IRISH import Flying The Flag (orange silks on headline photo) will be one of three horses attempting to give Mike de Kock his 10th win R2-million Gauteng SANSUI Summer Cup over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday November 28.
He ran on well from the back in the Charity Mile and will likely relish the soft ground the rains could bring as he has done well in testing going in Ireland before. The final field and barrier positions for Johannesburg’s most prestigious race were announced on Wednesday.
“He has improved markedly since running in the Charity Mile and we’re hoping for a big run. But landing up with No 16 draw has not helped his chances,” said assistant trainer Mathew de Kock.
French Navy, current favourite for the Summer Cup, will jump from barrier No 8.
The SA Classic and Daily News 2000 winner is one of two runners for champion trainer Sean Tarry, and will carry top weight of 60kg in the Grade 1 race and has Raymond Danielson up. “He is a horse who drops out and races from off the pace so the draw is not that important,” said Tarry.
“However, No 8 is decent position to be in.”
The Dean Kannemeyer-trained Vodacom Durban July winner Power King will receive 1.5kg from French Navy and like many progeny of Silvano could well now be at his peak as a five-year-old. He impressed in his recent preparation run over 1 200m at Greyville, flying up for third.
He is also nicely drawn at No 5 and will be ridden by Stuart Randolph who was aboard when Power King won the Durban July.
Master Sabina, runner up two years ago, will be having his second run after a year’s break and will be one of three horses attempting to give five-time champion trainer Geoff Woodruff his third successive victory in the race.
Woodruff won last year with Louis The King and in 2013 with Yorker when he trained the first three past the post.
Ultimate Dollar is one of two horses for Justin Snaith and will be fancied by many as the course and distance should perfectly suit his running style and he will be ridden by Piere Strydom. Unfortunately they drew No 19.
Final field for the R2-million Gauteng SANSUI Summer Cup (Grade 1) over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday 28 November.
1 – 8 FRENCH NAVY (S G Tarry) R Danielson 60.0 – 113
2 – 5 POWER KING (D Kannemeyer) S Randolph 58.5 – 109
3 – 16 FLYING THE FLAG (M F De Kock) A Delpech 58.0 – 108
4 – 20 JUDICIAL (T Zackey) …………… 56.5 – 105
5 – 7 MASTER SABINA (G V Woodruff) G Lerena 56.5 – 105
6 – 9 HALVE THE DEFICIT (S G Tarry) S Khumalo 56.0 – 104
7 – 4 YER-MAAN (S J Gray) Q Riddle 56.0 – 104
8 – 17 MAC DE LAGO (W H Marwing) W Marwing 55.5 – 104
9 – 6 EASY LOVER (S T Pettigrew) M V’Rensburg 55.0 – 103
10 – 18 DEO JUVENTE (G V Woodruff) S Cormack 54.5 – 102
11 – 2 M L JET (G H Van Zyl) M Yeni 54.5 – 102
12 – 19 ULTIMATE DOLLAR (S J Snaith) P Strydom 54.5 – 102
13 – 10 DISCO AL (J Ramsden) A Fortune 54.5 – 101
14 – 14 DYNAMIC (S J Snaith) K de Melo 54.0 – 100
15 – 13 DIESEL JET (E Verdonese) M Byleveld 53.0 – 99
16 – 15 ST TROPEZ (J Ramsden) A Marcus 53.0 – 99
17 – 1 THE CAPTAIN’S TUNE (G V Woodruff) C Murray 53.0 – 99
18 – 12 AHLAAM (M F De Kock) J P v’d Merwe 52.0 – 96
19 – 11 THE CENTENARY (M F De Kock) C Zackey 52.0 – 96
20 – 3 PLATINUM JET (G H Van Zyl) K Zechner 52.0 – 91
Same Trainer: (1,6) (3,18,19) (5,10,17) (11,20) (12,14) (13,16)
