Met hero Greg Cheyne is on the crest of a wave and, after a four-timer at Fairview on Tuesday, he goes into today’s meeting there with a six-winner lead in the national log and just one short of his century.

With six of his eight rides in the first two in the betting he should increase his lead still further and at Kenilworth tomorrow he has an outstanding chance on Sabina’s Dynasty in the Rocking Red Maiden.

Greg Cheyne (Liesl King)

This filly was most unlucky when starting odds-on last time. She had the worst of the draw and was last of all until the straight. With two furlongs to run she still had eight lengths to make up but she then took off and was only three-quarters of a length off the winner at the line.

There are, however, two negatives. Firstly she is again not drawn well – eighth of 11 – and the distance is 200m less. These factors should help Richard Fourie’s mount Quippi and, to a lesser extent Miss Stake, but Cheyne is riding so well that the Justin Snaith filly is a confident choice.

Snaith introduces the R275 000 Var newcomer Hithimagainchuck in the opening Celebration Life Maiden Juvenile but this one will need to be smart to cope with Victorious Captain who showed plenty of promise when fifth of 15 to Bold Respect who went on to win the R1 million Kuda Sprint.

However a newcomer to note is Ancestry. The Joey Ramsden-trained Oratorio colt cost R850 000 and his dam, A Daughter’s Legacy, won the Final Fling twice as well as the Victress Stakes.

Twilight Trip looks good in the Kinney’s Maiden 35 minutes later. This well bred gelding (by Trippi out of the 2010 Majorca dead-heater Love Is In The Air) was a most encouraging fourth to useful fellow newcomer Kampala Campari on New Year’s Eve despite losing ground at the start.

Candice Bass-Robinson’s three-year-old should have come on enough to account for Pop The Question and Tweak The Wind.

Dorset Noble may follow up for the Milnerton trainer in the All The Single Ladies Maiden. Hernando’s Promise is the form horse, is officially the best horse in the race and has gone close in his last three. He has an unfortunate habit of losing ground at the start, although neither that nor his outside draw should matter so much over this longer trip.

However Dorset Noble has a fair bit of stamina in his pedigree (his dam is by dual Derby winner Generous) and the decision to step up from his good debut over a mile can pay dividends.

By Michael Clower