Take good aim at Lucky's charge

FORM: READY SET FIRE CAN FOLLOW UP ON COURSE-AND-DISTANCE WIN LAST TIME

- Jack Milner

A pair of three-year-olds and a lightly raced four-year-old look the pick of Race 8, a Middle Stakes, over 1200m on the Turffontein Inside track tomorrow.

It is that time of the year when those runners who made their marks as two-year-olds last season, give us an indication of whether they have trained on and ready to rise to the next level.

The two three-year-olds are Nyaka Nyaka and Arashi, both trained by Tony Peter, while the four-year-old concerned is Ready Set Fire trained by Lucky Houdalakis.

Nyaka Nyaka probably has the best exposed form of the trio as two runs back he finished a 2.20-lengths second behind Jan Van Goyen, who then went on to win the Grade 1 Premiers Champion Stakes over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville.

Two short heads behind Nyaka Nyaka were Soho Heartthrob, narrowly beaten in a handicap against older horses at the Vaal on Tuesday, and Shadowfax, runner up in the Grade 2 Ukhomazi Stakes over 1200m at Greyville.