The Michael Roberts-trained dual Grade 1 winning 5yo See It Again has been gelded and now has the R6 million Betway Gr1 Summer Cup as his immediate target this season.
Speaking to the Sporting Post on Monday, Michael Roberts confirmed that See It Again will have a prep start in a mile Pinnacle Stakes in KZN about three weeks prior to the Highveld flagship, the Summer Cup.
See It Again returns this season as a more focussed athlete (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Now Africa’s richest race, the Betway Summer Cup will be run over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday 30 November.
Confirming the decision to geld the uber consistent chestnut, the internationally renowned former champion jockey said that leading owner Nic Jonsson had made the final call based on a variety of factors.
“It’s always a tough decision to geld a top horse who has won Grade 1 races, but he has been haemoconcentrating and being allowed to focus on putting his best hoof forward could be the gamechanger. We saw how Dave The King raised his game after gelding,” added Michael Roberts who indicated that See It Again is a very sound horse who could race on for a few more seasons.
The unkindest cut of all could improve See It Again’s racetrack performance a few lengths and he is likely to relish the long Turffontein run-in. If he starts on 30 November, the stakes-boosted Grade 1 contest will be his first start on the Highveld.
All going well, after the Summer Cup See It Again will travel to the Cape for a repeat of his Grade 1 Summer Season programme of last term.
He ran second behind Charles Dickens in the 2024 L’Ormarins King’s Plate, and three weeks later was fourth behind Double Superlative in the WSB Cape Town Met.
