Malmoos and War Of Athena take aim at Joburg’s Summer Cup

Triple Crown and Triple Tiara winners, Malmoos and War Of Athena respectively, are among the 46 entries for this year’s Gauteng Summer Cup.

The R1-million Grade 1 race over 2000m will be run on Saturday 27 November on the Turffontein Standside track.

The first entries closed on Wednesday 22 September.

Joining Mike de Kock-trained Malmoos and Paul Matchett charge War Of Athena among the nominations is multiple Grade 1 champion Got The Greenlight from Joe Soma’s stable.

A welcome sight were entries from horses based in Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

Justin Snaith has The Gatekeeper, Hoedspruit and Native Tongue while fellow Capetonian Candic Bass-Robinson has Majestic Mozart.

From KZN, Gavin van Zyl has Donald Macdonald nominated, while Duncan Howells has named Origami and Alyson Wright Matterhorn. The latter runs at Turffontein on Saturday in an MR94 Handicap – obviously an orientation outing with the Summer Cup in mind.

Other than Malmoos, De Kock has entered Al Muthana, who bounced back to form with a facile victory over 1450m on Tuesday 21 September, and Sparkling Water.

Second entries close at 11am on Monday 1 November and final entries at 11am on Monday 15 November 2021, after which the weights will be posted. Declarations must be in by 11am Tuesday 16 November 2021.

First entries for the R1-million Gauteng Summer Cup (Grade 1) over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday 27 November: