11-13 Dec #2207 Sporting Post by Sporting Post

No. 2207

FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

ISSN 1023 / 6996

July runner-up Punta Arenas will strip a lot fitter

FAIRVIEW

12:35pm (Friday) p.16

GREYVILLE MIXED/NIGHT 6:05pm (Friday) p.24

TURFFONTEIN

12:35pm (Saturday) p.36

KENILWORTH

1:30pm (Saturday) p.44

SCOTTSVILLE

1:10pm (Sunday) p.52

Greyville - The Right Medicine?

Debate rages as Medics hit back

page 8

A Festive Season! Racing with Ralph Rixon

page 11

Turf World Championships R156 million at stake on Sunday

page 13

Mike And A Mountain

35 Years On - A Special Filly

page 4

Gr2 PREMIER TROPHY at Kenilworth on Saturday Our Best Adverts Aren't Written They Are Running!

SILVER MOUNTAIN wins Gr1 CAPE FILLIES GUINEAS CAPTAIN ALFREDO WINS - The Southeaster Sprint (Listed) VILLA DEL LARGO WINS - The Glendore Sprint (NBT)

Tel: Mike Sharkey 082 372 2682 www.highlandsfarmstud.co.za

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

BORN FOR STARDOM...

His pedigree spoke of Emperors and Excellence. Now, Brave Tin Soldier’s doing exactly what it said on the “Tin”.

Summer Ready To Run @ Summerhill 23rd Feb 2016

1st – Split The Breeze for Charles Laird and Alesh Naidoo in the R200 000 Charity Challenge 1st – Jama for Alyson Wright 1st – Roman Garrison for Gavin Smith

www.summerhill.co.za

...NOW BREEDING FOR THE STARS LEADING BREEDERS BY STAKES

LEADING TRAINERS BY STAKES

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 December 2015 Stakes

8,881,113 6,983,313 5,257,363 3,986,900 3,480,363 3,385,563 2,733,025 2,467,075 2,438,175 2,257,175 2,219,375 2,169,875 1,954,700 1,910,038 1,802,675 1,647,775 1,457,550 1,380,525 1,315,000 1,226,850 1,182,338 1,024,325 994,725

Breeder

rnrs

AEPR

Summerhill Stud Klawervlei Stud Highlands Maine Chance Scott Bros Wilgerbosdrift Varsfontein Stud Mauritzfontein Stud Drakenstein Stud GJ Armitage Ascot Stud Lammerskraal Stud Moutonshoek The Alchemy Gary Player Stud Cheveley Stud Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud M De Broglio Witzenberg Stud Daytona Stud Arc-en-Ciel Tawny Syndicate G Murdoch

278 31,946 289 24,164 136 38,657 148 26,939 127 27,404 100 33,856 79 34,595 87 28,357 72 33,864 57 39,600 61 36,383 70 30,998 78 25,060 75 25,467 53 34,013 60 27,463 83 17,561 4 345,131 11,315,000 33 37,177 47 25,156 19 53,912 6 165,788

runs

956 908 432 420 433 295 260 259 194 183 203 197 250 278 177 186 264 13 3 108 149 69 18

wnrs wns

70 73 42 40 22 32 27 21 27 21 19 19 18 22 14 21 15 4 1 9 10 7 5

wnr/ rnr%

88 25% 84 25% 56 31% 45 27% 27 17% 39 32% 30 34% 26 24% 36 38% 23 37% 22 31% 26 27% 20 23% 24 29% 16 26% 24 35% 16 18% 4 100% 2 100% 11 27% 12 21% 13 37% 7 83%

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 December 2015

SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%

plcs plc/ SP rns%

1 1 4 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1

243 246 115 131 137 89 86 79 59 60 57 60 73 79 50 50 68 3 1 42 40 17 5

1 1 6 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1

1% 1% 10% 0% 5% 6% 4% 14% 7% 0% 0% 5% 17% 0% 7% 0% 0% 25% 0% 11% 10% 14% 20%

25% 27% 27% 31% 32% 30% 33% 31% 30% 33% 28% 30% 29% 28% 28% 27% 26% 23% 33% 39% 27% 25% 28%

7 4 5 4 1 3 4 3 1 1 3 3 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

Champagne Haze 1,322,425 15% Carry On Alice 280,000 4% Silver Mountain 926,875 18% Tahini 156,250 4% Wild One 781,250 22% Noah From Goa 490,625 14% M L Jet 279,500 10% Smart Call 253,000 10% Inara 205,000 8% Anglet 575,000 25% Crystal Glamour 443,125 20% Blizzard Belle 161,950 7% Triptique 262,000 13% La Tasca 108,850 6% Captain Chaos 276,700 15% Arabian National 121,200 7% Victorious Jay 168,875 12% Master Sabina 1,200,000 87% Budapest 1,315,000 100% Stonehenge 221,250 18% Act Of War 176,250 15% Lazer Star 312,500 31% Futura 705,000 71%

