One Stripe winning the L’Ormarins King’s Plate in ultra impressive style. (Picture: Wayne Marks)
One Stripe’s presence among the Gr 1 R1.5 million Splashout Cape Derby entries did not last long and he is unfortunately already a scratching after the publication of the entries on Tuesday.
He would have been making a bid to become likely the first in history to win the Cape Guineas, the King’s Plate and the Cape Derby.
Vaughan Marshall never planned to run him beyond a mile this summer and has probably thought better of putting more on his plate before his original end of summer target, the CRS R5 million Big Cap over 1600m.
There is no reason why One Stripe will not stay 2000m on pedigree.
His sire One World won at the highest level over that trip, winning the Met, while One Stripe’s dam is by stamina influence Silvano and her three wins, including a Listed race, were from 2200m to 2400m.
Furthermore, One Stripe’s dam is out of a mare by stamina influence Badger Land.
One World is by Marshall’s stalwart sprint-miler Captain Al, but Marshall has in fact won a Cape Derby with a paternal grandson of Captain Al before, Linebacker, who is by Captain Of All, winning it in 2021.
One Stripe’s long term future lies overseas so, despite the obvious speed he possesses, it will be fascinating to see whether he one day steps up to 2000m.
Meanwhile, the WSB Met winner Eight On Eighteen has been priced up as 4/10 favourite by Hollywoodbets in the Cape Derby’s ante-post market.
Garrix gave Zeitz 3kg when losing to him by 2,75 lengths in the Gr 3 City Of Cape Town Politician Stakes over 1800m on Met day and he is second favourite at 7/1, while Zeitz is the only other entry in single figures at 8/1.
Hollywoodbets ante-post odds for the Splashout Cape Derby
