Trainer Mike de Kock will be chasing his 10th victory in the G1 Sansui Summer Cup and has seven horses to do the job for him in the R2 million race at Turffontein on December 1.
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They include the race favourites Mujaarib and Silver Flyer, who had different fortunes at the barrier draw.
Mujaarib is nicely positioned at gate 8 while Silver Flyer will have to jump from barrier 15.
Glen Hatt, who rode Mujaarib to victory in the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile earlier this month, is aboard the Australian-bred four-year-old. Kevin Shea will ride Silver Flyer.
De Kock had better luck with Vettel, who is drawn 5, and will have Anton Marcus up.
His ohger runners Empenoso Henn (Derreck David) is drawn 7, Ilsanpietro (Gavin Lerena) 20, Ilha Bela (Anthony Delpech) 19 and Silent Partner (Raymond Danielson) 12.
Sean Tarry's Whiteline Fever, runner-up in the Charity Mile, was another who landed a poor draw. Bernard Fayd’Herbe will be in the irons and they will jump from barrier No 14.
There was also bad news for the Saeed Mohidden-trained G2 Victory Moon Stakes winner Zambucca, who landed position 18 and wil be ridden by Karl Zechner.
“I am very happy with the condition of the horse. He has come through the Victory Moon very well," said Mohideen.
"That was his second run after a layoff so he will be at his peak for the big race. But I am concerned about the draw."
Victory Moon second Astro News is drawn 10 and Smanjemanje, who ran second in the Vodacom Durban July, will have the benefit of a good draw in 3 for Grant van Niekerk.
Singapore's champion jockey Joao Moreira may be back in South Africa to ride Astro News, who he rode in last week's Victory Moon.
Moreira rode in South Africa for the first time last week in the International Jockeys Challenge and made a tremendous impact riding several winners.
