The R2 million Lanzerac Ready to Run Stakes presented by Cape Thoroughbred Sales will be one of three fiercely competitive feature races run on Saturday November 22 at Kenilworth Racecourse. Apart from the opportunity to watch great racing and enjoy fine hospitality the day will also offer a chance for the best dressed couple to win an all-expenses paid trip to the world’s most famous thoroughbred event, the Investec Epsom Derby in the UK.
The other big races on Ready To Run day are the Grade 2 Selangor Cup for three-year-olds and the weight for age Grade 2 Green Point Stakes, two important 1 600m events that provide pointers to the big Grade 1 features of the Cape Summer of Champions Season.
An exquisite hospitality experience can be enjoyed on Lanzerac Ready To Run day in the Somerset Room at R250 per person and this includes a buffet lunch. To reserve a table contact Micaela: (021) 700 1600.
The much anticipated best dressed couple’s competition applies to everybody on the course. The winners will be flown to and from London in early June next year in economy class, courtesy of CTS. Their three nights of accommodation in London will be sponsored by Investec. They will enjoy their day at Epsom on June 6, 2015 from a hospitality venue in the Duchess Stand, where the lucky lady of the partnership will have the opportunity to wear a bespoke hat designed and created by internationally acclaimed Cape Town milliner Jacqueline Kolbe.
The Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes, run over 1400m on the Kenilworth Old Course, couldn’t have had a more exciting inaugural race last year. The Brett Crawford-trained Captain America, a strapping colt by Captain Al, displayed a devastating turn of hoof at the top of the straight under Glen Hatt, before fetching the much touted odds-on favourite Red Ray to win by 1,25 lengths. Earlier Crawford and Hatt had won the Selangor Cup with the Dynasty colt De Kock, beating the mighty Legislate, who is currently the reigning Equus Horse of The Year, while the Dean Kannemeyer-trained Silvano gelding Ice Machine had downed Beach Beauty and Capetown Noir to win the Green Point Stakes under Kevin Shea.
The quality of horse appearing at this year’s meeting will be of world-class standard once again and the races promise to be just as exciting.
