BIG names in the list of first entries for the 2011 Sansui Summer Cup over 2000m at Turffontein on 26 November include last year’s winner Flirtation, who is one of 20 horses nominated with merit ratings of 100 and above.

She is one of more than a dozen entries from Mike de Kock’s stable with the others including evergreen Rudra (winner of the 2008 Summer Cup), Captain’s Wild, only narrowly beaten by Happy Landing in the Champions Challenge, Greyville 1900 winner Safwan and Perana, winner of the Grade 2 Victory Moon Stakes last year.

Perana (left), big-race nomination.

The first entries for the Sansui Summer Cup: ASLAN (S G Tarry); ATLANTIC OAK (M F De Kock); ATYEB (M F De Kock); BADGER LAKE (M F De Kock); BERRY BLAZE (M F De Kock); BLACK WING (P M Gadsby); BULSARA (G H Van Zyl); CAPTAIN SCOTT (A G Laird); CAPTAIN’S WILD (M F De Kock); CHECCETTI (M F De Kock); DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL (S J Gray); DARK WIND (M F De Kock); EMPENOSO HENN (M F De Kock); FENERBAHCE (G M Alexander); FLIRTATION (M F De Kock); FOREIGN RESERVE (J A Soma); FORT PETERSBURG (G V Woodruff); GOLD ONYX (S G Tarry); HAPPY LANDING (J A Soma); HAVASHA (M F De Kock); HOUSE OF WAX (G V Woodruff); ICE AXE (C Laird); ILSANPIETRO (M F De Kock); IMPERIOUS STAR (G S Kotzen); JET JAMBOREE (D Zaki); JET TRAIL (A G Laird); KNIGHT TO REMEMBER (D C Howells); KOLKATA (S G Tarry); MAGICAL (O A Ferraris); ONLY ACHIEVER (G V Woodruff); PERANA (M F De Kock); PIERRE JOURDAN (G M Alexander); POWER PARK (S G Tarry); PRINCESS OF LIGHT (G V Woodruff); RADIANT ROCK (G M Alexander); REGAL RANSOM (S G Tarry); ROMAN WALL (S G Tarry); RUDRA (M F De Kock); SAFWAN (M F De Kock); SAGE THRONE (C Scott); SALUTATION (S T Pettigrew); SEAL (G H Van Zyl); SELBORNE SUPREMACY (S G Tarry); SIDERA (M F De Kock); SOUL MASTER (G V Woodruff); THE APACHE (G H Van Zyl); THE MOUSEKETEER (S G Tarry); WITHOUT MALICE (G B Scott); WITTENBERG (G V Woodruff).