A Cape Town Powerhouse At Home
Some trainers build a stable around one stable star. Justin Snaith built his around depth, and at Kenilworth on Sunday it showed. The six-time South African champion trainer, with more than 60 Group 1 wins to his name and three straight Cape Town Met victories in his recent history, sent out two winners on the same Cape Town card — one of them completing back-to-back wins at the same track, the other finally cashing in on a string of close-up efforts.
Blind Date Makes It Two At Kenilworth
Blind Date, a three-year-old filly campaigned by Snaith for owner Nancy Hossack, had already won at Kenilworth on her last start three weeks ago. On Sunday, with Andrew Fortune back in the saddle, she did it again over the mile, making it back-to-back wins at the same venue. She’d already arrived at the track as one of its in-form fillies, with three wins from eight career runs at Kenilworth, and Sunday’s run only underlined it: she’s a horse in the form of her life right now, at a track she clearly loves.
Waloyo Yamoni Breaks Through
The second leg of Snaith’s double told a different kind of story. Waloyo Yamoni had been knocking on the door for a while, with thirds in his last two starts before Sunday’s 1950m contest under Craig Zackey. A maiden win back in January at Greyville had shown the ability was there; Sunday’s Kenilworth victory, coming after more than a month on the sidelines, was the breakthrough that turns a promising form line into a winning one.
Strength In Numbers
It’s results like these — a yard winning with its in-form filly and its long-time improver on the same afternoon — that explain how Snaith has topped the South African trainers’ table as often as he has. A big string means more chances, but it also means more horses ready to fire when their moment comes round. Sunday at Kenilworth, two of them did.
If you’re following today’s Kenilworth card, the full racecard and form guide is at cfox.co.za/predictions.
