Met victor aims to outfox Wolf Power rivals

Jockey Grant van Niekerk — the hottest property in racing — makes the journey to Gauteng on Saturday to try and add to his big-race tally.

Winner of last weekend’s Sun Met on Oh Susanna, Van Niekerk, 26, has been booked by Sean Tarry to partner Matador Man in Saturday’s Wolf Power Handicap at Turffontein.

If the champion trainer has Matador Man back to his best, Van Niekerk has every chance of continuing his amazing bigrace run, which has lasted almost three months.

However, the 1,600m Wolf Power race looks a competitive affair and Van Niekerk can expect strong challenges from Secret Captain, Chepardo and Kings Archer.

Tarry has also engaged Van Niekerk to partner Wonderwall in the supporting feature, the 1,400m Tony Ruffel Stakes.

However, the runner that makes most appeal here is the Mike de Kock inmate Yakeen, ridden by Anthony Delpech.

Robbie Sage’s representative, Seerite, will give Yakeen and Wonderwall a run for their money. This one certainly has to be included in all exotic bets.

Van Niekerk has another attractive mount in the eighth race in the form of San Fermin for the Azzie stable. This horse was well backed last time out so his supporters will be looking to recoup those losses.

The De Kock stable again has a strong hand in this race with Fish River and Takingthepeace. The former — to be ridden by Delpech — may prove the pick of