Cape Racing Breakfast Gallops – Much More On 17 October!

Cape Racing’s inaugural breakfast gallops at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday proved an unqualified success and there are bigger things planned for the second event on 17 October.

A nice crowd turned out for the first breakfast gallops on Thursday 19 September (Pic – Bianca Mincione)

“The first of our gallops series was a great success, after the winter rains ruined our plans to host them earlier in the year. We had around 150 punters, owners and stakeholders on course enjoying a light breakfast and future feature runners on the track. We will be hosting these events monthly moving forward, with the next morning planned for Thursday 17 October. People will be in for a real treat then as there will be sales horses and horses in training on the track,” Cape Racing Executive Justin Vermaak told the Sporting Post.

Vermaak said that they have a couple of practice ready to run gallop slots, and 17 October will be utilised as one of those.

The CRS Breeze Up & Unbroken 2YO Sale will be held on 27 October at Hollywoodbets Durbanville.

Over 40 horses were stepped out on ground described as ‘perfect’ after the previous evening’s showers by veteran trainer Vaughan Marshall.

One Stripe (Richard Fourie) and Seeking The Stars (Ossie Noach) pace it out (Pic – Cape Racing)

Those on show included the likes of Brett Crawford’s Kuda Matchem Stakes entries At My Command, Zapatillas, and Glen Kotzen’s King Regent, while Vaughan Marshall had his big guns One Stripe (Cape Classic and Cape Guineas contender), who galloped with established stable star Seeking The Stars, while promising newly turned 3yo’s Lion Rampart and Sahara Cat also went through their paces.

Promising Marshall 3yo Lion Rampart steps out for his gallop (Pic – Bianca Mincione)

Vaughan Marshall confirmed to the Sporting Post that his quartet pulled up sound after their work and ‘all plans were on track’.

“I was very happy with what was really just pace work. King Regent worked with a top filly coming back from a long back. The going is firm, but it’s firm for everybody. He’s a nice sound horse, touch wood,” Glen Kotzen told the Sporting Post.

There were 21 entries received on Friday for the R300 000 Kuda Gr3 Matchem Stakes, to be run at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday 28 September.

A traditional summer starting point, the 1400m contest has been won by some serious racehorses over the years.

The now retired Charles Dickens is the title holder.

Team Hollywoodbets were out in numbers on Thursday morning (Pic -Cape Racing)