A traditional Derby trial, the R350 000 City Of Cape Town Gr3 Politician Stakes wound up the carryover Cape Town Met day Pick 6 with a dividend of R109 292 and unearthed a progressive gem in the shape of the Plattner-raced grey, Zeitz, who made short work of his ten opponents.
Zeitz (Serino Moodley) take the final feature of 2025 WSB Cape Town Met Day (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
A maiden winner at his penultimate start, and trying the 1800m for the first time, Zeitz (10-1) was given a patient ride from midfield by Serino Moodley, before lengthening down the inside rail to beat the highly regarded Garrix (33-10) by 2,75 lengths in a time of 111,24 secs.
Pacemaker Native Ruler (25-1) finished best of the Snaith quintet to stay on 0,30 lengths further back in third, with Dawn Till Dusk (25-1) in fourth.
A R625 000 National Yearling Sale purchase, the Maine Chance Farms-bred Zeitz is a brother to the Snaith’s Big Cap prospect The Grey King and is a son of Vercingetorix (Silvano) out of the Aussie-bred Redoute’s Choice mare, Zappy Choice.
Now a winner of 2 races with 4 places from 6 starts, Zeitz took his stakes bank to R329 726.
