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes at Turffontein, winning by an increasing four-length margin.

Strictly on that run, he should have his opposition dead to rights but there are a few blips on his radar that give the opposition some hope. Tin Pan Alley finished down the field in the Gr2 Dingaan’s behind Trust and then a modest effort behind Splittheeights in the Gauteng Guineas, admittedly from a tricky draw. However, Keagan de Melo is two-from-two on Sean Tarry’s runner and a repeat of his Horse Chestnut showing should see him difficult to beat.

One can never discount a runner from the Mike and Mathew de Kock stable and they saddle One Eye On Vegas who finished ahead of Tin Pan Alley in the Gauteng Guineas. He also finished a creditable fourth in the Gr1 SA Classic behind Grand Empire and was staying on well behind the more than useful older Gr2 Hawaii Stakes winner Cats Pajamas. He should be cherry-ripe come the day and can exploit any chink in Tin Pan Alley’s armour.

There should be little between Star Major and Happy Verse given their last two encounters in the Politician Stakes, won by Star Major, and the Gr1 Cape Derby behind the filly Wish List with little more than a neck separating them on both occasions.

In the WSB Fillies Guines, Quickstepgal will be looking to add a second Guineas to her resume after winning the Gr1 WSB Cape Fillies Guineas back in December last year. She ran a smart warm-up in the Umzimkulu Stakes where she was unable to give the well handicapped Keukenhof 6kg. She is over her ideal trip and should run another big race. Tienie Prinsloo’s filly will, however, be up against the Justin Snaith-trained Gr 1 Cape Derby winner Wish List. Although a dual Gr1 winning filly, winning the Gr1 Paddock Stakes at her penultimate start, she may prefer it a touch further and find herself out-paced late although she has the canny Andrew Fortune aboard. Of the balance, Princess Of Gaul arrived from the Cape in good form winning her last start and should be a contender from a handy gate while Beach Verse has excellent form in blinkers but does jump in class.

Many will be warming up for the bigger races to come in the Gr2 Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes but they will all need to get past Vaughan Marshall’s galloper Questioning. He won in good fashion on the course last time out and the extra furlong will not trouble him from the best of the draw.

Biggest threat could come from Gladatorian. Stuart Ferrie’s stalwart is back on his favourite course and won last year beating See It Again. His Western Cape campaign did not quite go according to plan but he was never far back in the big races. Outlaw King has consistent Cape form for Dean Kannemeyer and has won over the distance. He could be the pick of the stable runners in spite of the presences of last year’s Hollywoodbets Durban July winner The Real Prince who is a class act on his day but could be short of a gallop or two. Nathan Kotzen fitted Cats Pajamas with blinkers for his last run and the decision paid off as he put in a sustained finish to easily win the Gr2 Hawaii Stakes at Turffontein. Cats Pajamas has always been a smart horse and may now be coming into his own. Legal Council is up there with the best but like The Real Prince may be short of a run while Des McLachlan makes his first ever foray into Champions Season with Jet Force, a winner of his last three, and another victory is not out of the question although it will be tough going in spite of his high rating.

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Andrew Harrison

Vaughan Marshall mostly gave last year’s Champions Season a miss due to a lack of ‘ammunition’ but he is back with a bang. Questioning fired a warning salvo and could well follow up in the Gr2 Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes this coming Saturday but possibly more explosive was Rich Man’s World who was a stunning winner of the Gr3 Godolphin Barb Stakes at Hollywoodbets Scottsville yesterday.

The race was billed as a match between the two unbeaten colts Master Magician and Rich Man’s World but in the end it was a bloodless victory for Marshal’s colt.

It was a contest up until the 300m mark before Master Magician came under pressure with Richard Fourie sitting motionless as Tristan Godden got to work on his mount.

Godden’s efforts were all in vain as Rich Man’s World simply lengthened his stride to win with many lengths to spare. Master Magician was hardly disgraced in second with the balance of the field left bobbing in his wake but he was no match for the winner.

The Gr1 Golden Medallion must surely be on the agenda for Rich Man’s World and the red ink will already be behind his name should he take his place.

Earlier, Andrew Forune gave another masterclass of jockeyship as he got Justin Snaith filly Querari Dancer home in a nerveless display the Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes.

Seemingly hemmed in on all sides with little more than a furlong to run, Fortune slowly eased his filly out from behind a wall of horses, slipping up the inside rail to get home rather comfortably from Menagerie and Ferrari Flair.

It was a fine afternoon for Marshal as Vibe Check, a strapping son of Querari who arrived in KZN off two close-up finishes, reveled in the step up to 1400m. Sean Veale, who had been aboard all three of his Hollywoodbets Kenilworth starts, took no prisoners. Bouncing out from the widest gate, Vibe Check went to the lead in fluent fashion ahead of market rival One Pepper, but was not for the catching as he extended his lead to put five lengths of daylight between himself and Putthelightsout and One Pepper. Like Rich Man’s World, the next stop must surely be a crack at one of the big juvenile features.