ANTE-POST favourite Mother Russia drew perfectly in the middle of the field at Number 8 for the next week’s Grade 1 J&B Met over 2000m at Kenilworth, which will leave all options open to jockey Anton Marcus.
Other fancied runners Pocket Power (3) and Flirtation (5), are also favoured, while Run For It (10) and Bravura (13), will have tougher tasks from their allocated draws.
Jockey Morne Winnaar (photo) will replace Robbie Fradd, initially declared, on Dean Kannemeyer’s In Writing.
Here is the final field, with draws included:
Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer
1 POCKET POWER 60.0 114 (114) 3 A B Fayd’Herbe Mike Bass
2 RUDRA 60.0 109 (109) 2 A J Geroudis Mike de Kock
3 BRAVURA 59.5 110 (109) 13 A G Hatt Joey Ramsden
4 FORT VOGUE 58.0 104 (104) 7 B A K Neisius Mike Bass
5 RUSHING WIND 58.0 104 (104) 1 B A P Strydom Mike Bass
6 IN WRITING 58.0 97 ( 97) 6 B A M Winnaar Dean Kannemeyer
7 PAST MASTER 57.5 114 (113) 15 B A G Schlechter Darryl Hodgson
8 MOTHER RUSSIA 57.5 111 (111) 8 A A Marcus Mike de Kock
9 TALES OF BRAVERY 57.5 111 (110) 16 A M Byleveld Vaughan Marshall
10 CELTIC FIRE 57.5 107 (106) 14 A K Teetan Yvette Bremner
11 LION IN WINTER 57.5 105 (104) 9 A A Fortune Joey Ramsden
12 LAST REGAL 57.5 104 (103) 12 A M Yeni Dean Kannemeyer
13 CASK 57.5 100 ( 99) 11 A R Fourie Stephen Page
14 PADDY O’REILLY 57.5 100 ( 99) 4 A R Danielson Glen Kotzen
15 SUPER STORM 57.5 99 ( 98) 17 A A Domeyer Mike Bass
16 FLIRTATION 57.0 104 (103) 5 A A Delpech Mike de Kock
17 RUN FOR IT 52.0 108 ( 96) 10 A F Coetzee Justin Snaith
Couplings: (1,4,5,15) (2,8,16) (3,11) (6,12)
No. of Trainers: 10
