Only six horses, four of which are Gr1 winners, have accepted for the R400 000 Gr2 Green Point Stakes to be run at weight-for-age plus penalties over a mile at Kenilworth on Saturday 8 December.
Legal Eagle wins the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate in 2017 (Pic – Candiese Marnewick)
In a season that has promised a rare feast of high quality racing for the Cape summer season, the Green Point Stakes has been dubbed a mini L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate with dual SA Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle topping the ratings in a bid to register third straight victory in the race.
Legal Eagle recently returned to action with a scintillating sprint victory and even as a 7yo looks to have plenty of fight left.
He takes on last season’s Gr1 Gold Challenge winner Undercover Agent, another star prospect who returned in his seasonal debut to a fluent sprint victory.
Undercover Agent wins on his return in October (Pic – Chase Liebenberg Photography)
The exciting unbeaten Rainbow Bridge puts his enormous reputation on the line at his sixth start, while Vodacom Durban July winner Do It Again commences his quest for Sun Met glory in earnest.
Last season’s Gr2 Charity Mile winner Hat Puntano, now trained by Joey Ramsden, is back in Cape Town after a failed attempt in 2017, while the Snaith’s 2017 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate runner-up Copper Force completes the super sextet.
R400 000 WSB GREEN POINT STAKES (Grade 2)
| 1 | 3 | Legal Eagle | 60 | 123 | T A | A Marcus | Sean Tarry | |
| 2 | 6 | Undercover Agent | 60 | 120 | A | C Orffer | Brett Crawford | |
| 3 | 1 | Do It Again | 60 | 117 | A | R Fourie | Justin Snaith | |
| 4 | 5 | Hat Puntano (ARG) | 59 | 115 | A | D Dillon | Joey Ramsden | |
| 5 | 4 | Rainbow Bridge | 58 | 110 | A | B Fayd’Herbe | Eric Sands | |
| 6 | 2 | Copper Force | 58 | 105 | A | S Veale | Justin Snaith | |
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