As good as it gets!! SA's best entered for the 2010 J&B Met.

As good as it gets!! SA's best entered for the 2010 J&B Met.
by Leon Setaro




J&B Met day - Cape Town's racing showcase!

Just about every big name in the country has been entered into this season's J&B Met, including a strong JHB contingent headed by Highveld star Oracy (C.Laird), who failed to win his 6th start in a row and justify favouritism last weekend in the Summer Cup. Ultra impressive 4yr olds Dan De Lago (C.Laird) and Seattle Ice (G.Woodruff) are there to support, and so is the Dubai bound Mother Russia, who now bats for the Mike De Kock stable (ex. J.Ramsden). Also in from De Kock is Meet at Malamala and Rudra, last year's runaway winner of the Summer Cup who hasn't been seen out since.

Pocket Power (M.Bass) unbeaten in the Met, is the only horse in SA history to have won this race 3 consecutive times and now bids for an unprecedented 4th straight victory. He leads the CPT defense with primary backup from sis River Jetez (M.Bass) and Vodacom July winner Big City Life. (G.Kotzen)

Ex Dubai campaigners Strategic News (D.Cunha) and Lion's Blood (H.Brown) are both in for KZN, along with the up and coming Sport's Factor and Goat for the Lafferty stable.

There's a even a blast from the past in the form of old timer Jagged Ice, who made his return to racing last week after a 2 year racing absence, now trained by Shane Humbey (ex. D.Kannemeyer). NB. July placed Forest Path has also changed stables and takes his place in the Met entry list for trainer Stephen Page (ex M.De Kock)

HORSE - AGE - WEIGHT - MR - EQUIP - TRAINER
POCKET POWER 7G 0.0 119 Mike Bass
KAPIL 7G 0.0 115 Stan Elley
BIG CITY LIFE 4C 0.0 111 Glen Kotzen
IVORY TRAIL 5G 0.0 111 B Joey Ramsden
STRATEGIC NEWS (AUS) 6H 0.0 111 B Dylan Cunha
SURFIN' USA 6G 0.0 111 Jacques Strydom
BLUE TIGER 5H 0.0 110 Mike Bass
BUY AND SELL 6G 0.0 110 Sean Tarry
SMART BANKER 5G 0.0 110 B Charles Laird
ORACY (NZ) 4C 0.0 108 B Charles Laird
RUDRA 5H 0.0 108 Mike de Kock
FOREST PATH 4G 0.0 107 Stephen Page
BILL OF RIGHTS 6G 0.0 105 Mike Bass
RIVER JETEZ 6M 0.0 105 Mike Bass
DAN DE LAGO (AUS) 4C 0.0 104 Charles Laird
FABIANI 4G 0.0 103 Glen Kotzen
MOTHER RUSSIA 4F 0.0 103 Mike de Kock
SEATTLE ICE (AUS) 4G 0.0 103 B Geoff Woodruff
SPARKLING GEM 4F 0.0 102 Justin Snaith
AIR COMBAT 5G 0.0 101 Mike Bass
RED RAKE 5G 0.0 101 Basil Marcus
TAN CAN 5G 0.0 101 Dean Kannemeyer
THUNDERING JET 5G 0.0 101 Mike Bass
RUSHING WIND 4G 0.0 100 B Mike Bass
DIAMOND QUEST 8G 0.0 99 Mike Bass
STATE CROWN 6G 0.0 99 Piet Steyn
GOAT 4F 0.0 98 B Paul Lafferty
LION'S BLOOD 5G 0.0 98 Herman Brown
LITTLEREDCORVETTE 5G 0.0 98 Glen Puller
MEET AT MALAMALA 4G 0.0 98 B Mike de Kock
ROYAL CHALON (AUS) 4G 0.0 98 B Dean Kannemeyer
SENOR JET 6G 0.0 98 Glen Kotzen
NOBLEWOOD 5G 0.0 97 Stephen Page
NOORDHOEK FLYER (SNL) 3C 0.0 96 Dean Kannemeyer
JAGGED ICE 7G 0.0 95 Shane Humby
LOVE IS IN THE AIR 4F 0.0 95 Mike Bass
DIRECTORATE 4G 0.0 92 B Dylan Cunha
THANKS JOHN 4G 0.0 92 Mike Bass
GRAFTON STREET 8G 0.0 90 Mike Stewart
FORT VOGUE 4G 0.0 88 Mike Bass
SPORTS FACTOR 4C 0.0 86 B Paul Lafferty

1st Supplementary Entries-11am-Thursday,17 December 2009

Thats it making a plan to be at Kenilworth on the big day, hope Molly has a spare jacket for me?

Do you think Strategic news can get back to his best?

Strategic News imo is better than before he won the Summer Cup. He has grown and improved as he is still lightly raced and he had the time he needed. He did well in Dubai and came back in top condition. We have sorted his serious ulcer problems out which has taken nearly two years and he is now in tip top condition. The only concern I have with him is he needs a hard run race with lots of pace which he got in the Summer Cup and in Dubai when he won and that is a big worry in CT and unfortunately our yard is not big enough to ensure there is pace! He is running next Sat in the Premiers Trophy where he is weighted to win so it will be interesting to see how he does and that will clearly give you an indicator to whether he will get back to his best on a race course or not. Glyn Schofield has been in contact with me to ride him in the Met but that weighs upon how his prep goes.

I hope you find this useful...

Thanks Dylan, much appreciated

Thanks Dylan. Very useful indeed. I thought his comeback run was full of promise.

DAN DE LARGO......

I fonly all trainers were so open as Mr Cunha... Thanks! I reckon with glyyn in the irons its definately a possibility!