Cape Flying Championship-Final Field

1 5 EARL OF SURREY (ZI 60.0 116 BA D David Geoff Woodruff

2 1 BLUE TIGER 60.0 108 A A Fortune Mike Bass

3 11 GAULTIER 60.0 108 A K Teetan Mike Bass

4 7 CASEY COOL 60.0 107 BA G Schlechter Darryl Hodgson

5 8 BUSH PIRATE 60.0 106 BA G Hatt Joey Ramsden

6 3 RUSHING WIND 60.0 104 BA A Domeyer Mike Bass

7 4 ROYAL BOUNTY 60.0 103 T A R Fourie Justin Snaith

8 10 VILLANDRY 60.0 101 BA M Byleveld Vaughan Marshall

9 9 AUGUST RUSH 60.0 100 A B Fayd'Herbe Neil Bruss

10 13 SCULPTOR 60.0 90 BA S Veale Mitchell Wiese

11 6 GIBRALTAR BLUE (IR 57.5 111 A A Marcus Mike de Kock

12 2 WHAT A WINTER 56.5 107 A K Neisius Mike Bass

13 12 MAGICO 56.5 105 T A F Coetzee Paul Peter

Three very interesting names at the bottom....(tu)

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only 2 in my opinion as magico not in the race

Bush Pirate past the post guys!

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It's a big step up in class, obviously, but Magico has done nothing wrong over 1000m. However, by interesting I also meant that he will be his trainer's first runner in Cape Town and he's roped in Felix for the ride. Also interesting is that the reason given for Magico being scratched from the Blue Voyager race a couple of weeks ago was "sale pending", if I remember correctly, but I see that he is still with Paul Peter, I wonder ikf the ownership has changed or if the sale never actually came about.

Anyway it will be a good race, even with Hear The Drums sitting it out for the first time in years.

This is a 1000m sprint which throws it a bit more open a most runners are 1200m specialist imo. I will wait for the conditions on the day as the cape doctor could have a big say.

I will be shouting magico home for my mate paul p, yl haven't seen the best of this horse as yet

They are racing for 2nd imo - Gibraltar Blue past the post, and Earl of Surrey to finish 2nd

I thought Magico was in the process of being sold. Did the sale fall through?

From what I know b kantor wanted to buy him for 1million, connections think he is worth much more

Journalist: Andrew Harrison – Gold Circle Publishing


As a hors d’oeuvre to J&B Met day the following Saturday, it does not come more appetising than the Betting World Cape Flying Championship. The R600 000 Grade 1 dash down the Kenilworth Racecourse 1000m on Saturday, January 22, will pit star filly Gibraltar Blue against crack sophomores What A Winter and Magico, seasoned veteran Earl Of Surrey and a host of accomplished sprinters in what should develop into a smashing race.



With the J&B Met and the Klawervlei Majorca Stakes following only a week later, the Cape Flying Championship will provide a searching test for Gibraltar Blue whose optimum trip is a mile. But with Mike de Kock at the helm, nothing is impossible. During the Highveld spring season the 1000m of the Gardenia Handicap, a warm-up for the Ipi Tombe Challenge, was deemed too short for the Irish import but she doodled in by over four lengths. She followed up in the Ipi Tombe Challenge, winning rather comfortably.

Taking on males in the Cape Flying Championship should prove a more testing challenge than the Gardenia Stakes.



Trainer Mike Bass was never quite convinced that What A Winter stayed a true-run mile and after his effort in the Bloodstock SA Cape Guineas Bass has decided to drop his charge back to sprints where he is unbeaten in three outings. The smart son of Western Winter has an exceptional turn of foot and is sure to be running hard at speedball Gibraltar Blue at the death.



Trainer Paul Peter will saddle three-year-old raider Magico and the son of Dupont shows buckets of ability. This will be his biggest test to date but he made a smashing seasonal debut in strong handicap company over the Vaal 1000m in November last year and was lumbered with an eight-pound penalty for his efforts, testimony to his ability.



Earl Of Surrey is a J&B Met entry and the field for the big race is due to be announced on Monday, January 17. The former Zimbabwe Derby winner has been kept to sprinting with great success by trainer Geoff Woodruff with the Golden Horse Casino Sprint being his greatest triumph to date. However, he sustained an injury in that race and was off the track for over a year. He has since come back strong with two recent wins.



Blue Tiger, after being used as the hare in the recent L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, returns to a trip to which he seems better suited and it also sees the return to the saddle of Andrew Fortune who has been sitting out a lengthy suspension.



The rest of the field is littered with accomplished sprinters, anyone of whom could pull off a victory on their day.

What a Winter to follow Sculptor home