Rose In Bloom, second in the Sceptre Stakes and third in the Majorca, is expected to start a warm favourite to win the Vasco Prix Du Cap at Kenilworth’s Prawn Festival meeting on Saturday. The filly’s trainer Joey Ramsden won this with Just Sensual 12 months ago and is bidding for his sixth win in the Grade 3 in 14 seasons.

Robert Khathi has the mount. His only previous ride on the filly was on her debut just over a year ago when she had the misfortune to come up against no lesser horse than Snowdance!

Callan Murray flies down for seven rides for Justin Snaith including Miss Catalin in the Prix Du Cap and Fifty Cents in the Jet Master. Donovan Dillon, out with a broken bone in his right hand, returns to the fray for four mounts including Milton in the Jet Master but, surprisingly, he rides nothing for Andre Nel.

Instead Nel has booked the in-form Keagan De Melo for four of his six runners including Love To Boogie in the Prix Du Cap.

This meeting usually attracts a Kenilworth attendance second only to the Met and this time the live entertainment has been stepped up. The draws include R70 000 worth of giveaways while the seafood now extends to a far wider range than just the prawns that started the whole crowd-pulling idea five years ago.

By Michael Clower