Lavender Bay can go back-to-back

SIX of the ten races on the rain soft-ened Winter course at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth this afternoon are for the fairer sex, including the two highest-rated races, a pair of Class 4 Handicaps.

- GRAEME HAWKINS

The first of these is the seventh race over 1800m and from pole position the ultra-consistent Lavender Bay could go back-to-back following her victory over the same trip at Hollywoodbets Durbanville back in March.

Pentolina

Lavender Bay now races off a career high of 77 but she is only 1kg worse off with Pentolina who finished third on that occasion, nearly three lengths adrift of Andre Nel’s 4yo daughter of Twice Over. Given their respective barrier positions - Pentolina has the worst of the draw to overcome - I would expect Lavender Bay to confirm the form with Vaughan Marshall's filly.

Strawberry Thief

Pentolina appears to have the beating of Strawberry Thief on the evidence of their recent meeting behind Kleinzee, and therefore by extension Lavendar Bay seems to hold Strawberry Thief.