Picture: A feast of Cape Summer Festival racing awaits racing fans starting on November 19 and going all the way through until 25 February next year.

Destination Cape Racing – You’ve Arrived

Enter the immersive world of racing as the season comes alive with a new energy of good times, good vibes and a festival of celebrations for everyone.

Destination Cape Racing is changing the course of racing as we know it, curating an exciting summer season of events and tourist attractions hosted at the newly revamped Hollywoodbets Kenilworth racing venue.

Reloaded and ready to boot, Destination Cape Racing is bringing together the sport, the culture and the lifestyle under one all-inclusive roof, with brand new hospitality facilities and activities open to the public. A fantastic fusion of fixtures, fabulosity, fashion and fun where friends and family are all welcome, making new memories as the summer sun shines down on one of Cape Town’s most illustrious and historical venues.

Join us for the Summer Festival of Racing with nine premiere race day events:
* 19 November: Cape Punters Cup
* 03 December: World Sports Betting Fillies Guineas
* 11 December: Cape Merchants
* 17 December: Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas
* 07 January: L’Ormarins King’s Plate
* 14 January: Jamaica Handicap
* 21 January: Politician Stakes
* 28 January: World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
* 25 February: Cape Derby Day

http://www.caperacing.co.za

Save the dates on your social calendar as we welcome one and all to the dawn of a new era of sportainment while paying homage to our heroes, our history and our heritage. Look forward to the launch of our members club, live music, kids activities, engaging infotainment, conservation tours, unfounded world-class hospitality and more.

Destination Cape Racing is the ultimate season revival, honouring tradition while paving the way for new and inclusive racing experiences. Let Hollywoodbets Kenilworth and Hollywoodbets Durbanville dazzle and entertain while you experience the summer of a lifetime.

Destination Cape Racing – you’ve arrived.

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Picture: Ridgemont Highlands receiving an owners award on WSB Cape Town Met day in 2022. (Cape Racing)

Ridgemont Highlands Returns As Race Sponsor

The return of the prestigious Ridgemont Highlands brand to big race sponsorship is further good news in the countdown to the stakes-boosted Hollywoodbets Gr1 Cape Guineas day at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday 17 December.

South Africa’s leading sportsbook operator, Hollywoodbets, and local racing operator, Cape Racing, recently announced that our greatest sire-producing contest, and the country’s leading classic race, will enjoy a stakes increase from R750 000 to R2 million for the 2022 renewal, with the popular purple brand adding their trademark energy and sparkle for the first time this year.

Coupled with the massive boost in prize money, a vintage 3yo crop, headed by the likes of the unbeaten Charles Dickens, Gr1 winner Cousin Casey, and Gauteng fairytale flyer Anfields Rocket, amongst others, are set to make the 2022 Hollywoodbets Gr1 Cape Guineas a clash of the sophomore titans.

An important support feature on the big day’s undercard is the R400 000 Ridgemont Highlands Gr2 Peninsula Handicap, an historically strategic stepping stone into the major features in January.

“We are very excited to be a part of the 2022 Hollywoodbets Guineas spectacular and are delighted to be partnering Hollywoodbets and Cape Racing on such a traditional day in the Cape Season. Throughout the years Ridgemont Highlands has always enjoyed being affiliated with the thoroughbred industry in the Cape – and after a short absence we feel now is the perfect opportunity, with the exciting new leadership and direction at Cape Racing, to bring our brand back,” said Ridgemont Highlands’ Craig Kieswetter.

The internationally acknowledged breeder added that with all the innovative initiatives being introduced into the Cape Racing calendar it is inevitable that racing and breeding can only go from strength to strength in the Western Cape.

“For us, that journey is very much something we are looking forward to being a part of,” he concluded.

Hollywoodbets Brand &

Communications Manager Devin Heffer endorsed Craig Kieswetter’s comments and welcomed the Ridgemont Highlands team as a partner on the major raceday.

“There is an existing partnership where the Hollywood Syndicate race many well-bred Ridgemont Highlands horses, and joining forces on such an important day on the South African horseracing calendar is a natural evolution of the association that exists between like-minded entities that have the very best interests of the sport at heart. The various marketing teams are hard at work in our collective goal of making it a memorable day in a watershed year for all stakeholders,” added Devin Heffer.

Entries for the Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas day features close at 11h00 on Monday, 5 December, on which date the weights will be published.

Supplementary entries close at 11h00 on Friday, 9 December.

Declarations are due by 11h00 on Monday, 12 December.

Picture: Cousin Casey (Candiese Lenferna).

