Trainer Dean Kannemeyer has warned that Capetown Noir, likely favourite for the Vodacom Durban July, would only line up in the big race if he was reasonably handicapped.

Pedigree updates are flowing in ahead the 2012 Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale , which begins in a fortnight on Sunday January 22.

The R1 million, Grade 1, Cape Guineas(1600m) is normally the testing ground of the best of the three-year-old crop in any given year.

The Joey Ramsden trained Variety Club, showed just why his trainer calls him one of the best three year olds in the country as he stepped up to win the R300 000 Grade 2 Selangor Cup(1600m) in commanding fashion.

The action on Sunday is at Kenilworth in Cape Town where the running of the Grade 2 Selangor Cup over 1600m takes place.