Siren’s Call – has Same Jurisdiction to beat says Striker
We have to delve into the excuses envelope to find a reason to beat Sean Tarry’s Siren’s Call in Saturday’s R1 million Wilgerbosdrift Gr1 SA Fillies Classic. The restricted races poster girl should also relish the step up in distance to the 1800m for the first time and we fancy her to line up in the SA Oaks on 25 April as the SA Triple Tiara princess-in-waiting.
With Mike De Kock choosing a different route for his champion Majmu, Sean Tarry and Peter De Beyer must be sitting with mixed feelings.
Trainer Sean Tarry – strong hand
As trainer and owner of Siren’s Call, they know how good she is, and taking on and beating Majmu on Saturday would have been the cherry on top. But that is not going to happen.
The R1 million Triple Tiara bonus remains a juicy carrot and could add another chapter to the fairytale of the R60 000 CPYS Book 2 homebred – who has already banked over R1,7 million in her six starts.
That’s not discounting the black-type earned and the boost to the prospects of her sire, who these days will have many better quality mares knocking at his door.
Siren’s Call has impressive form. She won first time of asking by 5,50 lengths – unfancied at 14 to 1.
She has won 4 from 6 starts and her only two defeats were by Majmu in the Starling Stakes and then at the hands of the boys in the Dingaans (she ran a cracking fourth).
She showed character and class when beating her stablemate Trophy Wife in the Gauteng Fillies Guineas last time, when looking beaten inside the 200m. A change of legs was all that was required and she stormed away to win by a length.
There seems little doubt she will enjoy the extra 200m – even though her Mom only won up to 1200m. She obviously gets the stamina from her SA Derby winning Dad.
In Arrears
Six of her nine opponents on Saturday finished behind in last month’s Gauteng Fillies Guineas.
Closest was stablemate Trophy Wife in second and one length away.
While many thought that Trophy Wife had been unlucky when sandwiched in the CTS Graduates race three weeks earlier, the Guineas sort of confirmed that Siren’s Call is probably a length better than her.
A further length back in third in the Fillies Guineas was Alec Laird’s Ideal World filly Smart Call.
A winner of her penultimate start by 9,25 lengths, she was prominent for a long way in the Guineas and there is no question that she is bred to enjoy the 1800m.
She showed her class with solid placed efforts in the Starling Stakes and the Fillies Mile late last year.
Still The Same
Another Tarry runner in Tamaanee was a further 0,75 lengths behind in fourth.
The Australian-bred daughter of Teofilo shows signs of a filly wanting to go further and stayed on strongly without threatening. In the Fillies Mile, she ran a similar kind of race and could get a few lengths closer over the 200m extra.
Same Jurisdiction – Striker thought this was his danger from the 2 draw
A short head behind Tamaanee was KZN champion Same Jurisdiction.
Duncan Howells’ daughter of Mambo In Seattle returned to the track with fire in early January after a five month break following her outstanding Gr1 Thekwini victory.
Her next start in the Fillies Guineas and her first in Gauteng, was less impressive.
She was drawn 12 out of 15 and while also being bumped in running, Stuart Randolph battled to get her in, and she ran out of puff.
The connections have switched to Anton Marcus and from a 2 draw, she looks likely to deliver something more on the lines of her ability.
Mike De Kock’s Pine Princess was 4,75 lengths off Siren’s Call in the Guineas at her first run back since a decent fourth behind Inara in the Majorca Stakes.
This daughter of Captain Al catches the eye as the one distance suited and proven galloper over the trip and may be worth considering.
Sensible Lover wins – this will be tougher at the weights
Sensible Lover had every chance in the Fillies Guineas but faded out to twelfth and 6,85 lengths behind. She will need to improve and also prove that her Three Troikas victory over the top-class Lazer Star was no flash of brilliance.
Anthony Delpech rides the second of the De Koc runners, Estidraaj. This very lightly raced daughter of Hard Spun impressed with a dazzling maiden win on the Greyville poly, and registered an impressice course and distance win last time.
She is unexposed and could be much better than her 93 rating. She also has a 1 draw in her favour.
Trainer Gavin Van Zyl – looking for a big run from Banbury
Gavin Van Zyl’s Banbury returns from a 17 week win following her surprise win in the Fillies Mile on Summer Cup day. The daughter of Horse Chestnut has earned at all of her five starts and will easily stay the trip. If fit, she could run into the minor money.
The Robbie Sage-trained Zrinski looks to have it all to do at these level weight terms – and her widest draw will not help the cause.
The daughter of Dynasty is held by Banbury on her 2014 Fillies mile effort and by Smart Call on her penulitimate outing.
It is difficult suggesting that she will finish anywhere higher than midfield.
Siren’s Call is the choice to hold Same Jurisdiction – with Trophy Wife running on strongly late.