LEADING SIRES BY STAKES

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 December 2015 Stakes

5,955,375 5,949,100 5,927,500 5,363,125 4,766,088 4,114,238 3,320,163 3,254,525 3,094,163 2,759,688 2,691,650 2,477,913 2,345,088 2,151,538 2,080,775 1,936,225 1,862,925 1,779,300 1,743,450 1,718,775 1,711,950 1,633,700 1,583,975

Sire

rnrs

AEPR

runs

Silvano *Kahal Captain Al Trippi Dynasty *Jet Master Judpot *Western Winter Mogok Var Jay Peg Windrush Toreador Miesque’s Approval Seventh Rock Ideal World *Tiger Ridge Brave Tin Soldier *Horse Chestnut Rebel King *Fort Wood Black Minnaloushe Argonaut

159 141 130 140 130 93 94 104 89 112 97 84 85 125 72 65 73 45 79 87 65 109 76

37,455 42,192 45,596 38,308 36,662 44,239 35,321 31,294 34,766 24,640 27,749 29,499 27,589 17,212 28,900 29,788 25,520 39,540 22,069 19,756 26,338 14,988 20,842

436 523 402 365 401 302 299 311 309 332 322 266 266 439 209 169 222 145 236 282 188 313 241

wnrs wns

49 47 51 48 43 28 30 31 23 27 27 27 19 23 15 21 14 11 17 19 18 19 17

60 64 70 58 50 31 39 41 26 30 35 33 27 27 15 24 18 12 21 21 19 19 21

wnr/ rnr%

SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%

plcs plc/ SP rns%

31% 33% 39% 34% 33% 30% 32% 30% 26% 24% 28% 32% 22% 18% 21% 32% 19% 24% 22% 22% 28% 17% 22%

3 1 6 5 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

130 126 123 113 137 95 97 87 98 99 86 73 78 107 57 47 56 36 75 82 76 86 67

4 6% 1 2% 6 12% 5 10% 3 7% 1 4% 3 7% 1 3% 1 4% 0 0% 1 4% 3 7% 1 5% 0 0% 1 7% 2 10% 1 7% 1 9% 0 0% 0 0% 1 6% 0 0% 0 0%

30% 24% 31% 31% 34% 31% 32% 28% 32% 30% 27% 27% 29% 24% 27% 28% 25% 25% 32% 29% 40% 27% 28%

3 3 3 6 6 6 1 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

Silver Mountain 926,875 Champagne Haze 1,322,425 Carry On Alice 280,000 Deo Juvente 700,000 Futura 705,000 Master Sabina 1,200,000 Deputy Jud 625,000 Brutal Force 446,250 Wild One 781,250 Our Destiny 266,825 Exit Here 201,250 Doing It For Dan 278,125 Lazer Star 312,500 Quintella 107,100 Crystal Glamour 443,125 Smart Call 253,000 Noah From Goa 490,625 Rabada 900,000 Luv U Babes 148,600 Deep Down Rebel 113,750 Negroamaro 178,125 Littleblacknumber 100,050 Spirit Of Hamilton 166,100

16% 22% 5% 13% 15% 29% 19% 14% 25% 10% 7% 11% 13% 5% 21% 13% 26% 51% 9% 7% 10% 6% 10%

LEADING SIRES OF 3YO’S BY STAKES season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 December 2015

Stakes

2,930,900 2,334,750 2,217,650 1,772,050 1,626,075 1,482,550 1,436,888 1,317,300 1,308,875 1,289,675 1,233,900 1,180,950 1,171,513 1,092,450 1,008,638 987,600 947,650 922,000 911,000

Sire

rnrs

Captain Al Silvano *Kahal Trippi Jay Peg Var Dynasty *Lithuanian *Western Winter Brave Tin Soldier Warm White Night Seventh Rock Judpot Elusive Fort Mogok **Star Witness Ideal World Toreador Visionaire

AEPR

61 48,048 60 38,913 45 49,281 63 28,128 47 34,597 55 26,955 39 36,843 2 658,650 41 31,924 25 51,587 31 39,803 40 29,524 36 32,542 25 43,698 37 27,260 2 493,800 34 27,872 44 20,955 44 20,705

runs

169 119 138 168 159 140 101 5 113 75 98 112 105 74 119 8 87 126 116

wnrs wns

25 18 11 21 17 17 19 1 17 6 11 6 13 8 10 1 12 8 8

37 22 13 24 24 18 24 2 21 6 14 6 15 10 12 1 14 9 9

wnr/ rnr%

SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%

41% 30% 24% 33% 36% 31% 49% 50% 41% 24% 35% 15% 36% 32% 27% 50% 35% 18% 18%

1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 4% 2 6% 0 0% 0 0% 1 6% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 17% 1 9% 0 0% 0 0% 1 13% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

