GUINEAS FINAL FIELD

Fantastic field...I'm not splitting CTN or KOP both are potential champions...I'm partial to Epic Tale too..he's been green as grass but such a lovely stride.

I think King of Pain is the best 3yo in SA but don`t see any pace angle here or not much anyway,he might get done for toe (i feel he will be better over 1800/2000)

hibernia Wrote:

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> I think King of Pain is the best 3yo in SA but
> don`t see any pace angle here or not much
> anyway,he might get done for toe (i feel he will
> be better over 1800/2000)


Taken this morning H...looking top class as per normal

https://yfrog.com/kju2jmij:iphone

He is a very slight animal isn't he.

He is top class but will have to mature a little more for my liking!

Dean Kannemeyer will try and get 1 up on Joey after Joey won this race last year!
Normally DK steps out champion 3y olds. I still rate they gta watch Sean Tarrys Hangman

Tero Wrote:

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> If King of Pain wins this race will he receive a
> weight penalty in the J&B Met

Also thought about this, whilst i fancy it for the Guineas, he is no Fort Wood, needless to say i am confussed:S as to whether to punt it in the Guineas.

scotia Wrote:

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> Will go with Striker


Yip, Hangman the one to beat.(tu)

My homework

Attached files CAPE GUINEAS.pdf (426.1 KB)Â

I also like THE HANGMAN. I think KING and CAPE killed each other in the Selangor.

potomac Wrote:

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> My homework


Interesting Potomac .... (

By David Thiselton

Dean Kannemeyer was bullish about the chances of Capetown Noir in Saturday’s Grade 1 Cape Premier Yearling Sales Guineas and reckoned a lot would be in the classy colt’s favour.



“He is very, very well, I couldn’t have asked him to be better. He has had a wonderful preparation and has come through it exceptionally well. He is furnishing now and getting stronger and stronger all the time.”



The athletic Western Winter colt was squeezed at the top of the straight in the Grade 2 Selangor Cup over 1600m of the tight Old Course last time out.



This proved costly for when he was finally clear of the jostling he flew home and failed by just a short-head to catch King Of Pain, from whom he was receiving 1,5kg.



Asked whether he could reverse the form at level weights, Kannemeyer said, “He was unlucky and lost by only a short-head, but was receiving 1,5kg. You have to respect King Of Pain.”



Capetown Noir is drawn well on Saturday in four, one inside of King Of Pain.



This is a reversal from the Selangor, in which King Of Pain was drawn in pole and Capetown Noir was drawn six.



Kannemeyer said, “All of the top horses have drawn well. The Hangman has done nothing wrong and Black Toga won very well the other day. It’s going to be a great race.”



Kannemeyer took Capetown Noir to Kenilworth last Saturday where he had an 800m breeze on the grass in order to “blow clean” and he said he had come out of it “exceptionally well.”



Kannemeyer also runs respective Ladbrokes Gold Cup winner and third-placed In Writing and Blake in the Grade 3 Cape Summer Stayers Handicap over 2500m.



He said, “The handicapper has got them both right up there after the races they won last season, so it’s difficult to place them now. They are both doing very well, but have a lot of weight.”



In Writing was ridden more conservatively than usual last time in the Listed Durbanville Cup over the Kenilworth 3200m in his first start since his Gold Cup win, but tired in the straight.



The Argentinean-bred seven-year-old will strip fitter this time and might revert to the front-running role he enjoys, although Kannemeyer will leave the tactics to the rider.

However, stable jockey Karl Neisius has jumped ship and will be aboard Blake, who is having his third run of the season.



The Dynasty six-year-old gelding defied the handicapper on plenty of occasions last season and is sure to try his heart out again over his probable ideal distance.

Justin Snaith has a high regard for his Grade 1 Cape Premier Yearling Sales Guineas contender Unencumbered, but reckoned he was more of a Derby type.



The good looking Dynasty colt won his maiden in his fourth start and was visually impressive when winning his next start, a MR 65 Handicap over 1600m of the Kenilworth Old Course, off a merit rating of 80.



His new 85 merit rating is the second lowest in Saturday’s race, but Snaith said, “He is a progressive horse.”



He added, “He is doing well, but I think he is a Derby type, so this race might come a little too soon.”



Unencumered has a tough draw of eleven in the twelve horse field and will be ridden by Robbie Fradd.



Snaith said, “We were hoping for a better draw, but we will tuck him in and see what he is capable of. But, it’s a big jump in a year that looks to have an unbelievable crop of three-year-old colts.”



Snaith made Capetown Noir the horse to beat.



“Capetown Noir’s form was boosted when Run For It ran second in the Premier Trophy and he was also unlucky in the Selangor.”



Capetown Noir beat Run For It in his penultimate start over 1400m and was then squeezed between two horses at the top of the straight before flying for a short-head second in the Selangor to King Of Pain, from whom he received 1,5kg.



Snaith also has healthy respect for the Johannesburg raider, The Hangman, “We always respect the Highveld horses, but are never frightened. The Hangman has more experience, but I think in time the Cape Town horses will be better.”