Tough undercard on Met day

Other than the Sun Met, celebrated with G.H.MUMM, there are three other Grade 1 races at Kenilworth on Saturday 26 January – the Betting World Cape Flying Championship over 1000m, the G-Bets Cape Derby over 2000m and the Bidvest Majorca Stakes over 1600m.

With the Pick 6 carryover currently sitting at R900,000 and an estimated pool of R7.5 million, one will need to negotiate all of these as they will form part of that bet.

The Majorca Stakes looks to be a race in three between Snowdance, Lady In Black and Cape Fillies Guineas winner Front And Centre but the other two look to be a minefield for bettors.

With the Cape Flying Championship at weight-for-age one would think the top-rated runners should have massive advantage but that is not the case with this dash up the straight and there are a number of horses with winning chances.

While Bold Respect is the best-handicapped runner, it is stable companion Pacific Trader who has been priced up as the 5-1 favourite.

The same is true of the Cape Derby where a full field of 20 has been carded to go to post.

There are also three fillies in the field and two of them are the best handicapped horses and they are Sean Tarry-trained Second Request and Santa Clara from the Candice Bass-Robinson yard.

However, Second Request, who is drawn No 1 and has champion jockey Lyle Hewitson in the irons, is quoted at 8-1 while you can get 16-1 about Santa Clara.

Final field for the R1-million Betting World Cape Flying Championship (Grade 1) over 1000m 1 – 11 BOLD RESPECT (B Craw-ford) C Orff er 60.0 – 1182 – 14 SERGEANT HARDY (S J Snaith) M Khan 60.0 – 1153 – 4 REBEL’S CHAMP (P A Pe-ter) C Herrera Gomez 60.0 – 1144 – 8 ATTENBOROUGH (J Rams-den) S Khumalo 60.0 – 1125 – 7 KASIMIR (S J Snaith) R Fourie 60.0 – 1116 – 3 TRIP TO HEAVEN (S G Tar-ry) L Hewitson 60.0 – 1117 – 10 PACIFIC TRADER (B Crawford) G Cheyne 60.0 – 1108 – 1 SPEEDPOINT (J Ramsden) C Zackey 60.0 – 1099 – 9 DUTCH PHILIP (C Bass-Robinson) B Fayd’Herbe 60.0 – 10710 – 2 SEARCH PARTY (B Craw-ford) D Dillon 60.0 – 10611 – 16 SAND AND SEA (D R Dri-er) A Marcus 60.0 – 10512 – 15 QUINLAN (Y Bremner) R Munger 60.0 – 10113 – 18 ROCKY VALLEY (C Daw-son) W Kennedy 60.0 – 10114 – 12 SIR FRENCHIE (S J Snaith) K de Melo 60.0 – 9915 – 13 PRINCESS REBEL (Y Bremner) P Strydom 57.5 – 10716 – 17 PLEASEDTOMEETYOU (W A Nel) G Lerena 56.5 – 102Reserve Runners17 – 6 TEVEZ (C Bass-Robinson) Reserve 1 60.0 – 10018 – 5 VISION TO KILL (P M Gadsby) Reserve 2 57.5 – 99Same Trainer: (1,7,10) (2,5,14) (4,8) (9,17) (12,15) Final fi eld for the R1-million Bidvest Majorca Stakes (Grade 1) over 1600m1 – 1 LADY IN BLACK (D R Drier) S Veale 60.0 – 1172 – 12 SNOWDANCE (S J Snaith) R Fourie 60.0 – 1143 – 6 FRESNAYE (J Ramsden) B Fayd’Herbe 60.0 – 1104 – 9 BRAVE MOVE (A N Mar-cus) C Zackey 60.0 – 1075 – 3 ROSE IN BLOOM (J Rams-den) D Dillon 60.0 – 1076 – 11 FIORELLA (D C Howells) M Khan 60.0 – 1067 – 8 MIYABI GOLD (S J Snaith) P Strydom 60.0 – 1058 – 13 LOVE TO BOOGIE (W A Nel) S Khumalo 60.0 – 1039 – 2 FREEDOM CHARTER (C Bass-Robinson) L Hewitson 60.0 – 10110 – 10 GOODTIME GAL (M J Robinson) S Mbhele 60.0 – 10011 – 5 SYLVAN ON FIRE (C Daw-son) G Lerena 60.0 – 9812 – 4 FRONT AND CENTRE (B Crawford) A Marcus 55.0 – 11013 – 7 CLOUDS UNFOLD (C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer 55.0 – 109Same Trainer: (2,7) (3,5) (9,13) Final fi eld for the R1-million G-Bets Cape Derby (Grade 1) over 2000m1 – 2 THANKSGIVING (D C How-ells) M Khan 60.0 – 972 – 18 CHARLES (B Crawford) A Marcus 60.0 – 943 – 11 BUNKER HUNT (S J Snaith) R Fourie 60.0 – 934 – 3 OVATION AWARD (G van Zyl (Jnr)) W Kennedy 60.0 – 935 – 10 ROLL OF DRUMS (J A Soma) S Khumalo 60.0 – 936 – 15 ATYAAB (M F de Kock) D de Gouveia 60.0 – 927 – 6 HUDOO MAGIC (B Craw-ford) C Orff er 60.0 – 928 – 17 SENATLA (B Crawford) G Cheyne 60.0 – 899 – 12 BELGARION (S J Snaith) B Fayd’Herbe 60.0 – 8710 – 13 HERODOTUS (G S Kotzen) K de Melo 60.0 – 8611 – 7 PERPETUAL FLAME (N Kotzen) G Lerena 60.0 – 8412 – 20 SAILING LIZARD (W A Nel) R Simons 60.0 – 8413 – 9 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (S J Snaith) S Veale 60.0 – 8214 – 5 SEATTLE FORCE (G S Kotzen) C Zackey 60.0 – 8215 – 19 LINE EDITOR (G W En-nion) M Byleveld 60.0 – 7916 – 16 LLOYD GEORGE (A C Greeff ) P Strydom 60.0 – 7617 – 8 GUN HILL (Y Bremner) R Munger 60.0 – 7418 – 1 SECOND REQUEST (S G Tarry) L Hewitson 57.5 – 10419 – 14 SANTA CLARA (C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer 57.5 – 10320 – 4 HELEN’S IDEAL (P D Reeves) D Dillon 57.5 – 96Same Trainer: (2,7,8) (3,9,13) (10,14)

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