No. 2018 ISSN 1023 / 6996
MONDAY 10th - THURSDAY 13th FEBRUARY 2014
FLAMINGO PARK 12:20pm (Monday) p.3
VAAL 12:35pm (Tuesday) p.12
CLAIRWOOD 12:05pm (Wednesday) p.20
VAAL 12:10pm (Thursday) p.33
Classy. The 6yo Sky Marshal is edging back to best and goes for three in a row when he contests the Kimberley 1400
KIMBERLEY 1400 at Flamingo Park on Monday
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The R100 000 Kimberley 1400 is run at Flamingo Park on Monday and hosts a diverse spread of racers going to post for what should be a keenly contested affair. Whatever angle one takes on it, local champion trainer Jaap Visser looks to hold a very strong hand. isser saddles four of the thirteen runners and it is his two runners at each end of the spectrum that hold plenty of appeal and
Long Career
The old boy Eye Of The World steps out off an MR of 104 and top weight of 63kgs as he sets sail for his 18th win from an extraordinary 91st start. At the other end, the relatively lightly raced 6yo
Sky Marshal has only his eighth Kimberley start from a career total of 22 runs for 4 wins. He carries 52kgs and runs off a rather modest MR of 77. And on paper he is in here under sufferance and should
not be able to beat Eye Of The World.
Numbers Game
But Sky Marshal is improving fast, and his rating may well just be a number at this stage of his late progression. The son of Jet Master started his career with Mike De Kock when originally owned by Sheik Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He won easily on debut and was then Gr2 placed before running a decent fifth
behind Link Man in the Gr1 Gold Medallion of 2010. He subsequently won an Allowance Plate but was a shadow of his former self for a very long time thereafter. He made his Kimberley debut in the Fire Racing Trust silks in April 2013 and ran out of the money five times before winning his last two starts over 1200m by a combined eight lengths. He is a problematic but classy individual who has come well and has won his races with authority.
Soldier
Eye Of The World is an equine soldier in every sense of the word. The son of Windrush won his last start by nine lengths when beating African Gladiator. Cont. p.2