After their most testing month on track in their short history, Cape Racing wound up their inaugural Winter Country Championship at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday under sunny skies with the 6yo Sudden Song winning the R200 000 1800 Final, to give Brett Crawford and Louis Mxothwa a double.
Last having won back in January 2023, Sudden Song was easy to back at 10’s in what looked a wide-open 1800m contest, and when the favourite Prime Venture started his run of misfortune, by casting a shoe on the way to the gates, the door was open for an upset.
Louis Mxothwa gets low on Sudden Song to shade King Pelles (Serino Moodley) and Twice The Master (Ossie Noach) in a tight finish (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
After Baton Rouge had led Twice The Master early, the field came for home and then the fun and games started, as the Stipes report will show.
Approaching the 400m Lockheedlightning was held up for a clear run and was directed outwards, while at the 250m Naushon was steadied when awkwardly placed on the inside of Twice The Master, which had shifted in slightly. King Pelles continually held up for a clear run until approaching the 150m.
In the concluding stages, Twice The Master rolled inwards away from Sudden Song and then was bumped outwards by King Pelles, which shifted out slightly. Shortly thereafter, Twice The Master made contact with the hindquarters of Sudden Song, and became unbalanced and stumbled badly shortly after the finish. Ossie Noach did well stay on top!
Through it all, Louis Mxothwa kept his head and produced Sudden Song (10-1) late to pip the unlucky King Pelles (11-2) in a time of 116,28 secs.
Twice The Master (25-2) completed the trifecta a further 0,40 lengths back in third.
Raced in partnership by Dave Pearce’s Akber Investments (Pty) Ltd, Gwen MacGregor and former breeder Juan van Heerden, Sudden Song was bred by Riverworld Stud and is by short-lived Jet Master stallion Sudden Storm out of the unraced Spectrum mare Song Thrush.
Sudden Song is now a winner of 3 races with 16 places from 29 starts for stakes of R486 213.
The next racemeeting in the Western Cape is at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday 10 August.
