Kenilworth Stipes Ask Questions
Stipes question trainers after horses improve lengths at Kenilworth with punters looking for all kinds of cover
28th April 2014
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Stipes question trainers after horses improve lengths at Kenilworth with punters looking for all kinds of cover
The enigmatic King Of Pain gets another opportunity to redeem his reputation in the Magnum Mile on the UCT Rag race day at Kenilworth on Saturday.
The 37th J&B Met went up the hill and full steam ahead on a beautiful Kenilworth afternoon on Saturday.
An outstanding field of our best fillies and mares will face the starter in the Gr1 Majorca Stakes. Could there be a pretender to her throne?
Eighteen of South Africa’s finest line up at the Kenilworth 2000m start in Saturday’s R 2,5 million J&B Gr1 Met in what promises to be a humdinger of a race. It is an open contest but L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Capetown Noir looks set to finally slay the stamina ghost that has lurked in the shadows throughout his career.
It takes a top class 3yo to win the strongest Derby in SA and that tradition should hold again this year
The J&B Jet Gr2 Stayers traditionally brings the curtain down on Met day. This test of stamina will be a crowd pleasing spectacle again.
Saturday appears to be another one of those brilliant Justin Snaith marketing days. The top young trainet appears to have a vice grip on the baby feature
With interest and debate reaching a peak as we enter the final week countdown to the R2,5 million Gr1 J&B Met, Thursday’s public gallops did little to answer any questions. The cloud of rumour and speculation that continues to plague the favourite Jackson may also just be tactical gamesmanship that is often seen in major sporting contests in the modern era.
The R1 million Betting World Gr1 Cape Flying Championship is the blue riband of the Cape’s summer of speed. The honour roll of the race speaks of champions and many have gone on to be household names and sires. Whether such an equine treasure is buried in the 2014 vintage remains to be seen. What we do know though is that whoever gets to lift the trophy will know that they have been in a bruising battle of wits and raw ability.
Geoff Woodruff is the only trainer who will take on the boys with a member of the fairer sex in next Saturday’s J&B Met.
A final field of 17 will face the starter at the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth 2000m marker on Saturday 25 January for the 163rd renewal of the R5 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met
Two past winners of the Cape’s premier summer speed clash are in the fifteen strong line-up
