He said yesterday: “We didn’t want to send the horse to PE if African Horse Sickness regulations mean he couldn’t come home but we will still have quite a strong hand in the East Cape Derby. I will have Glenton and probably Mantle’s Heath plus some locally-trained horses. It looks the lowest-rated East Cape Derby in years. If they move the race to the polytrack, as they did last year, it would suit my local horses.”

Snaith won both the Winter Guineas and the Fairview race last year with Readytogorightnow and True Master. The latter won the feature on the day Snaith sent out a record seven winners.

Richard Fourie rides Paolo on Sunday and MJ Byleveld has been booked for second string Vice Admiral. The Dean Kannemeyer-trained Power King (Karl Neisius) is expected to start favourite.[/expand]