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Unbeaten three-year-old Charles Dickens will not take his place in the 2023 World Sports Betting Grade 1 Cape Town Met at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, 28 January.
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The favourite for Saturday, 7 January’s R2 million Grade 1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate is on the verge of his seventh straight victory after winning the Hollywoodbets Grade 1 Cape Guineas last month.
Charles Dickens faces his sternest test this weekend in the prestigious weight-for-age mile (1 600m).
But he won’t take to the starting gates in the Met three weeks later.
“He has done magnificently well this season and we don’t feel it is fair to push him by running him in the Met. He can always come back for the 2024 renewal,” trainer Candice Bass-Robinson told the Sporting Post on Monday.
The only supplementary entry to date for the Met is WSB Grade 1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Make It Snappy.
Final supplementary entries for the 2 000m contest will close on Monday, 10 January at 11:00 when weights will be published.
Met declarations are due on Wednesday, 19 January at 11:00.
Barrier draws will be done electronically by the National Racing Bureau (NRB) on the same day.
With Charles Dickens no longer taking part, the latest Hollywoodbets ante-post betting shows Jet Dark has been installed as the 5/2 favourite, followed by Kommetdieding (28/10), Golden Ducat (7/1) and Universal (8/1).
CAPE TOWN MET PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST
(5H)130Justin Snaith
(5H)129HWJ Crawford/M Rix
(8G)126Justin Snaith
(5G)125Ricky Maingard
(6G)125Eric Sands
(5G)124Vaughan Marshall
(4G)124Mike de Kock
(5G)122Vaughan Marshall
(5M)122Mike de Kock
(7G)121Justin Snaith
(4F)118Sean Tarry
(4C)118Brett Crawford
(5M)117Candice Bass-Robinson
(4G)116Justin Snaith
(4G)116Adam Marcus
(4G)116Dean Kannemeyer
(3C)115Glen Kotzen
(3F)115Brett Crawford
(5G)112Andre Nel
(5G)109Dean Kannemeyer
(4G)104Piet Steyn
(4C)99Brett Crawford
(4G)98Justin Snaith
(4G)96Piet Botha
Jet Dark | ||||
Kommetdieding | ||||
Charles Dickens | Scratched | (3C) | 128 | Candice Bass-Robinson |
Do It Again | ||||
Al Muthana (AUS) | ||||
Golden Ducat | ||||
Linebacker | ||||
Safe Passage | ||||
Rascallion | ||||
Sparkling Water | ||||
Belgarion | ||||
Rain In Holland | ||||
Zapatillas | ||||
Marina | ||||
Chansonette | Scratched | (4F) | 116 | Andre Nel |
Pomp And Power | ||||
Universal | ||||
Waterberry Lane | ||||
Cousin Casey | ||||
$Make It Snappy | ||||
Airways Law | ||||
Silvano’s Timer | ||||
Senso Unico | Scratched | (4G) | 106 | Vaughan Marshall |
Gem King | ||||
Winchester Mansion | ||||
Pacaya | ||||
Baratheon |