Ten of the 12 entries stood their ground for the Grade 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate over 1600m on Saturday 5 January and this is a race made up of pure quality.

It is headed up by Legal Eagle, unbeaten in 10 starts over 1600m. Sean Tarry’s charge will be looking to emulate Pocket Power by winning four consecutive Queen’s Plates, but he is facing a number of top-class runners.

Legal Eagle won the recent Green Point Stakes with Undercover Agent second, Do It Again third and Rainbow Bridge fourth. Just 0.40 lengths covered the quartet as they crossed the line and they will all meet again.

Add to that Buffalo Bill Cody and Soqrat, two horses from the Mike de Kock yard who have also avoided defeat over 1600m. Soqrat, who will carry 55kg, won the Grade 1 Cape Guineas while the stable are talking about Buffalo Bill Cody as if he were the next Horse Chestnut.

Then we have the filly Snowdance, who loves the Kenilworth 1600m and gets 2.5kg from most of the big guns.

Final field for the R1.5-million L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate (Grade 1) over 1600m at Kenilworth on Saturday 5 January.
1 – 7 LEGAL EAGLE (S G Tarry) A Marcus 60.0 – 123
2 – 6 DO IT AGAIN (S J Snaith) R Fourie 60.0 – 120
3 – 5 UNDERCOVER AGENT (B Crawford) C Orffer 60.0 – 120
4 – 9 HAT PUNTANO (J Ramsden) D Dillon 60.0 – 112
5 – 4 RAINBOW BRIDGE (A E Sands) B Fayd’Herbe 60.0 – 110
6 – 2 AMAZING STRIKE (A E Sands) G Cheyne 60.0 – 107
7 – 1 INFAMOUS FOX (C Dawson) R Danielson 60.0 – 103
8 – 10 BUFFALO BILL CODY (M F De Kock) G Lerena 59.5 – 108
9 – 8 SNOWDANCE (S J Snaith) L Hewitson 57.5 – 114
10 – 3 SOQRAT (M F De Kock) R Simons 55.0 – 118
Same Trainer: (2,9) (5,6) (8,10)

Final field for the R1-million Cartier Paddock Stakes (Grade 1) over 1800m.
1 – 8 CASCAPEDIA (M F De Kock) G Lerena 60.0 – 110
2 – 9 BRAVE MOVE (A N Marcus) C Zackey 60.0 – 107
3 – 10 SYLVAN ON FIRE (C Dawson) R Danielson 60.0 – 98
4 – 6 SAFE HARBOUR (S G Tarry) R Munger 60.0 – 97
5 – 7 OH SUSANNA (S J Snaith) R Fourie 59.5 – 121
6 – 3 LADY IN BLACK (D R Drier) S Veale 59.5 – 108
7 – 1 MIYABI GOLD (S J Snaith) A Marcus 59.5 – 105
8 – 12 FRESNAYE (J Ramsden) B Fayd’Herbe 59.5 – 104
9 – 5 HASHTAGYOLO (D Kannemeyer) K de Melo 59.5 – 104
10 – 2 ELUSIVE HEART (G S Kotzen) A Domeyer 59.5 – 103
11 – 4 MISS KATALIN (S J Snaith) S Khumalo 59.5 – 101
12 – 11 SECOND REQUEST (S G Tarry) L Hewitson 54.0 – 101
Same Trainer: (4,12) (5,7,11)