Watch Walker tomorrow

Orville Clarke, Gleaner Writer

The Pick-9 and Super-6 failed to survive Wednesday's racing at Caymanas Park and both start anew on the well-supported Supreme Ventures Pick-3 raceday.

The 10-race programme features the sixth running of the $3.6-million Pick-3 Super Challenge Trophy over 1400 metres - the second race in the $11.8-million SVL Series of three which concludes on Boxing Day with the 98th running of the Supreme Ventures Jamaica 2-y-o Stakes over 1600 metres with a purse of $4.25 million.

The series kicked off on October 16 with the talented filly FATTY BUM BUM from the stables of champion trainer Wayne DaCosta running out an easy winner in the Cash Pot Only One For Me Trophy over 1200 metres.

The speedy daughter of Storm Craft-Bird Stow is among 11 starters declared for tomorrow's race, and having worked well, is fancied to lead home old rival TRADITIONAL PRINCE and the lake-kicking UNCLE KEN.

The Pick-9 will embrace races two to 10 on the card, the Super-6 from one to six and the overlapping Super-6 from five to 10.

Straight fight

We take a brief look at both Super-6s this week, beginning with the opening 1000m round race for maiden three-year-olds, which promises to be a straight fight between old rivals MISS CRYSTAL (Paul Francis up) and CENTEYA with champion jockey Omar Walker again in the saddle, The Desmond Shand-trained MISS CRYSTAL is undoubtedly the quicker of the two, and over this the minimum trip looks the one to beat in the 11-horse field.

Walker should come into his own and win the second race over 1400 metres (claiming $180,000) aboard RUN SMILE RUN, who reports well refreshed from a near four-month absence. The five-year-old daughter of Royal Minister has changed stables in the interim and, given this light impost, should win from the maiden 3-y-o colt SHARRUKIN and not-too-sound GALLAVANTER, who could win this on three and a half legs.

The speedy MIRACLE RE-COVERY should have them off their legs in the third race for three-year-olds (non-winners of two) over the straight-five course, while GUAN YU, who looks tempting at the weights with Walker aboard, should win the fourth race over 1500 metres at the expense of super-fit HE'S A DREAMER and bold front-runner FABULOUSCONNECTION.

Having finished a good third to top sprinter SAINT CECELIA in the fast-run Caribbean Sprint on November 13, down-in-class HAIL THE GENIUS gets the nod over THEBANDISLOOSE and MACHISMO in the fifth race (overnight allowance) over 1100 metres. Then close off the first Super-6 with the free-running LIVE WATER, who returns on Lasix following that decent fourth-place finish (chased the winner Nipal) over 1200 metres on November 13.

The bay filly from the stables of ex-jockey Fitzroy Glispie has not only worked well but should relish this sharper sprint and thus gets the nod over NO COINCIDENCE.

Firm fancies for the second Super-6 are TOP COMMANDER as a banker in the seventh, MOLTEN KING in the eighth and FATTY BUM BUM coupled with UNCLE KEN in the ninth.

FIRST SUPER-6 FANCIES

(1) MISS CRYSTAL/CENTEYA

(2) RUN SMILE RUN/ GALLAVANTER

(3) MIRACLE RECOVERY

(4) GUAN YU/HE'S A DREAMER

(5) HAIL THE GENIUS/ THEBANDISLOOSE

(6) LIVE WATER