Pearl Of Bahrain hard to oppose
THE Vaal Classic track has a low key eight race meeting tomorrow, although some top class sprinters will be turned out in a Pinnacle Stakes event over 1 000m.
These races are not always as predictable as the ratings make them appear, as some horses use them as stepping stones to bigger things.
The speedy and classy Wrecking Ball is taken to win it despite having a bit to do at the weights.
She will be fit and, hopefully, her trip to Cape Town to run in the Southern Cross Stakes hasn’t taken a lot out of her.
She is an out-and-out 1 000m horse and is unbeaten in two starts over this course and distance.
Bull Valley and Green Pepper are the best in at the weights but will need to be fully tuned up to catch Wrecking Ball and probably won’t be.
Bull Valley is a twice Gr1winner over 1 200m and is taken to chase her home.
Kangaroo Jack
Kangaroo Jack bounced back to his best in his last start and could finish in the top three.
Raasmaal has his third run after gelding and is interesting dropped back to this trip considering he over-raced over 1 450m last time.
The classy and speedy Green Pepper returns from an eight month layoff and could get away with it being a sprinter.
The obvious Pick 6 banker is in the first leg where Pearl Of Bahrain is impossible to oppose.
The other PA banker is taken to be Tundra Taita in the seventh race over 1800m.
She has stayed on well in her last two starts over 2 000m and 1 800m respectively and this long-striding sort is set to come into her own this start.
However, she does face a competitive field and Return To Power and Faraway Island have also been included after their respective eye-catching finishes in a 1 700m and 1 800m race.
Dorman
In the second leg of the Pick 6 over 1 200m Dorman has a plum draw and is off a the same merit rating as when running Lauren Of Rochelle close.
The latter won again on Saturday.
Last Battle has the eyecatching booking of Delpech from a plum draw and is off a competitive merit rating over a suitable trip, unlike the 1 400m of Saturday which was too far for him. Shortstop should be running on over a trip a touch too sharp.
In the next race also over 1 200m State Trooper looks to be going places and Penny Royal and Kenan’s Rock also make some appeal.
The value bet of the day is Shotgun Rider in the last over 1 800m as he is 15 points lower in the merit ratings than when staying on for a good third over 1 700m in April last year in yielding going.