Have faith in Snaith at Kenilworth

JUSTIN Snaith sails into Kenilworth tomorrow with a flotilla of fancied runners and he could well take three of the first four races.

Glorious Goodwood owes punters dear after starting hot favourite in his last two but there were genuine excuses. He opened at 28-10 with World Sports Betting yesterday and he can make it third time lucky in race four despite the counter-claims of the Andrew Fortune-partnered Imperial Dancer (4-1), 5-2 chance Gold Standard and blinkers on 16-1 shot Hernando’s Promise.

There are some well bred newcomers in the first – Snaith’s Trippi filly Dawn Rising but they will need to be smart to cope with the Vaughan Marshall-trained Secretariat’s Girl.

One to bear in mind is 12-1 chance Helen’s Bay even though she is six years old and still a maiden after 14 attempts. She steps up to 1 200m after five consecutive runs over 1 000m.

Cock-A-Hoop finished with only one behind him in the Langerman and on his previous start he was beaten at 1-3 but he has form smart enough to suggest he can account for Geoff Woodruff ’s 33-10 favourite New Caledonia in race two.

All eyes will be on New Horizon in race three. This is the colt who smashed the South African auction record when knocked down to Mike Bass and top game breeder Piet du Toit for R5.2 million at the Convention Centre in January last year. He opened at 4-1 but it’s his first run and his pedigree – by Dynasty out of a full sister to Silvano – suggests he will need further. Preference is for Snaith’s Captain Marmalade.

Icon King has the best form but he has been off since running so well over 200m further on debut.

“He was coughing after his first run and I decided against running him again last season. If he had won in July he would have got a rating of 88,” reasons Mike Stewart.

“He might just need this but he is a really nice horse.”

Jingle Belle, disappointing over 2 400m last time, could be worth another chance over the mile of the Quinte Plus Maiden.

“Possibly she didn’t stay but she suffered a lot of interference that day,” says Andre Nel.

Prince Of Wales (race six) looks another for Snaith and 35 minutes later 7-2 stable companion Azarenka has Nel’s 2-1 favourite Leisure Trip to beat.