122s Nadia Lombaard

This weekend the L’Ormarins King’s Plate will be held for the first time at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town, South Africa. It would have been the 162 running of the Queens Plate, changed for obvious reasons. The historic race was first held in 1861 as the Queen’s Plate, in honour of Queen Victoria, before being run as the King’s Plate from 1902 to 1952. With the ascension of King Charles III, the race has reverted to the King’s Plate. Dual, LQP winner Jet Dark will be lining up once again for trainer Justin Snaith and patrons Nick Jonsson and Tommy Crowe. The imposing bay arrives in fine form, having won his prep race after a short break. However, he faces a strong field including potential superstar, the unbeaten three-year-old Charles Dickens for trainer Candice Bass-Robinson at Bass Racing Stables and Drakenstein Stud