Unlucky Rainsville to recoup losses on Sunday

RENEWING rivalry with MORIMOTO and SUNSET SILHOUTTE in Sunday’s non-winners of an overnight-allowance event, RAINSVILLE gets an extra half-furlong and a better draw, mid-gate at stall seven, after enduring a horrific trip from the inside draw in the Caymanas Park Announcers Trophy.

An unlucky RAINSVILLE was almost made the villain at six and a half furlongs in the Announcers Trophy, surviving a lengthy stewards’ enquiry for bumping into GET A PEPSI inside the final half-furlong.

The four-year-old grey’s connections were made to sweat for a second-place finish behind TEKAPUNT while ruing earlier interference from GET A PEPSI, who had closed an inviting space a furlong and a half out in the stretch run.

Acquitted by the panel from Winchester Road, it was still a tough loss for RAINSVILLE, who, apparently, darted right in a bid to evade sand being kicked back by MORIMOTO making a desperate attempt to steal home.

RAINSVILLE swerving right, while taking aim at MORIMOTO, almost unseating Allen Maragh, was much to the benefit of TEKAPUNT, who closed fast and furious on the outside with SUNSET SILHOUTTE to win the four-way photo by a neck.

Whereas TEKAPUNT could have made his bid from three furlongs out, moving as a trio with SUNSET SILHOUTTE and CLASSICAL ORB, RAINSVILLE was slowly away from post-position one and hemmed in along the rail on the far side, leaving the half-mile marker next-to-last.

Meanwhile, MORIMOTO had poached a three-length lead ahead of POWER RANKING, sprinting clear off the turn with the field seemingly left for dead.

Though RAINSVILLE managed to improve rapidly, cutting the corner on the home turn, forming a quartet with CLASSICAL ORB and the stablemates,TEKAPUNT and SUNSET SILHOUTTE, he had to be taken up while MORIMOTO increased his lead to six lengths and appeared all set to steal the event entering the final furlong.

Recovering from his traffic problems, RAINSVILLE was about to launch at a weakening MORIMOTO when he suddenly swerved, falling to TEKAPUNT’s storming last-furlong run at odds of 10-1.

Having trained really well for his return, RAINSVILLE should get the bead on MORIMOTO earlier from a more favourable draw, similar to his previous race when he had closed fast with Javaniel Patterson, relegating his rival to third in a short-head loss to I REALISE.