Ronnie Sheehan is flying down Gunter Wrogemann for the mount on Cape Of Good Hope Nursery winner Captain Chaos in the Magnum Cape Classic at Kenilworth on Saturday.
He said yesterday: “I couldn’t find a local jockey who could ride the horse in both this race and the Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes on November 21. Gunter is a good rider and says he will come for that too.”
Sheehan, who has also booked Wrogemann for Mambo Fever in the Racing.It’s A Rush Progress Plate, stresses that Captain Chaos will not be fully wound up for Saturday’s test.
He said: “Captain Chaos is about 80% as I am aiming him at the R2.5 million race and I would like him to peak there. Also he has never been round the turn at Kenilworth and he is drawn terrible. Twelve out of 13 is not a good place to be over 1 400m.”
Paul Reeves is also calling on an out-of-province jockey, booking Gauteng-based Ian Sturgeon for four rides including Forward Drive in the Classic.
Joey Ramsden, who has won the last two runnings with Red Ray and Act Of War, runs The Stone Thrower (Greg Cheyne) as well as the hat-trick seeking Hard Day’s Night (Donavan Mansour).
Dennis Drier has his first Cape Town runners of the season including the Sean Cormack-partnered Seymour in the Classic and Space Launch in the Pinnacle Stakes in which dual Cape Merchants winner Tevez and Heartland (second to Act Of War in the Matchem) will take on top-rated Gulf Storm.
The Vaughan Marshall-trained Desert Swirl (MJ Byleveld) will attempt to become the first horse to win the Woolavington Handicap twice since Northern Dignity 12 years ago.
Justin Snaith, who has yet to win the Algoa Cup, is responsible for three of the 15 runners in Sunday’s Betting World-sponsored feature with Andrew Fortune booked for Krambambuli.
Cape Town trainers have won the last five runnings and account for almost half the field but this time champion trainer Sean Tarry has thrown his hat into the ring with Orchestrated (S’Manga Khumalo) and Stonehenge (Mansour).
By Michael Clower
Picture: Gunter Wrogemann (Nkosi Hlophe)
