Guineas delight in Cape

WHILE Mike de Kock has decided not to run unbeaten Hawwaam in Saturday’s R1million Cape Guineas over 1 600m at Kenilworth, the stable will still be represented by a Grade 1 winner in Soqrat.

There are those, even within the De Kock stable, who felt Soqrat may well have beaten Hawwaam in the Dingaans, who they described as still a big baby.

So unbeaten One World might not have things his own way at Kenilworth, although he does have the benefit of having raced on a left-handed turn.

It would also be silly to view this as a two-horse race because Sean Tarry has Chimichuri Run, who ran One World to 0,50 lengths over the course and distance last time, as well as Cirillo, who decimated the field in the Ready To Run Stakes over 1 400m, despite having been drawn No 16 of 16.

Twist Of Fate from the Joey Ramsden yard is a four-time winner, including a victory in the Cape Classic in which he beat Cirillo.

We witnessed a superb race in the Green Point Stakes on Saturday and this event could produce a similar outcome.

In the Fillies Guineas the mouth-watering clash between Clouds Unfold and Front And Centre will still take place but the De Kock stable will be sending Ghaalla, who recently won the Grade 3 Fillies Mile from a wide draw. Randall Simons, who won on her last time, will have to use similar tactics as the daughter of Var is drawn wide yet again.