African Night Sky raring to fly
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African Night Sky raring to fly
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“At the weights African Night Sky is a worthy favourite. His preparation has been flawless – and you couldn’t ask for a fitter horse…
It’s Justin Snaith who is the record-breaking trainer but younger brother Jonathan is the stable’s master strategist and the acknowledged form expert in the family. These are his views on the stable’s five runners in Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July:
“At the weights African Night Sky is a worthy favourite. His preparation has been flawless – and you couldn’t ask for a fitter horse.
African Night Sky (Candiese Marnewick)
“Do It Again is a high class individual. You can ignore his last run as it was his second run after a long rest and he didn’t produce his form. He is much better than that and you can expect him to return to his best on Saturday. He is a huge runner.
“Made To Conquer is a progressive sort and the type of older horse that often wins the July. He is a tough, hard-knocking individual and is sure to be competitive.
“Elusive Silva (Jono Snaith is a part-owner) was at one stage ante-post favourite for last year’s race but he got injured. He has had a fantastic prep and is a bit of a fairytale horse in that he was retired from racing with a tendon injury yet here he is back for the same race and with a realistic chance. He is a good horse and he has the class to win.
“Star Express has great form coming into the race but there are stamina doubts. She is best over 1 400m to a mile but, if she should get the trip, she will be a serious contender.”
Asked to single out one or two of the stable’s runners in the other races, he said: “Snowdance looks our banker of the day, the distance of the Betting World 2200 is a little bit short for Strathdon but he is so well in himself. We are very competitive in that race with Platinum Prince as well.”
By Michael Clower
It’s Justin Snaith who is the record-breaking trainer but younger brother Jonathan is the stable’s master strategist and the acknowledged form expert in the family. These are his views on the stable’s five runners in Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July:
“At the weights African Night Sky is a worthy favourite. His preparation has been flawless – and you couldn’t ask for a fitter horse.
African Night Sky (Candiese Marnewick)
“Do It Again is a high class individual. You can ignore his last run as it was his second run after a long rest and he didn’t produce his form. He is much better than that and you can expect him to return to his best on Saturday. He is a huge runner.
“Made To Conquer is a progressive sort and the type of older horse that often wins the July. He is a tough, hard-knocking individual and is sure to be competitive.
“Elusive Silva (Jono Snaith is a part-owner) was at one stage ante-post favourite for last year’s race but he got injured. He has had a fantastic prep and is a bit of a fairytale horse in that he was retired from racing with a tendon injury yet here he is back for the same race and with a realistic chance. He is a good horse and he has the class to win.
“Star Express has great form coming into the race but there are stamina doubts. She is best over 1 400m to a mile but, if she should get the trip, she will be a serious contender.”
Asked to single out one or two of the stable’s runners in the other races, he said: “Snowdance looks our banker of the day, the distance of the Betting World 2200 is a little bit short for Strathdon but he is so well in himself. We are very competitive in that race with Platinum Prince as well.”
By Michael Clower
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