It had to only be a matter of time before Mike De Kock would grab a Cape Summer Of Champions Gr1 trophy and the multiple champion trainer did it in style courtesy of a superb display of big race riding and timed-to–the-minute preparation to score his fourth win in the Cape’s premier classic
Only one filly has achieved the fillies-colts’ Cape Guineas double in 60 years and the task facing Silver Mountain on Saturday is an enormous one…
“From what I have seen she looks better than the boys. And a good filly can beat a good colt.” The educated opinion of multiple champion jockey Garth Puller as the lessons of history and some talented visitors balance the odds against a sensational outcome to Saturday’s R1 million Grand Parade Cape Guineas
Mike Azzie has scratched Rabada from Saturday’s Gr1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas
“We will be taking on Silver Mountain who I think is something special and I don’t want to go down to Cape Town if I am not happy with the horse.”
The major talking point will be the inclusion of Silver Mountain, who bids to become to the first filly to win the premier classic since Little Ballerina in 1993.
The final field announcement for the R1 million Grand Parade Gr1 Cape Guineas to be run at Kenilworth on Saturday 19 December will be broadcast live on Tellytrack Dstv 239 at 13h20 today
Day of glory for Joey Ramsden and owners Ingrid and Markus Jooste as Dynasty colt Act Of War reaffirms his status as the SA champion 3yo. The world is his oyster and there cannot be a more exciting horse on the African continent right now!
Will history be kinder to Dynasty’s son Act Of War in the 2014 Gr1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas?
Big first for Brett Crawford and Sail From Seattle as Elusive Gold wins Cape Guineas
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