plcs plc/ SP rns%

53 39 32 55 36 45 29 2 33 23 33 32 38 23 42 4 27 37 38

31% 33% 23% 33% 23% 32% 29% 40% 29% 31% 34% 29% 36% 31% 35% 50% 31% 29% 33%

0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

Captain Chaos 276,700 9% Silver Mountain 926,875 40% Champagne Haze 1,322,425 60% Taffety Tart 187,125 11% Exit Here 201,250 12% Our Destiny 266,825 18% Liege 133,125 9% Budapest 1,315,000 100% Buckland 110,625 8% Rabada 900,000 70% Hard Day’s Night 369,875 30% Crystal Glamour 443,125 38% Alessia 117,875 10% Lauderdale 434,050 40% Magic 178,250 18% Lineker 928,400 94% Free State 101,250 11% Spanish Kiss 135,225 15% Heaps of Fun 228,125 25%

LEADING SIRE BY STAKES ON ARTIFICIAL GOING season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 December 2015

Stakes

1,244,275 909,475 876,150 865,875 814,675 790,150 711,875 701,850 665,525 641,475 632,550

Sire

*Kahal Silvano Judpot Miesque’s Approval Dynasty *Western Winter Trippi Captain Al Jay Peg Mogok *Jet Master

rnrs

59 47 45 62 35 43 27 29 30 36 46

AEPR

runs

21,089 19,351 19,470 13,966 23,276 18,376 26,366 24,202 22,184 17,819 13,751

136 98 88 158 80 87 45 60 67 89 99

wnrs wns

15 9 12 10 11 11 10 7 9 6 7

20 12 15 11 12 12 12 11 11 7 7

wnr/ rnr%

SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%

25% 19% 27% 16% 31% 26% 37% 24% 30% 17% 15%

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 9% 0 0% 1 10% 1 14% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

plcs plc/ SP rns%

35 33 28 40 27 25 9 16 15 29 27

26% 34% 32% 25% 34% 29% 20% 27% 22% 33% 27%

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1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

Chennai Babe Silver Spring Surrey Quintella Alghadeer Blizzard Belle In Other Words Barbosa Exit Here Way Of Light Peter Piper

*Stallion dead or Retired **Stallion Not Standing in RSA **Breeding operations not based in RSA

273,750 135,400 114,525 107,100 93,750 104,650 115,625 168,750 107,500 118,750 74,375

22% 15% 13% 12% 12% 13% 16% 24% 16% 19% 12%

Trainer

runs wins

J Snaith SG Tarry MF de Kock G v Zyl MW Bass GV Woodruff MG Azzie GM Alexander DR Drier DC Howells AG Laird D Kannemeyer M Houdalakis DA Sham J Ramsden BJ Crawford VH Marshall AC Greeff CS Laird JJ v Vuuren GS Kotzen D Zaki RR Magner WH Marwing OA Ferraris Y Bremner KG Naidoo SD Gray LW Goosen

465 441 319 279 333 154 193 138 204 225 129 167 214 259 175 196 238 293 118 147 294 187 181 158 115 310 220 173 108

79 59 50 36 44 24 20 20 28 27 16 28 27 37 18 30 26 35 20 17 20 16 23 13 13 18 16 15 17

win %

fav

17% 13% 16% 13% 13% 16% 10% 14% 14% 12% 12% 17% 13% 14% 10% 15% 11% 12% 17% 12% 7% 9% 13% 8% 11% 6% 7% 9% 16%

106 77 91 36 45 32 24 16 43 28 28 44 32 29 23 35 33 43 31 18 24 25 12 11 18 22 8 15 19

fav wfav % % 23% 17% 29% 13% 14% 21% 12% 12% 21% 12% 22% 26% 15% 11% 13% 18% 14% 15% 26% 12% 8% 13% 7% 7% 16% 7% 4% 9% 18%

40% 36% 36% 39% 40% 31% 17% 19% 26% 29% 32% 36% 38% 45% 35% 29% 39% 28% 39% 28% 21% 24% 25% 36% 28% 23% 75% 27% 58%

2nd 2nd % 60 41 42 30 39 19 22 12 22 17 17 23 16 28 22 21 26 27 13 20 31 17 13 13 19 26 20 20 9

234 179 156 131 148 75 90 63 103 88 61 87 84 111 77 88 103 123 58 65 107 73 65 48 55 106 78 78 45

1st four% 50% 41% 49% 47% 44% 49% 47% 46% 50% 39% 47% 52% 39% 43% 44% 45% 43% 42% 49% 44% 36% 39% 36% 30% 48% 34% 35% 45% 42%

stakes

stks/ runs

6,838,625 5,968,313 5,687,925 4,578,950 4,363,963 3,662,213 3,559,188 3,515,350 2,608,713 2,491,475 2,364,600 2,263,625 2,254,375 2,224,575 2,165,075 2,112,613 2,003,250 1,982,513 1,911,450 1,868,250 1,827,713 1,804,750 1,694,825 1,563,563 1,479,150 1,474,825 1,421,200 1,396,750 1,346,475

