The spotlight will be on trainers Dallas Todywalla and Imtiaz Sait, as the latter will try his best to bridge the four race gap that separates him from the former at the top of the table, while the leader will naturally strive to stave off such a challenge.

In the jockeys' arena, there is no contest as C Rajendra is certain to hold off SS Bhati exactly as he did last year, albeit with a substantially lower number of wins. Previous champions like Pesi Shroff and Aslam Kader have been acceptingless mounhts and the totals of the two combined do not approach Rajendra's tally!

This afternoon, seven events are down for decision. In the Class I Nijinsky Trophy, which is more like a Class II event in terms of the calibre of the four runners, Schelde is fast enough to hit the front from the start. She should pack too much firepower for Sovereign Prince and Classic Indian. The class III event is an intriguing one, with four of the runners holding a chance, Todywalla's Intel is attempting a tough task for a three-year-old, so Sait's Song of Freedom and Strarina should fight it out. Say No More was an impressive winner last time out but one never knows when he is in the galloping mood.

In the two divisions of the 1400 m maidens race, Todywalla is well represented and of his four runners, Asprilla shapes as the best. The got-abroad in the Ramaswamy colours will have to cope with Sait's Aldebro, a dismal disappointment last time, but likely to run a better race on this occasion.

Tomorrow also has sevenraces embellishing the card. A revelation of the current season has been the strike rate of the wards of Hormuz Antia and his Show The Class comes in nicely at the weights in the Class II sprint. If she lives up to her name, there should not be any challenge. Of the rest, Altynai has been an enigma since moving her base from Bangalore--she runs well enough but does not seem to be able to pull out that little bit extra that would ensure a win!

Voices Of Spring is in line for a hat trick. Would it not be appropriate for her to make herself heard at the start of the month of May? She packs a terrific burst of speed and is at a sensible weight in the handicap. Barring mishap, Bezan Chenoy's ward should be a solid selection.

Those looking for bankers in the pool events might do worse than pin their faith in Voice of Freedom, a facile winner last time out with the potential for significant improvement, in the Save The Future Plate and the half-blind Phrawin, in the Lord Trident Plate. The last-named is at aridiculously low mark for one of her breeding, and now that she has shown a glimmer of form can be expected to build on that foundation, more so against opponents who are moderate in the extreme.