by Jimmie, Star Racing Writer

TRAINER Donovan Bruce's DOUBLE BOW is set to shock and awe his nine rivals with speed in tomorrow's 1000-metre round Overnight Allowance event for three-year-olds and upwards.

The lightning fast four-year-old gelding lost his second race in seven starts two Saturdays ago, outsprinted by Philip Feanny's KINGSTONIAN at 1000 metres straight.

However, DOUBLE BOW, who was losing his first race over the straight course, was far from disgraced, finishing two and three-quarter lengths behind the talented KINGSTONIAN, who died a few days later from colic.

DOUBLE BOW's speedy return suggests all is well with the LAW OF THE SEA - TROPICAL FLING offspring and his rivals will have to sprout wings to catch him in the stretch run.

Meanwhile, leading riders Brian Harding and Wesley Henry should pull further away from rivals atop the jockeys standings by landing three winners each on tomorrow's 11-race card.

Both jockeys rode a winner each on Wednesday. Harding booted home COMIN TRUE in the third, moving to 65 winners and Henry took his tally to 57 aboard GENTLE ON LINE in the fourth.

Harding is fancied astride two-year-old SMILE OUT in the first at 1100 metres, CORDITE in the 1400-metre Reca Trophy and the three-year-old debutant YOSHI in the ninth at 1000 metres straight.

Henry should open his account aboard PECKUS OUT in the second at 1700 metres, the win aboard METEOR MAN in the third at 1820 metres and TUTOR in the nightpan at 1000 metres straight.

Jackpots at $1.5m

With the Pick-9 at its $1million guarantee, Harding and Henry should account for four of the Pick-9 races on offer.

Starting at the third, Henry should get Pick-9 players off to a bang aboard American-bred METEOR MAN, who blinded $420,000 claimers with speed at nine furlongs on August 12.

METEOR MAN represents class and the lone speed in the 1820-metre event and should be chased home by UNLEADED, who takes a drop in class but will be outsped.

The Super-6, which opens at the sixth race with its minimum payout of $500,000, yielded 12 winning combinations on Wednesday, each picking up $73, 497.50.

Key Super-6 bankers are Harding's pair of CORDITE in the seventh and YOSHI in the ninth.

CORDITE steps up in class after beating $240,000 claimers last Saturday.

However, the versatile six-year-old gelding is bubbling with fitness and should stalk DON'T STAY NAKED before making a surge for the lead off the home turn as he did when beating his old rival into fourth in a second-place run behind GOLCONDA at a mile on July 15.

YOSHI, a speedy three-year-old, has been catching birds at exercise, beating up on imported SENOR GATO and won't lose the ninth.

Henry should close the card with TUTOR, who is best drawn of the speed horses, post position 10, at 1000 metres straight.