Candice Bass-Robinson got her Cape Guineas day aspirations off to a flying start when Barzalona, the lesser fancied of her duo, opened the big day feature menu at Kenilworth on Saturday to win the R100 000 non black-type Need For Speed Sprint.
Relatively unfancied at 10-1, and a horse tagged by Shaheen Shaw on the A Shaw Thing video/podcast, Barzalanoa produced a sustained finish under Anthony Andrews to beat the lovely grey Intrepid (4-1) by a length in a time of 58,09 secs for the 1000m straight.
Anthony Andrews steers Barzalona to an emphatic win over Intrepid (Richard Fourie) in the opening feature (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Rod The Mod (16-1) set a fiery gallop and only faded later to finish third, a further 0,40 lengths back.
The winner’s stablemate and topweighted tote favourite African Rain was run off his feet early and never got a shout in, finishing out of the cash but only 2,35 lengths back.
It was Barzalona’s biggest payday to date with his second win and 6 places from 11 starts for stakes of R183 450.
He is a Klawervlei Stud-bred son of Pomodoro 9Jet Master) out of the Captain Al four-time winner, Al’s Bonanza.
The Place Accumulator was paying R3-50 minimum after the opening leg.
OFFICIAL RESULT
| TRAINER | JOCKEY | DISTANCE | BETTING | |||
| 1ST | 6 BARZALONA | C Bass-Robinson | A Andrews | 10/1 | ||
| 2ND | 2 INTREPID | SJ Snaith | R Fourie | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4/1 |
| 3RD | 5 ROD THE MOD | PD Reeves | D Ashby | 0.40 | 1.40 | 14/1 |
| 4TH | 8 HIGH HOSANNA | SJ Snaith | G Cheyne | 0.20 | 1.60 | 6/1 |
| 5TH | 1 AFRICAN RAIN | C Bass-Robinson | A Domeyer | 0.75 | 2.35 | 9/4 |
| TIME OF RACE: 58.09 sec | ||||||
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1 AFRICAN RAIN | C Bass-Robinson | A Domeyer | 2.35 | 9/4 | |
