Justin Snaith set for another Final Fling
Justin Snaith, bidding for his fourth Final Fling Stakes winner in five seasons, has nominated the smart A Time To Dream for the 1 800m Grade 3 at Kenilworth on Saturday 22 July.
The four-year-old was considered good enough to take on Grade 1 company in the Klawervlei Majorca and, although she finished eighth, was little more than 3.50 lengths off winner Nightingale. Snaith has also entered Harvard Crimson who finished fourth in last month’s Listed Ladies Mile.
A Time To Dream is the joint highest rated (on 102) with the Mike Robinson-trained Goodtime Gal who won the Grade 3 CTS Victress Stakes in December, finished third in the Klawervlei Majorca and fifth in the Ladies Mile.
Glen Kotzen, whose Final Fling winners include Rosey Rapids (2002), Escapology at 50-1 (2006) and Cash Register (2012), relies on Silvan Star who ran out a convincing winner of the Ladies Mile.
Andre Nel’s stable is in good form and there will be a lot of interest in Ngaga (a half-sister to Igugu), not least because she was second in the Ladies Mile and the Listed Stormsvlei Mile after winning all her first three starts.
Another notable is the Glen Puller-trained Harlem Shake who sprang a 12-1 surprise in last year’s race.
The race is confined to fillies and mares and is run at weightfor-age with penalties for Graded winners (Grade 3 - 1kg extra and Grade 2 - 2kg extra). There is a supplementary entry stage on Friday with declarations on Monday 17 July.
Entries for the R250,000 Final Fling Stakes (Grade 3) over 1800m at Kenilworth on Saturday 22 July.
A TIME TO DREAM (S J Snaith); AVIATRIX (G V Woodruff); GOODTIME GAL (M J Robinson); HARLEM SHAKE (G R Puller); HARVARD CRIMSON (S J Snaith); HILARIA (M R Allie); JETANO (J Ramsden); NGAGA (W A Nel); ROCK ON WOOD (V H Marshall); SILVAN STAR (G S Kotzen); SUBLIME LADY (C Bass-Robinson); UPPER ECHELON (W A Nel).