Take Commander Zero

Published: Friday | August 21, 2009



The 17-1 outsider, FIRE DRAGON (right), one of four winners for in-form jockey Paul Francis, wins the eighth race over 1700 metres in a driving finish from ALLORA (Dane Nelson), at Caymanas Park last Saturday. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 start anew on tomorrow's 50th anniversary programme at Caymanas Park, featuring 12 races.

One lucky punter bagged the $1 million Pick-9 last Saturday, while the Super-6 was shared by 53 punters, each receiving $35,135.50.

The programme will facilitate two Super-6s, while the Pick-9 will be conducted from race four to 12.

We look at the second Super-6, which gets under way in the seventh race over 2000 metres for the Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) Administration Plaque to be contested by seven starters. The winner should come from the trio of SERGEANT STONEHAN under champion jockey Omar Walker, DARLINGFORD and MR. JIM CEE with Panamanian jockey Dick Cardenas aboard.

Both SERGEANT STONEHAN and MR. JIM CEE have worked well coming into this race, while DARLINGFORD is bred for the distance and now gets a glorious opportunity to win her second race from 13 career starts. It should be close among the three, but preference is for the Wayne DaCosta-trained SERGEANT STONEHAN.

BULLET LINE, with Walker riding for DaCosta, is tipped to win the eighth race over the straight for maiden three-year-olds, having led for a long way behind OASIS in a fast-run 1500-metre race on August 1, when having her first outing in over six months.

Walker's mount QUATRO MORI (working fairly well) should get the better of WESTMORELAND, BEAUTIFUL VICTORY and SEEK GOLD in the ninth for maiden, again over the straight.

Then, take the well-prepared COMMANDER ZERO (down in class) to lead home the progressive American colt WORKING IMAGE in the 10th race over 1200 metres for overnight allowance horses, top weight AHWHOFAH over SHANGHAI PASS in the 11th for the Caymanas 50th Anniversary Trophy at 1400 metres, before closing off with LA'S DANCER in the Track Price Plus Dig-Out Handicap over 1300 metres.

SECOND SUPER-6 FANCIES

(7) SERGEANT STONEHAND/MR JIM CEE/DARLINGFORD

(8) BULLET LINE

(9) QUATRO MORI/WESTMORELAND/SEEK GOLD

(10) COMMANDER ZERO

(11) AHWHOFAH/SHANGHAI PASS

(12) LA'S DANCER/ORION/ARIZONASUNSHINE

- O.C.