Silva’s Bullet ready to shine
SILVA’S BULLET appears to have taken his gelding well and turned in a smart performance to win over the Greyville mile on the poly last time out. Dean Kannemeyer was full of praise for his charge after that victory and just how far the gelding has progressed will be judged at Scottsville today where he lines up in the seventh over 1 950m.
Silva’s Bullet showed a smart turn of foot when winning and the step up in trip and class is unlikely to trouble him.
A convincing victory today will set him up nicely for a possible crack at the Gr1 Daily News 2000 and punters have not been slow out of the blocks.
Silva’s Bullet is 12-10 favourite with Track & Ball, in from a 15-10 opening call.
Made To Conquer
Justin Snaith saddles the year older Made To Conquer who comes off some smart Cape form, winning four of his last five starts.
However, the gelding has not been out for four months and Snaith has made an unusually slow start to his KZN season. It may also be telling that Bernard Fayd’Herbe has jumped ship to partner Silva’s Bullet.
Made To Conquer may not do it for Snaith but Alsflamingbeauty could get him off the mark when she runs in the second.
The daughter of Captain Al caught the eye in the paddock and in her barrier trial at Scottsville, beaten less than a length by Sunday’s impressive Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes winner Inverroche.
Her trial did not go un-noticed by the bookmakers either and she is marginal favourite at 13-10 with the more experienced and beaten favourite Miss Calypso at 18-10.
However, there has been a mountain of support for the Yogas Govender-trained Bargeme, in from 22-1 to 6-1 after making good improvement at her second trial, so one needs to be a little cautious.
Boeing City (11-1) also put in a good trial behind Triple Fate Line who only found the highly rated Cue The Music too good for him on his race course debut proper so it will be interesting to see how the form of these respective trials work out. Triple Fate Line is ante-post favourite in the card opener with recent trial winner Roman Dancer next best in the market.
Triple Fate Line was left bobbing like a cork in the wake of a speedboat called Cue The Music but it was still a smart debut effort.
Nathan Kotzen’s Lilibet is back on her favoured surface in the opening leg of the Pick 6 but there are a few in with winning chances.
Duncan Howells has indicated that he may declare blinkers on Silver Raisin before today’s event and she could make amends for her recent defeat when favourite.
Amber Furst also made a smart debut and will have her supporters.
Pumpkin Queen
Pumpkin Queen makes her local debut for Kannemeyer in the fifth and comes off some useful Cape form but she does not have an easy draw so it may be wise to load up in this leg of the exotics.
Lightning Spectra is expected to improve over the trip and although this pair are the only runners quoted in single figures, it could prove more complicated than that.
The sixth is a seriously competitive handicap with 6-1 bar.
There has been significant support for Shane Humby’s charge Midnight Vision and it could prove to be inspired support while The Poet gets blinkers for the first time and over his best course and distance could be a big runner for Mark Dixon.
These are just two contenders in a difficult race.