Summer Pudding (s/s 108) put her Cape Town fail in the Paddock Stakes behind her with an emphatic victory in the G2 Colorado King Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday. After the pace- makers dropped out, she ambled through a 300 – finish come home sectional in 18.04 seconds to easily beat Divine Odyssey and Heart Stwings. Both the placed horses merited speed figures of 105.

Summer Pudding has won 10 of 11 races including 3 G1’s, 3 G2’s and a G3 in the distance band between 1600 and 2450m. That’s a mighty impressive CV and, by equaling her previous best of 108 obtained in the Summer Cup, it’s quite conceivable that Paul Peter’s charge is poised to progress and run even bigger numbers this Winter.

Mind Reader (s/s 104 +) was also very impressive winning a 1000m dash earlier on the card. She scorched through the final 300m in 15.79 seconds which translates into a closing ratio of 108%, suggesting the adjusted final time speed figure could be higher still. That would put her in with a chance in higher grade races and Interbet fans are advised to keep the Visionaire filly trained by Roy Magner on side when next she runs.

Trip to Africa (s/s 101) enjoyed the softened turf at Greyville to make his way ziggy-zaggy down the straight for a decisive victory in the Listed Kings Cup. This was his fifth career victory – apart from a few quirks which make him jink around in running this son of Trippi has actually been quite consistent and was full value in this career best performance.

Earlier Captain of Stealth (s/s 100), a 1400m specialist went from go- to- whoah to finish in a strong Graduation Plate. Expertly piloted by Anton Marcus, he justified heavy market support to beat Cape Guineas winner, Russian Rock (s/s 98++ 105%) who made a satisfactory prep for the upcoming KZN Guineas given that he needed the run and was trying a right handed turn for the first time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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