The prospect of a fascinating clash between Capetown Noir and Beach Beauty
comes a significant step nearer with the publication of the entries for the
R300,000 Green Point Stakes(Grade 2) at Kenilworth on Saturday 23 November.
Dean Kannemeyer has long earmarked this historic 1600mrace for last
season’s Cape Guineas and Investec Cape Derby winner while Dennis Drier is
clearly considering it as an option for his star mare who has a repeat of
last season’s Grade 1Maine Chance Paddock Stakes victory as her primary
objective.
The Green Point is the traditional route to the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
and four times in the last eight years the Green Point winner has gone on
to land the big Grade 1 over the same distance.
The 23 entries include the second, fourth and fifth in this year’s Vodacom
Durban July - Run For It, No Worries and Jet Explorer – while the Vaughan
Marshall-trained Hill Fifty Four was runner-up in the J&B Met.
Dean Kannemeyer, who has the best recent record with five of the last 12
winners, has also entered the smart performers Hot Ticket and Ice Machine.
Mike Bass, successful in half the last six runnings, has the biggest entry
(seven) including last season’s Avontuur Estate Guineas runner-up Hammie’s
Hooker.
Entries for the Green Point Stakes (Grade 2) over 1 600m at Kenilworth
3 ASHTON PARK Mike Bass
4 BEACH BEAUTY Dennis Drier
13 BIG CITY ANGEL Gavin van Zyl
14 BRAVURA Joey Ramsden
11 BULSARA Gavin van Zyl
19 CAPETOWN NOIR Dean Kannemeyer
1 CASTLETHORPE (AUS) Mike Bass
7 GIFTED FOR GLORY Mike Bass
5 HAMMIE'S DYNASTY Mike Bass
10 HAMMIE'S HOOKER Mike Bass
15 HILL FIFTY FOUR Vaughan Marshall
18 HOT TICKET Dean Kannemeyer
12 ICE MACHINE Dean Kannemeyer
21 JET AGLOW Dennis Drier
8 JET EXPLORER Justin Snaith
9 KING OF PAIN Joey Ramsden
6 LAKE ARTHUR Yogas Govender
2 NO WORRIES Gavin van Zyl
16 PATERFAMILIAS Mike Bass
20 PUNTA ARENAS Stan Elley
22 RECALL TO LIFE Shane Humby
17 RUN FOR IT Justin Snaith
23 ZE KAISER Mike Bass
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Forest Indigo, Alec Laird-trained winner of the Grade 1 Durban Golden
Horseshoe, heads the 26 entries for the R300,000 Grade 2 Selangor Cup, also
over 1600m at Kenilworth on 23 November.
Laird believes that the slow pace was responsible for the way the Judpot
colt weakened into third behind Captain Of All on his reappearance at the
Cape Town course this week and he is mentally tossing a coin between the
Selangor and a much easier graduation plate for the horse’s final run
before the Grand Parade Cape Guineas on 21 December.
The Duncan Howells-trained Hunting Horn, 40-1 when dividing the two big
names at Kenilworth this week, also figures among the entries for what
invariably proves an informative trial for the Guineas and four of the last
eight winners went on to take that classic.
Joey Ramsden, bidding for a Selangor hat-trick after Variety Club in 2011
and King Of Pain last year, has just two entries – Juddering Angel and Bush
Ranger.
Dean Kannemeyer tends to dominate the Selangor and will be bidding for his
seventh win in 12 seasons. His four entries include last Sunday’s course
winner Capel Top and Power King who was odds-on when unsuited by the slow
pace and only third behind Shogunnar in a graduation plate on the same day.
Entries for the Selangor Cup (Grade 2) over 1600m at Kenilworth:
20 ALASCAN MAIDEN Mike Bass
11 BIZJET Mike Bass
7 BUSH RANGER Joey Ramsden
5 CAPE CUTTER Justin Snaith
4 CAPEL TOP (ARG) Dean Kannemeyer
26 CAPTAIN AMERICA Brett Crawford
21 CAPTAIN MAGPIE Brett Crawford
16 CHESTNUT'S ROCKET Vaughan Marshall
22 COUNTS ROCKET Glen Kotzen
10 DE KOCK Brett Crawford
3 DYNASTIC POWER Stan Elley
12 EARL OF DERBY Alec Laird
17 ETERNAL JET Dennis Drier
14 FOREST INDIGO Alec Laird
15 HUNTING HORN Duncan Howells
18 JUDDERING ANGEL Joey Ramsden
24 LEGISLATE Justin Snaith
13 POWER KING Dean Kannemeyer
1 REIM Glen Puller
19 ROMAN MANNER (AUS) Dean Kannemeyer
9 SAIL SOUTH S H Page
6 SPEED ROCKET Dean Kannemeyer
25 STRONGMAN Glen Puller
23 TOP JET Mike Bass
2 ZAMBEZI TORRENT Mike Bass
8 ZOBENS Gavin Smith
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Red Ray, who made such an impression when making a winning return in the
Grade 3 Elusive Fort Cape Classic, dominates the 28 entries in the Lanzerac
Ready To Run Stakes which carries a whopping R2-million stake.
Other high class horses in the race include De Kock from Brett Crawford’s
stable, Glen Kotzen’s dual Grade 3 winner Antonius Du Bois and the Vaughan
Marshall-trained Exelero. They were third, fourth and fifth in the Cape
Classic. The draw for this race will take place at the sponsor’s
Stellenbosch hotel next Thursday.
Entries for the Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes over 1400m at Kenilworth:
ABYSSINIA Brett Crawford
ALL ABOUT THE DASH Dean Kannemeyer
ANTONIUS DU BOIS Glen Kotzen
ARION Justin Snaith
BELLE COCO Mike Azzie
CAPTAIN AMERICA Brett Crawford
CAPTAIN'S RESERVE Vaughan Marshall
DAVYANA Glen Kotzen
DESTINY DRIVEN Joey Ramsden
EASTERN FRONT Joey Ramsden
EMPEROR'S FOREST Piet Steyn
EXELERO Vaughan Marshall
HE'S A NADOE Justin Snaith
HOPEITSAPRIZE (ARG Brett Crawford
JAY'S MAN Dennis Drier
KNYSNA LAGOON S H Page
MENTALIST Justin Snaith
NORDIC WARRIOR Brett Crawford
PLAYINGTHEENEMY (A Justin Snaith
RED RAY Joey Ramsden
REIM Glen Puller
RIO BRANCO Joey Ramsden
ROVING CONSORT Justin Snaith
SHAKE AND BAKE Shane Humby
SIX OF THE BEST Justin Snaith
TRIBUTE TO KYLIE Adam Marcus
WIND GLIDER Carl J Burger
ZOBENS Gavin Smith
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