adminsprint at Borrowdale Park this afternoon.
The six-year-old Century Stand gelding by Kirk Swanson has been drawn at 11 and had managed to get at least a place over the last five races.
Jockey Sherman Brown will partner the equine athlete that should be one of the horses to beat in the field of 18 runners that will go to the starting stalls.
In its latest races over 2000m, Captains’ Tiger had managed to register two wins and a second place finish.
Competition for Captains’ Tiger could come from Machiato, which is coming from the Lisa Harris stable, and will have Nooresh Juglall holding the irons and will have an eight kilos advantage over its rival.
But Machiato’s nemesis in the last race was Ginepri, the Argentinean-bred four-year-old gelding coming from the Seb D’Aquino’s yard.
However, Genepri is going to be tested over the longer distance and his endurance will be the deciding factor if he is to be a top contender until the finish.
Super Trouper is coming from the Gorkhan Terzi stable while attention could also be on the South African runner Directorate by Kumaran Naidoo.
Directorate will be less burned by weights but the horse will have to prove itself when it changes the pilot from Marco Van Rensburg to Raymond Danielson and is drawn at 13.
Van Rensburg has elected to ride Burmese Cat with a draw of 14 and will have to push harder for the five-year-old to be part of the winning stakes.
Ya-Man, who beat Directorate in their previous meeting, has been scratched and so was another pre-event favorite Emperor Augustus.
Emperor Augustus could have been a sure bet for most punters given that the South African runners had dominated the last two editions of the Castle Tankard as Grisham and Code Rock won.
Trainer Mike Azzie is quoted in saying it was now use to bring a horse that was not in perfect condition to such Grade One race and while the seasoned Winters’ Night has been pulled out of the race.
Winter’s Night won the Tankard in 2010 and was hoping to become only the second Taranki won win the Castle Tankard more than once.
But it will be hard to ignore Triple Crown winner Madigan by Kirk Swanson who could is highly rated by the stable as one of the top horses.
The Castle Tankard will be the main event on the race day with six other events on the card and has attracted 18 runners.
Other than racing, punters will stand a chance of winning the several prizes ranging from cash to vehicles in Delta’s promotion.
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