Summer Cup Log

Deo Juvente, the Geoff Woodruff-trained winner of the Premier’s Champions Challenge at Turffontein in May this year, topped the first log of likely runners for next month’s R2-million Gauteng Sansui Summer Cup (Grade 1) over 2000m.

OCTOBER 9, 2017
Woodruff, who has won the Summer Cup six times since the race was reintroduced by Phumelela in 1999, including in the last four years, has five candidates on the handicapping panel’s list of horses they would pick if the race closed now. The others are Pagoda, runner-up to Al Sahem in the SA Derby, Master Switch, third to Master Sabina and The Conglomerate in this race last year, talented filly Bi Pot, a good third in the SA Fillies Classic last year and six-time winner Banner Hill.

Current favourite Matador Man, is one of four Sean Tarry runners who made it into the top 20 on the handicappers’ first log.

Log Age Sex Horse MR Trainer
1 6 G DEO JUVENTE 115 Geoff Woodruff
2 4 G MATADOR MAN 112 Sean Tarry
3 5 M NOTHER RUSSIA 108 Mike de Kock
4 5 M FORT EMBER 105 Paul Peter
5 5 H BRAZUCA (AUS) 107 J A Janse van Vuuren
6 4 F ORCHID ISLAND 101 Mike de Kock
7 4 F WIND CHILL 101 Joe Soma
8 4 C CROWD PLEASER 100 J A Janse van Vuuren
9 5 G HERMOSO MUNDO 100 Weiho Marwing
10 4 C TILBURY FORT 97 Sean Tarry
11 4 G GLIDER PILOT 97 Tyrone Zackey
12 5 H NEW PREDATOR (AUS) 113 J A Janse van Vuuren
13 6 G FRENCH NAVY 108 Sean Tarry
14 8 G MASTER SABINA 109 Joe Soma
15 4 G PAGODA 99 Geoff Woodruff
16 5 M WITCHCRAFT 101 Sean Tarry
17 6 G MASTER SWITCH 100 Geoff Woodruff
18 4 F BI POT 98 Geoff Woodruff
19 5 M GIRL ON THE RUN 98 J A Janse van Vuuren
20 5 G BANNER HILL 99 Geoff Woodruff

Nother remains around 10/1 fav
Money has been for Hermosa from 25/1 to 14/1

Good punting

Master Sabina is with Joe Soma?

No Abashiri and no Hat Puntana - sure they are both entered

Master Switch to put Greyville behind him, should come in with a handy weight

Abba only 14/1 with cream cookies beware

Crowd Pleaser looks nicely in here , this horse is a big runner imo

abashiri runs sat in a pinnacle mile along with a few other summer cup noms ,sadly my early pick pagoda wont be running due to the owner not having renewed his colours :blush:

Can Abba be bumped up the log with that run yesterday? Proves he still retains soma ability

Craig Pienaar wrote: Crowd Pleaser looks nicely in here , this horse is a big runner imo

big big runner imo

Titch wrote:

Craig Pienaar wrote: Crowd Pleaser looks nicely in here , this horse is a big runner imo

big big runner imo

has the race been moved to greyville?

ABBA gone clear fav around 5/1

@ First Acceptance stage
0 Abashiri M G /A A Azzie 109
0 Amsterdam M G/A A Azzie 84
0 Arctica M G/A A Azzie 97
0 Bankable Teddy D Nieuwenhuiz 91
0 Banner Hill Geoff Woodruff 99
0 Bezanova Alec Laird 96
0 Bi Pot Geoff Woodruff 98
0 Bold Viking Sean Tarry 82
0 Brazuca (AUS) J A van Vuuren 107
0 Cascapedia (IRE) Mike de Kock 82
0 Chicago Beat Duncan Howells 81
0 Classify Dorrie Sham 95
0 Coral Fever Robbie Sage 93
0 Crowd Pleaser J A van Vuuren 100
0 Dawn Assault St John Gray 92
0 Deo Juvente Geoff Woodruff 115
0 Elevated Mike de Kock 88
0 Fort Ember Paul Peter 105
0 Fortissima Joe Soma 93
0 French Navy Sean Tarry 108
0 Girl On The Run J A van Vuuren 98
0 Glider Pilot Tyrone Zackey 97
0 Go Direct Geoff Woodruff 95
0 Gone Baby Gone Geoff Woodruff 82
0 Happy Pills M G Azzie/A A Azzie 84
0 Hermoso Mundo Weiho Marwing 100
0 Hidden Agenda Scott Kenny 86
0 Hyaku Sean Tarry 87
0 Ilitshe (AUS) Jurgen van Heerden 82
0 Intergalactic Sean Tarry 96
0 Irish Pride J A Janse van Vuuren 101
0 Kilauea J A Janse van Vuuren 96
0 Killua Castle (AUS) Geoff Woodruff 81
0 Kilrain Mike de Kock 89
0 Let It Rain Weiho Marwing 92
0 Liege Sean Tarry 102
0 Mac De Lago (AUS) Weiho Marwing 107
0 Malinga Alec Laird 74
0 Master Sabina Joe Soma 109
0 Master Switch Geoff Woodruff 100
0 Matador Man Sean Tarry 112
0 New Predator (AUS) J A van Vuuren 113
0 Nother Russia Mike de Kock 108
0 Orchid Island Mike de Kock 101
0 Pagoda Geoff Woodruff 99
0 Romany Prince Ormond Ferraris 100
0 Royal Utopia Candice Dawson 76
0 Rushmore River Joe Soma 90
0 Samurai Blade (AUS) Sean Tarry 95
0 Smokey Affair Mike de Kock 81
0 Social Order Sean Tarry 86
0 Starpath Geoff Woodruff 71
0 Starrett City Geoff Woodruff 80
0 Stonehenge Sean Tarry 92
0 Tambalang Sean Tarry 89
0 Tandava (ZIM) Gokhan Terzi 89
0 The Elmo Effect Gary Alexander 91
0 Tilbury Fort Sean Tarry 97
0 Top Shot Gary Alexander 91
0 Whosethebossnow Geoff Woodruff 79
0 Wild Horizon Joe Soma 85
0 Wild Wicket Duncan Howells 93
0 Wind Chill Joe Soma 101
0 Witchcraft Sean Tarry 101
0 Zouaves Geoff Woodruff 82