Legal Eagle and Marinaresco go toe-to-toe in Cape
The Cape season’s two big races, the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and R5m Sun Met will see two great racers shine
If the result of the World Sports Betting Green Point Stakes is any guide, the Cape season’s two big races, the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and R5m Sun Met, could be dominated by just two horses. Less than half a length separated horse-of-the-year Legal Eagle and year-younger Marinaresco in last Saturday’s Kenilworth race. It could be the first of two intriguing clashes. Legal Eagle was given a masterly ride by Anton Marcus who kept Sean Tarry’s champion up to his work to hold off Grant van Niekerk on Marinaresco. Marinaresco’s second in the Durban July and victory in the Champions Cup make him SA’s highest-rated four-year-old. If you had to bet your house on the outcome, you would have to side with Marcus to beat Van Niekerk in any finish so a second Queen’s Plate triumph may well be on the cards for Tarry’s five-year-old. But the Sun Met might just be a different story. The race is 400m further than the Queen’s Plate and Marinaresco’s supporters will point to the colt’s excellent fin...
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