The Titania Trophy, run in honour of the 1974 Derby and Oaks winner, is the principal feature at Caymanas Park today, as the 2009 racing season fast approaches its close.

The 11-race programme commences at noon with another feature race, the Paul Newman Memorial Cup (high claiming), to be run over 1600 metres with six starters.

The field includes recent winners ROYAL MAJESTY and SIMPLY SWEET, as well as RULE BY SECRECY, who won back-to-back races weeks ago, and SKETEL, who beat a good field over 1500 metres on October 28, but has since fallen victim to ROYAL MAJESTY.

All of the above, with the exception of ROYAL MAJESTY, are stepping up in class and indications are that the six-year-old gelding will not only start favourite, but repeat despite top weight of 56.0kg.

Trained by Everal Francis, ROYAL MAJESTY bounced back to winning form in no uncertain fashion on November 7, winning by 4 1/2 lengths from consistent RIGGED TO WIN over 1500 metres, covering the distance in the fairly good time of 1:34.3.

The Law Of The Sea-Michele's Magic offspring continues to please at exercise, and with title-chasing jockey Paul 'Country' Francis needing every winner in his quest to dethrone sidelined champion Omar Walker - with only three days of the season remaining - should make no mistake with ROYAL MAJESTY.

The late-kicking SIMPLE SWEET, a good winner ahead of RULE BY SECRECY over this trip on November 21, looks the principal danger from her convenient mark of 50.0kg.

Meanwhile, 14 have been declared for the Titania Trophy, including leading lights SKIPPING SUE, RUNIN ON EMPTY, MILESTONE, CASHLEY, APES HILL and the recent course winner GRACEFUL NATIVE.

It should be highly competitive among the abovementioned horses but the one best equipped to pull it off must be SKIPPING SUE, to be ridden by the smart 3.0kg claiming apprentice Richard Mairs for the 2006 Derby-winning trainer Eraldo Fullerton.

Narrow finish

SKIPPING SUE lost few marks when finishing a good second to PATARA over 1300 metres on November 13, this after leading for 1100 metres.

The three-year-old grey filly had some good horses behind her that day and judging from her narrow second-place finish, by a head to SAPPHIRE over 1200 metres on August 26, she looks the right choice from the lenient mark of 53.0kg.

SKIPPING SUE has trained fairly well in preparation for this trophy and gets the nod over Philip Feanny's RUNIN ON EMPTY (working very well), who was only a length second to BRASH & SASSY in a fast-run 1200-metre race on October 10.

I also like RED SONJA in the third race for two-year-olds; I AM I AM in the fifth; THE GREYT DOCTOR in the seventh; THE GUV in the eighth; and down-in-class MISS TIMS over MAGNIFICO in the closing Track Price Plus Dig-Out Handicap.