B Twenty One has the class
APinnacle Stakes event over 24 50m and a Progress Plate over 1 400m head the nine race card at Turffontein on Sunday.
B Twenty One will be going for her fourth victory in succession in the Pinnacle Stakes event.
She has a fine turn of foot and is proving to be a progressive stayer.
She is officially only 0,5kg under sufferance with the best weighted horse Storm Warning.
On the downside her regular jockey Anthony Delpech can’t make the weight of 51, 5kg.
JP van der Merwe is the able replacement and they jump from a good draw. She is selected to win.
Delpech rides Save The Rhino, who is 1,5kg under sufferance with Storm Warning and has been in the first three in all three of his starts over staying trips, including a victory over this course and distance.
There is not much between him and Let It Rain, who comes from the yard of Weiho Marwing, an expert trainer of stayers.
Lions Emblem proved last time that staying races are his game and also has a shout.
Smart Mart is a useful stayer on his day and will be a threat if bouncing back to form.
In the Progress Plate Bella Sonata has shown her class by finishing second to Nother Russia in her last two starts over 1 600m, including in the Grade 1 Empress Club Stakes.
She would prefer 1600 metres, but enjoys this galloping track and is well drawn and very well weighted.
Piere Strydom rides and she is the selection. Zouaves is officially 13kg under sufferance with Bella Sonata, but has not yet had a chance to prove himself and has been impressive in his last two starts over this sort of trip.
He has a fine turn of foot and if he learns to relax better in the running he could become a serious horse.
Doosra has been a touch disappointing this season after a promising start, but is second best in at the weights, despite being 8,5kg out with Bella Sonata.
He is drawn in pole over an ideal course and distance.
Punters could get off to a good start in race one with Let’s Twist, who caught the eye in her debut over 1 400 metres.
She was cramped for room at the business end, but when she was finally extracted she ran on strongly and will relish the step up to 1 600m.
In the second, Effortless didn’t have a clear passage after a slow start on debut over 1 200m around the turn and was finishing strongly after being switched so is the one to beat in this 1 160m event.
Silver God is a nice looking type and will relish the step up to 1 600m of the third after catching the eye over sprint trips, although he was still green in his second start last time when disappointing in the Gr 3 Protea Stakes over 1 100m after being backed.
Polar Ice should also enjoy the step up in trip and from pole position could be the main danger.
Two-year-old Zerodarkthirty looks the horse to beat in the fourth over 1 160m. On debut he started slowly but ran on well to finish second behind a promising sort.
The fifth is a typically competitive sprint handicap over 1 000m.
Clever, Guy, Hashtag Strat and Effortless Reward all have good pace and will likely be favoured by the current fast going conditions.
In the seventh, Inga looks to be a decent sort who can rise above her current merit rating and this is her ideal 1 600m trip, although she does have a wide draw to overcome.
Trellis has become a useful frontrunner so could be dangerous from a nice draw.
In the last race over 1 400m, Misty Roller has caught the eye since blinkers have been applied and was just too strong in the running over 1700 metres last time, so will likely relish the step down in trip.