Kenilworth – Better Weather Today!
After Tuesday’s disappointment, we are back in action today
3rd August 2019
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After Tuesday’s disappointment, we are back in action today
Cape Town has had plenty of rain overnight and more is forecast this morning
Kenilworth racing today will see an earlier start than usual and the meeting also wraps up early
This coming Saturday’s race meeting at Kenilworth will start and end early in order to enable the first four races to be included on the PMU (French tote) betting menu
‘Very nice colt, if not too green could fight it out’ – Snaith
No reasons have been tendered for the switch of the Durbanville meeting of 30 July to Kenilworth
The false rail is set at 3m out from the 1700m, with a 5m spur at the 470m marker
The weather could be an omen for Glen Kotzen’s R160 000 Cape Ready To Run graduate Hardfallingrain – a son of exciting sire Soft Falling Rain – who makes his debut in the third race, the Pick 6 opener
Some well-bred first-timers and a visit by Anton Marcus could make for some good racing
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
