Kis­han­da and Hay­ley Turn­er look an in­vin­ci­ble com­bi­na­tion for the four-run­ner Maid­en Stakes over a mile of South­well fi­bre­sand to­day; that was my first im­pres­sion. Af­ter more care­ful scruti­ny Kis­han­da is even more the prover­bial 'good thing' and to­tal­ly un­op­pos­able. 'Dai­ly Earn­er' was aboard Hugh Mor­ri­son-trained Sleep­ing In­di­an fil­ly when she made an aus­pi­cious course and dis­tance de­but three weeks ago. Kis­han­da, though no match for easy win­ner, Son Jisa, shaped well in the clos­ing stages to beat odds-on favourite for the sec­ond spot. Mor­ri­son has a hap­py knack of im­prov­ing thor­ough­breds, has a good record at this par­tic­u­lar Not­ting­hamshire venue and Hay­ley knows it bet­ter than any jock­ey alive, hav­ing been born there. We have a bet and with Mark John­ston hav­ing a run­ner, New Latin, placed three times, odds-against is an­tic­i­pat­ed. Just off to the bank!

Ear­li­er, for the fifth time in suc­ces­sion, Hay­ley rides Camps Bay in the Sell­ing stakes over twelve fur­longs. It's 'time' this Conor Dore-trained, course and dis­tance vis­it­ed the win­ners' en­clo­sure, again.

That seemed cer­tain last month, when Camps Bay gal­loped in­to the lead on Ling­field poly­track, seem­ing­ly full of run­ning; 300 yards from home there was no bet­ting in a two-mil­er but then sta­mi­na gave out and for the third suc­ces­sive oc­ca­sion this con­sis­tent sev­en-year-old was placed sec­ond.

Doubt­less on ad­vice from Hay­ley, a re­ver­sion to this short­er trip was ad­vised. Dore ap­pears to have found the de­fin­i­tive op­por­tu­ni­ty be­cause the TH has him clear 'best-in' and Camps Bay must be backed ac­cord­ing­ly. Course and dis­tance win­ners have to be re­spect­ed on this unique sur­face. So many thor­ough­breds are just un­able to cope with the 'deep stuff' and Bon­nie Prince Blue is an­oth­er case in point. This ex-Bar­ry Hills-trained vet­er­an won by sev­en lengths over six fur­longs four weeks ago and some­thing sim­i­lar can be an­tic­i­pat­ed in the Claim­ing Stakes over six fur­longs.

SE­LEC­TIONS

RACE 3 (#1) CAMPS BAY

RACE 6 (#6) GOLD STO­RY (e.w.)

RACE 9 (#2) BON­NIE PRINCE BLUE

RACE 15 (#4) KIS­HAN­DA