DIANA & MATCHEM STAKES ENTRIES

MATCHEM

JUSTIN SNAITH

Dynamic (100)
Heartland (106)
Ultimate Dollar (99)
Baritone (104)
Prince of Wales (95)
Overshadow (94)

CANDICE BASS-ROBINSON

Ernie (102)
Rodney (95)
Brilliant Crimson (91)

JOEY RAMSDEN

MacDuff (90)
Table Bay (98)
Attenborough (95)
Newlands (90)
A New Dawn (85)
I Travel Light (84)

BRETT CRAWFORD

Captain America (115)
Sail South (110)
Midnite Zone (99)

VAUGHAN MARSHALL

Exelero (103)
Dynastic Power (99)
Tomba La Bomba (93)

ANDRE NEL

La Favourari (84)

MICHAEL ROBINSON

Blarney Bay (100)

DIANA

JUSTIN SNAITH

A Time to Dream (98)
Qing (96)
Secret Seven (87)

CANDICE BASS-ROBINSON

Come Fly With Me (94)
Moonlight n Roses (95)
Sublime Lady (94)
Taffety Tart (91)
Miss Marker (88)

JOEY RAMSDEN

Captain Gambler (90)
Don't Stop Dancing (85)
Silver Captain (82)
Epona (80)

BRETT CRAWFORD

Alexis (103)
Beach Goddess (94)

ANDRE NEL

Captain's Flame (99)
Quine (84)

GLEN KOTZEN

Silvan Star (83)

MICHAEL ROBINSON

Goodtime Gal (96)
Streaming (74)

PADDY KRUYER

Anglet (94)

I see Joey has Macduff entered , is he not a runner this Saturday ?

I noticed that too. No chance he will be running this.

Majority of his best older stock bar Brutal Force/Red Ray is in Joburg & will probably stay there & that includes MacDuff even after this weekend I woud imagine.

3 year-old focus & to be fair he looks to have a very talented group.

Happy to see CA still in training

As far as I can recall the Matchem Stakes was for 3yo and 4yo's. Things have changed.

Also before early in the season they had a race in Gauteng called the John Skeaping Trophy only opened to 3yo and 4yo's.

naresh wrote: As far as I can recall the Matchem Stakes was for 3yo and 4yo's. Things have changed.

Also before early in the season they had a race in Gauteng called the John Skeaping Trophy only opened to 3yo and 4yo's.

Yes- was suddenly changed this year, no reason given for making the Matchem and Diana open to older.

Race-7 (Turf) R250 000 1400m 16:25 Ref-124
1st R156250, 2nd R50000, 3rd R25000, 4th R12500, 5th R6250
MATCHEM STAKES (Grade 3)
Open at Weight For Age + Penalties
WFA: 3yrs-7kgs 4yrs-0.5kgs
No Apprentice Allowance
1 8 Captain America 60 115 A C Orffer Brett Crawford
2 3 Dynastic Power 59 99 A A Domeyer Vaughan Marshall
3 9 Heartland 58 106 A R Fourie Justin Snaith
4 6 Ultimate Dollar 58 99 A A Fortune Justin Snaith
5 2 Sail South 57 110 A D Dillon Brett Crawford
6 1 Blarney Bay 57 100 A H v'd Hoven Michael Robinson
7 11 Tomba La Bomba 57 93 PA M Byleveld Vaughan Marshall
8 5 Baritone 56.5 104 T A G Cheyne Justin Snaith
9 10 Ernie 56.5 102 A *C Murray Candice Bass-Robinson
10 4 Midnite Zone 56.5 99 TBA *L Hewitson Brett Crawford
11 7 Rodney 56.5 95 A G van Niekerk Candice Bass-Robinson

Race-8 (Turf) R250 000 1400m 17:00 Ref-125
1st R156250, 2nd R50000, 3rd R25000, 4th R12500, 5th R6250
DIANA STAKES (Grade 3)
Fillies and Mares at Weight For Age + Penalties
WFA: 3yrs-7kgs 4yrs-0.5kgs
No Apprentice Allowance
1 9 Alexis 60 103 A C Orffer Brett Crawford
2 4 Beach Goddess 59 94 A *L Hewitson Brett Crawford
3 13 Petty Officer 58 95 A G Behr Greg Ennion
4 5 Come Fly With Me 58 94 A D Ashby Candice Bass-Robinson
5 6 Captain's Flame 57.5 99 A A Domeyer Andre Nel
6 11 A Time To Dream 57.5 98 A D Dillon Justin Snaith
7 1 Goodtime Gal 57.5 96 A H v'd Hoven Michael Robinson
8 10 Qing 57.5 96 A R Fourie Justin Snaith
9 3 Moonlight 'n Roses 57.5 95 A G Cheyne Candice Bass-Robinson
10 2 Sublime Lady 57.5 94 A *C Murray Candice Bass-Robinson
11 7 Taffety Tart 57.5 91 A M Byleveld Candice Bass-Robinson
12 8 Miss Marker 57.5 88 A G van Niekerk Candice Bass-Robinson
13 12 Secret Seven 57.5 87 A A Fortune Justin Snaith

naresh wrote: As far as I can recall the Matchem Stakes was for 3yo and 4yo's. Things have changed.

Also before early in the season they had a race in Gauteng called the John Skeaping Trophy only opened to 3yo and 4yo's.

Don't think enough 3 year-olds looking for the turn have won races because the best one's that have are being prepped for Choice Carriers and Fillies Guineas.

With less racing in the Cape, this is the current situation so I guess that is why they allowed 5+ years of age.

Free entry to the course and public can bring their own picnics and even own braai meats to do on course (no alcohol allowed on course). The Jockey's Dash over 400m will take place immediately after the last race. It's going to be a mild day at 19°C so will be great!! Come see Captain America in the flesh!

AllIsSecret wrote:

naresh wrote: As far as I can recall the Matchem Stakes was for 3yo and 4yo's. Things have changed.

Also before early in the season they had a race in Gauteng called the John Skeaping Trophy only opened to 3yo and 4yo's.

Don't think enough 3 year-olds looking for the turn have won races because the best one's that have are being prepped for Choice Carriers and Fillies Guineas.

With less racing in the Cape, this is the current situation so I guess that is why they allowed 5+ years of age.

Back in the 1990's when I got captivated in racing the likes of Captain Al & Ethno Centric won the Matchem and then the Cape Guineas a couple months later. Great World ran 2nd in the Cape Guineas after winning the Matchem and the Green Point.

Also Display Model and Shephards Moon won the Diana Stakes and then won the Majorca and the Fillies Guineas respectively thereafter. Another runner Final Claim won the Diana and was a top runner in her career and I think won a Garden Province.

I have read that a filly called Kings Pact won the Champions Cup (Formerly the Mainstay and Clairwood Winter Handicap) as a 2yo...