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)
