Top class field! the very best of SA. Legislate is the best horse in the country, just as good as Variety Club and i'm glad Striker is on board. Has to be the bet of the year.
Racing. It's a Rush: Press Release
Subject: The Gr 1 L’Ormarin’s Queen’s Plate Announced
Date: 30 December 2015
The Gr 1 L’Ormarin’s Queen’s Plate will live up to its high class billing
on January 9 at Kenilworth as a vintage line up was revealed on Tellytrack.
Topping the list are the Justin Snaith-trained stablemates Futura and
Legislate, who have both won four Gr 1’s apiece, and the tally in their
four clashes to date stands at 2-2. Futura will attempt to retain his
crown, while Legislate will be out to make amends for last year when
failing as odds-on favourite.
The Joey Ramsden-trained Act Of War, winner of last season’s Gr 2 Selangor
Cup and Gr 1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas among other races, will be out to
prove himself the best miler in the land and his last run, when finishing
fourth behind Captain America, Futura and Paterfamilias in the Gr 2
Lanzerac Alta Mater Green Point Stakes over this distance, can be virtually
ignored as he was caught behind a slow pace.
Green Point Stakes winner Captain America has won a weight for age Gr 1
mile before and loves Kenilworth. He will have a fine chance of retaining
the Queen’s Plate for the Brett Crawford yard, as the latter was trainer of
Futura at this time last year.
The Grand Parade Cape Guineas winner, the Mike de Kock-trained Noah From
Goa, is courageous and ever improving and could attempt to become only the
second three-year-old in the last 40 odd years to win the Queen’s Plate.
The highest rated runner in the race will be the Sean Tarry-trained Legal
Eagle and with the J&B Met as his chief target he could be dangerous here
over a trip short of his optimum.
His stablemate Gold Onyx is an evergreen eight-year-old who went close last
year and he showed his well being last time out when second in the Gr 2
Premier Trophy over 1800m to Paterfamilias.
The race has attracted Vodacom Durban July winner Power King and Sansui
Summer Cup winner, Master Sabina.
The Alec Laird-trained Bouclette Top has been a revelation since blinkers
were applied just under a year ago and he was an impressive winner of the
GR 2 Peermont Emperor’s Palace Charity Mile, so he could be the dark horse.
The Ramsden-trained King Of Pain beat the best milers in the country when
winning the Gr 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge two seasons ago and he can’t be
written off.
The Snaith-trained Heartland is starting to live up to his reputation too,
while all of the other runners are worthy contenders and could all earn a
cheque.
The draw was all important and Power King landed pole position, while
Futura drew 2, Legislate is drawn 6, Act Of War is in barrier postion 11
and Captain America landed draw 10.
A top class field was announced too for the Gr 1 Maine Chance Farms Paddock
Stakes over 1800m, headed by Gr 1 winners Same Jurisdiction, Smart Call,
Inara and Pine Princess. Inara will be attempting to retain her crown,
albeit from a wide draw.
Race-7 (Turf) R 1,000,000 1600m
L'ORMARINS QUEEN'S PLATE (WFA) (Grade
1)
Weight For Age
Horse Mass MR Draw B A T
Jockey Trainer
1 LEGAL EAGLE 60.0 120 (120) 8 A
T ............... Sean Tarry
2 FUTURA 60.0 119 (119) 2 A B
Fayd'Herbe Justin Snaith
3 CAPTAIN AMERICA 60.0 117 (117) 10 A C
Orffer Brett Crawford
4 LEGISLATE 60.0 117 (117) 6 A P
Strydom Justin Snaith
5 ACT OF WAR 60.0 115 (115) 11 A T A
Marcus Joey Ramsden
6 BOUCLETTE TOP 60.0 114 (114) 13 B A W
Marwing Alec Laird
7 NIGHT TRIP 60.0 109 (109) 3 B A G van
Niekerk Mike Bass
8 POWER KING 60.0 109 (109) 1 B A G
Behr Dean Kannemeyer
9 MASTER SABINA 60.0 108 (108) 4 A T G
Lerena Geoff Woodruff
10 GOLD ONYX 60.0 107 (107) 12 A T S
Khumalo Sean Tarry
11 HEARTLAND 60.0 107 (107) 7 A A
Domeyer Justin Snaith
12 KING OF PAIN 60.0 106 (106) 5 A S
Randolph Joey Ramsden
13 ASHTON PARK 60.0 103 (103) 14 A M
Byleveld Mike Bass
14 NOAH FROM GOA 55.0 111 (101) 9 A A
Delpech Mike de Kock
Couplings: (1,10) (2,4,11) (5,12) (7,13)
Race-6 (Turf) R 1,000,000 1800m 00:00 Ref-0
MAINE CHANCE FARMS PADDOCK STAKES (WFA) (Grade
1)
For Fillies & Mares at Weight For Age
Horse Mass MR Draw B A T
Jockey Trainer
1 GALLICA ROSE 60.0 102 (102) 12 A D
Dillon Joey Ramsden
2 ACROSTAR 60.0 96 ( 96) 2 B A B
Fayd'Herbe Justin Snaith
3 MA CHOIX 60.0 96 ( 96) 9 A A
Domeyer Andre Nel
4 SAME JURISDICTION 59.5 115 (114) 16 A A
Marcus Duncan Howells
5 SMART CALL 59.5 111 (110) 5 A W
Marwing Alec Laird
6 PINE PRINCESS 59.5 109 (108) 13 A G Lerena
Mike de Kock
7 INARA 59.5 108 (107) 14 A G van
Niekerk Mike Bass
8 COME FLY WITH ME 59.5 98 ( 97) 10 A C
Orffer Mike Bass
9 CAT AND THE MOON 59.5 97 ( 96) 6 B A C Du
Plooy Justin Snaith
10 ZANTE 59.5 96 ( 95) 15 B A K de
Melo Neil Bruss
11 DEPUTY RYDER 59.5 95 ( 94) 7 A C
Puller Neil Bruss
12 CRYSTAL CAVERN 59.5 92 ( 91) 11 A B
Lerena Adam Marcus
13 MOONSONG MAGIC 59.5 88 ( 87) 8 B A M
Byleveld Greg Ennion
14 BELA-BELA 54.0 97 ( 85) 1 A A
Delpech Justin Snaith
15 STAR EXPRESS 54.0 93 ( 81) 3 A P
Strydom Justin Snaith
16 HARLEM SHAKE 54.0 89 ( 77) 17
A ............... Glen Puller
Reserve Runners
17 SUBLIME LADY 54.0 89 ( 77) 4 A Reserve
1 Mike Bass
Couplings: (2,9,14,15) (7
The only danger for Legislate is if Captain America takes him on for the lead might set up something coming from behind Futura but having said that Legislate is a devastating miler its gonna be a great race :woohoo:
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