No. 1960
MONDAY 29th JULY - THURSDAY 1st AUGUST 2013
ISSN 1023 / 6996
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One To Beat. The Lecture gelding Hawksworth is the only three time winner in the race and has excellent Kimberley form
FlAmiNGO PArK 12:20pm (Monday) p.5
KeNilWOrTH
12:20pm (Tuesday) p.13
sCOTTsVille
12:30pm (Wednesday) p.25
VAAl
1:00pm (Thursday) p.32
Kimberley Nursery at Flamingo Park on Monday
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Trainer Corne Spies holds the ace in the R100 000 Kimberley Nursery to be contested over the Flamingo Park 1400m on Monday. His Lecture gelding Hawksworth stands out head and shoulders above the opposition, despite a poor draw. pies is one of the best travelling trainers in the country and his ambition and enthusiasm holds no fears or boundaries.
Whether it is a Group 1 at Greyville or an innocuous feature in the dusty backwaters of the Northern Cape, Spies is willing to take his chances and give his charges an opportunity to optimise their potential.
Quartet
He sends out a four way coupling in the rather well endowed Monday topliner. There are only five winners in the twelve horse field with Hawksworth standing out as a well tried three time winner.
Son of Danzig out of Gr1 Oaks winner
The Favour Stud bred gelding has run 7 times for 3 wins, including a nice maiden victory on the Vaal turf. His two wins in Kimberley have been achieved by an aggregate winning margin of 16,5 lengths and the only unknown is his ability to step up to 1400m from his 12 draw. His dam only won up to 1000m, but the manner of his sand wins suggest that he will have the strength to carry his performance over further.
He really looks far too is well drawn. She is out of a strong for anything else here. good dam in the Fort Wood mare Royal Palm, who won Partners from 1000m to 1800m and His stablemate Hypodromo could improve. The Ashaawes Da Gavea won well on debut filly Sioux She runs in the same in Kimberley, but his form has silks as Hawksworth. Cont. p.2 tapered negatively since and he appears very unlikely to pose any threat. The third of the Spies runners is Royal Voyage. The daughter of Sail From Seattle faded badly on debut at the Vaal last week and is an unknown quantity. She carries only 50kgs and