Neisius pleased with Capetown Noir for Durban July MyZA

Karl Neisius. Photo: SA Horseracing

Karl Neisius was very pleased with Capetown Noir’s workout at Clairwood yesterday. During this workout he did some “nice pace work”.

Neisius has to negotiate a wide draw of 15, but his only win in the country’s premier race was from draw 20 in 1991 on Flaming Rock.

He said, “It’s very hard to work out a specific plan from a wide draw as it all depends on what is going on around you, but I am definitely not going to be chasing him up the hill (the back straight has an often underestimated incline up to the first turn).

Some horses can do that, but he will only be up there if he can do it comfortably.”

Capetown Noir is the joint-highest merit rated three-year-old in the race and will receive 5kg from the top weight Pomodoro.

Trainer, Dean Kannemeyer, has won the July twice, with the great Dynasty in 2003 and with Eyeofthetiger in 2006, both three-year-olds.

He reckoned his charge this year was a “fit horse.”