Questioning Lays Claim To Being Best 3YO In The Cape To Date (Picture: Wayne Marks)
At Hollywoodbets Durbanville yesterday (Sunday) the Vaughan Marshall-trained Questioning laid claim to being the best three-year-old to date in the powerful centre of Cape Town with an easy win in the Gr 3 Cape Classic over 1400m.
Ridden by Bernard Fayd’Herbe the Querari half-brother to Senso Unico jumped from draw three and found the rail in midfield.
Coming off a wide false rail he ran down the centre and had soon struck the front.
He was eased up before the line and yet still won by 1,75 lengths.
The homebred gelding owned by Mr A N Foster & The Hon Mrs G R Foster converted second favouritism of 33/10.
The whole field carried 1kg less than the lone topweight My Golly Molly, but the latter finished last.
Questioning was followed home by the Justin Snaith-trained 25/1 shot Snow Pilot (Lancaster Bomber), the 5/2 Dean Kannemeyer-trained favourite Green With Envy (Gimmethegreenlight) with the Brett Crawford-trained Zil Moris (Fire Away) and the Piet Steyn-trained Greeting My Master (Master Of My Fate) next best.
Questioning had them spread out like the washing so it looked to be a good performance. He is a scopey type too, so can improve as his likely big target, the Gr 1 Hollywoodbets cape Guineas, approaches.
“He has won with an exclamation mark,” said commentator Alistair Cohen.
However, according to racing analysts Karel Miedema he has some way to go to match the current best three-year-old in the land, Sandringham Summit.
Miedema awarded him a relatively paltry 98 Ability Rating, a whopping 19 points lower than Sandringham Summit’s AR in the Gr 3 Betway Graham Beck Stakes over the same distance of 1400m the previous day at the Big T.
Nevertheless, Questioning has won three from four, and his last three. He has done nothing wrong and can improve.
