No. 2074 ISSN 1023 / 6996
MONDAY 1st - THURSDAY 4th SEPTEMBER 2014
FLAMINGO PARK 12:20pm (Monday) p.4
GREYVILLE POLYTRACK 12:00pm (Tuesday) p.11
KENILWORTH 12:35pm (Wednesday) p.24
VAAL 1:00pm (Thursday) p.31
The consistent Stronghold filly Supercede could have the measure of her opposition
MR 85 HANDICAP (F&M) at Greyville on Tuesday
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Jockey Sean Cormack and trainer Pat Lunn are something of a rare combination together but have performed well individually on the Greyville polytrack. They team up on Tuesday with the consistent Stronghold mare Supercede, who looks a serious contender for top honours in the day’s topliner.
here was some uncertainty following the Greyville polytrack meeting last Tuesday and after riding six of the eight winners between them, both Sean Cormack and Anton Marcus expressed concerns. Marcus, who grabbed a
four-timer suggested that the track was acting more like a sand surface than a polytrack. Cormack also appeared to be unimpressed. The stipes report subsequently indicated that the start of the fourth race was delayed to allow for the entire track to be harrowed. While the maintenance and general management of the
surface is a learning curve for all involved, there is bound to be more news on this and particularly since we have learnt reliably as we went to press that the operator was meeting with the contractor.
Difficult
While the form profiles are starting to make some sense, particularly when it
comes to following certain yards, Tuesday’s ten race programme looks a trappy affair. An exotic banker may well be offered in the form of Supercede, who starts as topweight in the sixth race, an MR 85 Divided Handicap for fillies and mares run over the mile. Only eight runners are carded and the Yellow Star Stud-bred filly looks a solid bet. A winner of 3 of her 10 starts, two of her last three starts have produced excellent efforts on the surface. Her short head loss to the classy Cape raider Hijacked,
in receipt of just a half kilo over 200m further was followed by a good turf run, and then a solid course and distance third behind Resolution. She loves the mile, enjoys the surface and is a model of consistency. The blinkers are removed after just one try.
Inside Info
Cormack will know one of his main opponents very well. She is the Windrush mare Tara Dawn, who has changed trainer and ownership. She raced in the Knut Haug silks and campaigned for Dennis Drier previously and now
has her first start for Belinda Impey. She was baulked at her one and only poly run when 2,95 lengths behind Resolution.
Frank Firing
Frank Robinson is one of the local trainers who has had many winners already on the poly. Cont. p.2
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