14,707 13,534 17,830 16,412 13,105 23,781 18,441 25,474 12,788 11,073 18,330 13,555 10,534 8,589 12,372 10,779 8,417 6,766 16,199 12,709 6,217 9,651 9,364 9,896 12,862 4,758 6,460 8,074 12,467

LEADING TRAINERS/JOCKEYS BY WINS % season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 December 2015

trainer/ jockey

runs wins win %

CS Laird/A Marcus T Prinsloo/A Fortune D Kannemeyer/A Delpech GV Woodruff/G Lerena C Lensley/M Yeni LW Goosen/P Strydom J Snaith/B Fayd’herbe J Snaith/A Fortune MF de Kock/A Delpech MW Bass/G v Niekerk JJ v Vuuren/Wei Marwing AC Greeff/G Cheyne DA Sham/K Zechner BJ Crawford/C Orffer SG Tarry/S Khumalo DC Howells/M Yeni GM Alexander/A Fortune DR Drier/S Cormack VH Marshall/M Byleveld G v Zyl/W Kennedy D Zaki/C Zackey J Snaith/D Dillon Y Bremner/S Khumalo GS Kotzen/G Cheyne

55 50 40 53 46 43 91 53 125 160 47 124 135 139 118 134 64 119 135 85 111 83 92 109

16 14 11 14 12 11 22 12 27 33 10 25 26 25 20 22 10 18 18 11 13 10 10 10

29% 28% 28% 26% 26% 26% 24% 23% 22% 21% 21% 20% 19% 18% 17% 16% 16% 15% 13% 13% 12% 12% 11% 9%

fav

fav %

wfav 2nd 2nd % %

26 22 25 18 13 17 33 18 53 37 9 37 23 32 27 22 8 30 27 8 18 19 10 11

47% 44% 63% 34% 28% 40% 36% 34% 42% 23% 19% 30% 17% 23% 23% 16% 13% 25% 20% 9% 16% 23% 11% 10%

42% 27% 32% 44% 54% 53% 36% 39% 42% 41% 33% 27% 48% 28% 33% 27% 13% 30% 41% 63% 28% 32% 30% 18%

11 6 8 6 8 4 24 5 22 21 8 19 16 17 21 15 4 13 18 12 13 7 9 18

20% 12% 20% 11% 17% 9% 26% 9% 18% 13% 17% 15% 12% 12% 18% 11% 6% 11% 13% 14% 12% 8% 10% 17%

stakes

stks/ runs

1,411,400 597,475 697,075 2,142,700 482,025 787,450 2,102,075 624,800 3,308,225 2,300,463 1,102,350 1,301,800 1,363,050 1,701,050 2,429,363 2,015,200 2,279,175 1,495,463 1,407,050 888,250 1,304,725 611,500 637,450 982,138

25,662 11,950 17,427 40,428 10,479 18,313 23,100 11,789 26,466 14,378 23,454 10,498 10,097 12,238 20,588 15,039 35,612 12,567 10,423 10,450 11,754 7,367 6,929 9,010

LEADING JOCKEYS BY WINS

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 December 2015 Jockey

rides wins

A Delpech A Fortune M Yeni G Lerena S Khumalo G Cheyne A Marcus K Zechner G v Niekerk P Strydom S Cormack JP vd Merwe B Fayd’herbe I Sturgeon Wei Marwing C Orffer C Zackey R Danielson A Forbes K De Melo R Simons A Domeyer M Byleveld M v Rensburg R Munger D Dillon S Brown F Herholdt S Veale

329 520 448 281 401 380 213 367 230 223 238 353 152 395 171 196 329 249 213 271 184 210 213 221 346 227 244 218 247

76 76 70 57 54 50 50 44 44 37 34 29 28 28 28 28 28 25 25 25 24 23 21 21 21 19 18 18 18

win %

fav

23% 15% 16% 20% 13% 13% 23% 12% 19% 17% 14% 8% 18% 7% 16% 14% 9% 10% 12% 9% 13% 11% 10% 10% 6% 8% 7% 8% 7%

128 109 76 83 56 65 108 40 42 66 45 17 47 28 40 36 29 29 18 11 25 22 32 19 12 26 13 10 13

fav wfav % % 39% 21% 17% 30% 14% 17% 51% 11% 18% 30% 19% 5% 31% 7% 23% 18% 9% 12% 8% 4% 14% 10% 15% 9% 3% 11% 5% 5% 5%

41% 28% 36% 31% 30% 26% 35% 38% 40% 33% 33% 24% 30% 43% 35% 25% 34% 21% 22% 64% 40% 23% 41% 11% 42% 35% 62% 20% 31%

