Shanghai Tang can make it sweet

THE ten race meeting on the Highveld tomorrow should favour punters as there are only three handicaps, but on the other hand the Turffontein Inside track can produce upsets.

In the first leg of the PA over 1 450m Shanghai Tang has done well against some fair sorts and should have benefitted from his comeback run in December.

He does not face an inspiring field and is distance suited although he has a tricky draw of eight out of 14. Colonel Caramel is a rangy type who is improving and last time he stayed on well over this trip to finish a close third in a similar field. He has a fair draw and should be involved.

Over Sharing has a tough draw but has the form to earn. Chevron is another one who warrants consideration. Tyrell by Silvano is a full-brother to the top class Tellina and makes his debut from pole position.

In the first leg of the Pick 6 Redberry Lane has overcome tough draws before and this Grade 1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes winner is well treated at the weights over her ideal mile trip. Tamarina is an up and coming sort and could be a threat from a fair draw and there is not much between her and the well drawn and consistent Being Fabulous.

Nimcha

In the next race Nimcha is the one to beat over what should be an ideal trip of 1800m. Last time over 2000m he moved up and found no extra and has a similar middle draw. The Honey Badger could be the chief threat. He is a sort who has ability but needs things to go his way and they should go his way from pole position under Muzi Yeni over an ideal trip.

Verdi also warrants consideration having beaten The Honey Badger last time, although there is now a reversal in draw fortunes.

The sixth race over 2600m is the first handicap on the card.

Long Pond strikes as one who will enjoy the step up in trip and she gets the blinkers on after finding no extra in her last two starts, both over 2000m.

Cantata Mundi stayed on well over 2000m in her first start out the maidens and the jockey who won on her, Ryan Munger, is back aboard. Emily Hobhouse has caught the eye on occasion and will be coming into her own being by Ideal World. She sneaks into the handicap with the minimum weight and is a dark horse.

The seventh is a Pinnacle Stakes event and the three fillies Cascapedia, Silver Thursday and Fort Ember should fight it out. Cascapedia is the tip having proved how good she is over this distance when a close third in the G-Bets Summer Cup, although she might actually prefer 1800m. Silver Thursday should be thereabouts. It was not necessarily the blinkers which helped last time but rather a good draw allowed her to find a better position than she had done in her previous two starts. She over raced last time and still won so if settling well from pole position she could cause an upset. Fort Ember worked hard to get to the front in the Summer Cup when beaten 3,1 lengths by Cascapedia but in this smaller field should be able to get there easier and she has a chance too.

Hakeem

Hakeem is made the value bet of the day in race eight over 1600m from draw two. He stays 2000m but has some speed and this distance looks ideal so as a handy sort from a good draw he should go close.

In the next race Only To Win goes for her second 1600m win of the week and she could fight it out with Aurelia Cotta who should enjoy this course and distance and is drawn well.