Cape Guineas Day Final Fields

CAPE GUINEAS (Grade 1)
For 3 year-old horses (1st Leg SA Triple Crown)

No Apprentice Allowance
1 6 Waterberry Lane 60 111 A Grant Behr Dean Kannemeyer
2 5 Good Traveller 60 109 A Richard Fourie Glen Kotzen
3 14 Pomp And Power 60 109 A S'manga Khumalo Justin Snaith
4 11 Cosmic Highway 60 108 A Keagan de Melo Dean Kannemeyer
5 8 Trip Of Fortune 60 106 A Aldo Domeyer Candice Bass-Robinson
6 16 Xavion 60 104 A Anthony Andrews Candice Bass-Robinson
7 13 Zapatillas 60 104 A Luyolo Mxothwa Brett Crawford
8 12 Double Superlative 60 101 A Anton Marcus Justin Snaith
9 7 Universal 60 101 A Craig Zackey Adam Marcus
10 2 Never Ending Rain 60 100 A Denis Schwarz Glen Kotzen
11 4 Bush Tracker 60 99 A Ryan Munger Glen Kotzen
12 10 Pacaya 60 93 A Grant van Niekerk Justin Snaith
13 15 Chollima 60 92 A Morne Winnaar Glen Kotzen
14 9 Mr Master Starter 60 86 A Bernard Fayd'Herbe Dean Kannemeyer
15 3 Surjay 60 81 A Robert Khathi Michael Robinson
16 1 Marigold Hotel 57.5 107 AM Greg Cheyne Sean Tarry

VICTRESS STAKES (Grade 3)
Fillies and Mares
WFA: 3yrs-7kgs 4yrs-0.5kgs
No Apprentice Allowance
1 3 Pretty Betty 60 106 A Anton Marcus Mike Stewart
2 4 Catchafallingstar 59.5 95 A S'manga Khumalo Glen Kotzen
3 7 Chat Ching 59 111 A Keagan de Melo Candice Bass-Robinson
4 6 Marina 59 108 BA Aldo Domeyer Candice Bass-Robinson
5 8 Scented Mistress 59 108 BA Craig Zackey Vaughan Marshall
6 5 Santa Therese 59 104 T A Greg Cheyne Alan Greeff
7 11 Rain In Newmarket 59 102 A Richard Fourie Justin Snaith
8 9 Swazi Queen 59 98 BA Anthony Andrews Candice Bass-Robinson
9 1 Pink Tourmaline 59 97 BA Luyolo Mxothwa Brett Crawford
10 2 So Flawless 59 96 A Grant van Niekerk Andre Nel
11 10 Veronica Mars 59 96 A Bernard Fayd'Herbe Justin Snaith

PENINSULA HANDICAP (Grade 2)
Handicap
WFA: 3yrs-7kgs 4yrs-0.5kgs
No Apprentice Allowance
1 8 Hoedspruit 60 116 A Richard Fourie Justin Snaith
2 3 Vikram 57 109 BA Grant van Niekerk Andre Nel
3 1 Native Tongue 55 106 A Craig Zackey Justin Snaith
4 7 Super Silvano 55 105 BA Luyolo Mxothwa Brett Crawford
5 9 Cat Daddy 53 101 BA Ryan Munger Glen Kotzen
6 2 Rockin' Ringo 52.5 100 A Anthony Andrews Piet Botha
7 5 Seventh Gear 52.5 100 A Keagan de Melo +0.5 Dean Kannemeyer
8 6 FireAlley 52.5 98 BA Greg Cheyne Candice Bass-Robinson
9 4 One Way Traffic 52.5 98 A S'manga Khumalo Justin Snaith

Early Final Field Betting from WSB www.worldsportsbetting.co.za/mplevents/114760791_

This is one of the more open looking Guineas that we have seen in recent years.
Trip of Fortune tops the boards on the strength of his winning streak, good run against older horses, and a good victory in the Classic. The form of the Classic is a bit puzzling, as Pomp and Power was well back there, yet ran a much improved race to win the Concorde, but impressive finisher Xavion subsequently flopped in the Concorde.
Good Traveller looks the value at 7/1 as he had to give 2kg in the Concorde, and at levels with a better draw, could turn the tables on Pomp and Power.
Waterberry Lane has the highest MR earned against older horses, and must be a big contender. Similarly with Cosmic Highway, and these two give Kannemeyer a very strong hand. The jockey arrangements don’t give us any clue as to the stable elect as De Melo must ride the Khaya Stables horse.
Zapatillas has very solid form and must be respected despite the draw. Double Superlative and Pacaya seem to have plenty scope for further improvement, and neither of those would be a huge surprise. Universal made a big impression when winning his maiden, and has bounced back from a poor effort in the Classic where he may have needed the run.There are a few others in the bottom half of the betting board which also look unexposed and capable of a surprise.
Marigold Hotel missed the Fillies Guineas and is a very interesting runner. Desert Miracle was far too strong for the boys in the Graham Beck, but I think that the Cape colts are stronger. However, she gets a good draw and on the official ratings comes in well weighted with the allowance.
This could be a rough race with a full field and quite a few of the top contenders drawn wide, not to mention a few jockeys that have gotten into trouble for not keeping their mounts on a straight course in the drive to the line.

It certainly looks a difficult competitive field and the lads are on Good Traveller at 12/1 ew

However I get the impression that the match race at Turffontien between Malmoos and WOA will be a bigger talking point 👉 and draw more attention.

Good Punting 👍

Sorry to detract from Cape thread but as usual WSB out with the early betting and I agree

9/10 WOA
5/2 Malmoos

What do you think 🤔

Grant Behr is booked for only one ride on the day and that is Waterberry Lane.


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Grant Behr is booked for only one ride on the day and that is Waterberry Lane.


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Surely lightning can't strike twice, last year Russian Rock (100/1 - Grant Behr), i will become a believer immediately after the race, no jokes, name the the church, I'm there.