A tough and competitive card is hosted at Kenilworth today. The sun is shining but the going is officially ‘heavy’ and upset results are on the cards.
Vaughan Marshall saddles Winter Assembly in 8th (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
The racetimes have been revised and the first race on the card starts at 13h30.
The lucky last will close off proceedings at 17h30.
The Glen Kotzen stable send out Northern Song who competes in Race 4.
This son of Oratorio made the expected natural improvement in his second outing when producing a strong late burst to only get pipped by Hoedspruit in the shadow of the post.
Bobby Bean writes that it must be noted that Zo Lucky and Sh Boom have come out to win since and the form line looks promising. Aldo Domeyer jumps aboard this afternoon and he will give him all the necessary assistance from the saddle.
The Vaughan Marshall camp send out a trio of runners in Race 8 and interestingly MJ Byleveld has opted to ride Winter Assembly.
He shows plenty of speed out of the starting stalls and he only found one better last time out in the form of Aqua Bolt. It must be noted that Aqua Bolt has come out to win again since then.
The son of What A Winter has achieved both of his career wins over this course and distance, he will be cherry-ripe and may be hard to peg back in the closing stages of this contest.
Racing is on the winter course, with the false rail set at 1m out from the 1700m mark with a 5m spur at the 470m mark.
- The Bipot starts in the first at 13h30
- The Place Accumulator starts in the second at 14h05
- The Pick 6 starts in the third at 14h40
- Jackpot 1 starts in the fourth race at 15h20
- Jackpot 2 starts in the fifth race at 15h55
