VODACOM Durban July winner Marinaresco, who is set to join Mike de Kock in Dubai in 2019 and Sun Met runner-up Last Winter fly out for their 90-day quarantine stint in Mauritius next Monday.
Dean Kannemeyer, who has Hong Kong ambitions in December for Last Winter, is relieved that the decision was taken for the horse to leave the country this month rather than travel after running in the Durban July.
He said: “It means that we have plenty of time for him to recover and get acclimatised. Had we waited for the July that might not have been the case.”