AVONTUUR ESTATE FINAL FIELD ANNOUNCED The final field announcement and charity draw function for the Gr 1 Avontuur Estate Cape Fillies Guineas to be run at Kenilworth on December 6, was held at Avontuur Estate on Thursday 27 November. Charity partner Peninsula Schools Feeding Association was present and invited the 16 schools who would benefit from the race to attend. The main interest at the announcement of the field was to see whether both Majmu and the Cape’s leading three-year-old filly Cold As Ice would participate, this is now confirmed and a great race is expected on the day. The Glen Kotzen-trained Double Whammy landed an ideal pole position draw for her front-running style and will likely make a bold bid to lead from pillar to post. The other front-running type in the field, Sunset Tripp, drew widest of all and this will likely force her to adopt aggressive tactics, so her and Double Whammy’s presence could ensure a good pace. This will play right into the hands of Majmu, who drew six, as she is capable of producing a powerful finish from off the pace. If the pace is too slow it would be no surprise to see Ataab going out and ensuring that her more illustrious stablemate is given every possible chance to win this prestigious event and thereby land her first career Gr 1 victory. Cold As Ice has a superb turn of foot, but does have a slight stamina doubt, so her draw of eight, one outside of Ataab is not ideal. However, a good pace should enable her to find the cover she will need to reserve her energy for the straight. The school representatives were on tenterhooks and held their breaths when Majmu’s name was drawn. In the end the lucky school that will be represented by the high class grey filly was Kalkfontein Primary School. However, Strand Secondary School was also thrilled as they drew Cold As Ice, another of the favourites. There were 16 schools nominated and only ten horses participating on the day, so six of the schools will not be represented by horses. They will still receive a donation of R3000 each. The charity money will be split as follows: 1st place; R30 000 2nd place: R20 000 3rd place: R10 000 4th place: R5000 The rest: R3000 The Schools that were lucky enough to draw one of the ten contestants are listed below with the horses and their respective trainers, jockeys and draws. 1 MAJMU Mike de Kock, Anthony Delpech (6) Kalkfontein Primary School 2 COLD AS ICE Joey Ramsden, Bernard Fayd’Herbe (8) Strand Secondary School 3 DOUBLE WHAMMY Glen Kotzen, Greg Cheyne (1) HJ Kroneberg Primary School 4 GREY LIGHT Joey Ramsden, Sean Cormack (9) Gateway Primary School 5 JET SET GO Vaughan Marshall, MJ Byleveld (4) John Ramsay Secondary School 6 ATAAB Mike de Kock, JP van der Merwe (7) Valhalla Secondary School 7 INARA Mike Bass, Grant van Niekerk (2) Macassar High School 8 SUNSET TRIPP Justin Snaith, Richard Fourie (10) Wellington Primary School 9 CUVEE BRUT Brett Crawford, Corné Orffer (5) Rosmead Central Primary School 10 JEWELLERS JOY Glen Kotzen, Karl Neisius (3) Danie Ackerman Primary School The schools that did not draw a horse are listed below: Grassdale High School Parow Valley Prep School Kasselvlei High School Elswood Secondary School Buck Road Primary School Bellville South High School
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:13:53 +0000
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