Kannemeyer makes all the rules

THE Dean Kannemeyer-trained Gimmie Rules stamped his Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas credentials in no uncertain terms at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday when displaying his fine turn of foot and winning a B Stakes event over 1400m comfortably under Craig Zackey, despite still showing obvious signs of inexperience.

- DAVID THISELTON

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Officially he was the joint best weighted horse according to official merit ratings together with Coastal Commander, but it nevertheless takes a special horse to come from off a slow pace and running green and wide into the straight on the tight Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Winter course and still getting up, let alone a three-year-old doing it facing decent older horses in a merit rated band event (B Stakes) off a 98 merit rating.

He made it look easy, making up most of the leeway under the hands until being given some backhanders at the 200m mark that saw him extending and he then coasted home to beat Handsome Prince by half-a-length with Jet Rules a head further back.

Kannemeyer pointed out the penny had still not dropped.

It was after all only the fourth career start for the Gimmethegreenlight colt.

He said, "He doesn't know what it is all about (yet). Looking at him coming around the turn he was still all at sea."

He added, "I had no doubt this horse would stay on and he's looking for a mile."

He revealed, "I brought him here last week and put him in behind a horse to teach him to quicken up.

“You could see he still didn't know what to do today, but once he flattened out he started to go away. But we always said from the beginning here is a horse who will go 1600m to 2000m quite comfortably.