Can July star Do It Again at Sun Met?
Jockey Richard Fourie backs the favourite for the R5m Sun Met at Kenilworth
The hot favourite, Do It Again, ticks all the boxes as the likely winner of Saturday’s R5m Sun Met at Kenilworth — except one. His rider, Richard Fourie, will not hear of the four-year-old being beaten, but punters know jockeys are bad tipsters. Nevertheless, it is hard not to share Fourie’s enthusiasm. The Justin Snaith inmate won last season’s Vodacom Durban July and, if anything, has looked even better this term with a decisive victory in the Queen’s Plate. That race was run over 1,600m and the son of Twice Over will appreciate stepping up to the 2,000m of Saturday’s grade1 contest. However, Rainbow Bridge, to be partnered by Anton Marcus, is being tipped to halt Do It Again from establishing himself as the best horse in the country. Eric Sands’s charge looks to be maturing into a top-class performer, though his temperament is akin to tennis star John McEnroe in his prime. Bernard Fayd’Herbe flies back from Dubai to partner another Snaith runner, Oh Susanna, and this talented fil...
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