Bavarian Beauty’s last four runs have comprised three Grade races and one Grade 2 event.
She contested the Grade 1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic at Turffontein over 1800m, followed by the Grade 1 TAB Empress Club Stakes over 1600m at the same venue.
He next two runs were at Hollywoodbets Greyville, starting with the Grade 2 Tibouchina Stakes over 1400m and finally the Grade 1 Ridgemont Garden Province Stakes over 1600m on Durban July day.
While she did not win any of those races, she ran well enough in three of them to finish in touch with the leaders, the one exception being the Empress Club Stakes where she was reported not to be striding out.
Before her last race, the Garden Province Stakes, the word from the Tony Peter stable was that this three-year-old daughter of Querari had come well and they were predicting a good run.
While she did not win, Bavarian Beauty ran well enough to finish fifth, but just 1.75 lengths behind winner Humdinger.
That event is run under weight-for age conditions so she ran to her net merit rating. She already does have a Grade 1 win to her name as last season, as a two-year-old, she captured the Thekwini Stakes over 1600m at Greyville.
Now this filly takes a mighty drop in class when she lines up in a Pinnacle Stakes for fillies and mares over 1400m on the Turffontein Standside track on Saturday.
While she does carry top weight of 60kg, Bavarian Beauty is the best weighted runner by at least 2kg. She is drawn well enough in gate No 5, has Calvin Habib in the irons and should be too good for her opposition.
Calvin Habib takes the ride once again.
Her closest rival at the weights and on form is Celtic Rumours. Sean Tarry’s charge is the runner closest to Bavarian Beauty on handicap and is just 2kg out.
However, based on their run in the Garden Province Stakes there should not be much between pair as Celtic Rumours is now 3kg better off for a 2.90-length defeat.
Unfortunately, the four-year-old daughter of Vercingetorix is drawn widest of all in this nine- horse field. Often, in races around the turn on the Standside track at Turffontein, the draw is not that important, but they start very close to the bend in events over 1400m and jockey Gavin Lerena will have to ensure his mount is not caught too wide around the turn.
Clive Robinson
