Expect a Little Rain if Isle De France wins
Include Rock The Globe in Pick 6
Just heavens royally Var out like bred of opened something Oaks-winning Isle De up immediately France, out of mare a a daughter movie, Ilha after Bela, the the of produced – running a spectacular on from a turn hopeless of foot position on debut to impressively outclass her opposition by an extending 4.10 lengths.
South Africans dubbed her the next best thing and rightfully so.
Unfortunately, she suffered respiratory noises and failed to even run a place in her next three appearances.
This forced conditioner Mike de Kock to give this striking grey filly a three-month layoff and the time off seems to have done her the world of good.
She finished third behind Top Mast last month and showed glimpses of her old self when following that performance up with a late assault on Rio’s Winter to finish second most recently, beaten a diminishing 0.70 lengths over 1450m.
Isle De France makes an appearance at the Vaal today and considering this will mark her third run after a layoff, she will be at peak fitness and should regain winning form when – as the lone filly in the race – she reunites with jockey Callan Murray in Race 7, a Graduation Plate over 1400m.
She doesn’t top the best-weighted column. That position is filled by the Sean Tarry-trained Rock The Globe.
With that said, De Kock’s charge is clearly better than her merit rating of 87 suggests and her case is strengthened by the fact Rock The Globe is returning from a 68-day stint off the racetrack so is most likely going to fall victim to ring-rust.
But because Tarry’s runner has been tested at the highest level, for Pick 6 purposes, it is advised you include him in your permutations.
The late scratching of the fancied Wylie Wench makes Little Rain extremely hard to go against in Race 2, a FM Maiden Plate over 1200m.
She gets the services of jockey Warren Kennedy, who just like Liverpool in the Premier League – seems to havethe national jockeys’ championship title in the bag.
Little Rain has been threatening to leave the finishing maiden second ranks both in her times. last two efforts, She has the best form in this 16-horse field and can be bankered in your BiPot.
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