Glen Kotzen is going to aim Princess Royal at the Gr 1 Fillies Sprint at Scottsville on June 4 and last year’s Gr 1 Allan Robertson runner-up boosted her claims by producing a spectacular turn of foot to sprint away from the opposition at Kenilworth on Saturday.

Admittedly the Sceptre winner had nothing of the calibre of Carry On Alice to contend with this time but, as part-owner Peter de Beyer put it, “She did it far better and far easier than I thought she would.”

Anthony Andrews, who gets on so well with what can apparently be a tricky customer, said: “The key to her is keeping her calm beforehand. If she plays up with you down at the start you’ve as good as run your race.

“This was only an allowance plate whereas the Sceptre last time was a Group 2 but I wouldn’t think she was 100% – it was a prep before going to Durban and she would have needed it.”

But keep an eye on Captain’s Flame. The lightly raced second favourite would have been closer than fourth had she not been hampered and twice forced to switch.

Mike Bass has the Cape Of Good Hope Nursery on May 28 as his objective for the highly regarded Caballo Blanco who comfortably landed the odds in the first.

“He shows a lot of ability at home and I’m very excited to see how he progresses,” said Candice Robinson while Grant van Niekerk, who rode five winners for his boss in two days, added: “This horse is talented and he will go places.”

The Kenilworth Fillies Nursery on the same day is the target for stable companion Live Life who also justified odds-on and is a half-sister to Cold As Ice.

Mike Stewart reckons he will make winter hay with Al Wahed who was sent to him from Duncan Howells to avail of the daily benefits of sea-water. But, according to his new trainer, the vet’s knife has also improved the four-year-old who certainly came good under Brandon May in the Soccer 6 Handicap.

The Noordhoek trainer explained: “Al Wahed has an offset knee but it’s since I gelded him three weeks ago that he has begun moving nicely. This is going to be a serious horse to follow over the winter.”

Cape Town-born Ralton Peters is optimistic that a long-awaited first South African winner will open up new avenues of opportunity.

Peters, 31, said: “I was sent to Zimbabwe by the Jockey Academy in 2001 because they had very few apprentices there and I stayed until I joined Brett Crawford two years ago.”

Newcomer Make It Raine in the 1 200m fillies maiden was Peters’ first winner since Approval Rating in the 2013 Zimbabwe Guineas and only his sixth ride of the season. He had to sit and suffer when he found his path blocked approaching the 200m mark and he then coolly switched the 25-1 shot through a gap to look as impressive as his mount.

Wayne Kieswetter and his Ridgemont manager Craig Carey were impressed with both horse and rider. “Ralton does a hell of a lot with the horses at Brett Crawford’s. We were a bit worried about this filly because she has taken a long time but she suddenly seems to have come good,” said Carey.

But the hero of the hour was racehorse owner Dr Sarembock. The failure of the booked medical officer to turn up  caused consternation both at Kenilworth (“The start of racing has been delayed indefinitely,” announced the public address) and Turffontein where race times had to be put back with Clyde Basel assessing his various options as busily as punter working out the bipot. Sarembock calmly stepped into the breach and, not surprisingly, was welcomed like manna from heaven.

> Aldo Domeyer, successful on Tripinthemist for Paddy Kruyer in the last, has been suspended for a week (April 6-12) for interference when winning on Streaming the previous Saturday.

By Michael Clower