A high quality field of sixteen 2013 Cape Ready To Run graduates will line up to contest the R2 million Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday 22 November.
The inaugural running of the event in 2013 was won by Brett Crawford’s Captain America and the Phillipi trainer has one of the star filly propects in Alexis, as well as two reserve runners.
The final field was unveiled on Thursday afternoon at a sumptuous luncheon hosted by the Cape Thoroughbred Sales team and new Lanzerac RTR ambassador, Morgan Deane Smith.
The event was attended by racing personalities and included representatives of the various runners.
Trainer Sean Tarry has a draw to smile at
There was varied reaction to the all-important barrier draw positions and, as usual, some were not as fortunate as others.
One man who will be smiling though is Sean Tarry, on whose behalf Amanda Carey pulled a 1 draw for Chris Van Niekerk’s and Markus Jooste’s smashing Trippi colt, Zambezi River.
The Drakenstein Stud product is unbeaten in two starts and is likely to enjoy the 1400m.
Milnerton trainer Joey Ramsden fared a little better than he did last year when he drew 12 for the record-breaking Brutal Force, a talking horse who is likely to mature into a better 4yo.
The generous stakes are paid all the way down to tenth position.
The final field:
Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer
1 BELONG TO ME 58.0 102 ( 90) 8 A T W Marwing Johan Janse van Vuuren
2 BRUTAL FORCE 58.0 90 ( 78) 12 B A B Fayd'Herbe Joey Ramsden
3 THE CAPTAIN'S TUNE 58.0 90 ( 78) 3 B A P Strydom Geoff Woodruff
4 RIVER GOD 58.0 89 ( 77) 6 A M Byleveld Vaughan Marshall
5 IMPERIAL GOLD 58.0 88 ( 76) 10 A A Delpech Sean Tarry
6 VARLO 58.0 87 ( 75) 18 A K Neisius Dean Kannemeyer
7 CLIFTON SURF 58.0 85 ( 73) 17 A T S Randolph Alan Greeff
8 PEACE PACT 58.0 85 ( 73) 14 A G van Niekerk Mike Bass
9 ZAMBEZI RIVER 58.0 84 ( 72) 1 A S Khumalo Sean Tarry
10 PENNINGTON SANDS 55.5 97 ( 85) 16 A T G Lerena Tyrone Zackey
11 ALEXIS 55.5 92 ( 80) 2 A C Orffer Brett Crawford
12 CAT AND THE MOON 55.5 87 ( 75) 9 A S Cormack Justin Snaith
13 HARVARD CRIMSON 55.5 84 ( 72) 13 A R Khathi Justin Snaith
14 SUNSET TRIPP 55.5 84 ( 72) 5 A R Fourie Justin Snaith
15 SHIMMERING LEAVES 55.5 83 ( 71) 4 A G Behr Eric Sands
16 JEWELLER'S JOY 55.5 82 ( 70) 11 A G Cheyne Glen Kotzen
Reserve Runners
17 NIGHT IN SEATTLE 58.0 84 ( 72) 7 A Reserve 1 Brett Crawford
18 VALERIN 58.0 83 ( 71) 15 A Reserve 2 Brett Crawford
Couplings: (5,9) (11,17,18) (12,13,14)
