Alexis is ready to stake her claim

BRETT Crawford is weighing up whether to take on Inara with his KRA Fillies Guineas winner Alexis (pictured) in the Diana Stakes at Durbanville on Saturday week.

He said: “Alexis could start in the Diana. I will see how she is – she is doing very well at the moment – and what the race looks like.She is quite versatile – she can race in sprints as well as over a mile – and so there is also the Southern Cross (December 5) and the Sceptre (January 16) as she builds up towards Met day.”

Icy Fire, who made such a big impression when winning a Kenilworth maiden at the beginning of the month, may be aimed at the Choice Carriers Championship on November 7.

Joey Ramsden said: “She will take the same sort of route as Cold As Ice did last season but whether she is as good is a matter of subjectivity.”

Ramsden has sent Cape Thoroughbred Sales Stakes winner Brutal Force, Disco Al (Track And Ball Derby) and East Cape Derby victor St Tropez to campaign in Johannesburg.

His Durban assistant Alson Ndzilana travels up there this week to look after them.

Irridescence winner Anglet was a notable absentee from the Diana nominations and she will wait for the Choice Carriers for her first race of the season.

Paddy Kruyer said: “I didn’t want her to have to bump four-year-olds.

“She hasn’t been out of work over the winter but I did let her down and took the speed out of her work.”