Earl Of Warwick looks tough to beat
EARL OF WARWICK stands out in the Tabonline.co.za Maiden at Kenilworth tomorrow and the Brett Crawford runner is a confident choice after going close on the last two of his three runs.
He was decidedly unlucky in a bigger and better field than this one the eve of the Queen’s Plate.
Anton Marcus had the mount that day and made up between three and four lengths in the final furlong.
He was beaten less than a neck and was unlucky not to get up.
Corne Orffer, a close second on the colt’s previous outing, is back on board and this should prove a useful preliminary to his ride on Captain America in the big one on Saturday week.
The Earl is 16-10 favourite with World Sports Betting which has Green Archer (92) and Psychic (5-1) as the main dangers.
Donovan Dillon is sidelined until 13 February so Andre Nel has called on Bernard Fayd’Herbe for his fancied runners in the first two races.
Chatuchak only just failed at Durbanville on New Year’s Day and is odds-on at 15-20 for the opening maiden but the form of 1810 shot Prince Oracy reads the better and Aldo Domeyer’s mount gets the vote.
Nel put blinkers on Kampala Campari last month but they didn’t work the expected oracle and the horse hung in the closing stages.
So they come off for the TAB Telebet Handicap and the gelding may oblige at 1810.
Top weight Summer Sky is second favourite at 22-10 but there is a line of form which suggests that recent winner Perovskia (7-2) could beat him at the weights. However I reckon that the main danger to Fayd’Herbe’s mount is 4-1 chance Carbon Offset.
Mike Stewart’s pair Fujin (2-1) and Zanadu (3-1) dominate the market for the Betting World Maiden and the trainer said yesterday:
“I think Zanadu has the advantage because she has raced more recently.
“Fujin is probably the better horse but he had a cough and has been off for a bit (over three months) and hasn’t had a grass gallop.”
Zanadu may have most to fear from the Joey Ramsden-trained Dance A Jig whose form two races back would be good enough.
Ramsden also has good prospects in the last with 7-2 shot Unicorn but it is an open race and Duntoche (11-2) could run her close.
The sahorseracing computer, rather disturbingly, has Unicorn finishing out with the washing and Pumpkin Queen delivering a 12-1 shock from Azinza at 15-1!