Trainer Candice Robinson, assistant to her father Mike Bass, has confirmed that the brilliant filly Silver Mountain will likely go for the Gr 1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas on December 19 and thereby attempt to become the first filly to win this race since the David Payne-trained Little Ballerina did so in December 1993.
Gr1 Cape Guineas – Little Ballerina
An interesting statistic is Andrew Fortune rode Little Ballerina to victory in the Cape Guineas, while his son Aldo Domeyer is the regular pilot aboard Silver Mountain.
The field will be announced today at 13h20 on Tellytrack.
Other fillies to have won the Cape Guineas include the great Tony Millard-trained Empress Club (February 1992), the Geoff Woodruff-trained Star Effort (February 1991), Renounce (February 1965) and Response (February 1957).
Star Effort remains the only horse in history to have won both the Cape Fillies Guineas and the Cape Guineas and Silver Mountain will thus attempt to become only the second to achieve this feat.
The Highlands Farms Stud-bred daughter of Silvano landed a plum draw of two in the Cape Guineas and after her devastating performance from a wide draw in the Fillies Guineas on Saturday, which inspired unbridled plaudits from pundits countrywide, she is likely to start favourite.
She is likely to also be hot favourite for the inaugural running of the CTS Million Dollar on January 23.
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