This Saturday sees the running of the 2014 J&B Met and I am very lucky to own 2 of the 18 horses in the field.  Last year’s J&B Met was won by a 75/1 outsider, Martial Eagle, and so upsets are possible, but at the moment it appears that both of my horses are considered outsiders and not expected to run a place let alone finish in the first 10.  

On the performance that I saw in Cape Town some three weeks ago, there is no doubt that Master of my Fate is the horse that everybody has to beat.  He has won 6 races in a row, he has won them very easily and he also grew up on Varsfontein Stud like both of my horses in the race. He was in the same ring and would have spent time with my colt Master Sabina while growing up there.  They are both sons of Jet Master and unluckily for me it appears, on form thus far, that Master of my Fate is the better of the two horses.  The other favourite in Cape Town will be Jackson, who is certainly a top horse, but while he has won many important races, he never appears to have won a huge, major race and I just don’t think he is going to win now either.  My filly, Do You Remember, has to have a good chance too because she is all heart and she always puts in a great effort but she is the only female in the race and there is a reason for that – the J&B Met is not actually a handicap.  It is a conditions race and the conditions really suit the best rated horses in the country which means at the weights, neither of my horses should actually even run a place.  Horseracing is all about form and one cannot ignore that on form neither of my horses should have a chance.  I am going in with an approach of basically just hoping for an upset result and to get lucky!  The odds reflect that – Master Sabina is 50/1 and Do You Remember is 55/1.