Homebred Tap O'Noth (SAf) (Captain Al {SAf}) has gone to post the favourite in all five of his career starts and has delivered all but once. On Saturday, he recorded the biggest win of his short career when earning his first win at Group 1 level in the Cape Guineas. Making a big run down the middle of the track while racing greenly in the straight, Tap O'Noth hit the lead at the 100 metre mark and held off a late rally from White River.
A winner on debut by 1 1/4 lengths at Kenilworth on Apr. 1, Tap O'Noth won the Listed Langerman S. by four lengths over the same track off a three-month break on June 24. Given a similar rest thereafter, he was beaten a length on return when third of six in a Kenilworth plate race on Sept. 20, but rebounded to win the G3 Cape Classic last out on Oct. 28.
Tap O'Noth is the third foal out of Wintersweet (SAf) (Western Winter), following the Woolavington S. winner Strathdon (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}). Wintersweet is a full-sister to the dam of group winners Robert The Bruce (SAf) (Jallad) and Black Arthur (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}).
Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa
FORUS CAPE GUINEAS-G1, R1,000,000, KEN, 12-16, 3yo, 8fT, 1:38.93, gd.
1–TAP O' NOTH (SAF), 132, c, 3, by Captain Al (SAf)
1st Dam: Wintersweet (SAf), by Western Winter
2nd Dam: Air of Elegance (SAf), by Elliodor (Fr)
3rd Dam: Airworthy (SAf), by Over the Air (SAf)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-A N & The Hon Mrs G R Foster;
B-A N Foster (SAF); T-Vaughan Marshall; J-Marthinus Byleveld.
R625,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-1, R965,250. *1/2 to
Strathdon (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}), SW-SAf. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++
*Triple Plus*.
2–White River (SAf), 132, c, 3, Trippi–Irish Torrent, by Giant's
Causeway. (R1,100,000 yrl '16 CAPJAN) O-Messrs W P Drew &
B Kantor, Mesdames A M Doyle, D Nagle & Paul Shanahan &
Klawervlei Stud (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr J P Koster); B-Drakenstein
Stud (SAF); T-Brett Crawford. R200,000.
3–Like a Panther (SAf), 132, c, 3, Captain Al (SAf)–Della Scala
(SAf), by Galileo (Ire). (R2,200,000 yrl '16 CAPJAN) O-Messrs D
M Graham, J Casse, M F de Kock, B Kantor & Mrs D Nagle &
Mayfair Speculators (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D L Brugman);
B-Klawervlei Stud (SAF); T-Mike de Kock. R100,000.
Margins: HF, 1 1/4, SHD. Odds: 4.00, 6.50, 16.00.
Also Ran: Cot Campbell (SAf), Wonderwall (SAf), Pack Leader (SAf), Rocket Countdown (SAf), Captain and Master (SAf), Do It Again (SAf), Undercover Agent (SAf), Sir David Baird (SAf), Bold Respect (SAf), Purple Diamond (SAf), Sir Frenchie (Aus). Scratched: Eyes Wide Open (Saf).
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