Picture: Good For You (brown cap) fends off Randolph Hearst (closest) and Pay The Palace (far side), while Happy Verse has just been hampered behind them. They all meet in the Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas on Saturday and Good For You will have a 2kg swing in his favour with all three of them (Picture: Wayne Marks)
Glen Kotzen is bullish about the chances of Gr 2 Race Coast Punters Cup winner Good For You in the Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas on Sunday.
The Gr 1 Gold Medallion winner survived an objection in the Punters Cup that was contentious, but Glen said, “When he was headed by Randolph Hearst, I think we came back to beat him. The Snaiths don’t see it that way, but I do.”
Whichever way the objection is looked at Good For You was giving Randolph Hearst 2kg, so will now be 2kg better off in the level weights classic.
However, Glen said, “We’ve swapped our 2kg for draw 13.”
He explained, “In the Guineas you need a lot of luck from a bad draw, but it is offset by us having a 2kg advantage.”
In his run before the Punters Cup in the Gr 3 Cape Classic over 1400m, Good For You was beaten two lengths by Vapour Trail, but he was giving the latter 4kg. Furthermore, it was his second run after a layoff.
Glen said about the Legislate gelding’s well-being, “He is flying, he’s doing very, very well, I am very happy with him.”
He added, “The yard’s in form. The horse looks amazing. He’s ready, he’s had a good prep and the jockey (Chad Little) is full of confidence.”
Good For You proved in the Punters Cup he stays a mile.
Glen concluded, “We’ve just got to get lucky from the draw.”
Good For You has proved versatile in running as he can go well from the front or come from off them.
He does tend to hang in the finish, which resulted in the objection against him last time.
However, here is no doubting his class and at odds of 25/2 with the sponsor he could prove to be fair value.
Glen runs King Regent in the Gr 2 Splashout Cape Merchants over 1200m.
He said, ” He never had a great KZN season. He didn’t stay sound. We had to give him a long break. He’s now sounded up beautifully.
He’s only had the one gallop, but he likes to run fresh. He’s got a good draw (a low draw of two), so hopefully he’ll be competitive.”
