Can Snaith nab a fourth?

THE Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas to be run at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday is the focus of SA Racing fans at present and the question is being asked whether the Highveld form or the Cape form will emerge on top.

- DAVID THISELTON

Jan Van Goyen

The Mike and Mathew de Kock-trained Equus Champion colt Jan Van Goyen is the only representative of the Highveld, but he represents the form of the horse many view as the best three-year-old in the country, Trust, who has a devastating turn of foot and he used it to beat Jan Van Goyen in the Gr 2 Jackpot City Dingaans.

Jan Van Goyen arrived in Cape Town on Wednesday and hopefully he travelled well, which is not a given especially with there currently apparently being a lot of roadwork delays. The Dingaans did not pan out well for him as he was kept wide by Trust.

It told late in the race as he was unable to match the latter's late gear change and he also likely needed it as it was his first start since winning the Gr 1 World Pool Moment Of The Day Champion Stakes over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville at the end of July in easy and impressive fashion.

Nevertheless, Jan Van Goyen showed a tremendous burst of speed in the Dingaans and this will stand him in good stead in Saturday's race from a great draw of four. He will have come on from the run and will be out to give the De Kock yard a sixth Cape Guineas victory.

Happy Verse