PRINCESS POPSTAR

IT won't be an ordinary 'boy meets girl' in Saturday's 1200-metre Cash Pot Trophy, the first leg of the $5.55m Supreme Ventures Limited Two-Year-Old Triple Crown Series.

Super unbeaten two-year-olds, PRINCESS POPSTAR and BOY WONDER, have had punters and their connections pondering who's the better horse after smashing debut performances.

Money is at stake, a lot of it.

The winner of the Cash Pot 'Only One For Me' trophy race will bankroll $2.95m. The series is completed by the Pick3 Super Challenge, November 30, and the big Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes on December 26, Boxing Day, both offering big winners' purses as well.

In addition, there is a $1m bonus awaiting any horse that sweeps all three races, a feat which has never been accomplished.

However, with the ability shown by many-time champion trainer Philip Feanny's PRINCESS POPSTAR and Ian Parsard's BOY WONDER, the railbirds are predicting that the million-dollar bonus will be a goner this year.

PRINCESS POPSTAR is regally bred, a half-sister to last year's derby winner and next month's Superstakes favourite, TYPEWRITER. She made an auspicious debut on September 11, romping home by more than 16 lengths in a ridiculously fast 59.1 for five furlongs round.

BOY WONDER debuted two weeks later and blasted rivals by 14 lengths at 1200 metres, posting 1:14.0 to draw his battle line.

Feanny, whose barn has been checking off regular winners for the last two months, sounded quietly confident of his filly's chances but dared not write off Parsard's colt.

"I wouldn't know that until they meet," he said when asked to compare the duo. "Both have been catching pigeons at exercise. I beat CAMPESINO, but he beat POTCHEEN, which is better?" he asked.

PRINCESS POPSTAR blew away CAMPESINO two Saturdays ago, clocking 59.4 for five furlongs round, slamming her stablemate's 1:00.3.

BOY WONDER, on the other hand, humbled open allowance stablemate POTCHEEN in a half-mile gallop.

Feanny said both are super talented and it's left to be seen who will train on as the better horse throughout the series as the distance increases by a furlong per race.

"She is going all right. It's very early to decide. She has only ran once and showed some speed. It's still early days. You don't know who will improve," he said.

"They are two extremely good two-year olds. For the last number of years, there hasn't been any two-year-old, at this time of the year, which could compete with, if not beat, open allowance company," he added.

What of the old adage that a good colt will be a good filly on the day? Feanny admitted that it holds true.

"I would always prefer a good colt over a filly. Colts are able to take to the work better and, generally, improves more than fillies," he said.

However, there is also the racing adage that weight stops trains, and PRINCESS POPSTAR will carry 52.5 kilos with Percy Williams aboard, three pounds lighter than the 54.0 BOY WONDER will tote with Omar Walker.