Deo Juvente tops Summer Cup log

Woodruff, who has won the Summer Cup six times since the race was reintroduced by Phumelela in 1999.

LOG LEADER. Deo Juvente heads the Sansui Summer Cup log.

Deo Juvente, the Geo Woodruff trained winner of the Premier’s Champions Challenge at Turffontein in May this year, topped the first log of likely runners for next month’s R2-million Gauteng Sansui Summer Cup (Grade 1) over 2000m.

Woodruff, who has won the Summer Cup six times since the race was reintroduced by Phumelela in 1999 including in the last four years, has five horses on the handicapping panel’s list of horses they would pick if the race closed now.

The others are Pagoda, runner-up to Al Sahem in the SA Derby, Master Switch, third to Master Sabina and The Conglomerate in this race last year, talented filly Bi Pot, a good third in the SA Fillies Classic last year and six-time winner Banner Hill.

Current favourite Matador Man, is one of four Sean Tarry runners who made it into the top 20 on the handicappers’ rst log.

Log	Age	Sex	Horse	MR	Trainer
1	6	G	DEO JUVENTE	115	Geo Woodru
2	4	G	MATADOR MAN	112	Sean Tarry
3	5	M	NOTHER RUSSIA	108	Mike de Kock
4	5	M	FORT EMBER	105	Paul Peter
5	5	H	BRAZUCA (AUS)	107	J A Janse van Vuuren
6	4	F	ORCHID ISLAND	101	Mike de Kock
7	4	F	WIND CHILL	101	Joe Soma
8	4	C	CROWD PLEASER	100	J A Janse van Vuuren
9	5	G	HERMOSO MUNDO	100	Weiho Marwing
10	4	C	TILBURY FORT	97	Sean Tarry
11	4	G	GLIDER PILOT	97	Tyrone Zackey
12	5	H	NEW PREDATOR (AUS)	113	J A Janse van Vuuren
13	6	G	FRENCH NAVY	108	Sean Tarry
14	8	G	MASTER SABINA	109	Joe Soma
15	4	G	PAGODA	99	Geo Woodru
16	5	M	WITCHCRAFT	101	Sean Tarry
17	6	G	MASTER SWITCH	100	Geo Woodru
18	4	F	BI POT	98	Geo Woodru
19	5	M	GIRL ON THE RUN	98	J A Janse van Vuuren
20	5	G	BANNER HILL	99	Geo Woodru