CITY OF PIETERMARITZBURG FILLIES SPRINT (Grade 1) - ALBORAN SEA set to continue on her winning ways

The Mike De Kock trained ALBORAN SEA has been campaigning in Gauteng and the Western Cape with great success. She is no stranger to Pietermaritzburg where she has already won over this course and distance. In all she has won five from her nine starts with only one unplaced run and that is in last year's Grade 1Thekwini Stakes at Greyville. In her last two runs she finished strongly to win the Grade 1 Cape Flying Championship and the Grade 1 Computaform Sprint. She looks set to add the Grade 1 Fillies Spring this afternoon. Regular pilot, Anthony Delpech has the ride. He rode her to victory last time but not the win before. For her five wins and many places she has earned just under R2 million. CARRY ON ALICE meets her at level weights this afternoon for a 0.70 length beating last time. Trainer Sean Tarry inmate will be pushing Mike De Kock charge all the way and these two look set to fight it out again. S'Manga Khumalo, chasing the jockey's title rides her for the twelfth time from fourteen starts.

JET BELLE has raced against some of the best horses around and did make her KZN debut against weaker last time where she won by four lengths this C & D in easy fashion, despite losing ground at the start which has been rather a frequent occurrence.

TZIGANE will need to repeat her penultimate run but does have Piere Strydom in the irons. She is ideally distance suited and runs very well for Piere Strydom. She has been out of the top three only once in nine races with him aboard with three wins in and amongst that.

SARVE did show some improvement last time. She won a few months back over shorter when racing here for the first time in a small feature. May have more to find but could place.

1st - ALBORAN SEA (9); 2nd - CARRY ON ALICE (10); 3rd - JET BELLE (2); 4th - TZIGANE (5); 5th - SARVE (11)