Mike de Kock’s Buffalo Bill Cody and year younger stablemate Soqrat will contest the R1 million Gr1 Champions Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Super Saturday, 27 July.
Scratched
Buffalo Bill Cody, a four-year-old son of Redoute’s Choice, returning from a seven-month rest, made his accomplished rival Cirillo look ordinary when he slammed him by 3.25-lengths in a Pinnacle Plate over 1600m at Turffontein on Sunday 7 July.
See the Hollywoodbets ante-post betting here
Mike commented: “I’ve always thought that Buffalo Bill Cody is a little better than Hawwaam. He is very good and the win over Cirillo proves it. We’ll be taking Buffalo Bill and Soqrat to Durban at the end of the month for the Champion Stakes. Hawwaam and Barahin will be rested.”
The weights:
R1 000 000 1800m
WORLD SPORTS BETTING CHAMPIONS CUP (Grade 1)
Horses at Weight-For-Age
WFA: 2yrs-10.5kgs 3yrs-1.5kgs
No Apprentice Allowance
WORLD SPORTS BETTING CHAMPIONS CUP (Grade 1)
Horses at Weight-For-Age
WFA: 2yrs-10.5kgs 3yrs-1.5kgs
No Apprentice Allowance
| 10 | Rainbow Bridge | (4G) | 60 | 124 | A | Eric Sands | |
| 11 | Undercover Agent | (4C) | 60 | 120 | A | Brett Crawford | |
| 8 | Head Honcho | (5G) | 60 | 119 | AT | Andre Nel | |
| 6 | Buffalo Bill Cody (IRE) | (4C) | 60 | 114 | A | Mike de Kock | |
| 9 | Infamous Fox (AUS) | (4G) | 60 | 112 | A | Candice Dawson | |
| 2 | Matador Man | (5G) | 60 | 112 | BA | Sean Tarry | |
| 13 | Eyes Wide Open | (4C) | 60 | 109 | A | Glen Kotzen | |
| 14 | Kampala Campari | (5G) | 60 | 109 | A | Andre Nel | |
| 3 | Roy Had Enough (AUS) | (4C) | 60 | 108 | A | Frank Robinson | |
| 5 | Captain And Master | (4C) | 60 | 99 | AT | Sean Tarry | |
| 1 | Cirillo | (3C) | 58.5 | 121 | A | Sean Tarry | |
| 15 | Soqrat (AUS) | (3C) | 58.5 | 121 | A | Mike de Kock | |
| 16 | Twist Of Fate | (3C) | 58.5 | 117 | BA | Joey Ramsden | |
| 12 | Oh Susanna (AUS) | Scratched | (4F) | 57.5 | 115 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 4 | Lady In Black | (4F) | 57.5 | 110 | A | Dennis Drier | |
| 7 | Camphoratus | (4F) | 57.5 | 105 | A | R A Hill/S R Hill | |
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The four Super Saturday Gr1 races and the Gold Cup declare at 11h00 on Thursday 18 July.
