Gauteng raiders Van Halen, Chimichuri Run and Amazing Strike are three of the first thirty entries for the R400 000 Gr2 Cape Merchants to be run at Kenilworth over 1200m on 24 November.
Gr1 winner Van Halen – exciting sort amongst the entries
Last year’s runner-up Dutch Philip, who got within 0,75 lengths of winner Silicone Valley is also in the entry list for the early summer sprint handicap.
Final supplementary entries are due by 11h00 on Wednesday 14 November.
Declarations are due by 11h00 on Thursday 15 November.
The race will be run on the same day as the Concord Cup (formerly the Selangor Cup) and the CTS Ready To Run Stakes – the latter two being run on the winter course.
The weights for the Gr2 Cape Merchants:
| 9 | Bold Respect | (4G) | 62 | 118 | A | Brett Crawford | |
| 15 | Sergeant Hardy | Accepted | (5G) | 61.5 | 117 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 8 | Attenborough | (5G) | 60 | 114 | BA | Joey Ramsden | |
| 11 | Search Party | (6G) | 60 | 114 | A | Brett Crawford | |
| 14 | Magical Wonderland | (4F) | 58.5 | 111 | A | Candice Bass-Robinson | |
| 10 | Dutch Philip | (4G) | 58 | 110 | A | Candice Bass-Robinson | |
| 29 | Brutal Force | (7G) | 57 | 108 | BA | Joey Ramsden | |
| 17 | Copper Force | (5G) | 57 | 108 | A | Justin Snaith | |
| 5 | Tevez | (9G) | 57 | 108 | A | Candice Bass-Robinson | |
| 21 | Amazing Strike | (7G) | 56.5 | 107 | BA | Alec Laird | |
| 23 | Chimichuri Run | (3C) | 56 | 116 | AT | Sean Tarry | |
| 25 | Speedpoint | (4C) | 56 | 106 | BA | Joey Ramsden | |
| 4 | Elusive Heart | (4F) | 55.5 | 105 | A | Glen Kotzen | |
| 12 | Kasimir | Accepted | (4G) | 55.5 | 105 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 22 | Sand And Sea | (4G) | 55.5 | 105 | A | Dennis Drier | |
| 27 | Bishop’s Bounty | Accepted | (5G) | 55 | 104 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 24 | Star Chestnut | Accepted | (6G) | 54.5 | 103 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 7 | Too Phat To Fly | (4F) | 54.5 | 103 | A | Glen Kotzen | |
| 3 | Lord Balmoral (AUS) | (5G) | 53.5 | 101 | A | Vaughan Marshall | |
| 28 | Sir Frenchie (AUS) | Accepted | (4G) | 53 | 100 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 2 | Our Mate Art (AUS) | (5G) | 52.5 | 99 | A | Candice Bass-Robinson | |
| 19 | Van Halen | (3G) | 52 | 108 | A | Tobie Spies | |
| 16 | Hemmingway | (4G) | 52 | 98 | A | Andre Nel | |
| 20 | A New Dawn (AUS) | (5H) | 50.5 | 95 | A | Joey Ramsden | |
| 6 | New Caledonia | (6G) | 50.5 | 95 | A | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 26 | Valbonne | (4C) | 50.5 | 95 | A | Brett Crawford | |
| 30 | Bernie | (4G) | 49 | 92 | BA | Candice Bass-Robinson | |
| 13 | Power Grid | (5G) | 49 | 92 | A | Andries Steyn | |
| 18 | Nasty Harry | (5G) | 48 | 90 | A | Brett Crawford | |
| 1 | Pleasedtomeetyou | (3C) | 46 | 96 | A | Andre Nel | |
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