WATCH | Inside the yard: Dylan Cunha on Kamakameleon
Dylan Cunha is confident Kamakameleon can show his true colours and scoop the biggest pot of his career in the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury on Saturday.
After tasting victory on his second start over five furlongs at Doncaster, the son of Kameko will bid to add to that success in the five-furlong cavalry charge, which is worth £134,092 to the winner.
Since the start of the month, the Newmarket handler has hit a real purple patch of form after firing in six winners from 23 runners, including an across-the-card treble on Tuesday.
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And he now hopes Kamakameleon, who was purchased for just £30,000 as a yearling, can keep his good run of form going at the Berkshire venue.
Cunha said: “All his runs have been full of promise and it is not like he has reached his plateau yet. This horse is improving and getting stronger all the time.
“This is massive for his owners as he only cost thirty thousand pounds at Goffs up at Doncaster.
“He has been an absolute star for us this year as he is so tough.
“His owners have been great supporters and, if it doesn't rain much, we would be super confident as he likes fast ground.”
Kamakamelon has met with defeat at Listed level on his last two starts in the Star Sports National Stakes at Sandown Park and the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot.
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However, the South African-born handler, and former commercial airline pilot, believes there are valid reasons for those reversals.
Cunha added: “He ran at Sandown into a headwind without cover, and the ground went tacky, and that didn’t suit him.
“Oisin Murphy, to be fair to him, said to run him in the Windsor Castle and he was dead right.
"He ran there and was beaten just over two lengths into fifth, which was a cracking run.
“He sort of joined the leaders and hit the front on the wrong side of the track. He has taken that race well, though, and he did a great piece of work on Friday.”
While Cunha is excited about the chances of Kamakameleon, he believes fellow two-year-old Come On Eibhlin is worth following on her next start following her debut ninth in the Group Two Queen Mary Stakes at the Royal meeting.
And that next start could come on Monday in the EBF Fillies’ Restricted Novice Stakes at Windsor.
He added: “Come On Eibhlin was ninth in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot first time out.
"She is a very smart filly. I would say she is probably one of our best two-year-olds as she is very smart and one to keep an eye on next time out.”
As for stable star Prague, who finished fourth in the Group Two Cornish Orchards Summer Mile at Ascot on Saturday, Cunha believes he will not be seen at his best until the rain arrives.
He added: “Prague was a bit far back at Ascot the other day, and the ground was a bit fast, but he has taken it like he hasn’t run.
"He has got a lot of options. He has one in Ireland, one at Haydock Park and one at York and then there is the Joel Stakes which he won last year.
“We are just waiting for the rain with him now. He has had two runs so he has his baseline fitness.
"We will just wait now and strike when it is wet and you will see a different horse.”