From a form perspective are we contending with 2/30 years or 2/20 years? Then if we narrow it down to the 3yr olds competing in KZN...... Does the current odds for Cousin Casey in the Daily News or the July look appealing?
Not for me... That just me.
It's pretty hard to get archives for feature races in South Africa and if you can you need to pay. Statistically in the last 10 years from my memory most of them never win a Grade 1 thereafter. Maybe horses that placed might have won a Grade 1.
At one stage there even had a 1900m race on July day for 2yo's. The Shiek and Delta Form ran in that race and won Grade 1s in their career. Also Key Of Destiny won that 1900m race and was a multiple Grade 1 winner. My opinion is that there is fewer Juvenile distance races these days and less horses are making their debut's as 2yo's. Therefore precocious and speedy 2yos are getting to win these races. Also the closing of Clairwood Park, less 2yo's from the Cape are debuting in KZN and therefore not competing in the 2yo features in KZN.
Scottsville Gold Medallion Gr.1
2022 - Thunderstruck
2021 - Ambiorix (SAF), by Vercingetorix
2020 - Tempting Fate (SAF), by Master of My Fate
2019 - Eden Roc (SAF), by Var
2018 - Van Halen (SAF), by Oratorio
2017 - Sand and Sea (SAF), by Twice Over
Scottsville Allan Robertson Championship S. Gr.1
2022 - Sweet Pepper
2021 - Under Your Spell (SAF), by Capetown Noir
2020 - Vernichey (SAF), by Vercingetorix
2019 - Miss Florida (SAF), by Captain Al
2018 - Mighty High (SAF), by Pathfork
2017 - Brave Mary (SAF), by Brave Tin Soldier
Greyville Premiers Champion S. Gr.1
2022 - Cousin Casey
2021 - Good Traveller (SAF), by Visionaire
2020 - Sentbydestiny (SAF), by Master of My Fate
2019 - Got the Greenlight (SAF), by Gimmethegreenlight
2018 - Soqrat (AUS), by Epaulette
2017 - Eyes Wide Open (SAF), by Dynasty
Greyville Thekwini S. Gr.1
2022 - Canadian Summer
2021 - Rain in Holland (SAF), by Duke of Marmalade
2020 - Anything Goes (SAF), by Var
2019 - Gabor (SAF), by Kingsbarns
2018 - Return Flight (SAF), by Pomodoro
2017 - Lady in Black (SAF), by Dynasty
Last edit: 2 years 4 weeks ago by Sylvester.
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Cousin Casey was champion 2yo winning both the 1400m and the 1600m at Greyville but it’s his 3yo form that is more important now as the on,y horses of note that he had to beat as a juvenile were Royal Victory, Prophet and Billy Bowlegs.
He gave 2kg and a beating to a useful field in the gr 2 Cape Cup (previously the Selangor) and then was 2nd best to Charles Dickens in the Cape Guineas, coming from a poor position.
He then skipped the Cape Derby ( which I think he would probably have won had he run) and ran 2L 5th in the Met at WFA, again not enjoying the best of passages from a wide draw. That form is better than the Derby form in my opinion, and proves that he is better over 2000m than 1600m at this stage.
In the Byerley Turk he gave 6kg to the field and was just pipped over a trip now too short. His KZN Guineas run was disappointing- but are we going to write him off because he was a bit flat that day and ran a couple of lengths below best?
See It Again and Without Question will provide stern opposition in the Daily News, but I’m firmly in the camp of Cousin Casey.
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