2nd 2nd % 56 61 53 38 56 49 36 31 29 29 26 30 37 31 29 22 35 30 24 34 12 27 28 23 21 20 20 21 20

17% 12% 12% 14% 14% 13% 17% 8% 13% 13% 11% 8% 24% 8% 17% 11% 11% 12% 11% 13% 7% 13% 13% 10% 6% 9% 8% 10% 8%

1st four 204 247 231 165 205 174 143 147 129 117 129 133 93 132 93 85 133 104 86 118 64 81 99 89 91 82 70 74 94

1st four% 62% 48% 52% 59% 51% 46% 67% 40% 56% 52% 54% 38% 61% 33% 54% 43% 40% 42% 40% 44% 35% 39% 46% 40% 26% 36% 29% 34% 38%

stakes

stks/ rides

8,273,400 6,874,938 4,962,650 6,347,125 4,963,438 3,317,538 5,804,150 3,289,975 2,980,388 4,126,763 3,186,288 3,237,138 2,840,975 2,770,850 3,389,850 2,003,900 2,712,125 2,898,925 1,905,475 2,688,988 1,800,500 2,577,775 1,914,688 1,865,275 1,800,226 1,587,825 1,632,350 1,311,488 1,821,550

25,147 13,221 11,077 22,588 12,378 8,730 27,250 8,965 12,958 18,506 13,388 9,170 18,691 7,015 19,824 10,224 8,244 11,642 8,946 9,922 9,785 12,275 8,989 8,440 5,203 6,995 6,690 6,016 7,375

- Statistics for breeders and sires reflect ALL earnings, including those of restricted races and handicap races

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13% 9% 13% 11% 12% 12% 11% 9% 11% 8% 13% 14% 7% 11% 13% 11% 11% 9% 11% 14% 11% 9% 7% 8% 17% 8% 9% 12% 8%

1st four

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Gr2 PREMIER TROPHY at Kenilworth on Saturday Met weights will be published on 11 January 2016

If The J&B Met Was Run Today... The R2,5 million Gr1 J&B Met will be run at Kenilworth on 30 January 2016 and in the countdown to one of South Africa’s premier horseracing events there will be plenty of talk and speculation about finding the likely winner. There is a long road still to ride with the unknown factor of supplementary entries likely to cloud the picture. WITH an eye on grabbing some astute value in the ante-post betting market, we will be looking at the race picture as it unfolds in the next seven weeks. The official weights are scheduled to be published on 11 January 2016. In order to get the ball rolling, our handicappers have been hard at work and have produced a cool preview of the weights for the big race based on current info. Please do let us know what your early opinions are. Base

Mass

Odds

Futura

Horse

Age Sex 5

119

5/2

Legal Eagle

120

119

28/10

Bouclette Top

114

118

20/1

Same Jurisdiction

57.5

113

118

20/1

Legislate

117

4/1

Captain America

117

14/1

Smart Call

57.5

111

116

20/1

Punta Arenas

111

115

33/1

Paterfamilias

110

114

40/1

French Navy

114

113

6/1

Gold Onyx

108

112

66/1

King Of Pain

106

110

40/1

Helderberg Blue

106

110

66/1

Power King

109

14/1

Flying The Flag

105

109

40/1

No Worries

105

109

40/1

The Conglomerate

57.5

105

109

40/1

Deo Juvente

57.5

104

108

14/1

Mac De Lago

57.5

104

108

14/1

Master Sabina

108

14/1

Forest Indigo

101

105

100/1

Krambambuli

57.5

101

105

250/1

Light The Lights

57.5

100

104

250/1

Royal Dreamer

57.5

100

200/1

Master's Eye

57.5

200/1

Silicone Valley

250/1

Marmalade Tycoon 5 c 58 58 80 84 Betting supplied by www.hollywoodbets.net

250/1

The enigmatic class act King Of Pain shares his charismatic personality and boyish charm with his erudite conditioner Joey Ramsden. The pair have seen a few battles won and lost and team up again in Saturday’s R400 000 Gr2 Premier Trophy where the son of Greys Inn lumbers topweight.

t’s not the mutual grey distinguished good looks but more the fighting spirit and character of the trainer-horse combination that have proven so appealing to Joe Public – and a good few photographers – over the past few season.

Age A Number

The reality is that, while neither are getting any younger, King Of Pain hasn’t won since June 2014 at the old Clairwood track where he downed the multiple Equus champion mare Beach Beauty in a dazzling display of galloping and tactical raceriding to win the Gr1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge. Fayd’herbe is in the saddle again on Saturday and we are going 200m further. And his few runs this year have produced decent efforts – if no fireworks. But his eyecatching sprint in the Gr2 Merchants,when just 3,95 lengths behind Triptique was acceptable and he will be a fit horse on Saturday. He certainly has the class and is plain overdue to win at some time soon! The negative is that if the official handicapper is to be believed, then the King cannot beat the likes of Punta Arenas and Paterfamilias.

