Players of today’s Kenilworth card will need to await the track and a going report after a massive cold front hit the Western Cape on Friday evening as gale force winds and heavy rain set in.
The weather could be an omen for Glen Kotzen’s R160 000 Cape Ready To Run graduate Hardfallingrain – a son of exciting sire Soft Falling Rain – who makes his debut in the third race, the Pick 6 opener.
See his trainer’s comments below.
Winds buffeting the city and surrounds reached between 60 and 75km/h overnight and up to 50mm of rainfall was expected over the weekend.
Early morning thundershowers are forecast today over the south-western parts of the Western Cape, as well as along the south coast in the evening. Otherwise, it will be cloudy and cold with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.
The false rail on the winter course is set at 2m out from the 1700m with a 6m spur at the 470m mark.
Apprentice Liam Tarentaal is medically indisposed and does not ride today.
First-timers / Rested horses
1 12:35 – ITSARUSH.CO.ZA WELCOMES YOU MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE (Fillies)
1 BLUE GANGSTA C Bass-Robinson: Will need the experience
2 DOUBLE SHUFFLE C Bass-Robinson: Needs further
3 FYNBOS V H Marshall: Green, will need further
4 QUEENSBARNS S J Snaith: Nice type, each way chance
2 13:15 – PLAY SOCCER 6,10 AND 13 MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE
5 JACK THE JETSETTER C Bass-Robinson: Nice colt, will need further but could run well first time out
6 LATE AT NIGHT B Crawford: May need the run
10 WILD COAST S J Snaith: Nice colt, penny has not dropped yet, each way chance
3 13:50 – TABONLINE.CO.ZA MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE
1 ARCTIC DRIFT C Bass-Robinson: Will need further
2 GOLDEN TRACTOR B Crawford: May need the run
3 HARDFALLINGRAIN G S Kotzen: Has had a gallop, may be green, shown promising work, nice, strong colt
7 RADIANT LOVE M J Robinson: Nice horse, expecting a decent run
4 14:25 – BETTING WORLD 087 741 2777 MAIDEN PLATE (F & M)
4 PRINCESS NICELA P Botha: Will need the run
5 SILVA MAGIC D Kannemeyer: Nice filly, wants more ground and will need the run
6 TEMPLETON D Kannemeyer: Nice type, will need the run
7 16:10 – INTERBET.CO.ZA 0861 150 160 FM 75 HANDICAP (F & M)
5 PUREST BLISS G S Kotzen: Has had one gallop, may need the run but expecting improvement
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