The exciting unbeaten-in-three Basadi Faith looks the one to beat in today’s Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery at Turffontein.
A facile winner of the Ruffian Stakes, the daughter of Master Of My Fate steps up 160m as she looks set to put her blistering pace into play and provide punters with a perfect Place Accumulator banker to get the 2019 Champions Day off to a flying start.
Basadi Faith – can she make it four on the trot?
With the Pretty Polly Stakes winner Palace Of Dreams giving this feature a miss, Mike de Kock’s Gin Fizz looks one of the only runners capable of stopping the Paul Matchett rising star. But the fact remains that Gin Fizz was beaten over 4 lengths in the Ruffian Stakes with every chance and meets the Favour Stud bred flyer on 2kgs worse terms here.
The dark horse could well be Roy Magner’s unbeaten in two runs True To Life. The daughter of Duke Of Marmalade takes her first dip into feature company and won smartly last time. In fact the result of the Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes at Greyville last evening could be worth looking at.
Sean Tarry’s Cavivar has been fancied on a few occasions and the smart debut winner reverts to her own sex after flopping in the Protea Stakes and the Storm Bird Stakes against the boys.
Her stablemate Emerald Tiara was placed in the Ruffian and the Pretty Polly (a nice run!) after an equally impressive victory on debut at the Vaal. Riding arrangements suggest Cavivar is the stable elect.
