Champion jockey Omar Walker pushes out UGOTTABELIEVE to beat Delroy Beharie-ridden PLEASURE CRUISE in last Saturday's Colin Melhado Memorial Cup feature race at Caymanas Park. UGOTTABELIEVE, owned by Lynden Richards, handed trainer Steadman Curtis his 100th career win. - Photos by Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

MEGAFONE Mile win-ner, FIRST IN THE SAND, goes up against champion trainer Wayne Da-Costa's GOOD COMPANY in tomorrow's 10th event for Open allowance runners at 1820 metres.

GOOD COMPANY, who placed third in the Superstakes at odds of 99-1, behind MAJOR MAYER and MIRACLE MAN, before returning to slam overnight allowance horses in his subsequent race on December 8, appears a good banker for Super-6 players.

After storming home in the MegaFone Mile, American-bred FIRST IN THE SAND returned to perform dismally in the December 8 CTL Gold Cup in which she was outsped and finished next-to-last.

Subratie's runner has not been asked to do much at exercise but GOOD COMPANY has been taken to task, impressing in five and a half-furlong spins, and will have to be caught up the lane with Dane Nelson.

GOOD COMPANY has top-weight 57.0 kilos whereas FIRST IN THE SAND will carry 52.0, due to Carlton Malcolm's ap-prentice claim.

However, with pacey stablemate PASSA PASSA in the line-up, GOOD COMPANY should be able to relax off the lead, keeping his reserves intact for FIRST IN THE SAND's stretch run.

High Grade

Super-6 players hunting the guranteed payout of $500,000 should also look to HIGH GRADE, who is back down in class on a $315,0000 tag for the 2000-metr V. Armond Memorial Cup after romping home by 10 lengths at 1820 metres when he last raced at the level on October 20.

Claimed from Patrick Fong by Welsh Soutar that afternoon, HIGH GRADE was pushed up to Overnight Allowance a week later and went through the motions at an unlikely distance, 1400 metres, behind NATURAL DESIRE, DIESEL and JET BLASTER.

Soutar attempted to land the gamble among $380,000 claimers a month later, November 28, but HIGH GRADE ran smack into the down-in-class pair of REGGAE RUCKUS and UNLEADED, finishing a respectable third as the 8-5 favourite at 1800 metres.

UNLEADED and HIGH GRADE were unable to match the imported REGGAE RUCKUS backstretch speed as the American-bred streaked off to win by almost eight lengths.

HIGH GRADE was far from disgraced in finishing third, two and a quarter-length behind UNLEADED, who subsequently returned to beat Overnight Allowance company for the 11-furlong CTL Fan Appreciation Trophy on New Year's Day.

Super-6 selections

(6) BALLROOM DANCER

(7) REX TIPOU

(8) HIGH GRADE

(9) SIMPLY AWESOME/

TOCUMEN

(10) GOOD COMPANY

(11) THREE GOOD

FRIENDS/SUCCESS