Louis The King – Summer Cup 2014 winner
Summer Cup king and five-times SA champion Geoff Woodruff has a quality three pronged attack for the R2 million Gr1 Sansui Summer Cup to be run at Turffontein on Saturday 25 November as he bids to write his name into the South African racing history books and saddle five consecutive winners.
Geoff Woodruff – trio attempts to make history
Woodruff is a master at prepping horses to win the rich Gauteng handicap and his attack includes the fast finishing Victory Moon third-placer Master Switch – a son of Jet Master like his winner of the past two years Master Sabina – as well the course and distance suited 4yo Pagoda. Rounding off the trio is the former Glen Kotzen trained Banner Hill.
Fred Murray was the first to achieve four-in-a-row in a major when he trained the winner of the Durban July every year from 1910 to 1913.
The now retired Mike Bass trained Pocket Power to win the Queen’s Plate four times in succession from 2007 to 2010. The Queen’s Plate is South Africa’s premier WFA mile.
Now with Joey Soma, the 8yo Master Sabina, Woodruff’s winner in the past two years, will be attempting to emulate Java (1956-1958) and Elevation (1972-1974) by winning the Summer Cup three times in succession. He drew a decent 8 gate.
Master Sabina – 2015 and 2016 Summer Cup winner
The 2016 SA Triple Crown winner Abashiri was an early favourite and his 19 draw won’t have pleased the Mike Azzie racing team. But the son of Go Deputy will strip fresh after a well structured prep.
SA champion stayer Hermoso Mundo has replaced Abashiri at the top of the betting boards but pulled an awkward 18 draw.
| 1 | 9 | New Predator (AUS) | 60 | 113 | A | B Lerena | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 2 | 19 | Abashiri | 58 | 109 | A | K Zechner | M G Azzie/A A Azzie | |
| 3 | 8 | Master Sabina | 58 | 109 | T A | B Fayd’Herbe | Joe Soma | |
| 4 | 17 | French Navy | 57.5 | 108 | T A | S Khumalo | Sean Tarry | |
| 5 | 14 | Brazuca (AUS) | 57 | 107 | A | G Lerena | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 6 | 3 | Fort Ember | 56 | 105 | A | C Maujean | Paul Peter | |
| 7 | 7 | Mac De Lago (AUS) | 54.5 | 102 | A | M V’Rensburg | Weiho Marwing | |
| 8 | 16 | Master Switch | 54 | 101 | T A | P Strydom | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 9 | 10 | Orchid Island | 53.5 | 101 | A | A Delpech | Mike de Kock | |
| 10 | 1 | Wind Chill | 53.5 | 101 | T A | C Murray | Joe Soma | |
| 11 | 18 | Hermoso Mundo | 53.5 | 100 | A | W Marwing | Weiho Marwing | |
| 12 | 6 | Crowd Pleaser | 53 | 100 | A | K de Melo | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 13 | 13 | Banner Hill | 53 | 99 | A | G van Niekerk | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 14 | 2 | Liege | 53 | 99 | T A | R Danielson | Sean Tarry | |
| 15 | 11 | Pagoda | 52.5 | 99 | BA | J P v’d Merwe | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 16 | 5 | Girl On The Run | 52.5 | 98 | A | D Mansour | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 17 | 20 | Coral Fever | 52 | 97 | A | M Yeni | Robbie Sage | |
| 18 | 4 | Tilbury Fort | 52 | 97 | T A | C Zackey | Sean Tarry | |
| 19 | 12 | Social Order | 52 | 96 | A | *L Hewitson | Sean Tarry | |
| 20 | 15 | Let It Rain | 52 | 95 | A | R Munger | Weiho Marwing | |
| Same Trainer – Not Coupled on Tote | ||||||||
| (1,5,12,16) (3,10) (4,14,18,19) (7,11,20) (8,13,15) | ||||||||
