Candy Town can get into the swing of things

BEFORE seasonal rain arrives in Cape Town due in the coming weeks, horses with sheer speed will hope to take advantage of fast track conditions.

- ALISTAIR COHEN

The Michelle Rix-trained ELUSIVE WINTER runs in Race 6 - the TURF TALK SYNDICATE MIDDLE STAKES at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth today.

(Picture: Race Coast/Candiese Lenferna)

Candy Town is one of the quickest around. She has not been easy to keep racing regularly but she seems to be into the swing of things. These factors could take her to victory in race 6 over 1000m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on today.She once topped some of the best around.

In January 2025, she turned over subsequent Grade 1 placed and Grade 2 winner Questioning over this track and trip.

She broke them coming out of the stalls with her natural pace and the light weight she had to carry helped her propel across the line. When she is in the mood, she can run nearly anything off their feet.

She did not race for three months between December and March but she returned to the course with a pleasing 0,75-length second behind Sardinia Bay over 1000m at Hollywoodbets Durbanville. She drifted in the market giving signs that she was expected to need the run. There was layers of speed in that race and her sharpness might have been tested. She still came through that effort without losing any marks and she should be able to build on that effort under Richard Fourie for Andre Nel. It is a good sign that she races a few weeks later considering her usual sequence of usually months between outings.

Elusive Winter is such a good-doer and he too had tons of speed. His outside gate of No 8 is a slight worry because he might have to track across and once he does, Candy Town could get a useful early advantage.