Jet Supreme ready to go

JET Supreme has over four lengths in hand on adjusted merit ratings as she bids to win the Final Fling Stakes for the second successive year at Kenilworth tomorrow.

But punters taking a short price - and Bernard Fayd’Herbe’s mount could well start favourite - have to decide whether her recent problems at the start mean that she won’t produce her best.

She started slowly in the Olympic Duel but that was nothing compared to what happened when she reared in the pens as the starter pressed the button in the Ladies Mile last time.

“She caught her neck in the roof - not a nice experience at all,’’ says Justin Snaith.

“She is going to stud soon and some fillies coming to the end of their careers can get rattled quite easily. Sean Cormack felt that he went in a bit early and this time they must load her later.’’

Jet Supreme won the Victress Stakes over this trip in December but more recently her best form has been in sprints.

“No, she is not a 1 200m horse,’’ her trainer is adamant.

“She is definitely better around a mile.’’

Snaith, bidding for his third successive Final Fling, also runs the improving Cat And The Moon who kept producing more when winning the Winter Oaks over 2 200m last month - “She is a tough little filly and anything around this distance is fine for her.’

Heavy rain

Both the Snaith runners have won in the soft and, if the forecast for heavy rain today proves correct, that is important.

Jet Supreme is favoured by recent statistics - favourites have won three of the last four runnings and older horses every one of the last five - but three-year-olds Moonsong Magic and Crystal Cavern finished close up in the Winter Oaks and have definite claims.

“Moonsong Magic is versatile but once again she has to jump from a wide draw which always makes it difficult,” cautions Greg Ennion. “In the Winter Oaks Crystal Cavern finished fast in a manner that suggested she is one to bear in mind.

“We think highly of this filly and we believe that what beat her was the winter course,’’ says Adam Marcus. “If we had had the longer straight she could have unwound a bit earlier.

“As it was she sat about second last whereas the two that finished in front of her were sitting handy and had the run of the race.’’

This is the winter course again but, if Jet Supreme thinks more about what happened last time than breaking fast, Crystal Cavern could be the one to take advantage. She has won in the soft and she just might start at an each way price.

Of the others Alascan Maiden and Omaticaya should run well on recent form but not well enough to win.