Saturday’s Gr2 Charity Mile winner Coral Fever tops the weights for the R2 million Gr1 Summer Cup to be run over 2000m at Turffontein on 1 December 2018.
Bred in the Northern Hemisphere, Mike has always maintained that Buffalo Bill Cody will improve with maturity to extend his natural racing ability. He has taken firm steps towards his peak in his time off and with undoubtedly even more to come, he’s a racing prospect to be followed with great interest.
Mike de Kock’s website reports that Buffalo Bill Cody has the element that separates top horses from good ones – he can quicken off a high cruising speed.
When you think he’s at top speed, there’s another gear to come! He blew his rivals away early and, simply going through the motions for Randall Simons over the last 100m, clocked 96,48s. This was a tiny split slower than the time recorded over the same distance by Coral Fever, a hard-ridden Gr2 winner in a driving finish an hour earlier.
Mathew de Kock commented on Sunday:
“Buffalo Bill Cody is very smart. He’s a machine. We’ll be sitting down to plan his next few races this week and putting our heads together because he is versatile and it looks like he’ll see out 1800m and even 2000m, so the Victory Moon Handicap and the Summer up are options, and of course the Queen’s Plate in January. But nothing is firm yet, we’ll see.”
G-BETS GAUTENG SUMMER CUP (Grade 1)
| 0 | Coral Fever | (6G) | 60 | 120 | BA | Robbie Sage | |
| 0 | Cascapedia (IRE) | (5M) | 54.5 | 109 | BA | Mike de Kock | |
| 0 | Hero’s Honour | Scratched | (4G) | 54 | 109 | A | Gary Alexander |
| 0 | Roy Had Enough (AUS) | (4C) | 54 | 109 | A | Frank Robinson | |
| 0 | It’s My Turn | (6G) | 54 | 108 | A | Dean Kannemeyer | |
| 0 | Liege | (6G) | 54 | 108 | AT | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | $Made To Conquer | (5G) | 54 | 108 | A | Justin Snaith | |
| 0 | Romany Prince | (6G) | 53.5 | 107 | A | Ormond Ferraris | |
| 0 | Sabina’s Dynasty | (5M) | 53 | 106 | A | Paul Peter | |
| 0 | Like A Panther | (4C) | 52.5 | 106 | A | Mike de Kock | |
| 0 | Dawn Assault | (5H) | 52.5 | 105 | BAT | St John Gray | |
| 0 | Social Order | (5G) | 52.5 | 105 | BAT | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Full Mast | (4G) | 52 | 105 | BA | M G Azzie/A A Azzie | |
| 0 | Noble Secret | (4G) | 52 | 105 | A | Mike de Kock | |
| 0 | Bulleting Home | (7G) | 52 | 104 | A | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Crowd Pleaser | (5G) | 52 | 104 | A | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 0 | Tilbury Fort | (5G) | 52 | 104 | AT | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Takingthepeace | (4F) | 51.5 | 104 | A | Mike de Kock | |
| 0 | Deo Juvente | (7G) | 51.5 | 103 | A | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 0 | Safe Harbour | Scratched | (5M) | 51.5 | 103 | AT | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | Infamous Fox (AUS) | (4G) | 51 | 103 | A | Candice Dawson | |
| 0 | Arctica | (6G) | 51 | 102 | BA | M G Azzie/A A Azzie | |
| 0 | Secret Potion | (4F) | 50.5 | 102 | A | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 0 | $Dark Moon Rising | (5G) | 50.5 | 101 | A | Paul Lafferty | |
| 0 | Puget Sound | Scratched | (4G) | 50 | 101 | A | Mike de Kock |
| 0 | Silver Thursday | Scratched | (4F) | 50 | 101 | A | Mike de Kock |
| 0 | French Navy | (7G) | 50 | 100 | AT | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Tandava (ZIM) | (6G) | 50 | 100 | A | Gokhan Terzi | |
| 0 | Buffalo Bill Cody (IRE) | (4C) | 49.5 | 102 | A | Mike de Kock | |
| 0 | Fort Ember | (6M) | 49 | 98 | BA | Paul Peter | |
| 0 | Cash Time | (4G) | 48.5 | 98 | A | Ashley Fortune | |
| 0 | Captain Splendid | Scratched | (6G) | 48.5 | 97 | BA | Dorrie Sham |
| 0 | Roy’s Riviera (AUS) | (4F) | 48 | 97 | BA | Frank Robinson | |
| 0 | Bankable Teddy | (6G) | 48 | 96 | AT | David Nieuwenhuizen | |
| 0 | Mr Winsome | (6G) | 47.5 | 95 | A | Lucky Houdalakis | |
| 0 | Sylvan On Fire | (5M) | 47.5 | 95 | A | Candice Dawson | |
| 0 | Gambado | (4G) | 47 | 95 | A | Alec Laird | |
| 0 | Pietro Mascagni | Scratched | (4G) | 47 | 95 | A | Mike de Kock |
| 0 | Silver God | (4G) | 46 | 93 | BAT | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Top Shot | Scratched | (7G) | 45.5 | 91 | AT | Gary Alexander |
| 0 | Divine Odyssey | (4G) | 45 | 91 | A | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 0 | Soldier On | Scratched | (4G) | 45 | 91 | A | Stuart Pettigrew |
| 0 | Warrior’s Rest | (4G) | 45 | 91 | A | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Tambalang | Scratched | (5M) | 45 | 90 | AT | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | American Landing | (4C) | 44.5 | 90 | A | Brett Crawford | |
| 0 | The Rising Legend | (4G) | 44 | 89 | A | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 0 | Kilrain | (7G) | 44 | 88 | A | Mike de Kock | |
| 0 | Royal Utopia | (5M) | 43.5 | 87 | BAT | Candice Dawson | |
| 0 | Insignis | (4F) | 43 | 87 | A | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 0 | Orpheus | (4G) | 43 | 87 | AT | M G Azzie/A A Azzie | |
| 0 | Top Classman | (4C) | 42 | 85 | BA | Frank Robinson | |
| 0 | Full Of Attitude | (4G) | 41.5 | 84 | AT | Joe Soma | |
| 0 | Odd Rob | Scratched | (7G) | 41.5 | 83 | AT | Gary Alexander |
| 0 | Tirzan | (5G) | 40 | 80 | AT | Joe Soma | |
| 0 | Chariot Of Gold | Scratched | (4F) | 39.5 | 80 | A | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | Condor Gulch (IRE) | Scratched | (4C) | 39 | 81 | BA | Mike de Kock |
| 0 | Whosethebossnow | (5G) | 39 | 78 | A | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 0 | Come The Day | Scratched | (4C) | 37 | 75 | A | Chris Erasmus |
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