Charles Dickens Aldo Domeyer

Charles Dickens showed his class in winning the R1 750 000 Grade 1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday. Photo: Chase Liebenberg

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Charles Dickens has been installed as an overwhelming favourite for Saturday, 7 January 2023’s L’Ormarins King’s Plate.

Charles Dickens Aldo Domeyer

Charles Dickens showed his class in winning the R1 750 000 Grade 1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday. Photo: Chase Liebenberg

Fresh off his victory in the Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas, Charles Dickens has been installed as an overwhelming favourite for the L’Ormarins King’s Plate on Saturday, 7 January.

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Charles Dickens, trained by Candice Bass-Robinson and to be ridden by Aldo Domeyer, lived up to his superstar billing when he obliterated a high quality field in the Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas for three-year-olds over 1 600m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth earlier in December.

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Bred, and owned by Drakenstein Stud, Charles Dickens is a flawless six out of six and is hitting exceptional performance figures that have handicapping gurus extolling his virtues and eliciting comparisons with legends of the SA turf.

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Eleven horses will take to the starting stalls for the R2 million Grade 1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate over 1 600m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.

A look at the latest Hollywoodbets betting for the race shows that Charles Dickens is currently on offer at 46/100, followed by Jet Dark (7/2) and Kommetdieding (6/1).

Golden Ducat is next best at 16/1 followed by Trip Of Fortune at 20/1.

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The winner of the race will earn R1 187 500 with second place worth R380 000.

Third place home will bank R190 000 with fourth and fifth across the line worth R95 000 and R47 500, respectively.

The race is due off at 16:10.

LORMARINS KINGS PLATE FIELD

Under horse, weight, merit rating, jockey and trainer

Al Muthana (AUS)60125Bernard Fayd’HerbeRicky Maingard
Golden Ducat60125Christopher SoumillonEric Sands
Jet Dark60130Richard FourieJustin Snaith
Kommetdieding60129Gavin LerenaHWJ Crawford/M Rix
Linebacker60124Corne OrfferVaughan Marshall
Russian Rock60111Keagan de MeloDean Kannemeyer
Speed Machine60108Rachel VennikerJustin Snaith
Trip Of Fortune60119Gareth WrightCandice Bass-Robinson
Waterberry Lane60116Grant BehrDean Kannemeyer
Zapatillas60118Luyolo MxothwaBrett Crawford
Charles Dickens55128Aldo DomeyerCandice Bass-Robinson