Punta

Now with Dennis Drier after Stan Elley closed shop, Punta runs off a 111 and has not put things together in two runs since chasing Power King home in a great effort in the July. He probably needed his last outing when failing to fire when out of the money behind Captain America in the Green Point Stakes – but will enjoy the extra 200m in a fast run race here.

Paterfamilias is one of three Bass runners. The son of Trippi has never lived up to his R2,3 million price tag but flew late to run out of his skin when third and a length behind Captain America in the Green Point. The lightly raced 6yo is a little in and out and will need to frank that before we start suggesting he can win this. Helderberg Blue was 4,25 lengths behind there and this fellow has had more excuses than most horses. He was runner-up behind Dynamic last year but he has had his chance and it is difficult to fancy him too strongly. The third of the Bass trio is Winter Classic winner Royal Dreamer, who has been priced up at 200-1 by Hollywood for the 2016 J&B Met. The course and distance winning son of Rebel King is not well in at the weights but Greg Cheyne rides him well – but he may need another run to reach his fitness.

Veteran

The Sean Tarry trained Gold Onyx has his 52nd run on Saturday and as an 8yo he amazingly still has plenty of pep in his step. The Gr1 winning son of Black Minnaloushe loves the Cape and looks to be following the same path as he did last term – this race into the L’Ormarins Queen’s

Plate in the Met. He was unplaced behind Dynamic last year and will once again likely need it as he comes straight off a 19 week rest following his unplaced Gold Cup effort. It is difficult to suggest that he has no shout here, and could pop up fresh under S’manga Khumalo. Justin Snaith won this race last year with the rather disappointing Dynamic and his duo of Krambambuli and Master’s Eye have quite a bit to do at the weights. Derby Horse Former Yogas Govender trained Krambambuli was touted as a Derby horse last season but things didn’t quite work out in that regard. The son of Black Minnaloushe won one race on the Greyville polytrack during the KZN Champions Season and has looked quite competitive this season so far. He won his penultimate start when beating his much vaunted stablemate Readytogorightnow in a small field over 1800m at Durbanville and was then a bit unlucky when cramped and finishing under a length back in fourth in the Gr3 Algoa Cup. Return races after travel are always a worry, but this fellow looks to go on and win a few more yet. Master’s Eye was runner up to the now Dubai based

Gr2 Premier Trophy PAST WINNERS

2010

1 Cask 2 Super Storm 3 Bravura

2011

1 Chesalon 2 Cask 3 Run For It

2012

1 Beach Beauty 2 Run For It 3 Master Plan

2013

1 Master Of My Fate 2 Awesome Power 3 Punta Arenas

2014

1 Dynamic 2 Helderberg Blue 3 Power King

Liquid Mercury in the Gr3 Winter Derby last term. The son of Jet Master has been thrown in the deep end here off his rating and will need to improve further on his fast-finishing second behind Spirit Of Hamilton last time. Andre Nel has made a flying start for private owner Sabine Plattner and he saddles the imposing New Zealand bred grey, French Revolution. The entire son of Guillotine has not run in 24 weeks and is likely to need the run – and slightly further, based on past performance.

Top Three

If Paterfamilias can maintain his form then he will be a massive runner. Punta Arenas will be reaching race fitness and loves the course. That leaves the class King Of Pain. He is not a horse to put the rent money on, but cannot be far off at best.

Strydom Appeal Succeeds Piere Strydom has appealed succesfully against his 90-day ban, 50 of which was to be suspended for one year, for dropping his hands and getting caught on the line while riding Dublin Rebel at Turffontein on 27 August. While pleading guilty to the charge, Strydom opted to appeal against the severity of the sentence and that was supported

by the Appeal Board. The sentence was reduced to 25 days and will start on Friday, 11 December, as Strydom is committed to rides this week. That means he will not be able to ride in the Gr1 Cape Guineas on 19 December but will be back in time for the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate at Kenilworth in January. www.tabnews.co.za

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

Silver Mountain (Aldo Domeyer) storms to a sensational victory

Gr1 CAPE FILLIES GUINEAS at Kenilworth last Saturday

It has been 35 years since Mike Bass saddled his first Cape Fillies Guineas winner when the outstanding Sweet Chestnut bolted home under jockey Gavin Howes for owner Georgina Rogers.

