PRESIDENT'S CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE (Grade 1) - MAJMU faces sternest test to date

MAJMU will be up against her strongest field to date. Her class is not up for debate as she has proved to be a filly of exceptional talent. If the going is soft, she has won in soft going before. She will  be going over a distance she has never ventured before but the way in which she has won the six from seven starts suggests that she should get the trip. Another factor one has to cosider is that she is only a three year old filly taking on some of the best older horses in the country. Her only blemish was not as a result of a below par run but rather of  interference in the hiome straight. Expect another very good effort.

There is only one other three year old in the field. UNPARALLELED has also shown talent in his short career to date. His biggest problem is that he has been the subject of interference on numerous occasions. He has looked impressive and he should be right there at the line.

WYLIE HALL was the subject of late betting support last time. He will always be remembered for his desperately close second in last year's Vodacom Durban July. He was reurning from a lengthy break last time and still won with ease. That was against slightly weaker and that prep run for this race will have brought him on well and he should be a threat yet again.

 LOUIS THE KING was not at his best last time and that run should be ignored. Once again he will be partnered by Piere Strydom who must have to confidence in him to have wanted the ride once more. His feats of last season have been well documented and any repeat of that form would come as no surprise were he to finish fisrt this afternoon. He will have his supporters.

HALVE THE DEFICIT hasn't won for a while but one can never ignore a Sean Tarry runner on a feature day race meeting.

1st -  MAJMU (11); 2nd - UNPARALLELED (10); 3rd - WYLIE HALL (2); 4th - LOUIS THE KING (1); 5th - HALVE THE DEFICIT (3)