Snaith Holds Strong Hand In Met

[Wandering Eyes]

A field of 13 go to post for the G1 Sun Met at Kenilworth Racecourse on Saturday, with trainer Justin Snaith holding a very strong hand in the 10-furlong contest. Snaith is responsible for four challengers and they include both last year’s winner Oh Susanna (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) and market leader Do It Again (SAf) (Twice Over {GB}), who arrives to the Met on the back of two top-class displays in winning the G1 L’Ormarin’s Queen’s Plate at Kenilworth earlier this month and the G1 Vodacom Durban July last year. With top-level wins over both a mile and 11 furlongs, Saturday’s trip holds no fears for him.

Drakenstein Stud’s Oh Susanna also comes into the race in top form, having won the G1 Cartier Paddock S. on Queen’s Plate day Jan. 5. Snaith is struggling to split the pair and speaking to the Cape Times said, “If Do It Again wants to win the Met he is going to have to beat Oh Susanna. Since her win last year this is the best I have had her. But that said, it is going to be tough to beat Do It Again. He has won the July and the Queen’s Plate and he deserves to be favourite.”

Snaith also saddles Made To Conquer (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}), who finished second to the favourite in the Durban July and sports first-time blinkers in an effort to bridge that gap. Sean Tarry’s eight-time Group 1 winner Legal Eagle (SAf) (Greys Inn) returns for a fourth time in his bid for an elusive first Met but has his work cut out on the evidence on his most recent fourth behind Do It Again in the Queen’s Plate. There is also the strong suspicion that he is better over a mile.

Another with genuine claims is the Eric Sands-trained Rainbow Bridge (SAf) (Ideal World), who has the services of former champion jockey Anton Marcus.

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