Win big with star-studded racing

Danie Toerien

The Racing Renaissance Cape Summer Season of Champions gets into full stride at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth today with star-studded feature races the order of the day.

Charles Dickens, See It Again, and Princess Calla are 3 of 8 runners lining up in the Grade 2 WSB Green Point Stakes over 1600m.

The two 4-year-old chestnut colts, Charles Dickens and See It Again, are sure to produce fireworks as they renew their rivalry while Horse Of The Year Princess Calla will aim to prove she deserves her title.

In the Grade 1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas, Mrs Geriatrix will try to bounce back after a disappointing last run. She did have excuses as she experienced a problematic passage from the jump.

This race is expected to be one of the most closely contested on the card, and a case can be made for a host of the runners, including Rascova and the Justin Snaith-trained Double Grand Slam, as well as Silver Sanctuary, Beach Bomb and Distant Winter.

It might pay to go wide in the main event as the TAB Pick 6 pool is expected to top R6-million.

The Listed Cape Summer Stayers Handicap 0ver 2500m is another minefield, and here Otto Luyken could well be responsible for the upset of the day.

It would be fitting if this four-year-old Flower Alley gelding can secure a podium appearance for owner Greg Bortz, the man credited for the Racing Renaissance in the Western Cape.

Danie Toerien’s selections:

Race 1: 4 All Is Green, 6 Blowin In The Wind, 1 Sorceress Supreme, 3 Whistle The Tune

Race 2: 8 Babylon, 10 Trippi's Silk, 13 Prince Of Tibet, 1 Connery

Race 3: 4 Night Bomber, 5 Kaapse Klopse, 13 Holding Thumbs, 15 The Real Prince

Race 4: 10 Qhawekazi, 2 Gimmethelimelight, 1 Devilishlygorgeous, 8 Two A Penny

Race 5: 12 Kiss Me Captain, 9 October Morn, 6 Ripple Effect, 3 Baltic Secret

Race 6: 7 Charles Dickens, 2 See It Again, 4 Princess Calla, 3 At My Command

Race 7: 5 Rascova, 8 Silver Sanctuary, 1 Double Grand Slam, 13 Mrs Geriatrix

Race 8: 5 Otto Luyken, 2 One Way Traffic, 1 Flower Of Saigon, 4 Aragosta

Race 9: 7 Veldskoen, 15 Dean Street, 8 Yamadori, 2 Seeking The One

Race 10: 8 Miss Greenlight, 5 The Charleston, 2 Lady Look Alike, 1 Pacific Green