Horseracing highlights from this past weekend – who to keep an eye on and some impressive wins…
The most outstanding performance of the weekend came in the Lebelo Sprint which produced an exciting finish. Cheek pieces helped blitzer Jade Bay (speed score 109) fight off a posse of challengers. She's A Stunner (s/s 107), Mr Whatever (s/s 107) and Miss October (s/s 107) raced commendably in defeat.
Tiger Quest (s/s 99+) is a very promising three year old sprinter having run a fig of 103 before, and he accounted for youthful filly Arcetri Pink in an earlier sprint.
Down in Cape Town, heavily backed Gold Academy (s/s 99) provided a change of fortune for the Yogas Govender yard when placing first in a competitive Conditions race and recording the day's highest speed figure.
Top rating on Sunday at Clairwood went to Devon Gold (s/s 99) who just piped Cinema Scope (s/s 98). Recent maiden victor Crescendo (s/s 95) caught the eye making his handicap debut - this youngster shows potential. The game Var filly Caviar (s/s 95) was not troubled by top weight placing first in her fourth race from just twelve outings, whilst Red Label's (s/s 95) win in the following contest suggests more successes for the Drier trained runner.
Another busy midweek program leads into one of the best cards of the Cape Summer of Champions season with the running of the Queen's Plate, Paddock Stakes, Peninsula Handicap and Politician Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday. Burn the midnight oil checking out the form then take advantage of Interbet's generous prices as the markets take shape. Antepost betting is already up on the website for those wanting to take an early position.
