A trio of Dubai International Racing Carnival graduates take to Windsor on Saturday in a pair of races with short fields and plenty of chances for success. Age of Reason and Traffic Guard comprise 40 percent of the Toteswinger August Stakes (Listed) over an extended 11 furlongs. While Traffic Guard has placed often, he is winless since July 2007. Conversely, Age of Reason was a winner at this year’s Carnival and also landed the Qatar International Cup before running a decent second to Quijano in the Gran Premio di Milano (G1) and was third behind the fast improving Kite Wood in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes (G3) 14 days ago.
In the feature on the Windsor card, the Totepool Winter Hill Stakes (G3) is led by Bankable (pictured below), a winner at the 2009 Carnival, fifth in the Dubai Duty Free (G1), third in the Singapore International Cup (G1), and unraced since. Bankable has some of the best back class form of 2008 when second to Raven’s Pass and Eagle Mountain and hopes to get back to winning ways in this ten furlong affair.
