MONDAY 2nd - THURSDAY 5th
No. 2196 ISSN 1023 / 6996
NOVEMBER 2015
Gr1 winner Smart Call is handicapped to win
FAIRVIEW POLY 12:50pm (Monday) p.4 KENILWORTH 1:10pm (Tuesday) p.12
TURFFONTEIN NIGHT 5:45pm (Tuesday) p.18
GREYVILLE POLY 12:25pm (Wednesday) p.30 TURFFONTEIN 12:15pm (Thursday) p.39
PINNACLE STAKES (F&M) at Turffontein on Tuesday
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They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. Top trainer Alec Laird is a man on a mission and the next chapter of a prospective Paddock Stakes showdown of epic proportions between our top 3yo fillies of last season will be written at Turffontein on Tuesday evening.
he R1 million Maine Chance Farms Gr1 Paddock Stakes will be run in the height of the Cape Summer Of Champions season on 9 January 2016 at Kenilworth – on L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day. And Alec Laird takes the first step towards that coveted trophy with his top-class Ideal World filly Smart Call,
who makes her season debut in a R120 000 Pinnacle Stakes for fillies and mares under the lights on Tuesday evening.
Milestone
One of the top 3yo’s last term, Smart Call became her sire’s first Gr1 winner when clinching the honours in the Woolavington 2000 beating Pine Princess and Trophy Wife
at Greyville at the end of May. But she was defeated in the Gr1 Garden Province and the Gauteng Guineas, with names like Siren’s Call and Same Jurisdiction ahead of her. “I hear those top fillies will be down in the Cape and we have a few scores to settle after being narrowly beaten last season. I have a three race plan for Smart Call, that will culminate in a bid at the Paddock Stakes in January,” said Alec Laird. Does he realistically feel that she can win this prep?
“She is running fresh on Tuesday, and I believe the mile is her minimum trip. So the 1400m must be a concern. But she is good enough and I believe fit enough to win a race of this nature. She is also handicapped to win it, so we must be positive about her chances,” he confirmed.
slammed them in the Gr2 Camellia Stakes. She must be a runner,” warned Laird. A daughter of Western Winter, the lightly raced Bichette certainly has the credentials. Cont. p.2
Opposition
Who does Laird see as his charge’s major hurdle? “Sean Tarry’s filly Bichette has also been rested, but she is very effective over this trip and she absolutely
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