Cape Of Good Hope is an intriguing prospect this year at Bombora Downs in Victoria. There are obvious factors that will count against him from a commercial aspect, but there are some factors that will certainly have smaller breeders looking closely at his pedigree.
Firstly, let us look at his racetrack performance, and this is the first of the intriguing factors. His first start was as a 2yo in Ireland over seven furlongs finishing unplaced. He broke his maiden at his third start over 7.5 furlongs at Tipperary before heading to Newmarket to run second to Quorto in the Group 2 Superlative Stakes. After an eleven-week break, Cape Of Good Hope ran third in the Group 3 Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket over a mile. He was off the scene for over six months, returning to win the Listed Blue Riband Trial at Epsom over 10 furlongs. The colt then finished fourth behind Sottsass in the French Derby before returning to the UK for an unplaced run in the Group 3 Hampton Court Stakes.
Cape Of Good Hope was then sent to the US where he was eight in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby and third in the Saratoga Derby. He then came to Australia where he narrowly defeated a crack field in the
