Dennis Bosch’s KZN Champion two-year-old colt Cue The Music will be aimed at the lucrative US$500,000 CTS 1200, but will raid to prevent a repeat of Billy Silver’s aborted mission last season.
Billy Silver, who picked up allergies and bruised the sole of his foot while in Cape Town last year forcing his CTS 1200 bid to be abandoned, might also raid Cape Town.
Dennis Bosch
Bosch said, “You can’t be in two places at one time. So this year we will set up the quarantine here and truck the horses down.”
Cue The Music, a colt by Master Of My Fate, is a half-brother to the Equus Champion Sprinter Val De Ra, whose Grade 1 victories included the Cape Flying Championships.
He has a similarly laid back temperament and looked to be the real deal when winning the Godolphin Barb over 1100m by three lengths in his second start to remain unbeaten. The Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion over 1200m did not pan out well for him next time out as he saw daylight the whole way, but he was only just touched off. He then found the Grade 2 Golden Horseshoe over 1400m a touch far at that stage. In the final start of his two-year-old season in the Umkhomazi Stakes over 1200m he was most disappointing. Bosch was reluctant to make excuses but pointed out he had hit a patch that day and “knocked himself”, although it was “nothing serious.”
He has since had his African Horse Sickness vaccines.
Bosch said, “He has come out of the inoculations well, so we will see a different horse this season. The CTS 1200 will suit him well so we must take our chances.”
Bosch has not yet finalised a preparation schedule for Cue The Music.
Meanwhile, Billy Silver has been gelded.
The sprint division was not strong last season and Bosch will be aiming this speedy Silvano four-year-old at races like the Grade 1 Computaform Sprint and Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint if he proves up to it. The Cape Flying Championships might also be on the cards.
Bosch said, “He has only raced seven times so can’t be written off yet. He needed gelding and is a proper horse.”
By David Thiselton
