With the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met day carryover Pick 6 reaching an encouraging net of R11 784 469, Aldo Domeyer grabbed his second feature success on the sunny afternoon as the Twice Over gelding Mucho Dinero found the winner’s box in the opening leg of the exotic after a year plus absence.
Mucho Dinero (Aldo Domeyer) finishes strongly to beat Love Is A Rose (Craig Zackey, green cap) – favourite Poets Warrior (Gavin Lerena) can be seen in the background (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Mucho Dinero (Aldo Domeyer) finishes strong. Love Is A Rose (Craig Zackey, green cap) and Poets Warrior (Gavin Lerena) can be seen in the background (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)Looking for his fourth win on the trot, the highly vaunted Highveld raider Poets Warrior (5-2) went off tote favourite and after a curious crowd had gathered at the front-of-grandstand start, the Wylie Hall gelding carted them along in the 2800m R500 000 New Turf Carriers Gr3 Western Cape Stayers.
With a flowing easy-on-the-eye kind of action, Poets Warrior was going well into the home straight but came under pressure from the only mare Love Is A Rose and Mucho Dinero.
While the race appeared to be running in stages, Mucho Dinero (5-1) was gathered again by Domeyer and he finished well to beat the gallant Love Is A Rose (20-1) by 1,75 lengths in a time of 183 secs for the 2800m.
This was the Snaith team’s second feature of the day after winning the opening Heineken Listed Summer Juvenile Stakes.
The winner’s fancied stablemate Triple Time (9-4) had no luck in running, but saved PA players when staying on for third, a further 0,40 lengths back.
The handsome chestnut Poets Warrior probably found the heat on the day and the rigours of his travels a touch too much and ran out of the money.
A R1,4 million BSA National Yearling Sale purchase, Mucho Dinero races for Nic Jonsson and is now a winner of 7 races with 3 places from 20 starts, and earnings of R1 052 126.
Bred by Drakenstein Stud, the winner is a son of Twice Over (Observatory) out of the prolific stakes-winner producing four-time winning Casey Tibbs mare, Cash Register.A full-sister to Equus Champion and Gr1 Durban July winner Big City Life, Cash Register has produced a number of stakes winners.
