Kementari Resumes On Saturday

[Wandering Eyes]

Saturday’s G2 Missile S. at Randwick is shaping up to be an informative contest with Godolphin’s Kementari (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}) fancied to make a bold bid for success on his first start since running unplaced in the G1 Star Doncaster Mile in April. “This is a really important test for him,” trainer James Cummings said on Thursday. “He’s done well in his break and looks ready to race as a stronger version of himself this campaign. While he’s not yet fully wound up he’s nevertheless capable of running very well fresh. While I can’t see him being completely at his best, I think the horse is in great shape and ready to run a very good race.” Kementari logged an impressive stakes hat trick earlier in the year headed by a win in the G1 Randwick Guineas in April before running third to Winx (Aus) (Street cry {Ire}) in the G1 George Ryder S. at Rosehill.

Dropping back to six furlongs on Saturday, Kementari will face some stiff opposition from some well established sprinters like Music Magnate (NZ) (Written Tycoon {Aus}) and She Will Reign (Aus) (Manhattan Rain {Aus}) and Cummings feels he should be a bit wiser about future targets after the race. “This field is a good enough test for him to see what sort of performance we can get from him at 1200 metres at this stage of his career,” he added. Bjorn Baker is hoping Music Magnate’s best days aren’t behind him as he bids to bounce back from a disappointing effort last time at Meydan in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint. “I’m confident he has still got it,” Baker told Racing And Sports. “It’s a strong field and whether he can beat the young horses coming through I don’t know. But he is as well as ever. He’s still a group horse and he is very good fresh and he has won his two trials leading into this,” he added.

 

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