MIKE de Kock has accepted three-year-old Bold Rex for the Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate on 7 January 2016.

Mike won the 2011 renewal with champion mare Mother Russia and this will be a tough task for the up-and-coming young horse to take on the big guns like Legal Eagle and Marinaresco, but it’s a fine achievement nonetheless for new sire Bold Silvano and Bold Rex’s group of owners, who paid only R160,000 for him at BSA’s National Yearling Sale.

Here is the final field:

Race-7 (Turf) R 1,500,000  1600m  16:40    Ref-343
L’ORMARINS QUEEN’S PLATE (WFA) (Grade 1)
Weight For Age

Sc# Horse               Mass   MR       Draw   B  A  T  Jockey                    Trainer

1  LEGAL EAGLE         60.0  123 (123)    3      A  T  A Marcus                  Sean Tarry
2  FRENCH NAVY         60.0  115 (115)    7      A     W Marwing                 Sean Tarry
3  MARINARESCO         60.0  115 (115)   10   B  A     G van Niekerk  Candice Bass-Robinson
4  CAPTAIN AMERICA     60.0  114 (114)    8      A     C Orffer                Brett Crawford
5  ABASHIRI            60.0  113 (113)    1      A     G Lerena                  Mike Azzie
6  SAIL SOUTH          60.0  112 (112)    5      A     R Fourie                  Brett Crawford
7  SILICONE VALLEY     60.0  111 (111)    2      A     D Dillon                  Glen Puller
8  THE CONGLOMERATE    60.0  107 (107)   11      A  T  P Strydom         Joey Ramsden
9  MIDNITE ZONE        60.0  102 (102)    9   B  A  T  M Byleveld            Brett Crawford
10  FIFTY CENTS         60.0   95 ( 95)    4      A     G Cheyne               Justin Snaith
11  BOLD REX            55.0  101 ( 91)    6      A     R Simons                  Mike de Kock