THE READY TO RUN PLOT THICKENS
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 07:34PM 
Ashjaan
(Photo : JC Photographics)
EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN CUP NOMINEES
Charl Pretorius www.racingweb.co.zaIf the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup on 7 November was a board game called Cluedo, Professor Plum and all his guests would be suspects, and the scene of the crime would be Turffontein.
With every passing day, the plot thickens. Just this week Charles Laird sent out R1 million gelding Blue Voyager to a facile debut win and if collaterals are drawn this one would be rated somewhere in the mid 80’s and would make the final field.
This means that the connections of the early favourites Havasha and Smanjemanje have another runner to fear in the bay son of Muhtafal, who looks better than average if his 1200m success is anything to go by.
Already Pierre Jourdan, in beating Smanjemanje on objection last week and looking arguably the scopier of the two, has signaled a stern warning : He will be no pushover when the 16-horse field goes to post in less than a fortnight!
At this point it looks as if almost every Ready To Run entry to have won a race will qualify for the event, though at the bottom of the merit scale the connections of I’Lollipop and Mabhalane will be chewing their nails.
Whatever happens, the 2009 renewal of this glorious event has people talking, because the winner will go into the remainder of the Highveld Summer and the emerging Cape season with the mantle of South Africa’s leading three-year-old around his/her shoulders :
Entries for the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup, with race records, as at 27 October and sales prices are :
| HORSE | MR | TRAINER | RECORD | COST |
| HAVASHA | 94 | Mike de Kock | 3r,2w,1p |
R260,000 |
| FISANI | 88 | Mike de Kock | 4r,2w,2p | R400,000 |
| SMANJEMANJE | 94 | Tyrone Zackey | 5r,1w,4p | R210,000 |
| PIERRE JOURDAN | 92 | Gary Alexander | 2r,2w,0p | R60,000 |
| SNOW SPECIAL | 78 | Gary Alexander | 3r,1w,0p | R280,000 |
| KHETHANI | 91 | Roy Magner | 6r,1w,2p | R130,000 |
| ASHJAAN | 90 | Paul Matchett | 7r,1w,1p | R190,000 |
| MANNEQUIN | 82 | Paul Matchett | 2r,1w,1p | R80,000 |
| MLULEKI | 79 | Paul Matchett | 5r,1w,3p | R70,000 |
| ONEHUNDREDACREWOOD | 88 | Gavin van Zyl | 6r,2w,2p | R85,000 |
| BLUE VOYAGER | n/a | Charles Laird | 1r,1w,0p |
R1,000,000 |
| MAHUBO | 85 | Herman Brown | 5r,1w,4p | R900,000 |
| SMART AL | 83 | Doug Campbell | 5r,1w,4p | R100,000 |
| SMANYO | 81 | Ivan Moore | 3r,1w,0p | R85,000 |
| VUMANI | 81 | Ivan Moore | 6r,1w,2p | R60,000 |
| SICOCO | 78 | Ormond Ferraris | 3r,1w,0p | R300,000 |
| I’LOLLIPOP | 77 | Kumaran Naidoo | 10r,1w,4p | R140,000 |
| DOLOMITE | n/a | Kumaran Naidoo | 1r,0w,0p | R110,000 |
| SUMMER DOT COM | n/a | Kumaran Naidoo | 1r,0w,0p | R60,000 |
| MABHALANE | 77 | Tony Nassif | 5r,1w,1p | R120,000 |
| SIZZLING GUY | 77 | Dominic Zaki | 3r,0w,1p | R30,000 |
| GORGEOUS GEORGE | 75 | Gavin Smith | 5r,0w,2p | R100,000 |
| RAJINZKY | 70 | John Vos | 5r,0w,0p | R70,000 |
| COASTAL CLUB | 69 | Terry Lowe | 3r,0w,1p | R100,000 |
| CLUB VICTOR | n/a | Terry Lowe | 1r,0w,1p | R240,000 |
| GALAXY QUEST | 64 | Leon Erasmus | 4r,0w,0p | R50,000 |
| BHUSENDE | n/a | Charles Laird | Unraced | R250,000 |
| CHA CHA QUEEN | n/a | Geoff Woodruff | 2r,0w,1p | R210,000 |
| MAKEMEFAMOUS | n/a | Greg & Karen Anthony | 1r,0w,1p | R220,000 |
| MAKULU-KULU | n/a | Michael Miller | 3r,0w,3p | R100,000 |
| TEMPANO | n/a | Roy Magner | 2r,0w,1p | R90,000 |
R1,5 MILLION EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN CUP
7 NOVEMBER 2009
EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN SALE
8 NOVEMBER 2009
For more information please visit :
www.tba.co.za and www.summerhill.co.za
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