SPORTING POST DIGEST • Thursday 28 NOvEmbER 2019 1 TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARES SALE Broodmares, Fillies in Training etc. Thursday 28 November 2019 December 2 - 5 FAIRVIEW Friday Best Roving Banker: R6-(2) Star Chestnut (5/1) HOLLYWOODBETS GREYVILLE POLY Friday Best Roving Banker: R3-(5) Queen Of Beauty (7/10) KENILWORTH Saturday Best Roving Banker: R2-(2) Caribbean Sunset (4/1) TURFFONTEIN Saturday Best Roving Banker: R7-(1) Soqrat (28/10) HOLLYWOODBETS GREYVILLE TURF Sunday Best Roving Banker: R7-(7) All The Way Up (3/1) When it comes to the Summer, Mike de Kock has always been a budding ‘10’. Sunday 24 November On Saturday the great competitor gets his chance Greyville – race 7 to write another chapter into SA turf history. Sporting Post Best Handicapped a great trainer and a charismatic personality of some a leading bloodstock man wrote in his popular news- Calvary note, De Kock’s lightearted, albeit half-serious jibes, letter this week that Cape trainers – who the sales WON 9/1 about the big race absence of his Cape counterparts company had said had backed the decision to delay in the Summer Cup panel discussion on Tellytrack on the sales race - posed the question: if the race were Wednesday evening, spoke of a man at the top of his to be run in Johannesburg or Durban, and something game and with little to prove to anybody. prevented Cape horses from getting there, would they “The Cape have got the best horses and the have postponed such a big race meeting? best trainers in the country, yet where are they? The answer may seem obvious to many, but De Kock’s Obviously they are all making too much money quip after the victory moon Stakes to the effect that and haven’t studied history back to the days of the the Cape wouldn’t have a season without the Gauteng great raiders who chased the highveld features,” raiders would no doubt also have stirred the pot a little he quipped after what has been an interesting few too. months with his own yard hitting top form - but The truth is that provincialism adds a bit of needle to where he was also lumped into the ‘favoured’ bri- the show, and top racing demands quality competi- gade after the postponement of the CTS Ready To tion. De Kock’s move – whether his ultimate decision, Run Stakes to December. or not - to pit Soqrat against Gr1 seeking stablemate SPORTING POST DIGEST • Thursday 28 NOvEmbER 2019 2 SUMMER RUMBLES SATURDAY RACING barahin has unquestionably lifted the Summer Cup tempera- ture a good few degrees. To the benefit of racing. It’s Summer Time! hollywoodbet’s Kyle Johnston said in a chat with the Sporting Gr1 Gauteng Summer Cup Turffontein Post that, with the majority of the big race field in under suf- The powerhouse operations of Mike de Kock and Sean Tarry look ferance, it was never going to be likely to see a ton of money to hold all the aces in Saturday’s R2 million Gr1 Summer Cup. With for any of the outsiders. nine of the twenty runners between them, they also hold the as- “bar the support for Queen Supreme from 12/1 into 7/1 , the cendancy in terms of pure numbers. But don’t write off the likeli- rest of the field have been easy to back. Soqrat and barahin hood of a bomb result as everybody is focussed on the R1,2 million top the boards as the De Kock team look to have the race at winner’s cheque. their mercy,” he added. The Summer Cup is a highlight on the Kyle's notes on the betting moves for Turffontein on highveld racing calendar and despite Saturday: often being maligned as a less than Race 1 – No major betting moves. The top two on the boards illustrious affair with no genuine star have been easy to back. Possible value if looking past them. quality in depth, it always produces a cliffhanger and the 2019 renewal Race 2 – mohican was the early talking horse. however all looks to deliver again. the support has now been for viper Jet - if reproducing his debut effort behind Dingaans runner marshall, he could be With Sa champion trainer Sean Tarry up for a hat-trick, it looks to be mike the one to beat from a good draw. Soqrat | JC Photos de Kock in the role of party spoiler, Race 3 – bellagio King has found some solid market support. with his decision to include the high-class 4yo Soqrat in his attack. The step up in trip could