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By Mike Moon

Horse racing correspondent


Candice and Aldo show is back in town

Bass-Robinson and Domeyer re-enter the battlefield in Race 4, a 1260m Maiden Plate, with Tchaikovsky, a three-year-old who has just been gelded.


The in-form duo of Candice Bass-Robinson and Aldo Domeyer can get punters off to a flying start at Durbanville on Tuesday, helping them build a war chest for when the going gets tougher later in the afternoon.

Juvenile filly Who Do You Love looked a cut above the average when she trotted up on debut just more than a month ago and could reprise that performance for the Bass-R0binson-Domeyer combo over the same 1000m trip in Race 1.

The trainer and jockey go with Dancetildaylight in the second, a Progress Plate for fillies over 1600m. This one has been racing in features of late – even at Grade 1 level – so should have the measure of most of the opposition here.

The one exception to that comment is Justin Snaith-trained Really Royal, who has also been consorting with superior company recently and could revel in this lesser class.

Bass-Robinson and Domeyer re-enter the battlefield in Race 4, a 1260m Maiden Plate, with Tchaikovsky, a three-year-old who has just been gelded. The cut might be what he needs to get the son of Pomodoro more focused – after he has shown hints of talent in five outings to date.

His principal threat is Piet Steyn-trained Boisterous Buddy, who got on well with veteran rider Bernard Fayd’Herbe last time and turned in his best career showing by placing second in a 1000m dash.

Aeneas in the sixth is the trainer-jockey team’s next best, with Adios Amigos having an outside shout in the last.

SELECTIONS

1: 3 Who Do You Love, 4 A Time To Flower, 1 Bonika, 6 Gypsy Express

2: 3 Dancetildaylight, 2 Really Royal, 6 Young Love, 5 Maledimo

3: 1 La Vida, 2 She’s My Captain, 3 Noble Grace, 8 Girls Got Rhythm

4: 1 Tchaikovsky, 2 Boisterous Buddy, 7 Axl, 3 Masterful Guy

5: 1 La Folie Douce, 2 Going Up, 7 Apollo Moon, 3 Polar World

6: 1 Clap Of Thunder, 2 Douglas, 3 Aeneas, 6 High Dudgeon

7: 7 Night Song, 3 Kaptein, 1 Sudden Star, 4 Do Angels Sing

8: 3 Lion’s Head, 9 Surjay, 4 Han Solo, 7 Adios Amigos

Pick 6: 1,2 x 1,2,3,7 x 1,2,7 x 1,2,3 x 1,3,4,7 x 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (R2016)

PA: 2 x 1 x 1,2 x 1,2 x 1,2 x 1,3,7 x 3,4,9 (R72)

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