Tarry’s Tail Heads RTR Log
The Cape Racing Ready to Run Stakes log has been published, featuring the current Top 20 in order of merit rating.
The R600 000 race, restricted to eligible graduates of the 2022 Ready To Run Sale, is scheduled for Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday, 21 October, and will be contested over 1400m.
Top of the table is Sean Tarry’s smart three-year-old, Tail of The Comet. He is at MR 106 and scored eight points above the second highest-rated runner.
The Gimmethegreenlight colt is a winner of two of three career starts, the latest a fluent 1450m success in a quality Graduation Plate at Turffontein on 16 September.
Tarry paid R425 000 for Tail Of The Comet and said: “He was on a shortlist of five horses given to me by owner George O’Brien last year. We narrowed it down to two and were fortunate to secure him. George and I partnered with Gary Harvett, and Arun Chadha’s ASSM Racing Syndicate joined after the Gold Cup meeting.”
Tarry said that he intends to send Tail Of The Comet to Cape Town on 10 October, with flexibility in mind considering travel restrictions, and that the colt and several others from his stable earmarked for Cape Summer raids will remain in the Cape for more than one run. “Travelling back will be too risky and won’t suit our plans.”
He is not fazed about the Ready To Run Stakes having been moved to Hollywoodbets Durbanville and said: “It would have been nice to give Tail Of The Comet a look-see at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth ahead of the Cape Guineas but racing him at Hollywoodbets Durbanville is no problem. He has enough pace for the course and distance.”
With the race to be staged at level weights (minus 2,5kg sex allowance), Tail Of The Comet looks like a blinder on paper at this early stage, and Tarry said: “He’s promising; indeed, he has done everything right so far and is a good prospect for us.”
Tarry’s present joint-third candidate, That’s My Baby, will not contest the race, and the trainer said: “Unfortunately, she won’t be ready.”
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