Yeni comes sailing home

Muzi Yeni produced a vintage ride aboard Sail The Seas as he led home a Justin Snaith one-two in the Gr2 WSB Guineas in front of a festive crowd at a revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.

- ANDREW HARRISON

Riding the Snaith ‘second’ string Yeni pounced at just the right time to edge out stable companion and short-priced favourite Eight On Eighteen and Cosmic Speed in a blanket finish.

In a change of tactics to his come-from-behind second in the Gr2 Hawaii Stakes behind Main Defender, Craig Zackey had no hesitation in taking Sean Tarry’s charge to the front in a field reduced to seven runners with the late scratching of Legal Counsel.

Cosmic Speed

Cosmic Speed set sedate early fractions with Sail The Seas in close attendance and Eight On Eighteen off the pace but still in touch some six lengths off the leader.

Zackey sat for as long as he could once off the false rail but with Sail The Seas breathing down his neck he was finally forced to go for broke.

But Yeni always had him in his sights and in a bit of tactical riding he moved up along side Cosmic Speed and steadily pressed him off a straight line without causing interference.

It was a move that probably won him the race as Cosmic Speed, game as he tried, was not able to hold off his rival and looked destined for second before Eight On Eighteen flashed up on his inside to snatch second.

Snaith