It has been anything but in Johannesburg the past few days (more like "wet wet wet"), leading to the postponement of yesterday's International Jockey Challenge at Turffontein.

The meeting will be staged on the inside track today.

Frankie Dettori's team of international stars will take on a South African side led by Anton Marcus.

Punters will be keeping their fingers crossed that the weather forecast of sunny skies today is correct.

Charles Laird's seven-year-old Likeithot would seem the appropriate choice for the Summer Cup, but the champion trainer saddles four other more fancied runners. The undefeated Oracy, a magnificent New Zealand-bred son of Zabeel, is the likely favourite.

Oracy landed the Grade 2 Dingaans under French superstar jockey Christophe Soumillon at the Summer Cup meeting last year.

But stable jockey Anton Marcus, who is riding the crest of a wave, will be aboard on Saturday.

Oracy, who missed a large part of his three-year-old season through injury, appears to have been somewhat harshly treated by the handicappers, who have given him 58kg to carry.

But they clearly have enormous respect for the horse.

On October 20, he showed his wellbeing with an easy victory over subsequent November Handicap winner Seattle Ice in his first start since a nine-month lay off. That effort entitles him to favouritism.

Laird is expecting a good run from the lightly weighted Rudi Rocks, mount of Paul Whitmore. The four-year-old son of top-notch stallion Silvano finished 2¾ lengths behind Oracy on October 20 and enjoys a 3kg pull in the weights.

This could see them finish much closer together.

It is not inconceivable that Charles Laird and his chief patrons, Markus and Ingrid Jooste, could fill the first three places in the Summer Cup as the much-improved Eight Street, the mount of Kevin Shea, also in the hunt. This son of Dubai World Cup winner Street Cry, who is now enjoying amazing international success as a stallion, defeated Rudi Rocks by nearly three lengths in the Victory Moon Handicap, a week ago. However, Rudi Rocks will have a 2,5kg turnaround in the weights.

The remaining Laird runner is the grey Senor Versace, who was disappointing in the November Handicap, but will be more effective over the 2000m of the Summer Cup. Gavin Lerena rides.

If the Laird party is to be spoilt, the horse most likely to do it is Magical, a versatile gelding trained by Ormond Ferraris.

The four-year-old stays well and is in good form, having finished a two-length second to Oracy two runs back, then finishing second behind Seattle Ice in the November Handicap.

The grey Captain Scott, from the Alec Laird stable, was a disappointing third in the November Handicap, but has the form to feature in the finish on Saturday.

Oracy looks destined for greatness and could prove too classy, despite the weight he has been allotted. He could be chased home by Magical and Eight Street.