Futura and Legislate dominate the market for the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate at Kenilworth on Saturday and trainer Justin Snaith says: “They are both spot on and it will take a very good horse to beat them.”

Snaith, who won the race with Gimmethegreenlight four years ago, gave last year’s winner Futura his final piece of serious work in a racecourse gallop on December 27 while Legislate went to Kenilworth two days later for his.

“Legislate galloped 1400m on his own with Bernard Fayd’Herbe riding and he was very good,” reports the former champion trainer. “His best run last year was in the Green Point after four-and-a-half months off when he broke the course record and we are replicating what we did then with him.”

Towards the end of last week Snaith got his vet to check out both horses, explaining: “I always do that and I also give them a blood test to make sure there is no haemo-concentrating because that is something that can sneak up on you.”

Futura and Legislate have met on five previous occasions and every time one of them has won. The score is 3-2 in Legislate’s favour at the moment.

– TABnews

Picture: Legislate left Futura right (John Lewis)