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Cape Town Met: Kommetdieding draws 'pole position' for Cape flagship race

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Cape Town Met: Kommetdieding draws 'pole position' for Cape flagship race

The final field for the 2022 Grade 1 Cape Town Met presented by World Sports Betting was unveiled at Kenilworth racecourse on Wednesday evening. A field of 11 runners will line up in the Cape flagship event on Saturday, 29 January. Kommetdieding is the favourite after finishing second behind Jet Dark in L’Ormarins Queen”s Plate. Komet diedi will try to become the first since Mike de Kock“s filly Igugu (2012) and Pocket Power (2009) to register the consecutive Durban July-Met double.

Cape Town Met tickets are on sale now. General admission costs R40 per person, with grandstand access costing R100 perperson. Exclusive areas with hospitality start at R1,000 per couple.

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