First run in 1955 as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas, the famous race now known as the Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas highlights Saturday’s card at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
A stallion making race when you look back at the honour roll, the best of South African horse racing over decades and the 2023 renewal promises no less.
The newly refurbished Hollywoodbets Kenilworth all set to come alive on Saturday! (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Ten colts and the progressive filly Red Palace from last season’s winning stable Candice Bass-Robinson, make up the final field.
The R500 000 Gr2 Cape Punters Cup run at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth over 1600m last month looks the best guide to finding the winner of the R2 million Gr1 contest.
Run over the course and distance of Saturday’s classic, the Justin Snaith trained Hluhluwe was an impressive winner, coming from last at the top of the straight to win narrowly.
Stable companion, the Drakenstein owned Snow Pilot, stayed on resolutely in the finish, beaten less than a half a length in second.
The Khaya Stables owned Green With Envy made his run on the stands rail and finished strongly for third a short head behind Snow Pilot and less than half a length behind Hluhluwe.
2022 Flashback – The Charles Dickens team lead their champion in
(Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Easy Gr3 Cape Classic winner Questioning was not far behind in fourth place, with the Gauteng raider and favourite, Sean Tarry’s Tail Of The Comet two and three-quarters back in fifth.
Zoomie from the Brett Crawford yard finished in sixth position not too far away to be discounted.
All six of these runners re-oppose on Saturday in the first ‘Classic’ of the season and with these top-class sorts all running so close to one another, this year’s event looks to be a thriller.
The first three past the post in the Punters Cup all gave the impression that they would excel over further, and it would be no surprise to see them run in races like the SplashOut Cape Derby and possibly the Hollywoodbets Durban July later in the season.
