Daily News 2000 & Woolavington Entries

Whom do we call "Superman"?

I personally think Orchid Island (With Zackey up ) will be running a very good race in the Woolavington come Saturday

EDICT OF NANTES,imo will win the daily news,draw seems to be the only thing that he has to overcome,,,was given a soft ride last time out which I assume was a prep for this race,,,,

I'm all in

Secret captain and party crasher. Heavily supported last start, did not act on poly, both at huge prices. 13/1 place double

gregorypillay123 wrote: EDICT OF NANTES,imo will win the daily news,draw seems to be the only thing that he has to overcome,,,was given a soft ride last time out which I assume was a prep for this race,,,,

I'm all in

7/2 seems a fair price

Now 5/2

With the obvious exceptions of William Longsword and Gold Standard, I don't think that the rest of the Cape 3yo colts have looked great. Edict of Nantes is the best of the coastal horses running, but I prefer the Gauteng form. Al Sahem will be staying on best of all and i think is the one to beat.
The Woolavington is tricky as the two top rated fillies, Gimme Six and Final Judgement are not certain to stay a hard run 2000m. Safe Harbour is the dark horse- at her best (just a head behind Just Sensual and Bela Bela )she wins this, but has had a tough year having competed in both the Cape and Gauteng seasons and now the KzN. There is precious little between numbers 4-9, all of which are distance suited.

@Peter D.Thanks for your write ups ,It's always appreciated and very helpful.Just a quick question.If Al Sahem wins on Saturday how will that affect the weight he carry's for the July ???

Orchid Island should have a big chance here having beaten furiosa by 4 lengths not long ago.
Gimme six won well last time out.
Will be interesting to see if orchid remains 40/1 for july if she wins by 3 lengths on Saturday at 7/1...Value bet for me for Saturday.

Snazzy D, I am not PeterD but here is my take. Al Sahem is weighted to win the race and is 4 points higher than Edict of Nantes. If he wins it would depend how he wins, if it is by a small margin I would doubt the handicappers would increase his rating but if he wins by over 2 lengths then he could incur a penalty.

The more interesting scenario IMO is if Al Sahem gets beaten. What will that do to the rating of the horse that beats him? If he loses by 1 length and he is used as the line horse the winner should incur a rating of around 108, that means the horse will carry 54 instead of 53 for the July.

Looks like a very interesting weekend ahead with some lovely race.

Thank you Shrek.Much Appreciated mate.
Will be very interesting to see what happens.I fancy Al Sahem strong for the July.

Edict Of Nantes "stole" the Cape Derby.