Snaith Racing plan to boost their already considerable Vodacom Durban July hand by supplementing the much improved Made To Conquer early next month.

Made To Conquer (Candiese Marnewick)

The four-year-old has won five of his last six starts, most recently giving weight all round when beating Silva’s Bullet by three and a quarter lengths in a 1950m handicap at Scottsville at the beginning of the month.

Jono Snaith said yesterday: “We are going to take the easy route into the July with him and try to get in at or near bottom weight. He runs next in the Lonsdale Stirrup Cup on June 2 and, if all goes according to plan in that, we will supplement him.”

Joey Ramsden continues to set the two-year-old pace in Cape Town and 10-3 shot Montego Bay’s success under Donovan Dillon in the first at Kenilworth yesterday was his 14th juvenile victory of the season. Candice Bass-Robinson (11) is the only other within sight. The Var colt’s win was – a relatively rare occurrence these days – gained in the famous Mayfair Speculators colours.

Ramsden said: “I have made it my policy to try to get a run into all the two-year-olds before they turn three as it gives us an idea where we stand with them for next season. We have fired with them like this for the last three years.

“We could struggle next season by not having many maidens but I am hoping that someone out there will replace them.”

Ramsden reckons there is more to come from Montego Bay, explaining: “Although he looks physically mature I think that is fooling us at the moment. When he turns those muscles into real muscles he will look like Anthony Joshua!”

By Michael Clower