Twist Of Fate has been raised 2kg to a new merit rating of 109 by the handicappers for his convincing win in last Saturday’s Cape Classic and Joey Ramsden yesterday said that the Master Of My Fate colt will bypass the Concord Cup (previously Selangor) to go straight for the Forus Cape Guineas on 15 December.

He added: “He came out of the race very well. I still have doubts (about the horse getting the trip). You have to have doubts about everything in this country – nothing is what it seems on paper.”

Twist Of Fate was giving 2kg to half the field and 4kg to the other half. Runner-up Cirillo has been left on an unchanged 102 and at this stage stands out in the R2.5 million CTS Ready To Run on 24 November – assuming he is not drawn next to the M5.

Pleasedtomeetyou, beaten three lengths into third after failing to get the trip, has been put up 1.5kg to a mark of 96. Fourth-placed Majestic Mozart, less than half a length further back, stays on 84.

By Michael Clower