BLOODSTOCK SA CAPE GUINEAS.

BLOODSTOCK SA CAPE GUINEAS

GRADE 1, R100 000, 1600m, KENILWORTH

SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER 2008







A crack field of 16 three year olds has accepted for this year’s running of the R 1 million Bloodstock South Africa Cape Guineas (Gr 1) that will be run over 1600 m at Kenilworth on Saturday, December 20. A maximum field is headed by Big City Life and Jamaican Dream and the two smart fillies in Sparkling Gem and Mother Russia. Big City Life, out of the Glen Kotzen yard, is a three-time winner including the Racing Association Stakes (Listed) and most recently warmed up for the Guineas with a classy second behind champion Pocket Power. The Brett Crawford-trained Jamaican Dream numbers the Betting World Cape of Good Hope Nursery, the Betting World The Langerman and the Investec Cape Classic among his victories. Most recently he finished unplaced behind Le Drakkar in the Selengor Cup but is likely to strip at his peak for this event and has also drawn well at two.



Trainer Justin Snaith made no bones about what he thought of Sparkling Gem’s chances after her victory in the Avontuur Estate Cape Fillies Guineas last Saturday and she, along with Mother Russia who finished a close-up second, will be out to emulate the great Empress Club who was the last filly to win this important race.



Basil Marcus, who trained Jay Peg to win this race in 2006, sends out two runners in the highly rated Rudi Rocks and the talented Flying West. His brother Anton has once again been booked to ride Rudi Rocks for Markus Jooste and his prospects of turning some strong-finishing placed efforts into a victory will be greatly enhanced by the long straight of the Kenilworth summer track.



Only four visiting runners have made the trip from the Highveld, headed by the Mike de Kock-trained Ant Of Agasta and the unbeaten Meet At Malamala. Stable first call rider, Kevin Shea, will be aboard Ant Of Agasta but he has drawn wide at 15. Anthony Delpech, first call rider when Shea is on international duty, drove Meet At Malamala to victory in the recent Secretariat Stakes at Turffontein, the race won by last year’s unbeaten Bloodstock South Africa Cape Guineas winner Pointing North. Pointing North has since been shipped overseas and is currently in France where he is being prepared for the Dubai Carnival.



Port Elizabeth is represented by Mitch Wiese’s Lizard’s Desire who will be ridden by his regular pilot, Samango Khumalo.



The final field for the R1 million BloodStock South Africa Cape Guineas (Grade 1) is:



Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer
1 BIG CITY LIFE 57.0 103 ( 91) 10 A B Fayd'Herbe Glen Kotzen
2 JAMAICAN DREAM 57.0 103 ( 91) 2 A K Neisius Brett Crawford
3 RUDI ROCKS 57.0 102 ( 90) 8 B A A Marcus Basil Marcus
4 SPORTING BOY 57.0 102 ( 90) 12 A J Geroudis Alec Laird
5 MASTER OF ALL 57.0 99 ( 87) 9 A ............... Alec Laird
6 ANT OF AGASTA 57.0 98 ( 86) 15 A K Shea Mike de Kock
7 BUSH PIRATE 57.0 98 ( 86) 14 A A Fortune Joey Ramsden
8 KINGS CROSS 57.0 98 ( 86) 5 A *A Domeyer Stan Elley
9 LE DRAKKAR 57.0 98 ( 86) 16 A M Byleveld Dean Kannemeyer
10 CHIEF BLACKFOOT 57.0 96 ( 84) 18 A M Winnaar Riaan Van Reenen
11 FLYING WEST 57.0 94 ( 82) 6 A G Hatt Basil Marcus
12 VOLPISTA 57.0 91 ( 79) 3 A S Randolph Glen Kotzen
13 LIZARD'S DESIRE 57.0 90 ( 78) 13 A S Khumalo Mitchell Wiese
14 MEET AT MALAMALA 57.0 89 ( 77) 1 A A Delpech Mike de Kock
15 SPARKLING GEM 54.5 102 ( 90) 17 A R Fourie Justin Snaith
16 MOTHER RUSSIA 54.5 100 ( 88) 7 A ............... Joey Ramsden

Reserve Runners

17 EXPLORATION 57.0 91 ( 79) 4 A Reserve 1 Basil Marcus
18 HEMINGWAY 57.0 89 ( 77) 11 A Reserve 2 Dean Kannemeyer

Couplings: (1,12) (3,11,17) (4,5) (6,14) (7,16) (9,18)






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Gill Simpkins