Defending champion Kommetdieding heads a high-class area of 19 that may line up at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday 28 January in the 161st renewal of one of our oldest and most prestigious racing occasions, the R2 million WSB Cape Town Met.
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According to the Sporting Post website, in what is predicted to be his swansong look earlier than he departs for the Klawervlei paddocks to take up stallion duties, Kommetdieding will once more be ridden by Gavin Lerena and drew barrier gate 6 on the ultimate area operate on the V&A Waterfront on Wednesday night.
Boasting the excellence of being the primary horse since Mike de Kock’s nice filly Igugu (2012), and one other star in Pocket Power ( 2009), to register the consecutive Durban July-Met double, Kommetdieding comes in combating match after placings in the Grade 2 Green Point Stakes and the Grade 1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate.
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Kommetdieding meets final yr’s second and third-placer Jet Dark (0.75 lengths) and Linebacker (0.95 lengths) once more, in addition to having to deal with latest L’Ormarins King’s Plate winner Al Muthana, and two actually good 3-year-olds in Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas runner-up Cousin Casey, and the twin Grade 1 successful filly Make It Snappy.
The choice to run Make It Snappy right here versus taking up Captain’s Ransom, whom she beat in the Paddock Stakes final time, in the Grade 1 Majorca Stakes, was clearly not taken evenly.
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But she’s going to clearly be extra comfy over the two 000m, and Hollywood Syndicate Racing Manager Anthony Delpech will know what it takes for a filly to win this race. Delpech was aboard Imperious Sue in 1998 and 2012 heroine, Igugu.
The final 3-year-old filly to win the two 000m contest was Oh Susanna, who stormed dwelling below Grant van Niekerk in 2018. The earlier 3-year-old filly to win previous to her dates again to 1905.
The engagement of Piere Strydom to journey Al Muthana is an fascinating one on the event of the veteran champion’s ultimate Met journey. The Australian-bred gelding has drawn 12 and his stamina is in doubt.
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The winner of the race will take dwelling R1 187 500 with second place price R380 000.
The payouts for third to fifth are R190 000, R95 000 and R47 500, respectively.
The race is due off at 17:10.
WSB CAPE TOWN MET FINAL FIELD
Under draw, horse, weight, benefit ranking, jockey, coach
| 1 | Golden Ducat | 60 | 120 | Christophe Soumillon | Eric Sands |
| 2 | Make It Snappy | 51.5 | 125 | Keagan de Melo | Brett Crawford |
| 3 | Marina | 57.5 | 117 | Aldo Domeyer | Candice Bass-Robinson |
| 4 | Jet Dark | 60 | 130 | Richard Fourie | Justin Snaith |
| 5 | Sparkling Water | 57.5 | 122 | S’manga Khumalo | Mike de Kock |
| 6 | Kommetdieding | 60 | 129 | Gavin Lerena | HWJ Crawford/M Rix |
| 7 | Universal | 59.5 | 116 | Juan Paul v’d Merwe | Adam Marcus |
| 8 | Do It Again | 60 | 126 | Bernard Fayd’Herbe | Justin Snaith |
| 9 | Nexus | 60 | 114 | Muzi Yeni | Justin Snaith |
| 10 | Zapatillas | 59.5 | 122 | Luyolo Mxothwa | Brett Crawford |
| 11 | Waterberry Lane | 59.5 | 116 | Raymond Danielson | Ricky Maingard |
| 12 | Al Muthana (AUS) | 60 | 133 | Piere Strydom | Ricky Maingard |
| 13 | Warrior | 60 | 112 | Ryan Munger | Justin Snaith |
| 14 | Cousin Casey | 54 | 115 | Grant van Niekerk | Glen Kotzen |
| 15 | Rain In Holland | 57 | 116 | Calvin Habib | Sean Tarry |
| 16 | Linebacker | 60 | 122 | Corne Orffer | Vaughan Marshall |
| 17 | Rascallion | 60 | 122 | Sean Veale | Vaughan Marshall |
| 18 | Gem King | 59.5 | 104 | Gareth Wright | Piet Steyn |
| 19 | Pomp And Power | 59.5 | 114 | Kabelo Matsunyane | Justin Snaith |