Turffontein Standside stages a low key eight race meeting tomorrow. The competitive nature of the races means dividends could be handsome despite there being two Pinnacle Stakes events and a Conditions Plate.

The sixth is a Pinnacle Stakes event over 1600m where Bulleting Home and Romany Prince are the joint best-weighted males according to official merit ratings. However, Prospect Strike is chosen to upset them, despite riding arrangements suggesting Bulleting Home is the Sean Tarry stable elect.

Prospect Strike will appreciate the step up to 1600m, having been outpaced for most of the straight in his last start over 1400m, where he was beaten 2,5 lengths by Bulleting Home. However, he was staying on late and he now at last has a nice draw, while Bulleting Home is drawn wider in the small eight horse field. Lyle Hewitson retains the ride on Prospect Strike.

Bulleting Home has class and should be right there, while Romany Prince will likely enjoy the drop in trip to 1600m and will be a big threat from the pole position draw. Unagi is a classy three-year-old, but faces a tough task at the weights, and so does the talented Front Rank. The best weighted horse is actually the filly Duffi’s Call, but she earned her rating in Zimbabwe and it might be inflated.

Tarry is taken to win the fifth race too, a Pinnacle Stakes race for fillies and mares over 1000m, with the speedy and classy Rebel To The Fore. She is well in on official merit ratings and this will also be her third run after a long layoff, so she should bounce back from her disappointing last run. She could be a Pick 6 banker, but beyond her it is quite open.

The best bet comes in the last race, a MR 72 Handicap over 1400m. Alaadel has still been green, despite winning his last two, and the penny should start dropping now for this promising sort. He is drawn in two over an ideal trip.

David Thiselton