DERBY and St Leger-winning colt Perfect Neighbour, who missed winning the Triple Crown by a head, put his three-year-old season behind him and returns to the track for his prep for the upcoming Superstakes in the $786,500 Nigel B Nunes Memorial Cup Open Allowance feature at Caymanas Park today.
Trained by champion and leading trainer Wayne DaCosta, Perfect Neighbour will face his sternest test to date while facing seven of the best local bred and ripened three-year-olds in the field of eight in this stamina-testing sprint going 1820 metres.The Nigel B Nunes Memorial headliner of the 11-race card is the penultimate race on the card and is set to go to post at approximately 4:55 pm with first post at 12:10 pm.Owned by Alfred A Lee and Jeffrey Mordecai, Perfect Neighbour, following a seven-week respite, returns to competitive racing in good heart, and with age and weight in his favour will give a very good account of himself, but this is no age-group fling.Commanding Chief, with Winston Griffiths in the irons, Typewriter with Shane Ellis astride, Raging Prospect, who, has shown great maturity since turning four, Military Move, who truly loves this distance and the pesky Exotic Gold are not in the race to fill space — far from it.Winning is the name of the game and all the runners in this field know how to win and the value attached. Earning is an important consideration for trainers, but winning is paramount.In a race such as this, the bigger picture is the upcoming Superstakes, and all these runners are expected to perform in a manner to give their trainers a guide as to how well preparation is progressing.Typewriter blew up over the stamina-testing journey of 2,000 metres on last when faced by some seasoned campaigners. Now four, Typewriter, who like Perfect Neighbour, won the final legs of the Triple Crown last year is in an easier spot, and having won twice over the distance in very good times, will be seen to better advantage despite being still saddled with the big weight.Truth be told, only the top campaigners have beaten Typewriter this season and now lowering his sight could register his third win of the season.With no Mark My Word and Classy Prospect with which to contend, Commanding Chief is presented a glorious chance to get among the top boys. Probably not genuine A1 material, Commanding Chief went down on last by 3/4 of a length to Classy Prospect going 2,000 metres when apprentice-ridden.Be that as it may, he comes back for the Nigel G Nunes Memorial Cup well prepared, and to be piloted by top reinsman Winston Griffiths, could go one better after failing by a similar margin of 3/4 of a length behind the imported horse Reasonable Press over today’s distance on June 29 when ridden by Shane Ellis.Ones To WatchRace 1 Gold Price (Dick Cardenas)Race 2 Rastaraven (Percy Williams)Race 3 Sheza Bosslady (Dane Nelson)Race 4 Austin Luke (Dane Nelson)Race 5 She Knows Best (Kuri Powell)Race 6 Reign Of Deftiny (Orlando Foster)Race 7 Princess Niyah (Dane Nelson)Race 8 Zen Zen (Rayan Wilson)Race 9 Lincoln Lawyer (Omar Walker)Race 10 Commanding Chief (Winston Griffiths)Race 11 Vana Pospect (Shamaree Muir)Former champion jockeys, Omar Walker (left) aboard El Cliente, and Dick Cardenas (right) atop Midnight Launch get down to serious business with the former prevailing to win the second race on Sunday’s ninerace card at Caymanas Park. (PHOTO: HURBUN WILLIAMS)View the original article here
Perfect Neighbour returns for Nigel B Nunes Mem Cup
