LOUIS THE KING
J&B Met: Is it a match race?
Jack Milner: Is this year’s J&B Met going to be a match race between Futura and Louis The King? That seems to be the main point of discussion surrounding this year’s R2.5-million event over 2000m at Kenilworth on Saturday.
FUTURA
Is it a two-horse J&B Met?
Jack Milner: Is this year’s J&B Met going to be a match race between Futura and Louis The King? That seems to be the main point of discussion surrounding this year’s R2.5-million event over 2000m at Kenilworth on Saturday.
JUDICIAL
Vaal 2400m will hand down judgment on Judicial’s stamina
Jack Milner: Judicial has been is excellent form since the decision was taken to geld him and he has produced some superb runs, including a win in the Grade 2 Victory Moon Stakes and a third place behind Louis The King in the Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup.
JET EXPLORER
Snaith’s Met go-slow: ‘Let them chase around my six’
Michael Clower: Trainer Justin Snaith is responsible for six of the 15 runners in the J&B Met at Kenilworth on Saturday – and wants a slow-paced race for all of them. This is what he had to say when quizzed about his horses chances.
NOT SULKING
Not Sulking might put a smile on your face at Turffontein
Jack Milner: With Louis The King’s meeting with J&B Met destiny drawing ever closer, the combination of trainer Geoff Woodruff and jockey Piere Strydom will be hoping to find some early form when Not Sulking lines up for Race 5 at Turffontein on Tuesday night, a Conditions Plate for fillies and mares over 1400m.
FORT WOOD
Champion sire Fort Wood dies
Fort Wood, one of the most successful sires to stand in South Africa, has died at the age of 25 of heart failure.
