All eyes will be on Hollywoodbets Kenilworth today for the 2025 Seafood & Jazz Racing Festival, which forms the backdrop to some outstanding racing, including the highly anticipated SplashOut Gr1 Cape Derby.
The first of the day’s nine-race programme is due off at 12h10, with a R500 000 Pick 6 carryover and a likely pool of R3 million.
Eight On Eighteen from the Justin Snaith stable takes his place in the SplashOut Gr1 Cape Derby.
He was given a peach of a ride when winning the World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met last time. He ran on well that day and snuck up the inside running rail.
The son of Lancaster Bomber is the class horse in this contest, and he should take a power of beating.
Trainer Vaughan Marshall sends out Oni San in the lucky last and she represents decent each way value.
She stayed on when fifth in the Non-Black Type The Clapham Stakes last time. The daughter of Danon Platina should be ideally suited to this distance.
She takes a drop in class and the booking of Grant van Niekerk is a big plus. With a bit of luck from her awkward draw of seven, she can return to winning ways.
- Race: 2 – #2 DEFINITELY YES – 147 day break – being gelded
- Ashton Arries
| Weather | Partly Cloudy, 20-26 degs, 10-18 kph North Westerly Tail Wind | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall | Last 24 Hours: Nil | Last 7 Days: Nil | |
| Irrigation | Last 24 Hours: Nil | Last 7 Days: 62mm | |
| Penetrometer Reading | 24 (Straight – 24; Turn – 25) | ||
| Track Condition | Good | ||
| False Rail | Summer Course: 2m out from 1700m; 4m spur at approximately the 600m mark. Outside rail moved inwards by 4m from the 600m mark. | ||
- The Bipot starts in the second race at 12h45
- The Place Accumulator starts in the third race at 13h20
- The Pick 6 starts in the fourth race at 13h55
- The first Jackpot starts in the fifth race at 14h35
- The second Jackpot starts in the sixth race at 15h10
