Ladies Day? The only female in the race, Beach Beauty drew 11
The draw for the Gr1 R2,5 million J&B Met to be run at Kenilworth on Saturday 2 February was done at a function held after the official gallops this morning at the racecourse.
The race looks to have been thrown even wider open, with favourite Jackson drawn at 5 and his rival Pomodoro at 8 – a barrier described by Sean Tarry as ‘perfect.’
Gavin Van Zyl’s SA Classic winner Slumdogmillionaire secured the paint with a 1 draw, and he is expected to improve even further after an excellent L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate effort.
International commentator David Rafael represented the connections of the luckless Justin Snaith-trained Run For It, who drew widest at 16.
Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden was pleased with Bravura’s draw of 6 , and philosophically said that the only 3yo King Of Pain’s 13 ‘could have been worse.’
R 2,500,000 2000m 16:30
J & B MET (Grade 1)
Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer
1 JACKSON 60.0 114 (114) 5 A K Teetan B Crawford
2 POMODORO 60.0 113 (113) 8 A P Strydom S Tarry
3 SLUMDOGMILLIONAIRE 60.0 112 (112) 1 A B Lerena G van Zyl
4 MASTER PLAN 60.0 111 (111) 4 A R Fradd G Ennion
5 IN WRITING 60.0 110 (110) 3 A G Behr D Kannemeyer
6 MARTIAL EAGLE 58.0 112 (112) 15 A T A Domeyer Y Govender
7 BRAVURA 58.0 111 (111) 6 B A A Marcus J Ramsden
8 RUN FOR IT 58.0 109 (109) 16 B A B Fayd'Herbe J Snaith
9 HILL FIFTY FOUR 58.0 107 (107) 14 A M Byleveld V Marshall
10 TRIBAL DANCE 58.0 107 (107) 12 A R Khathi V Marshall
11 BLACK WING 58.0 106 (106) 9 A F Coetzee B Crawford
12 FABIANI 58.0 106 (106) 2 A G van Niekerk G Kotzen
13 ICE MACHINE 58.0 106 (106) 10 A K Neisius G Puller
14 BULSARA 58.0 102 (102) 7 A M Odendaal G van Zyl
15 BEACH BEAUTY 57.5 112 (112) 11 A S Cormack D Drier
16 KING OF PAIN 53.0 107 ( 97) 13 B A G Hatt J Ramsden
(1,11) (3,14) (7,16) (9,10)
