Senatla to make them run
SENATLA, according to the bookmakers the second string of the Brett Crawford runners in the Farriers Maiden at Kenilworth tomorrow, looks worth an interest at 4-1.
Andrew Harrison wrote in Wednesday’s paper about the Anton Marcus factor – the fourtime champion’s mounts starting at a shorter price than their form warrants – but punters can use that to their advantage.
This race is a case in point. Marcus rides the Dynasty newcomer Vforvictory who opened favourite and was 3-1 yesterday but Senatla has the form in the book – two promising runs – and is ridden by the top class Richard Fourie.
Vforvictory has presumably been showing more at home – and it is hugely significant that he is not owned by Marcus’s retainers Ridgemont - but experience counts for a lot and this factor swings the vote.
Cash Call and Retro Effect, both 4-1 chances with World Sports Betting yesterday, have also shown useful recent form and it will be a surprise if the winner comes from outside this four.
Crawford’s Northern Spy, again ridden by Marcus and again not owned by Ridgemont, is only third favourite (at 5-2) for the Woodhill Racing Maiden but makes most appeal.
The colt showed plenty of promise on debut here in August and is sure to have come on from that.
Duc D’Orange (18-10) is going to be the centre of much attention and 16-10 favourite Gimmetherain has run well at Durbanville on his only two starts, finishing well on the second of them, but Northern Spy may be good enough on this occasion to beat them both.
In the Baker McVeigh Maiden 40 minutes later Marcus rides Ridgemont newcomer Silver Plains for Eric Sands and the colt has already been nibbled at from 5-1 to 4-1. Although by Silvano and out of mare who only won over 1 400m, the colt may have enough speed as his dam is a half-sister to the Allan Robertson winner On Her Toes.
However Dragon Power, although no great star, can beat him on this occasion because Aldo Domeyer’s mount has been running consistently well and has learnt what is required of him.
He is favourite at 22-10. Nexus is next in the market at 3-1 but, as noted previously, not that many of Justin Snaith’s win first time out. The four handicaps are competitive affairs in which winnerfinding will be extremely difficult but the Glen Kotzen-trained Strawberry Wine could be the answer to the first of them (race five).