Final field, Summer Cup

He was no doubt delighted that favourite Malmoos drew in pole position for this R2-million Grade 1 race over 2000m on the Turffontein Standside track but could not have been happy that filly Sparkling Water ended up on the outside of the 19-horse field.

In addition, third runner Al Muthana landed No 14 draw.

Got The Greenlight is another strong contender for this race and Joe Soma’s charge drew in No 10 barrier, which is not all that bad over 2000m at Turffontein as they start on the long back straight.

The fact War Of Athena will have to jump from barrier No 5 will have delighted her connections and this top-class filly will have a lot of supporters. She has only once run against the colts and that was very early in her career when beaten a short head by MK’s Pride over 1400m.

Bingwa, a very easy winner of the Allied Steelrode – OnamissionMile, once again did not have the luck of the draw. He was drawn widest of all in that race and has landed No 18 this time.

The draws for barrier positions were made yesterday at a function at a restaurant in Soweto, 6876 Vilakazi St.  

Also run on the day are the Grade 2 Dingaans over 1600m for three-year-olds, the Grade 2 Ipi Tombe Challenge for fillies and mares over 1600m, the Grade 3 Merchants and Magnolia Handicap (for fillies and mares), both over 1160m, and the Listed Racing Association Stayers over 3200m.         

Final field for R2-million World Sports Betting presents the Gauteng Summer Cup over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday.

1 – 10 GOT THE GREENLIGHT (J A Soma) B Fayd’Herbe 60.0 – 126

2 – 1 MALMOOS (M F De Kock) G Lerena 59.0 – 125

3 – 5 WAR OF ATHENA (P F Matchett) M Yeni 57.5 – 122

4 – 18 BINGWA (D Sham) C Maujean 55.5 – 118

5 – 3 AFRICAN ADVENTURE (J A Soma) J Mariba 55.5 – 117

6 – 15 SECOND BASE (J J van Vuuren) R Danielson 55.0 – 117

7 – 13 SHANGO (S G Tarry) C Zackey 54.0 – 114

8 – 17 PUERTO MANZANO (J J van Vuuren) K de Melo 54.0 – 113

9 – 6 ASTRIX (P A Peter) W Kennedy 54.0 – 112

10 – 12 GOLDEN PHEASANT (B/Y Botes / Vosloo) R Munger 54.0 – 112

11 – 11 MAJESTIC MOZART (A B Fortune) D De Gouveia 54.0 – 110

12 – 19 SPARKLING WATER (M F De Kock) K Matsunyane 54.0 – 109

13 – 4 FLYING CARPET (S G Tarry) C Habib 54.0 – 107

14 – 8 SEEHAAM (S G Tarry) G van Niekerk 54.0 – 107

15 – 9 TIERRA DEL FUEGO (S G Tarry) A Arries 54.0 – 107

16 – 16 TREE TUMBO (S G Tarry) S Moodley 54.0 – 107

17 – 7 JOHNNY HERO (T Zackey) D Schwarz 54.0 – 106

18 – 14 AL MUTHANA (M F De Kock) S Khumalo 54.0 – 104

19 – 2 GREEN HAZE (P A Peter) S Veale 54.0 – 100

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