Eight At Kenilworth Today
The false rail on the winter course is in the original position with a 3m spur at the 470m
1st June 2019
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The false rail on the winter course is in the original position with a 3m spur at the 470m
Three features are amongst the nine races on today’s Kenilworth card that commences at 12h10. The meeting will be run on the winter course, which
Racing is on the Summer Course with the false rail 2m out from the 1800m with a 6m spur at the 600m
The Highlands bred Dynasty gelding African Night Sky became only the second horse in history, after Pocket Power in 2006, to win the R1-million Cape Winter Series for 3-year-olds
Racing is on the summer course where the false rail is 2m out from the 1700m mark with a 4m spur at the 600m mark
‘He’s a nice horse and if he is not too green can run well’- Joey Ramsden on his runner in the first race
Some rain fell from early morning but the going remains good
Saturday will be the seventh consecutive time that Kenilworth hosts the Cape Town Prawn Festival
Only one of the ten runners has seen action previously
The false rail is set at the original position with a 4m spur at the 600m
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
