14 Run In Sun Met
A final field of fourteen will line up for the R3 million Gr1 Sun Met to be run at weight-for-age over 2000m on 1 February at Kenilworth
20th January 2020
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A final field of fourteen will line up for the R3 million Gr1 Sun Met to be run at weight-for-age over 2000m on 1 February at Kenilworth
‘All I can tell you is that Sheikh Hamdan wants him out of South Africa as soon as possible’ – De Kock
Eight feature races on a twelve race card at Kenilworth on Met day hosts 293 entries
The news that multiple British champion jockey Ryan Moore has been confirmed to partner defending champion Rainbow Bridge in the Gr1 Sun Met adds much needed international interest
Rondeberg trainer Andre Nel withdrew four of his five entries at final supplementary entry stage today
The countdown to Africa’s Richest Race Day starts today with the launch of the Sun Met
The R5 million Gr1 Sun Met will be run on Saturday 1 February 2020, with the R1 million Gr1 Cape Derby moving to Saturday 22 February to coincide with the week of the Asian Racing Conference
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