be what he is looking for and looks like he will start top of the boards. De Kock came in for some stick after the victory moon when he indicated that he would personally prefer to avoid this race and look Race 4 – Singforafa and Sarah have been easy to back as the to a summer vendetta down South with the likes of Do It again and 3 year old True To Life has seen solid support from an open- Rainbow bridge. an unforeseen african horse Sickness case threw a ing call of 14/1 into current joint favourite at 7/2. This looks a spanner in the works there and the Cape’s loss is Clyde basel and his tough fillies and mares race with some decent sprinters in the marketing team’s gain as they look to supplement their big day with field. equine star quality. Race 5 – It’s 4/1 the field and this looks wide open. Prince Of Lumbering topweight, Soqrat comes in fit after an eyecatching victory Kahal bids to make it 5 in a row. PE raider Sir Frenchie is not moon Stakes win where he carried 62kgs and annihilated his opposition. out of it and has seen some each way support and has halved The doubts about his ability to get 2000m were soon allayed by the ease in price from 16/1 into 8’s. of that win and he is now out for a fourth Gr1 title. he does give weight Race 6 – The Gold medallion top two topped the betting to all, except his stablemate barahin – but looks close to being equal to boards early on. Frosted Gold is the shortest priced favour- the challenge, despite a 14 draw. ite on the day after getting the better of Eden Roc last time Gr1 Summer Cup barahin scored his second Gr2 suc- out. all the support has been for stable companion marshall past winners cess when cruising home to win the as he looks to make it 3 from 3. The solid support could be 2016 Charity mile last time. he was nailed a pointer which has seen him shorten from 8/1 in the early 1 Master Sabina 56.0 ( 5) 5/1 2 The Conglomerate 56.0 (14) 9/1 with a 9 point penalty for that score antepost, right into 28/10 second favourite. 3 Master Switch 53.5 (17) 22/1 2017 so is now called upon to deliver. he Race 8 – The younger generation look to make their mark 1 Liege 53.0 ( 2) 16/1 did beat Soqrat at level weights as 2 Fort Ember 56.0 ( 3) 36/1 against the older brigade. The betting market has seen no 3 Coral Fever 52.0 (19) 36/1 a 2yo, but that is modern history in major movements at this stage. vistula tops the boards with 2018 1 Tilbury Fort 52.0 ( 6) 15/2 the context of his star stablemate’s some each way support for In the Dance. 2 Dawn Assault 52.5 (14) 30/1 improvement this term. 3 Cascapedia 54.5 ( 4) 3/1 Race 9 – ali bon Dubai tops the betting boards. No significant With 60% of the moves just yet. field in under suf- START PA5/PICK SIX4/JACKPOT3 Race 10 – Sell high has found support from 10/1 into 5’s after 4:30PM GR1 SUMMER CUP - 2000M ferance, the race a good post maiden run. The consistent pair of Kings archer Turffontein 7 SAME TRAINER:(1-2-6-8-14)(5-12-16-20) should be fairly (13-19)(15-17-18) and hidden agenda merit their spots at the top of the boards Epaulette 1 SOQRAT(MF de Kock) A Marcus ...................... 14 60.0 straightforward Gimmethegreenlight 2 BARAHIN(MF de Kock) B Fayd’herbe ................ 8 59.0 in a tough handicap with some hard knockers. Foxwedge 3 INFAMOUS FOX(C Dawson) M Byleveld ........12 53.5 – but that is far Byword 4 CAMPHoratUS(RA Hill/SR Hill) M Khan .......17 53.0 from the truth. Race 11 – Capitiana heads the market as she steps out of Horse Chestnut 5 TILBURY FORT(SG Tarry) R Danielson ............. 3 53.0 the maidens. Nothing so far in the betting market to make High Chaparral 6 CASCAPEDIA(MF de Kock) C Zackey ............... 4 52.5 While unproven Oratorio 7 DIVINE ODYSSEY(JAJ v Vuuren) C Maujean.... 9 52.5 punters sit up and pay attention. Dundeel 8 ATYAAB(MF de Kock) M Yeni ...........................13 52.0 over the 2000m, Call To Combat 9 DAWN ASSAULT(SD Gray) K Zechner ............18 52.0 Race 12 – a Fillies and mares mR 74. It looks to be a difficult Pathfork 10 MARCHINGONTOGETHER(G v Zyl) W Kennedy7 52.0 Candice Daw- Pierro 11 ROY HAD ENOUGH(F Robinson) M v Rensburg5 52.0 son’s gallant grey race and Jetorio has come from an opening call of 9/2 into Silvano 12 ZILLZAAL(SG Tarry) D Schwarz .......................15 52.0 3/1.