Deo Juvente tops Summer Cup log

Deo Juvente, the Geo Woodruff trained winner of the Premier’s Champions Challenge at Turffontein in May this year, topped the first log of likely runners for next month’s R2-million Gauteng Sansui Summer Cup (Grade 1) over 2000m.

Woodruff, who has won the Summer Cup six times since the race was reintroduced by Phumelela in 1999 including in the last four years, has five horses on the handicapping panel’s list of horses they would pick if the race closed now.

The others are Pagoda, runner-up to Al Sahem in the SA Derby, Master Switch, third to Master Sabina and The Conglomerate in this race last year, talented filly Bi Pot, a good third in the SA Fillies Classic last year and six-time winner Banner Hill.

Current favourite Matador Man, is one of four Sean Tarry runners who made it into the top 20 on the handicappers’ rst log.