Watch Cousin Casey Galloping At Hollywoodbets Kenilworth

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Gallop information: 1500m gallop distance with the instruction to canter to 1400m and build into the gallop from the 1400m mark.

Cat Daddy (Jabu Jacobs, far side, with yellow cap) Cousin Casey (Grant van Niekerk, middle, with black cap) Countdown (Gareth Wright, closest camera, with white cap).

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Grant says Cousin Casey is in outstanding form and is ready for his first run on Saturday, 19 November 2022.

Picture: Christophe Soumillon (right) is reunited with Shea Shea (National Emblem) at Mauritzfontein Stud. Stephen Jell (left), now married to Mauritzfontein owner Jessica Jell (nee Slack) was travelling assistant to Mike de Kock at the time of Shea Shea’s overseas exploits (Mauritzfontein Stud).

Soumillon And Shea Shea Reunite At Mauritzfontein

The Soumillon family were hosted by Stephen and Jessica Jell at Mauritzfontein Stud recently and Christophe was able to spend some time with his old friend Shea Shea, who is now 15 years old but still looking in fine shape.

Christope Soumillon and Shea Shea thrilled racing fans with their global feats in 2013.

The Klawervlei Stud-bred National Emblem gelding had won the Grade 1 Golden Horse Casino Sprint as a three-year-old carrying 58kg and the following season had won the Grade 1 Computaform Sprint, among other victories in South Africa.

He was trained by Geoff Woodruff and ridden by Anthony Delpech and Piere Strydom respectively for those two Grade 1 wins in SA.

He then departed for overseas where he was trained by Mike de Kock.

Shea Shea won the Listed Meydan Sprint with Soumillon aboard in his first race in Dubai.

The pair followed up by winning the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint.

Both races were over 1000m on the Meydan turf course.

They then ran second together in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes over five furlongs at the Royal Ascot meeting.

They followed that with a fourth place finish in the Group 1 July Cup over six furlongs at Newmarket.

Franke Dettori was aboard when Shea Shea ran a half-a-length second in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes over five furlongs at York.

However, Soumillon was back aboard when he ran third in the 2014 Al Quoz Sprint and for two unplaced runs in the King’s Stand and Nunthorpe respectively.

Picture: Jim Crowley celebrates after Baaeed races away from his rivals in the Juddmonte International at York (Skysports.com)

All The Cartier Awards From Last Night

Horse of the Year: Baaeed picks up top prize while Kyprios named top Stayer and Highfield Princess best Sprinter

Baaeed suffered his only career defeat in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot last month.

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Superstar Baaeed has picked up two prizes at the 2022 Cartier Racing Awards, including the prestigious Horse of the Year title.

A son of 2009 winner Sea The Stars, Baaeed started the year unbeaten, picking up four consecutive Group One races for trainer William Haggas before suffering his only career defeat in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in October.

The four-year-old colt, who becomes the first horse owned by Shadwell to receive the award and was also named Older Horse of the year, will stand as a stallion next year after retiring from racing.

He beat off competition for the top prize from Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Alpinista, four-time Group One-winning stayer Kyprios and Highfield Princess.

The latter pair were able to pick up separate prizes with Kyprios crowned Cartier Stayer, while Highfield Princess was named Cartier Sprinter.

Cartier Racing Awards 2022 – winners

Cartier Horse of the Year – Baaeed

Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt – Blackbeard

Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly – Lezoo

Cartier Sprinter – Highfield Princess

Cartier Stayer – Kyprios

Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt – Vadeni

Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly – Inspiral

Cartier Older Horse – Baaeed

Cartier/The Daily Telegraph Award of Merit – Kirsten Rausing

Having claimed the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly title in 2021 – won this year by Lezoo – Inspiral was among the winners again, this time receiving the Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly award, a feat only matched by Divine Proportions (2005) and Minding (2016).

The Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt award went to Arc runner-up Vadeni, who saw off Derby winner Desert Crown and Godolphin duo of Coroebus and Modern Games.

Aidan O’Brien’s recently retired star juvenile Blackbeard took the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt award, beating stablemates Auguste Rodin and Little Big Bear and Dewhurst winner Chaldean.

The recipient of the Cartier/The Daily Telegraph Award of Merit in 2022 is owner-breeder Kirsten Rausing, who enjoyed a remarkable year with Alpinista’s Arc triumph as well as celebrating a first British Classic success as a breeder with Eldar Eldarov in the St Leger.

