Ten-times French champion and internationally acclaimed Gr1 winning rider Christophe Soumillon will ride Eric Sands’ charge Golden Ducat in the R2 million Gr1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate on Saturday 7 January 2023 at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
Christophe Soumillon – rides Golden Ducat
The eleven strong provisional field for South Africa’s most prestigious weight-for-age mile includes exciting unbeaten 3yo Charles Dickens, who will have regular pilot Aldo Domeyer working hard to make the 55kgs weight allotment.
Also in the provisional line-up is Snaith star Jet Dark, who bids for his third straight victory in the magic mile, and July and Cape Town Met winner, Kommetdieding.
South African champion apprentice and our only female jockey, Rachel Venniker is down to ride Speed Machine.
Please note that this field is provisional.
R2 000 000 1600m 16:10 Ref-0
1st R1187500, 2nd R380000, 3rd R190000, 4th R95000, 5th R47500, RCIS R100000
L’ORMARINS KING’S PLATE (WFA) (Grade 1)
Open To Horses At Weight For Age
WFA: 3yrs-5kgs 4yrs-0kgs
No Apprentice Allowance
1st R1187500, 2nd R380000, 3rd R190000, 4th R95000, 5th R47500, RCIS R100000
L’ORMARINS KING’S PLATE (WFA) (Grade 1)
Open To Horses At Weight For Age
WFA: 3yrs-5kgs 4yrs-0kgs
No Apprentice Allowance
| 0 | 7 | Al Muthana (AUS) | 60 | 125 | A | Bernard Fayd’Herbe | Ricky Maingard | |
| 0 | 3 | Golden Ducat | 60 | 125 | A | Christopher Soumillon | Eric Sands | |
| 0 | 14 | Jet Dark | 60 | 130 | A | Richard Fourie | Justin Snaith | |
| 0 | 12 | Kommetdieding | 60 | 129 | A | Gavin Lerena | HWJ Crawford/M Rix | |
| 0 | 15 | Linebacker | 60 | 124 | A | Corne Orffer | Vaughan Marshall | |
| 0 | 6 | Russian Rock | 60 | 111 | HAe | Keagan de Melo | Dean Kannemeyer | |
| 0 | 8 | Speed Machine | 60 | 108 | A | #Rachel Venniker | Justin Snaith | |
| 0 | 4 | Trip Of Fortune | 60 | 119 | TBA | Gareth Wright | Candice Bass-Robinson | |
| 0 | 9 | Waterberry Lane | 60 | 116 | A | Grant Behr | Dean Kannemeyer | |
| 0 | 5 | Zapatillas | 60 | 118 | A | Luyolo Mxothwa | Brett Crawford | |
| 0 | 13 | Charles Dickens | 55 | 128 | A | Aldo Domeyer | Candice Bass-Robinson | |
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| Runners In Race: 11 | ||||||||
