Derby Date! Capetown Noir looks a good bet in the Gr1 Investec Cape Derby
The R600 000 Gr1 Investec Cape Derby and the R500 000 Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes complete a dazzling triple feature bill on Met day 2013. The presence of the Dean Kannemeyer star Capetown Noir has failed to scare away eleven top 3yo’s who will be taking him on.
The Cape Premier Yearling Sales Guineas winner Capetown Noir was touted as a likely Met runner but his conservative trainer has opted for the tried and tested classic route with a top horse who has his whole career ahead of him.
Partnered by regular pilot Karl Neisius, the Lammerskraal Stud-bred son of Western Winter jumps from a 1 draw and looks the veritable aimer. But this is Gr1 level, and stranger things have happened!
A superb field of sixteen of the best lady racers around will contest the Majorca, and an interesting inclusion is Saturday’s Sceptre Stakes runnerup, All Is Secret.
Anton Marcus jumps ship, to ride the Sceptre winner, Blueridge Mountain. Such are the joys of being retained by the leading owner in the country!
Other forward candidates include De Kock’s Gr1 Woolavington winner Viva Maria, and the Jet Master Stakes victress, Thunder Dance.
The Gr1 Investec Cape Derby field:
Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer
1 CAPETOWN NOIR 58.0 110 (100) 1 A K Neisius D Kannemeyer
2 SANSHAAWES 58.0 99 ( 89) 3 B A P Strydom P Steyn
3 GRAY'S CHAMP 58.0 97 ( 87) 11 A B Lerena G van Zyl
4 PATERFAMILIAS 58.0 95 ( 85) 9 A G Hatt M Bass
5 SILVANO'S JET 58.0 94 ( 84) 5 B A T M Guyon J Ramsden
6 AWESOME POWER 58.0 93 ( 83) 4 A G Schlechter G Puller
7 ZE KAISER 58.0 93 ( 83) 7 A A Marcus M Bass
8 ABERCROMBIE 58.0 91 ( 81) 8 A B Fayd'Herbe M Bass
9 PATRIOTIC REBEL 58.0 91 ( 81) 10 A K Teetan B Crawford
10 PARKER 58.0 90 ( 80) 6 A F Coetzee J Snaith
11 DYNAMIC 58.0 83 ( 73) 12 A S Cormack J Snaith
12 NEARTIC DANCER 58.0 83 ( 73) 2 A R Fradd M Bass
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The R500 000 Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes field:
Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer
1 THUNDER DANCE 60.0 105 (105) 14 A K Teetan B Crawford
2 VIVA MARIA 60.0 105 (105) 9 A A Delpech M de Kock
3 HAPPY ARCHER 60.0 104 (104) 3 A T P Strydom S Tarry
4 FREQUENT FLYER 60.0 102 (102) 6 A G Hatt B Crawford
5 HURRICANE KATRINA 60.0 102 (102) 1 A F Coetzee J Snaith
6 BELOVED BETTY 60.0 100 (100) 8 A C Puller G Kotzen
7 RAZZLE DAZZLE ROSE 60.0 99 ( 99) 18 A B Fayd'Herbe Y Govender
8 SUPER ELEGANT 60.0 99 ( 99) 12 B A F Anthony P Steyn
9 BAMBINA STRIPES 60.0 95 ( 95) 15 B A T S Cormack D Drier
10 REFLECTIVE IMAGE 60.0 92 ( 92) 7 A R Fradd B Crawford
11 CASH REGISTER 60.0 91 ( 91) 17 A B Lerena G Kotzen
12 JET AGLOW 56.0 104 ( 96) 11 A G van Niekerk G Kotzen
13 HAMMIE'S HOOKER 56.0 103 ( 95) 5 A K Neisius M Bass
14 ALL IS SECRET 56.0 100 ( 92) 13 A T M Byleveld V Marshall
15 BLUERIDGE MOUNTAIN 56.0 96 ( 88) 16 A A Marcus G Alexander
16 BUTTERFLY GIRL 56.0 93 ( 85) 4 A M Guyon M Bass
Reserve Runners
17 HALFWAY TO HEAVEN 60.0 87 ( 87) 10 A Reserve 1 E Sands
18 EUROPE TO AFRICA 60.0 94 ( 94) 2 A Reserve 2 G Ennion