Laurent Feniou, managing director of Cartier UK, said: “Baaeed lit up the season with four brilliant victories and he is a worthy recipient of the Cartier Horse of the Year award.

“We are also thrilled to honour Kirsten Rausing, who has given so much to the industry, with the Cartier/The Daily Telegraph Award of Merit.

“It is a privilege for Cartier to be able to recognise these champions of the sport and my deepest congratulations go out to all of this year’s winners.”

Picture: Luke Ferraris rode an enterprising race on the Pierre Ng-trained SA-bred Super Commander (Vercingetorix) to win the fifth race at Happy Valley yesterday (hkjc.com)

Ferraris Clinches Double On Vercingetorix Gelding, Hewitson Ends Drought

Luke Farraris scored a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday and Lyle Hewitson rode a winner to break the sequence of five meetings he had gone without one.

It is Ferraris’ second season on the island and only his third double, which shows just how competitive the racing is.

The horse he rode to clinch the double was the Pierre Ng-trained Klawervlei Stud-bred Vercingetorix gelding Super Commander, who is out of Captain Al mare War Path.

He was formerly trained by Vaughan Marshall and known as Fearless Warrior, who won twice in four starts as a juvenile and finished second in the Grade 3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery.

Ferraris has won twice on Super Commander in Hong Kong.

Ferraris and Hewitson are both on nine winners for the season at respective strikes rates of 10.5% and 6.5% respectively.

Zac Purton, bidding for a sixth Hong Kong championship, is out on his own in front with 37 winners.

He is 21 clear of second-placed CY Ho, who is on 16.

Silvestre De Sousa is in third on 13.

Hewitson and Ferraris are in joint sixth place.

Picture: Irontail (Pathfork) provided the second leg of a Corne Spies/Marco van Rensburg double today (JC Photos).

Van Vuuren Treble, De Melo and Spies/Van Rensburg Doubles

Johan Janse van Vuuren scored a treble at Turffontein Inside today, two of them ridden by Keagan de Melo.

Corne Spies and Marco van Rensburg scored a double together.

Janse van Vuuren goes to 25 wins for the season at a 17.99% strike rate.

De Melo is on 94 wins at 22.76% and is 33 clear of second-placed Muzi Yeni.

Corne Spies is on 13 wins for the season at 9.42%.

Marco van Rensburg is on 17 wins at 10.24%.

Picture: One of England’s biggest punters Harry Findlay has been a regular winner of the Scoop 6 as well as the Scoop 6 bonus. He is seen here after his horse Denman won the Cheltenham Gold Cup (Evening Standard).

Today’s Question

Which England international sportsman was one of ten Scoop 6 winners who shared a 686,120 pound bonus pool in August 2002 and he later became the president of the Racegoers Club in October 2004.

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Picture: Mike Atherton (the cricketer.com).

Today’s Question Answer

The Tote Scoop6, which had struggled to establish itself as part of the punters’ staple diet since its launch in July 1999, received a welcome dose of free publicity when Mike Atherton, the former England cricket captain, became the first high-profile celebrity to win serious money on the bet on August 10, 2002.

Atherton was part of a six-strong syndicate which won a small share of the Scoop6’s main win pool the previous weekend, when 257 winning tickets split £1,322,530 for a dividend of £5,146.

However, he fared better still on Saturday, when his team was one of only 10 to find Certain Justice, the 25-1 winner of the bonus race, to earn a share of the bonus fund of £686,120. The dividend per ticket was about £68,000, leaving Atherton with a personal payout of around £11,300.

Channel 4’s schedule was shared on Saturday between racing and Test cricket from Trent Bridge, where Atherton was working as an expert summariser.

Viewers had a chance to watch Atherton as he watched Certain Justice, and became, by his famously laid-back standards, “understandably excited.” (The Guardian).

Winners of the Scoop 6 are allowed a crack at the bonus pool.

A handicap race, usually with a huge field, is chosen the following Saturday and the Scoop 6 winners have to choose one horse to win the race. If they are correct they land the Scoop 6 bonus fund, which is a rolling pool that steadily increases everytime it is not won.

It has been known for Scoop 6 winners to collaborate and each choose a different winner for the bonus pool race. If one of them selects the winner the bonus pool winnings are then shared out proportionately.

One of Britain’s most famous punters Harry Findlay has regularly won the Scoop 6 bonus and he said, “Every time I’ve colluded on the Scoop6, it has come up the right way, and for anyone to say that the brave and right thing to do when in with a chance of winning a big bonus is to go alone is an insult to the intelligence.”

Turf Talk Newsletter – 10 November 2022