Dual Irt New -Zeeland Trotting Cup -winner Swayzee (Rock N Roll Heaven) will be confronted this Saturday evening with a serious first-up Harness Racing Challenge in the $ 150,000 Group 1 Len Smith Mile in Menangle (Sydney).
Of course he is the best horse in the race, but the seven -year -old is in the first place since April, not as well suited to sprint as he stays and is confronted with a number of fit and fires.
Swayzee, who looked sharp to win a menangle mile test in 1min49.9sec last Wednesday, has not started since he finished fourth in the 1 Nullarbor in Gloucester Park on 25 April.
Important rivals such as Catch a Wave, Max Delight, Sure Thing Captain, Eye keep smiling and the caretaker and Kingman all won brilliant last week.
And all rather raced in Menangle Sprint races.
Champion Mare Eye Keep Smiling showed that she was ready for the biggest test of her career when she won brilliantly the first time last night of a short break in Menangle.
It was her 11th consecutive victory and, despite being parked, she burned a 1min49.9ec Mill and easily held her rivals to win with 1.9 million. The final splits were 54.5 and 27.3 sec.
She will be one of the two runners for Luke McCarthy, who had the untouched Kiwi-Bedked four-year-old Kingman who worked well between races in Menangle during the weekend.
Kingman, who showed a lot of talent for Emma Stewart, raced three times for McCarthy for two wins and a second.
Another Kiwi-bred, Chantal Turpin’s The Janitor, turned attention with a Powerhouse First-up victory in Albion Park.
Six weeks first, the caretaker was parked outside of Inter Dominion Runner-Up Speak the Truth and crushed him in a 1min51.2Sec miles speed for 1660m.
Speak the truth, who will certainly tackle the Len Smith with Stablemate, will be fitter for the run and fly to Menangle.
Despite the absence from jump to fame, the depth of the Len Smith will be excellent.
Old Marvel Max Delight looked fantastic when Swayzee saw behind Swayzee in last Wednesday’s menangle process.
The enigmatic but gifted catch a wave returned to his very best form that won in Melton last Saturday week.
Remember that he has won a miracle mile in Menangle and also won Len Smith from last year.
Then there is the high-class and in-shape captains correct.
Today’s barrier will be important, but given the depth of the race and the presence of Swayzee, it is certainly a really running competition.
When staying races, the Rivals of Swayzee often lead him instead of trying to toe to toe with the powerful resident.
But in sprint traces, rivals will be much more likely to keep him out, especially first.
It will be a race.
Through Adam HamiltonFor Harnas Racing New -Zeeland
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