Benjan looks too good

Ken Nicol

After finding rising star of the staying ranks Magnificent Seven too hot to handle in his last two appearances, Benjan will appreciate taking a steep drop in class in Race 6, a MR 76 Handicap over 2400m at Durbanville tomorrow.

As a result he should prove too strong for the seven even more modest rivals he meets on this occasion, and just to put the cherry on the top, this Fort Wood gelding also gets 2.5kg off courtesy of useful claimer Sandile Mbhele.

He is worth a decent bet, and can also be bankered in exotics.

Joey Ramsden’s pair of Juddering Angel and Paddington, as well as Greg Ennion’s Parisian Gold, look most likely to give cheek.