Candice Bass will be taking two gifted fillies up to contest the SA Fillies Sprint at Scottsville in May after they ran 1-2 in the G3 Champagne Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.

Winter Cloud has a great turn of foot (22.5 closing 400m), and she blitzed the opposition coming from last to win under a tight wrap at the line. October Morn hung about which cost her, and she could not go with her stable mate’s superior acceleration.

Earlier on the card two smart juveniles came to light as expected by the market: Kaiboy (s/s 84 +) and Talk to the Master (s/s 86 + has run 96) both got the job done as short- priced favorites.

Beaten horses worth following at their next starts are juvenile, Bagatelle Flash (s/s 81 ++) who gave Kaiboy a bit of a scare in the opener, and Maneki Neko (s/s 86) who succumbed in a nip and tuck finish behind Connery (s/s 87), earning a neat speed fig for a Maiden in the process.

Ice Star (s/s 99) notched the best score on the Turffontein card. The William Longsword three-year-old filly has won in Durban on the Polytrack but is probably best of all going straight on the lawn. This was her third win from 15 starts – she has been G3 placed.

Formagear (s/s 100) won with authority at Greyville on Sunday. The Grey King (s/s 97) was a bit headstrong but did enough for second. Earlier, Buzz Bomb (s/s 95) earned a sharp fig for a juvenile when winning a Maiden over the same distance as 5-x winner, Formagear in a time only half a second slower. That makes him worth following