Other than the Sun Met, celebrated with G.H.MUMM, there are three other Grade 1 races at Kenilworth on Saturday 26 January – the Betting World Cape Flying Championship over 1000m, the G-Bets Cape Derby over 2000m and the Bidvest Majorca Stakes over 1600m.

With the Pick 6 carryover currently sitting at R900,000 and an estimated pool of R7.5 million, one will need to negotiate all of these as they will form part of that bet.

The Majorca Stakes looks to be a race in three between Snowdance, Lady In Black and Cape Fillies Guineas winner Front And Centre but the other two look to be a minefield for bettors.

With the Cape Flying Championship at weight-for-age one would think the top-rated runners should have massive advantage but that is not the case with this dash up the straight and there are a number of horses with winning chances.

While Bold Respect is the best-handicapped runner, it is stable companion Pacific Trader who has been priced up as the 5-1 favourite.

The same is true of the Cape Derby where a full field of 20 has been carded to go to post. There are also three fillies in the field and two of them are the best handicapped horses and they are Sean Tarry-trained Second Request and Santa Clara from the Candice Bass-Robinson yard.

However, Second Request, who is drawn No 1 and has champion jockey Lyle Hewitson in the irons, is quoted at 8-1 while you can get 16-1 about Santa Clara.

Final field for the R1-million Betting World Cape Flying Championship (Grade 1) over 1000m

1 – 11 BOLD RESPECT (B Crawford) C Orffer 60.0 – 118
2 – 14 SERGEANT HARDY (S J Snaith) M Khan 60.0 – 115
3 – 4 REBEL’S CHAMP (P A Peter) C Herrera Gomez 60.0 – 114
4 – 8 ATTENBOROUGH (J Ramsden) S Khumalo 60.0 – 112
5 – 7 KASIMIR (S J Snaith) R Fourie 60.0 – 111
6 – 3 TRIP TO HEAVEN (S G Tarry) L Hewitson 60.0 – 111
7 – 10 PACIFIC TRADER (B Crawford) G Cheyne 60.0 – 110
8 – 1 SPEEDPOINT (J Ramsden) C Zackey 60.0 – 109
9 – 9 DUTCH PHILIP (C Bass-Robinson) B Fayd’Herbe 60.0 – 107
10 – 2 SEARCH PARTY (B Crawford) D Dillon 60.0 – 106
11 – 16 SAND AND SEA (D R Drier) A Marcus 60.0 – 105
12 – 15 QUINLAN (Y Bremner) R Munger 60.0 – 101
13 – 18 ROCKY VALLEY (C Dawson) W Kennedy 60.0 – 101
14 – 12 SIR FRENCHIE (S J Snaith) K de Melo 60.0 – 99
15 – 13 PRINCESS REBEL (Y Bremner) P Strydom 57.5 – 107
16 – 17 PLEASEDTOMEETYOU (W A Nel) G Lerena 56.5 – 102
Reserve Runners
17 – 6 TEVEZ (C Bass-Robinson) Reserve 1 60.0 – 100
18 – 5 VISION TO KILL (P M Gadsby) Reserve 2 57.5 – 99
Same Trainer: (1,7,10) (2,5,14) (4,8) (9,17) (12,15)

Final field for the R1-million Bidvest Majorca Stakes (Grade 1) over 1600m
1 – 1 LADY IN BLACK (D R Drier) S Veale 60.0 – 117
2 – 12 SNOWDANCE (S J Snaith) R Fourie 60.0 – 114
3 – 6 FRESNAYE (J Ramsden) B Fayd’Herbe 60.0 – 110
4 – 9 BRAVE MOVE (A N Marcus) C Zackey 60.0 – 107
5 – 3 ROSE IN BLOOM (J Ramsden) D Dillon 60.0 – 107
6 – 11 FIORELLA (D C Howells) M Khan 60.0 – 106
7 – 8 MIYABI GOLD (S J Snaith) P Strydom 60.0 – 105
8 – 13 LOVE TO BOOGIE (W A Nel) S Khumalo 60.0 – 103
9 – 2 FREEDOM CHARTER (C Bass-Robinson) L Hewitson 60.0 – 101
10 – 10 GOODTIME GAL (M J Robinson) S Mbhele 60.0 – 100
11 – 5 SYLVAN ON FIRE (C Dawson) G Lerena 60.0 – 98
12 – 4 FRONT AND CENTRE (B Crawford) A Marcus 55.0 – 110
13 – 7 CLOUDS UNFOLD (C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer 55.0 – 109
Same Trainer: (2,7) (3,5) (9,13)

Final field for the R1-million G-Bets Cape Derby (Grade 1) over 2000m
1 – 2 THANKSGIVING (D C Howells) M Khan 60.0 – 97
2 – 18 CHARLES (B Crawford) A Marcus 60.0 – 94
3 – 11 BUNKER HUNT (S J Snaith) R Fourie 60.0 – 93
4 – 3 OVATION AWARD (G van Zyl (Jnr)) W Kennedy 60.0 – 93
5 – 10 ROLL OF DRUMS (J A Soma) S Khumalo 60.0 – 93
6 – 15 ATYAAB (M F de Kock) D De Gouveia 60.0 – 92
7 – 6 HUDOO MAGIC (B Crawford) C Orffer 60.0 – 92
8 – 17 SENATLA (B Crawford) G Cheyne 60.0 – 89
9 – 12 BELGARION (S J Snaith) B Fayd’Herbe 60.0 – 87
10 – 13 HERODOTUS (G S Kotzen) K de Melo 60.0 – 86
11 – 7 PERPETUAL FLAME (N Kotzen) G Lerena 60.0 – 84
12 – 20 SAILING LIZARD (W A Nel) R Simons 60.0 – 84
13 – 9 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (S J Snaith) S Veale 60.0 – 82
14 – 5 SEATTLE FORCE (G S Kotzen) C Zackey 60.0 – 82
15 – 19 LINE EDITOR (G W Ennion) M Byleveld 60.0 – 79
16 – 16 LLOYD GEORGE (A C Greeff) P Strydom 60.0 – 76
17 – 8 GUN HILL (Y Bremner) R Munger 60.0 – 74
18 – 1 SECOND REQUEST (S G Tarry) L Hewitson 57.5 – 104
19 – 14 SANTA CLARA (C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer 57.5 – 103
20 – 4 HELEN’S IDEAL (P D Reeves) D Dillon 57.5 – 96
Same Trainer: (2,7,8) (3,9,13) (10,14)

Betting on Met day G1 races

Cape Flying Championship
5-1 Pacific Trader
11-2 Bold Respect, Kasimir
13-2 Rebel’s Champ
11-1 Sand And Sea
14-1 Trip To Heaven, Dutch Philip, Princess Rebel
16-1 and upwards others

Cape Derby
6-1 Bunker Hunt
7-1 Thanksgiving, Charles
8-1 Belgarion, Second Request
12-1 Atyaab, Senatla, Herodotus
14-1 Ovation Award
16-1 and upwards others

Bidvest Majorca Stakes
22-10 Snowdance, Front And Centre
28-10 Lady In Black
9-1 Clouds Unfold
20-1 and upwards others 

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