Captain America is to be campaigned in Durban this term after going to Johannesburg in the last two years and giving the KZN season a miss.

Brett Crawford said: “Captain America didn’t enjoy Durban as a three-year-old but he is a different horse now. Mind you, for a horse who didn’t enjoy it he didn’t do badly – he was third in the KRA Guineas, fourth in the Daily News and beaten less than six lengths in the July despite getting squeezed coming out of the gates.

“He may run in the Independent On Saturday Drill Hall (May 6) and the Rising Sun Gold Challenge (June 10) and then the Vodacom Durban July. If he doesn’t run in the July he could go for the Champions Cup instead.”

The six-year-old won the 2015 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut and beat all except Legal Eagle in last year’s race. More recently he was second in the Queen’s Plate and third in the Met for the second year running.

By Michael Clower

Picture: Callie-Jo Bouman and Chante Holloway, two semifinalists in this year’s Miss SA, pose with Captain America on the beach. (Liesl King)

Featured Image: Captain America (Liesl King)