L'Ormarins King's Plate: Latest odds ahead of Saturday race result
Charles Dickens has been installed as an overwhelming favourite for the L’Ormarins King’s Plate at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, 7 January.
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-old’s over 1 600m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth in December 2022.
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.
Ten horses will take to the starting stalls for Saturday’s 162nd R2 million Grade 1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate – also over 1 600m.
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 (3/1) and Kommetdieding (8/1).
Golden Ducat is next best at 20/1Trip Of Fortune at 25/1.
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.
L‘ORMARINS KING‘S PLATE FIELD
Under horse, weight, merit rating, jockey and trainer
