There are several attractive betting propositions at this weekend’s nine-race Highveld fixture on the Inside track at Turffontein on Saturday 6 September, including a pair of Tony Peter-trained runners as well as a new addition to Sean Tarry’s yard.
The latter, Callmegetrix, makes her stable and Gauteng debut in the day’s main event, a Pinnacle Stakes contest over 1450m (Race 7). Mario Ferreira, owner of the five-year-old mare, enjoyed great success with Tarry after relocating Princess Calla to the Highveld from the Western Cape. The daughter of Flower Alley went on to win three Grade 2 sprints and four Grade 1 races from 1200m to 1800m under the watchful of Tarry before claiming Horse-Of-The-Year honours for the 2022-23 season.
Callmegetrix won the Listed Off To Stud Handicap over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville in her last start for Candice Bass-Robinson before joining up with Tarry’s string ahead of Joburg’s feature-race season, during which connections hope to attain sought-after Black Type with the daughter of sire sensation Vercingetorix.
On official ratings, Callmegetrix is the best-weighted runner in the eight-horse lineup and Tarry’s new recruit should also be ideally distance suited. In nine starts over 1400m, she has not finished out of the first four, winning twice and finishing second on another five occasions.
Muzi Yeni rides Callmegetrix for the first time and, from gate No 2 with just 52kg to carry, the pair will likely adopt the same frontrunning tactics that paid dividends last time out.
Peter-trained Arashi makes her reappearance in Race 8 following a 23-week absence since finishing third in the Grade 2 Fillies Nursery over 1160m on the Standside track as a two-year-old.
This Legislate filly makes her seasonal and three-year-old debut under Kobeli James Lihaba over 1200m against male opposition but she is open to any amount of improvement and is probably better than rated, so it could pay to follow her progress this term.
Stablemate Vibe SA fluffed his lines when stretching out to 1450m on Vaal’s Classic track recently but the return to 1200m in Race 9 will be more to his liking and this son of Just As Well could be worth another chance reunited with Calvin Habib, under whom he finished second in each of their three associations.
Clive Robinson
