Harry’s Son
Grade 1 winners Harry’s Son and Afrikaburn are among the big names among the 38-strong entry for the R250,000 Grade 3 Cape Classic over 1400m at Kenilworth on Saturday 25 October but both are drawn badly.
Harry’s Son, the only entry trained by KwaZulu-Natal-based Paul Lafferty, won the Premiers Champion Stakes at Greyville in July. At Greyville on Vodacom Durban July Day, Afrikaburn took the Durban Golden Horseshoe for Dean Kannemeyer, who has four entries and won the 2011 Cape Classic with Depardieu.
Afrikaburn ran on well for second to Reim in the Kuda Matchem (Grade 3) on his reappearance at Durbanville last Saturday. However he is drawn at No 32 and Harry’s Son is drawn No 35.
MLJet, unlucky when dead-heating for third in the Premiers Champion Stakes, is one of four entries from the Vaughan Marshall stable. Marshall last won this race with Play Catch 10 years ago. MLJet is drawn at No 9.
The impressive Listed Somerset 1200 winner Kingvoldt looks very hard to oppose
Joey Ramsden, successful with Red Ray last season, has the biggest entry and his seven horses on the list include Kingvoldt, arguably the best Cape-based two-year-old not to travel to Durban last season.
Ramsden has also entered Brutal Force, at R4.5 million the highest-priced horse sold at auction in South Africa. Brutal Force has the Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes at Kenilworth on 22 November as a major target and will run for the second time in his career at Durbanville on Saturday.
Justin Snaith has six entries, including Heartland, who made a big impression when scoring by almost 10 lengths on debut. This full-brother to Jackson escapes a penalty.
The conditions of the race are quite severe as penalties are cumulative and apply for anything more than a win in a Maiden Plate.
Supplementary entries will be accepted on Wednesday 15 October and declarations fall due on Monday 20 October.
Entries and draws for the Cape Classic (Grade 3) over 1 400m at Kenilworth:
17 ACT OF WAR Joey Ramsden
32 AFRIKABURN Dean Kannemeyer
3 AL CAPITANO Vaughan Marshall
22 ALPHA PEGASI Justin Snaith
8 BALANCE SHEET Dean Kannemeyer
31 BLOW ME AWAY Brett Crawford
29 BRUTAL FORCE Joey Ramsden
30 CAPTAIN ALFREDO Dean Kannemeyer
38 CAPTAIN’S ORDERS Joey Ramsden
26 CATKIN Joey Ramsden
33 CHARLES LYTTON Justin Snaith
25 DO BE SNAPPY R G Sheehan
11 DOOR OF DECEPTION Justin Snaith
34 GENERALISSIMO Dennis Drier
27 HARRY LIME Justin Snaith
35 HARRY’S SON (AUS) Paul Lafferty
23 HEARTLAND Justin Snaith
6 JUDD’S JOY Brett Crawford
14 KINGVOLDT Joey Ramsden
36 KNOX Dennis Drier
24 LIGHT THE LIGHTS Glen Kotzen
13 MAN FROM MILAN Vaughan Marshall
9 MLJET Vaughan Marshall
15 MOONLIGHT RUNNER Paul Reeves
4 NIGHT IN SEATTLE Brett Crawford
16 PEACE PACT Mike Bass
1 PRINCE OF EDEN Joey Ramsden
2 SAINT DONAN Dolf Maeder
18 SEIZE THE THRONE Justin Snaith
10 SHEER TROUBLE Mike Bass
7 SHINNING DAY Vaughan Marshall
20 THE CONGLOMERATE Joey Ramsden
5 TRIPANDIE Dean Kannemeyer
21 TRIPTOTHESTARS Mike Bass
28 VALERIN Brett Crawford
19 WAITING FOR RAIN Piet Steyn
12 WESTCHESTER Glen Kotzen
37 ZINGARO Glen Kotzen
