IN FULL FLIGHT HANDICAP (Listed) - ROYAL ZULU WARRIOR goes for the hat trick

The first of six feature races gets under way at the "country" course in "Sleepy Hollow", There will be nothing sleepy about this race and it could produce a tight finish. ROYAL ZULU WARRIOR won his last two when leading for most of the way. The distance should suit and there is every chance of the hat trick this afternoon. S'Manga Khumalo rides.

SHEIK'S BRASHEE has the form to go close and he has been racing in similar. He will need to break on terms this afternoon if he wants to come close to winning though. GULF STORM, from the Cape Town based Brett Crawford yard, makes his seasonal debut. He beat the decent KINGVOLDT last time at Kenilworth. Coming into the race with a run like that, he must have a good shout. GARIBONDY takes on stronger but he does have Anton Marcus aboard. Current form has been good.

After yesterday's successes at Turffontein for the Mike De Kock/Anthony Delpech combination, can one realistically ignore his chances?

1st - ROYAL ZULU WARRIOR (3); 2nd - SHEIK'S BRASHEE (6); 3rd - GULF STORM (8); 4th - GARIBONDY (7); 5th - MOOFEED (10)