Quality field for Met

IT is a case of quality over quantity in this year’s R5-million Sun Met celebrated with G. H. Mumm (Grade 1) over 2 000m at Kenilworth Racecourse on Saturday, January 26.

With the absence of possibly Buffalo Bill Cody and Hawwaam, probably the best horses in the country will line up for this Grade 1 race which is run on weight-forage terms.

Heading up the field is Vodacom Durban July winner Do It Again, who enhanced his chances with an imperious victory in the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate 10 days ago. Justin Snaith, who realised a dream last year when Oh Susanna handed him his first victory in the Met, trains this four-year-old son of Twice Over. Richard Fourie will take the ride.

Of the 13 horses carded, Snaith trains four and that has given him some excellent back up. He also will saddle last year’s winner, Oh Susanna, who will have Bernard Fayd’Herbe up this time, Durban July runner-up Made To Conquer with S’manga Khumalo aboard and Grade 2 Peninsula Handicap champion Doublemint, the mount of Piere Strydom.

The draws for barrier positions will be made tomorrow at a function in Cape Town. PHUMELELA

Final field for the R5million Sun Met celebrated with G. H. Mumm (Grade 1) over 2 000m at Kenilworth.

1 - LEGAL EAGLE (S G Tarry) L Hewitson 60.0 - 121

2 - HEAD HONCHO (W A Nel) K de Melo 60.0 - 114

3 - HAT PUNTANO (J Ramsden) D Dillon 60.0 - 109

4 - MADE TO CONQUER (S J Snaith) S Khumalo 60.0 - 108

5 - MILTON (W G Prestage) R Simons 60.0 - 108

6 - KAMPALA CAMPARI (W A Nel) A Domeyer 60.0 - 107

7 - DO IT AGAIN (S J Snaith) R Fourie 59.5 - 125

8 - UNDERCOVER AGENT (B Crawford) C Orffer 59.5 - 120

9 - RAINBOW BRIDGE (A E Sands) A Marcus 59.5 - 119

10 - TAP O’ NOTH (V H Marshall) M Byleveld 59.5 - 112

11 - EYES WIDE OPEN (G S Kotzen) G Lerena 59.5 - 111

12 - DOUBLEMINT (S J Snaith) P Strydom 59.5 - 104

13 - OH SUSANNA (S J Snaith) B Fayd’Herbe 57.0 121

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