The Glenn Mendez-trained mare Kit­ten With A Whip is my choice to win Fri­day's fea­ture event, Labour Day (ob­served on June 20), when the Ari­ma Race Club (ARC) will host day six of the 2025 rac­ing sea­son at San­ta Rosa Park, Ari­ma.

Pa­trons could ex­pect a good show­ing from the 34 hors­es which have tak­en en­try on ARC's six-race pro­gramme. The fi­nal event which is worth $21,429, is be­ing at­tacked by the hat­trick-seek­ing Mendez-trained mare Kit­ten With A Whip which will take along 57.5 ki­los.

She will be rid­den by Hall of Fame jock­ey Ricky Jadoo. Jadoo is look­ing to con­tin­ue his win­ning form and will have some choice rides on to­day's card. He will be aboard Have A Great Day for cham­pi­on train­er John O'Brien and will al­so ride the favourite in the main event, Kit­ten With A Whip.

O'Brien con­tin­ues his great form af­ter win­ning the Grade One - Tan­gle­wood Stakes in Bar­ba­dos back in Feb­ru­ary. He has won every ma­jor event con­test­ed at San­ta Rosa Park this sea­son and will go close if his hors­es can im­prove enough to stop Kit­ten With A Whip. O'Brien has Un­cle Rog and Princess Roy­al en­gaged.

For­mer cham­pi­on train­er Mendez sets his sights on the hat­trick bid for Kit­ten With A Whip and judg­ing from the last two runs, beat­ing this horse will be a dif­fi­cult task. Mag­i­cal Mendez knows how to get his hors­es in­to great shape and when he does, win­ning is the on­ly op­tion pos­si­ble.

With train­er Clive Ram­baran run­ning the good horse Strik­ing Chrome, this could prove to be a valu­able les­son for him who is seek­ing to go in­to the realm of the 2025 Gold Cup.

The oth­er run­ner in this event is the Ram­per­sad-owned and trained C'est La Vie.

From the look of this event, Kit­ten With A Whip is the an­swer.

Post time is 12.45 pm.

Here is the Day 6 card of the ARC rac­ing sea­son.

ARC DAY 5 CARD

R1: 12.45 PM - MOD­I­FIED BENCH­MARK HAND­I­CAP 3 YO AND OVER HORS­ES RAT­ED 30-0 - 1,200M - $16,837

427*1*Pure Strike*K Lu­cas/Joodram­s­ing* 49.0*Will go well

632*2*Dream­catch­er*R Ram­roop/T Phillips*57.0*Can place

3R5*3*Twit­ter King*K Lu­cas/J Stephens*57.0*Ex­pect­ed

275*4*Cap­i­tal Tee*D Bal­want/S Sook­nan*57.0*Good chance

628*5*Mona Lisa*R Fred­er­icks/D Khelawan* 58.0*One to beat

R2: 1.30 PM -NA­TIVE BRED 3 YO MAID­ENS - 1,200M - $16,837

622*1*Bour­bon Blitz*J O'Brien/D Khelawan*57.0*Must win this

-62*2*Free Pass*G Em­manuel/N Abrego*57.0*Will go close

--3*3*Crys­tal Alert*G Mendez/N Mo­hammed*54.0*Place chance

333*4*Valiante*M Lutch­man/R Jadoo*57.0*Can sur­prise

--5*5*Just Isa Bel­la*T Thomas/J Boodram­s­ing*54.0*Ex­pect­ed to im­prove

263*6*Tsuna­mi*Clive Ram­baran/J Stephen*57.0*Needs to im­prove

R3: 2.15PM - MOD­I­FIED BENCH­MARK HAND­I­CAP 3 YO AND OVER HORS­ES RAT­ED 35-0 - 1,100M (Turf) -$16,837

213*1*Red Alert*M Lutch­man/D Khelawan*58.5*Will go close

483*2*Dusty Rose*D Bal­want/S Sookhan*49.0*Get­ting bet­ter

684*3*Un­cle Ben*M Box­ie/N Abrego*54.5*Con­tin­ues to im­prove

650*4*Un­be­liev­able*F De­fre­itas/J Boodram­s­ing*57.0*Can go close

241*5*Miss Sunak*JW Sama­roo/T Phillips*57.0*Place chance

444*6*Syd­ney*J O'Brien/D Khelawan*53.0*Must win this

R4: 3 PM - MOD­I­FIED BENCH­MARK HAND­I­CAP 3 YO AND OVER HORS­ES RAT­ED 40 - 25 - 1,350M - $16,837

352*1*Prince Con­nor*R Ram­roop/N Abrego*58.5*Chance

486*2*Creme De La Creme*J O'Brien/N Mo­hammed*57.5*The speed

755*3*The Fal­con*JW Sama­roo/T Phillips*52.5*Must im­prove

161*4*So­ca Ec­sta­cy*J O'Brien/D Khelawan*53.5*Will win again

174*5*Bold And Brave*M Box­ie/N Abrego*56.5*Place chance

576*6*Mag­nifi­co*C Ram­baran/J Boodram­s­ing*57.0*Good run ex­pect­ed

R5: 3.45 PM - MOD­I­FIED BENCH­MARK HAND­I­CAP 3 YO & OVER HORS­ES RAT­ED 50-35 - 1,350M - $16,837

126*1*Show­time*J Ly­der/J Steo­hen*49.5*Run­ning on

331*2*Schwarzeneg­ger*R Ram­roop/J Boodram­s­ing*55.0*In good form

562*3*For­ev­er Grand*R Ram­roop/T Phillips*58.5*Will go close

--1*4*Have A Great Day*J O'Brien/R Jadoo*49.5*One to beat

517*5*Supreme Leader*J Ly­der/J Boodram­s­ing*49.5*Chance

214*6*Lit­tle La­dy*G Men­mdez/D Khelawan*58.5*In great form

R6: 4.30 PM - MOD­I­FIED BENCH­MARK HAND­I­CAP - 3 YO AND OVER HORS­ES RAT­ED 7070 - 55 - 1,350M - $21,837

125*1*Un­cle Rog*J O'Brien/T Phillips*50.0*In tough

215*2*C'est La Vie*J Ram­per­sad/J Boodram­s­ing*54.0*The speed

211*3*Kit­ten With A Whip*G Mendez/R Jadoo*57.5*The win­ner

633*4*Strik­ing Chrome*C Ram­baran/J Stephen*56.0*Can be in the hunt

633*5*Princess Roy­al*J O'Brien/N Mo­hammed*50.0*Will go well