No. 2180 ISSN 1023 / 6996 The Miesque's Approval colt Angel's Power goes for three from three
FAIRVIEW 12:30pm (Monday) p.4
VAAL 12:00pm (Tuesday) p.12
DURBANVILLE 1:25pm (Wednesday) p.26
VAAL SAND 12:50pm (Thursday) p.32
MR 86 HANDICAP at Vaal on Tuesday
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Some horses just have the knack of hitting the headlines. Brian Wiid’s Angel’s Power is one of them. The son of Miesque’s Approval underwent a name change after streaking home on debut – and then maintained his unblemished record when winning his second start on the Greyville all-weather track.
e turns up at the Vaal on Tuesday in a tricky looking 3yo Handicap and faces his biggest test to date. bumper ten race
programme includes some tricky races, with Angel’s Power running in the jackpot opener, an MR 86 Handicap run over the straight 1300m.
Solid Strike
Piere Strydom returns from a week-long break
with his family down in his hometown of Port Elizabeth, and in the absence of Angel’s Power’s regular pilot Andrew Fortune, looks the perfect man for the job on the promising Scott Bro’s bred 3yo, with the electric turn of foot.
IMPRESSIVE first foals for
SINGSPIEL x Alignment by Alzao • 2008
PHOTO: TRACY ROBERTSON
But Angel’s Power’s unbeaten two-from-two is not his major claim to fame. He made the news when winning on debut as Corpus Christi in the power partnership of Dr Richard Maponya and Edward Bouwer. The men had been brought together by Brian Wiid’s enthusiastic assistant Michael Mahiakola – a guy whose personal breakthrough to training horses is the stuff of movies – and much longer
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Exciting start to this Sire’s career with only a few foals on the ground. Big, strong racy type foals
stories than space allows here. Astute judge Herman Brown Senior chose Angel’s Power at sale and when he came out to win his second start (also over 1000m) three weeks later on the Greville polytrack, the story just grew wings. He looks very promising Veteran Brian Wiid now sends the youngster out at his third different racecourse, and first time over further than 1000m - but over a trip that looks to suit his aptitude and racing style perfectly.
Jack’s Back
Alec Laird trained Slinky Jack beat the highly thought of subsequent winner Kemal Kavur on debut. Cont. p.2
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