There will be a lot of competition for places in the Greyville features this season due to the turf track having to be narrowed to make way for the new polytrack.

Brett Crawford’s rising star Captain America heads the KRA Guineas field and he will arrive at Greyville on the back of a good grass gallop at Summerveld.

He is drawn seven while his Investec Cape Derby conqueror, the Justin Snaith-trained Legislate, has drawn well in four.

Legislate was well beaten by Captain America when they last met over this trip in the Grand Parade Cape Guineas, but he was clearly not at his best that day.

However, Captain America, a big and strong colt by Captain Al, does look ideally suited to this trip on racecourse evidence and will be hard to beat.

The Alec Laird-trained Chekilli worked well at Summerveld this week but does have a stamina doubt, while his wide draw of nine will compound that concern.

His stablemate Bezanova finished a decent fifth in the Gr 1 SA Classic over 1 800m and won his debut well in his only previous Durban start, so will be interesting back at the coast.

The only filly in the race is the Geoff Woodruff-trained Gr 2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas winner Arcetri Pink. She is obviously ultra tough as this will be her tenth start since her seasonal reappearance on September 29 and the sixth stakes race she has contested this year.

The Vaughan Marshall-trained Chestnut’s Rocket won the Gr 2 Byerley Turk over 1 400m at Scottsville last time out, despite carrying topweight, and is rated as top drawer by his trainer.

However, a wide draw of ten puts a slight dampener on this front-runner’s chances.

The Alistair Gordon-trained Byerley Turk runner up Copybook is 4kg worse off with Chestnut’s Rocket despite being beaten 1,25 lengths, but that run was his return from a problem and he needed it, so he could be the dark horse.

Dean Kannemeyer’s Byerley Turk fifth-placed Speed Rocket will definitely appreciate the step up in trip and should make his presence felt.

Tony Rivalland’s good looking New Zealand-bred Diamond King put up one of his best bits of work this week at Summerveld and should put his disappointing Byerley Turk run behind him as he has a proven liking for Greyville and is drawn well in two.

The Mike Bass-trained Top Jet has drawn in pole position and is an interesting runner, considering he only finished a length behind the highly touted Brett Crawford-trained Futura at level weights over this trip last time out, while being by Jet Master he should be improving all the time.

Last year’s Drill Hall winner the Dennis Drier-trained Beach Beauty is in the race again this year and Sean Cormack has opted for her ahead of her top class stablemate Master Of My Fate, who will be ridden by Bernard Fayd’Herbe.

Beach Beauty ran an eye-catching pipe opener in the Poinsettia and will be the horse to beat again, although Master Of My Fate will be very interesting fresh over this trip as he has been commanding in victory from 1 200m up to 1 800m in his career to date. Beach Beauty has drawn wide, but her early speed will help her, while Master of My Fate has drawn in six.

The Dean Kannemeyer-trained Capetown Noir is a top miler with a blistering turn of foot, but he takes a while to get going in the straight and that proved his undoing when narrowly beaten on this track last year in the KRA Guineas and Daily News 2000.

His stablemate Ice Machine proved he runs well fresh when runner up in this race last year, but he has drawn very wide this year.

The Kumaran Naidoo-trained Royal Zulu Warrior caught the eye with a fantastic turn of speed when galloping on this course last Thursday and should be ideally suited to this trip, so has a good chance from pole position.

The Weiho Marwing-trained Here Comes Billy is full of class and should make his presence felt in sprints up to this trip this Champions Season.

The Charles Laird-trained Rio Carnival has been very impressive in his starts this season since returning from a life threatening injury and will show whether he can step up to this class over an ideal looking trip on Saturday, but he does have a very wide draw.

His stablemate Distinguished has made vast improvement this season and this race is his Champions Season mission, so he has to be considered a strong contender over his optimum trip with Weichong Marwing up.

Silvano’s Jet, Punta Arena, Jet Explorer and No Worries would all prefer further and are likely using the race as a springboard to bigger things, although horses of their class can never be discounted.

The KRA Fillies Guiness has attracted a vintage field consisting of In The Fast Lane, Lanner Falcon, Athina, Maybe Yes, Not Sulking, Santa Carolina, Eventual Angel, Admiral’s Eye, Goldie Coast, Alascan Maiden, Omaticaya and Sea Cat. It is going to be an exciting race and needs some time to analyse as well as finding out just how well each horse is doing.[/expand]