Romancing Tamar can help spread the love to punters by playing a banking role in the massive HK$8 million jackpot at Happy Valley Triple Trio tomorrow night, and Douglas Whyte's mount looks a standout chance in the heart of the exotic.
Trainer Tony Millard has been plucking wins with Romancing Tamar easier than low-hanging fruit after receiving the horse from former trainer Danny Shum Chap-shing at the juicy mark of 26 in the ratings.
Romancing Tamar has now harvested three wins and five minor placings from his 11 starts for the new stable, and although he has returned to the giddy heights of a 53-rating and is in Class Four now, the horse remains competitive and will give punters a great show from barrier five.
The biggest advantage of the good draw and having Whyte engaged is that you can be sure Romancing Tamar will land in a trailing position behind the leaders - the spot from which the horse has produced most of his best performances and a position usually favoured when the rail is in the 'C' position. Punters can strike the pen through the four-year-old's last start where, from gate nine, Greg Cheyne was caught wide and forced to drift to the tail of the field before sweeping wide rounding the home turn.
A horrible C-track bias stopped any horses making ground out wide that night, and the fact Romancing Tamar was also sandwiched between two runners in the straight contributed to his 11-length trouncing at the hands of Perfect Ten.
Barrier five will ensure Whyte gets the run of the race and should also ensure a top-three finish for the Volksraad gelding.