lot of water has flowed under the bridge in the ensuing years and Bass saddled Sport’s Chestnut in 2001 and the international performer Sun Classique to win in 2005. 2015 has been a trying year for the well-known Cape racing family and another victory in the Gr1 classic could not have come at a better time – with their Silvano filly Silver Mountain further entrenching her status as one of the best 3yo fillies in the country. She simply swept aside her opposition to saunter to victory in the R1 million Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas at Kenilworth on Saturday. This prestigious classic is a natural barometer of the best of any generation and the race’s honour roll over the past 45 years boasts some of the greatest fairer sex gallopers to grace our turf. The manner of Silver Mountain’s victory on Saturday suggests that she has plenty to come yet and her likely clash with the dual Gr1 winning male Seventh Plain in the CTS Million Dollar in January will give the groundbreaking dollar dream

race, added impetus – not that it needs much hype at current rates of exchange. After her facile victory from a wide draw in the Gr2 Choice Carriers Championship early in November, Silver Mountain has stepped into the spotlight and has become the talking horse of Cape racing – and did her burgeoning reputation proud on Saturday. After the outsider Ocean’s Swell had set the gallop into the straight, Aldo Domeyer angled Silver Mountain to the middle of the track at the 400m marker and she simply lengthened to draw clear of her field. Silver Mountain ran right away to beat the Glen Kotzen trained Our Destiny by 5 lengths in a time of 98,72 secs. Winning jockey Aldo Domeyer was at a loss for words and said that he had not been sleeping well in the build-up. “Big horses are big pressure. And today they wouldn’t allow us in so it was tougher. But she settles like a professional and when I asked her she gave it to me. She has a superb turn of foot and is really something special. I must thank the whole team – their hard work makes the

difference,” he said. The winner’s stablemate Taffety Tart also reproduced her customary late dash finish again to grab a deserved third. Paddy Kruyer’s smart Biarritz filly Anglet showed her appreciation for the summer course and stayed on all the way up the straight to run a decent fourth. Justin Snaith’s previously unbeaten filly Bela-Bela was some way back early after a tardy jump and was then obstructed by the fallen rider. She ran an ordinary race to stay on for fifth and 6,20 lengths back. She shaded Mike De Kock’s Gauteng raider Noor – also unbeaten in her first two – who also failed to fire on her Cape debut. It was an eventful race all round, judging by the Stipes Report: ANGLET (R Danielson) cast the left fore shoe on the way to the start, which the farrier replaced causing a delay. A TIME TO DREAM (A Marcus) and MISS MARKER (C Orffer) were fractious in the stalls, were unloaded, examined by the Veterinary Surgeon, declared fit and were reloaded. Trainers S J

Snaith and M W Bass will be advised that these fillies starting stall certificates have been withdrawn in terms of Rule 61.6.10. In view of the performance from MISS MARKER (C Orffer) (17.40 lengths), the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine the filly on her return to the unsaddling enclosure and submit a report. b) Jockey S Cormack (WELL IN FLIGHT) reported that the felt something amiss with this filly in running. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine the filly on her return to the unsaddling enclosure and submit a report. c) Jockey K de Melo (FLYING ICE) ) reported that the felt something amiss with this filly in running. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine the filly on her return to the unsaddling enclosure and submit a report. d) In a tightly bunched field, approaching the 1000m, VALEDICTION (G Wright) was forced to ease off the heels of TAFFETY TART (G van Niekerk), rolled outwards and clipped the heels of SILVER MOUNTAIN (A Domeyer), dislodging Jockey G Wright. ANGLET (R Danielson) and BELABELA (P Strydom), which were following, were forced to ease to avoid the

fallen rider. After reviewing the patrol films from the various angles this was deemed to be a racing incident and no individual rider could be held responsible. e) The saddle on A TIME TO DREAM (A Marcus) slipped back in running and as a result Jockey Marcus could not fully assist the filly. f) TAFFETY TART (G van Niekerk) was hanging out from the 400m. g) OCEAN’S SWELL (C Puller) was hanging out throughout, raced wide on the bend and into the straight, and was difficult to assist. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine the filly on her return to the unsaddling enclosure and submit a report. h) OUR DESTINY (G Cheyne) shifted both ways away from the crop from the 300m. i) SILVER MOUNTAIN (A Domeyer), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Assistant Trainer R Fayd’Herbe, acting on behalf of Trainer M W Bass, was advised. (SN) j) OUR DESTINY (G Cheyne), the second placed horse, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer G S Kotzen was advised. (TN)

It was a forgettable race for jockey Gareth Wright, whose mount Valediction clipped heels and unseated him at around the 1000m marker. Wright came off unscathed and managed to fulfill his engagements. There was to be little luck for Valediction’s owner Hassen Adams – his other runner Ocean’s Swell set the pace but compounded to finish a distant last. A daughter of Silvano, Silver Mountain is out of the six-time winning Fusaichi Pegasus mare, Our Table Mountain, the winner of the 2007 Listed Olympic Duel Stakes and a half-sister to the consistent sire Artie Schiller (El Prado {Ire}). The progeny of Our Table Mountain have attracted plenty of interest in the sales ring – and on the training tracks, where they have shown temperament issues – but Silver Mountain has shown nothing of that trait. The Highlands bred filly was purchased by Maine Chance Farms for R1,3 million at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale Book 1. She has now won 4 from 5 with 1 place and took her stakes earnings to R880 500. Which, with her whole career ahead of her, is starting to make her look a great buy at the price – despite the owner’s Racing Manager Justin Vermaak reminding us that she wasn’t a cheapie. Roll on January 2016!

