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By Citizen Reporter

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Deo Juvente tops Summer Cup log

Woodruff, who has won the Summer Cup six times since the race was reintroduced by Phumelela in 1999.


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.

Log

Age

Sex

Horse

MR

Trainer

1

6

G

DEO JUVENTE

115

Geo Woodru

2

4

G

MATADOR MAN

112

Sean Tarry

3

5

M

NOTHER RUSSIA

108

Mike de Kock

4

5

M

FORT EMBER

105

Paul Peter

5

5

H

BRAZUCA (AUS)

107

J A Janse van Vuuren

6

4

F

ORCHID ISLAND

101

Mike de Kock

7

4

F

WIND CHILL

101

Joe Soma

8

4

C

CROWD PLEASER

100

J A Janse van Vuuren

9

5

G

HERMOSO MUNDO

100

Weiho Marwing

10

4

C

TILBURY FORT

97

Sean Tarry

11

4

G

GLIDER PILOT

97

Tyrone Zackey

12

5

H

NEW PREDATOR (AUS)

113

J A Janse van Vuuren

13

6

G

FRENCH NAVY

108

Sean Tarry

14

8

G

MASTER SABINA

109

Joe Soma

15

4

G

PAGODA

99

Geo Woodru

16

5

M

WITCHCRAFT

101

Sean Tarry

17

6

G

MASTER SWITCH

100

Geo Woodru

18

4

F

BI POT

98

Geo Woodru

19

5

M

GIRL ON THE RUN

98

J A Janse van Vuuren

20

5

G

BANNER HILL

99

Geo Woodru

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