Rainsville looks good on Sunday

Having trained well for his return, RAINSVILLE should get the bead on MORIMOTO earlier from a more favourable draw in Sunday's non-winners of an overnight-allowance event at seven furlongs.

Renewing rivalry with MORIMOTO and SUNSET SILHOUTTE, RAINSVILLE gets an extra half-furlong and a better draw, mid-gate at stall seven, after enduring a horrific trip from the inside post in the Caymanas Park Announcers Trophy.

Similar to his previous race when he had closed fast with Javaniel Patterson, relegating MORIMOTO to third in a short-head loss to I REALISE in the Bridge 99 FM Trophy, RAINSVILLE should overhaul his rival, who had sprinted clear off the home turn in the Announcers' Trophy.

An unlucky RAINSVILLE was almost made the villain 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 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, apparently, darted right to evade sand being kicked back by MORIMOTO, making a desperate attempt to steal home.

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.

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, as MORIMOTO increased his lead to six 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.

RAINSVILLE swerving right while aiming 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.