Fastnet Filly set for a Grand Crescendo

FORM: BOTH RUNNERS STAND OUT AS EXOTIC BET BANKERS AT TURFFONTEIN

- Jack Milner

Exotic bettors could have two bankers on tomorrow's eight-race Turffontein card where they race on the inside track. Grand Crescendo lines up in Race 2, a Graduation Plate over 1200m, and this Candice Dawson-trained runner ticks all the boxes.

This gelded son of One World started his career in Cape Town when still a juvenile but did not make any impact. These races were in January last year when he was still a juvenile and it is important to note that both races were feature events, so both races, in which he was defeated by less than six lengths behind Roman Agent, were encouraging.

He clearly needed time to mature, so when Dawson brought him back to Joburg and she gave him a rest before giving him his next start which was in a Maiden Plate against older horses over 1400m up the Vaal straight.

This time he made no mistake and ran out a very comfortable 1.50 lengths winner.