Turf Standside 16/01

Craig Pienaar wrote: Darryl Maree was pretty confident on the Arctic Skyline and Sultana double for today so will add that to Kingsleys Heart and hope for the best

Was Darryl on TT ?

Further thoughts ....

R1: Juveniles, so not clear cut; the filly On Cue made a fair debut and gets the 2.5 kg sex allowance here, so is my first choice from Warrior Captain; Dockofthebay finding betting support, so may be good enough here

R2: None of the first-timers seem fancied, so on that Arctic Skyline does look hard to beat from Southern Cape who may need more ground

R3: First of the handicaps; Puerto Manzano impressive debut in THAT race - beating Flying Carpet who subsequently ran only 0.5 lengths behind War of Athena (giving her weight) - so PM looks useful - does need to give the others weight, but may be better than a 92; El Romiachi could run into the money at a big price - gets a tongue-tie today and could be improving since the stable change

R4: Back to the Maidens; really looks a 3-horse contest; Smuts has the benefit of coming form a red-hot stable, but both Chariot Master and Governor's Glory has plenty of scope for improvement, so I can't split them

R5: Another Maiden for the females; In Limbo clearly not in the league of her illustrious siblings, but from a good draw must rate the one to beat; Mauby and Mirren look the obvious dangers, while Bright Eyed Girl may improve, but could be looking for more ground

R6: Novice Handicap :huh: Not easy - Trattoria ran in the same race as Puerto Manzano - beaten 5.5 lengths - so may be better than rated and at the weights imo has as good a chance as any - form of the Tarry stable a worry though, but I'd rather take my chances at 8/1 than take the 5/2 on the stable mate; only Our Biscuit look totally out of it though

R7: Fillies and Mares Handicap; I think the top 4 in the betting may suffice; Sultanah obviously needs inclusion, tries 2000, but out of a Galileo mare, so should get the trip; Fire Flower looks better at this track and never looked like losing in her penultimate over 1800 here - may not have enjoyed the soft conditions last time; Franklin comes off a good win, raised 2 kgs in the weights, but gets the apprentice allowance of 2.5 kgs, so effectively 0.5 kg better in than last time; Curvation has been running consistently well over this sort of trip off this rating - so can't be ignored either; at a push a case could be made for Nabeela - but for me has never run well at this track

R8: Another Fillies and Mares Handicap over shorter; on form Cordillera looks hard to beat, but I'm definitely including Kayla's Champ and Diorama (good form this course); roughie Querari Ferrari - may need another run, but last year this time ran close to Summer Pudding and on a run to Lady of Steel there is not much between her and Cordillera

R9: At first glance looks to lie between Chloris and Spice Market, but both these 3yr old fillies need to give weight away to older fillies; as mentioned, I do think Virocana may give them something to think about, while both Marwing fillies could upset; Netta ran a fair race last time after competing in the 3yr old features earlier, so not without a hope imo

Enjoy

Warrior Captain

Pick 6
Horse Racing
TURFFONTEIN
[7]/[11]/[1, 2, 3, 7]/[1, 2, 4, 5, 8]/[1, 2, 4, 7]/[1, 2, 4]

They've lumped on to the favourite, monkey see, monkey do:P

Lyle H...great finish...

Sean Tarry, understandably, not too happy...

bayern wrote: They've lumped on to the favourite, monkey see, monkey do:P[/quote


At least I & obviously many others got the money at 3/1 & shorter & you got the prize for your idiotic comment. enjoy

Pirhobeta wrote: Sean Tarry, understandably, not too happy...

Why? I did not see the interview

Tony T wrote:

bayern wrote: They've lumped on to the favourite, monkey see, monkey do:P[/quote


At least I & obviously many others got the money at 3/1 & shorter & you got the prize for your idiotic comment. enjoy

Well done Tony for getting the price that you got. I am not accusing anyone other than myself of being a monkey.

sw/ex box
Arctic Skyline
Gin And Tonic

Sammy Silver wrote:

Pirhobeta wrote: Sean Tarry, understandably, not too happy...

Why? I did not see the interview

the way the money came for their horse...He was not as confident as he thinks his feedback was portrayed to the public...(my opinion of his feelings...)

Rafeef is doing quite well, think that`s 3 winners