J&B MET 2011 : FINAL FIELD
Monday, January 17, 2011 at 05:52PM 
Past Master - WPOTA Diadem Stakes (Grade 2)
(Photo : Gold Circle)
R2,500,000 J&B MET (Grade 1)
Kenilworth, Turf, 2000m
29 January 2011
Andrew Harrison writes that win or lose, champion Pocket Power is likely to be given a rousing reception when he graces Kenilworth race track for possibly the last time when he runs in the R2,5 million J&B Met on Saturday, 29 January 2011.
The three-time winner of the Western Cape’s most prestigious race heads up a field of 17 that includes recent L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Mother Russia, runner-up Tales Of Bravery, Sansui Summer Cup winner Flirtation and the exciting three-year-old Run For It.
Pocket Power shares joint top weight with the Mike de Kock-trained Rudra in this conditions event and forms part of a quartet of runners from the Mike Bass yard. Others include Fort Vogue, Rushing Wind and Super Storm.
De Kock is the only trainer to have won the J&B Met with a three-year-old in recent history, firstly with Horse Chestnut in 1999 and to prove a point, Badger’s Coast followed up for the stable the very next year. This time round the lot falls to Justin Snaith who sends out Run For It.
Second to smart stable companion Solo Traveller in the Bloodstock SA Cape Guineas, Run For It was very unlucky in the Peninsula Handicap won by another J&B Met candidate, Lion In Winter, after running into serious traffic in the straight. With bottom weight of 52kg and from a very in form stable, Run For It will have many supporters.
The Darryl Hodgson-trained Past Master ran a poor race in the L’Omarins Queen’s Plate behind Mother Russia but his connections are bullish about his J&B Met chances and Hodgson has had three weeks to remedy any problems.
Extract from Gold Circle
R2,500,000 J&B MET (Grade 1)
FINAL FIELD
| # | Horse | Kg | MR | Dr | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | POCKET POWER | 60.0 | 114 | 3 | B Fayd’Herbe | Mike Bass |
| 2 | RUDRA | 60.0 | 109 | 2 | J Geroudis | Mike de Kock |
| 3 | BRAVURA | 59.5 | 110 | 13 | G Hatt | Joey Ramsden |
| 4 | FORT VOGUE | 58.0 | 104 | 7 | K Neisius | Mike Bass |
| 5 | RUSHING WIND | 58.0 | 108 | 1 | P Strydom | Mike Bass |
| 6 | IN WRITING (ARG) | 58.0 | 97 | 6 | M Winnaar | Dean Kannemeyer |
| 7 | PAST MASTER | 57.5 | 114 | 15 | G Schlechter | Darryl Hodgson |
| 8 | MOTHER RUSSIA | 57.5 | 111 | 8 | A Marcus | Mike de Kock |
| 9 | TALES OF BRAVERY | 57.5 | 111 | 16 | M Mienie | Vaughan Marshall |
| 10 | CELTIC FIRE | 57.5 | 107 | 14 | K Teetan | Yvette Bremner |
| 11 | LION IN WINTER | 57.5 | 105 | 9 | A Fortune | Joey Ramsden |
| 12 | LAST REGAL | 57.5 | 104 | 12 | M Yeni | Dean Kannemeyer |
| 13 | CASK | 57.5 | 100 | 11 | R Fourie | Stephen Page |
| 14 | PADDY O’REILLY | 57.5 | 100 | 4 | R Danielson | Glen Kotzen |
| 15 | SUPER STORM | 57.5 | 99 | 17 | A Domeyer | Mike Bass |
| 16 | FLIRTATION | 57.0 | 104 | 5 | A Delpech | Mike de Kock |
| 17 | RUN FOR IT | 52.0 | 108 | 10 | F Coetzee | Justin Snaith |
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