Three class runners stand out on Saturday’s card at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth – Double Grand Slam, Tenango and All The Rage.
In a recent interview champion trainer Justin Snaith named Double Grand Slam as a horse to follow again when asked for a top three for the season, which means the five-year-old has lost none of her spark.
The Vercingetorix mare, who bagged two Grade 1s last season which earned her the Equus Award as Champion Older Filly, carries joint top weight with last start Grade 2 winner Rainbow Lorikeet but is by far the best handicapped runner in Race 2, the Summer Bowl over 1600m.
She beat Bass-trained Rainbow Lorikeet in the race last year. It is a race designed for horses of her calibre who need a pipe opener and last year Double Grand Slam won by 0.50 lengths but is a full 6kg better off this time and is expected to have an easier task.
Andrew Fortune takes the ride.
Last time All The Rage came from behind to beat Grade 1 winner Good For You and had subsequent winners Disting and Powerandtheglory also well beaten. Interestingly, he is not top rated but won his last two easily and that rating could balloon shortly, he should be hard to beat in Race 6, the Listed Sophomore Sprint over 1200m.
Aldo Domeyer knows him well and he will be taking the ride once again.
Tenango looks to have Race 8, The Bantry Bay Stakes, at his mercy even if returning after a 118-day rest. The Canford Cliffs gelding who has a smooth but explosive turn of foot found only one better in Highveld sensation Buffalo Storm Cody in the Grade 1 Mercury Sprint and that is the strongest form by a street in his heat.
Jack Milner’s selections
Race 1: 2 Marseilles, 7 Champagne Castle, 4 Catwalk King, 8 Vulcan Rock
Race 2: 3 Double Grand Slam, 2 Rainbow Lorikeet, 1 Give Me Everything, 5 Swiatek
Race 3: 13 Theleia, 7 Nannie Gold, 9 One Dance, 2 Who Is She
Race 4: 6 Future Free, 1 Pinot Grigio, 2 Strawberry Thief, 7 Regulation
Race 5: 2 Snow Pilot, 3 Sail The Seas, 5 La Pulga, 1 Great Plains
Race 6: 9 All The Rage, 11 Malmesbury Missile, 12 Black Eagle, 8 Roland Garros
Race 7: 2 Good For You, 12 Randolph Hearst, 1 Fox On The Run, 11 Happy Verse
Race 8: 7 Tenango, 3 Raven Black, 4 Mai Sensation, 2 Arctic Wizard
Race 9: 10 Star In Motion, 3 Blind Date, 4 Smarten Up, 2 Ireland Forever
Race 10: 7 Touched By Angels, 9 Worldly, 6 Pomp It Up, 1 Astronomical Boy
BEST BET
Race 6: 9 All The Rage
VALUE BET
Race 9: 10 Star In Motion
BEST SWINGER
Race 6 4x5
BIPOT
R216
Leg 1: 1, 2, 3
Leg 2: 3, 7, 9
Leg 3: 1, 2, 6, 7
Leg 4: 2, 3
Leg 5: 9
Leg 6: 1, 2, 12
PLACE ACCUMULATOR
R192
Leg 1: 7, 13
Leg 2: 1, 2, 6
Leg 3: 2, 3
Leg 4: 9
Leg 5: 1, 2, 11, 12
Leg 6: 7
Leg 7: 2, 3, 4, 10
PICK 6
R600
Leg 1: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
Leg 2: 1, 2, 3, 5
Leg 3: 9
Leg 4: 1, 2, 6, 11, 12
Leg 5: 7
Leg 6: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10
JACKPOT 1
R20
Leg 1: 1, 2, 3, 5
Leg 2: 9
Leg 3: 1, 2, 6, 11, 12
Leg 4: 7
JACKPOT 2
R180
Leg 1: 1, 2, 6, 11, 12
Leg 2: 7
Leg 3: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10
Leg 4: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10