A number of crackerjack three-year-olds have been accepted to race in the Grade 1 Bloodstock SA Cape Guineas (R1 million), scheduled for 18 December at Kenilworth. They include trainer Mike Bass’ rising star What A Winter (headline photo), Mike de Kock’s smart Graded winners Kavanagh and Perana and Joey Ramsden’s Il Saggiatore.

Kavanagh with owner, Mary Slack.

Recent winner of this illustrious classic include Pointing North, Le Drakkar and Noordhoek Flyer. Mike de Kock’s most famous winner of the BSA Guineas was Horse Chestnut in 1999.

The final field is:

Sc# Horse               Mass   MR       Draw   B  A  T  Jockey        Trainer
 1  WHAT A WINTER       58.0  109 ( 97)    9      A     K Neisius     Mike Bass
 2  COPPER PARADE       58.0  104 ( 92)    5   B  A     K Teetan      Joey Ramsden
 3  KAVANAGH            58.0  104 ( 92)    2      A     J Geroudis    Mike de Kock
 4  SOLO TRAVELLER      58.0  104 ( 92)    3      A     B Fayd’Herbe  Justin Snaith
 5  PERANA              58.0  102 ( 90)   12      A     K Shea        Mike de Kock
 6  CASTLETHORPE        58.0  101 ( 89)    4      A     A Marcus      Mike Bass
 7  TOP SELLER          58.0  101 ( 89)   11      A     M Byleveld    Vaughan Marshall
 8  IL SAGGIATORE       58.0   98 ( 86)    7      A     G Hatt        Joey Ramsden
 9  BRILLIANT CUT       58.0   97 ( 85)   15      A    *A Domeyer     Vaughan Marshall
10  M’LORDS THROAT      58.0   96 ( 84)   14      A     M Neisius     Glen Kotzen
11  RUN FOR IT          58.0   95 ( 83)    1      A     F Coetzee     Justin Snaith
12  KING FAHIEM         58.0   93 ( 81)   10      A     M Latorre     Glen Kotzen
13  LUCKY MOON          58.0   93 ( 81)   13      A     C Segeon      Joey Ramsden
14  WOLF ON THE FOLD    58.0   93 ( 81)    8      A     R Fourie      Brett Crawford
15  GREEN KEEPER        58.0   92 ( 80)    6      A     A Fortune     Justin Snaith
Couplings: (1,6) (2,8,13) (3,5) (4,11,15) (7,9) (10,12)