Dean Kannemeyer and his staunch owner Lady Christine Laidlaw opened the Cape Derby day feature action at Kenilworth on Saturday when the Maine Chance bred Cosmic Highway strolled in to win the R150 000 Gr3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery.
Kannemeyer won the fillies’ equivalent in 2020 with Delta Queen in the same black and yellow flag of the powerful Khaya Stables, and the Milnerton conditioner looks to have something decent on his hands in the Gimmethegreenlight colt Cosmic Highway.
Keagan de Melo was slow out on the R400 000 Cape Yearling Sale graduate and had the handsome colt watching his opponents all the way.
At the 400m De Melo came forward under the hands on Cosmic Highway (5-1) and he went right away from his field to win by 2,50 lengths in a time of 72,37 secs.
The 13-20 favourite Ambiorix had no chance with the winner in second place, while Cosmic Highway’s stablemate Sheldon (25-1) ran another game race three lengths away in third..
Team DKR lead the winner in – Keagan de Melo is all smile (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Dean Kannemeyer labelled this an impressive win, despite admitting that he did not know the strength of the opposition.
A son of Gimmethegreenlight (More Than Ready), the winner was bred by Maine Chance out of the Silvano one-time winner Cosmic Dream.
A R400 000 Cape Yearling Sale buy, Cosmic Highway has won 2 from 2 for stakes of R147 500.
He will be on the Dean Kannemeyer Racing SA Champions Season bus come mid March!
