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A.N. & The Honorable Mrs. G. R. Foster s 5-year-old homebred Belgarion, a winner of his last six races, headlines a field of nine runners entered for Saturday s one-mile L Ormarins Queen s Plate (G1) at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town, South Africa. The race winner will earn an automatic berth into the $2 million FanDuel Breeders Cup Mile presented by PDJF (G1) through the Breeders Cup Challenge Series. One race prior to the Queen s Plate, Mauritzfontein Ltd. s unbeaten 5-year-old mare Summer Pudding leads the 1 1/8-mile Cartier Paddock Stakes (G1) for a free starting position into the $2 million Maker s Mark Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1).
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Tough decisions have been foisted upon South Africa’s intrepid knights of the irons by the latest coronavirus lockdown rules, which oblige them to select one of four provinces in which to base themselves and race for most of the month of January. The jocks have not taken this decree lying down – first pleading, in vain, with the National Horseracing Authority to have a heart and relax its new rule, then threatening High Court action, citing restraint of trade and restriction of livelihood etc. Racing officialdom is standing firm, for now, understandably jumpy about a Covid-19 outbreak sullying the game’s.