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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

Gr3 VICTRESS STAKES at Kenilworth on Saturday

Justin Snaith dominated the finish of the 2014 R250 000 Gr3 Victress Stakes when saddling the first two to finish. The former SA champion trainer brings the smart Danehill Dancer mare Acrostar to the table again, and even from an awful 17 draw, she must have a chance of atoning.

ith field sizes restricted to sixteen runner and eighteen standing their ground at final acceptance, it is good to see Kenilworth Racing exercising some discretion and agreeing to field all eighteen. Fate has already seen one withdrawal (7-Deputy Ryder) as we go to press, so the field has already whittled marginally.

Consistent The Sabine Plattner-owned Australian bred Acrostar has been a model of consistency and was beaten by a terrific Sean Cormack ride last year when her lesser fancied stablemate Jet Supreme held her to a whisker. After showing her wellbeing with a season opening win over the well-performed Sea Cat last time, there will be plenty who believe that Acrostar will beat her draw with top jockey Bernard Fayd’herbe in the irons. Her relaxed racing style and the long run for home of the summer course will make Fayd’herbe’s task a touch more attainable – and she has the class to carry the day. Acrostar ran five times in the recent KZN Champions Season and with three places, including an excellent third in the Gr2 Gold Bracelet, when beaten 0,55kgs by Gallica Rose. The latter carries topweight on Saturday and has to give the Snaith runner 2kgs. Gallica Rose, a beautifully consistent daughter of Silvano, also has not had the benefit of a run and comes in off a 19 week break – which could count against her. Mike Bass’ yard are nicely in form and they saddle one of the two 3yo’s in the Captain Al filly, Sublime Lady. The Normandy bred filly has done little wrong with 1 win and 2 places in 5 starts and looks a fair proposition, with more improvement, froma 2 draw off a galloping 51,5kgs.

Flyer Her stablemate Come Fly With Me was beaten just over 2 lengths by Acrostar last time, but has a more advantageous 7 draw to jump from. Come Fly With Me’s second to champion stablemate Inara in the Diana Stakes – and on her previous run to her – suggests that she is a very decent filly and capable of challenging if stripping fitter. The Adam Marcus trained Crystal Cavern gets the services again of S’manga Khumalo and enjoys a 2kg weight swing with Acrostar for a 0,60 length beating last time. This lovely Horse Chestnut filly has an electrifying turn of foot and will be flying at them late. She certainly ranks as a top three choice. The Dennis Drier-trained Listed Jamaica Handicap winner Gathering Fame has not tasted success since last summer and looks well held by Gallica Rose at best. Her grey stablemate Pecan Nut caught the eye on her return run a month back and is a decent five-time winner who could boost quartets if getting some luck from that 13 draw. Greg Ennion’s mostly consistent Moonsong Magic was beaten just under a length by Acrostar last time and has to find 2,5kgs on the Snaith mare. She seldom runs a poor race and is out to show that she is more than a winter performer.

Outgunned Dean Kannemeyer’s Indaba was outgunned in her two KZN Champion Season starts when well beaten and failed to spark in her return run. The daughter of Dynasty has a place chance if recapturing her better 3yo form. Cat And The Moon and Harvard Crimson make up the Snaith trio. The former is top-class on her day but is drawn very wide and could need the run after a 15 week break. Harvard Crimson has shown flashes of being better

The well-performed Acrostar could go one better

than rated and her eyecatching fourth in the Gr3 Diana Stakes was a good effort. She is a daughter of Dynasty with a really good turn of foot and could be the joker in the pack from a 1 draw.

Weight Load Darryl Hodgson’s Aussie bred Sensible Lover has drawn in Lansdowne and has to make up 5kgs plus on Acrostar on their last meeting. Sensible Lover was unlucky in running at her last start but still looks to have a mountain to climb. Neil Bruss’ Zante is a decent 4yo and has a Gr1 placed credit on her CV. The daughter of Ideal World failed to run on in the Woolavington Handicap last

time and is bound to be more comfortable against her own sex again. Exciting stallion Warm White Night’s first ever winner Harlem Shake has won from 800m to 2000m and could be a tactical dark horse in this elevated company. Her 12 draw is obviously a deterrent but her apprentice rider Heavelon Van Der Hoven has ridden some crackers from the front. Can Cope looks outclassed in this company. Acrostar is the choice to step up and beat her wide draw. She is the selection at the expense of Crystal Cavern, Moonsong Magic and Come Fly With Me. Gallica Rose and Sublime Lady are inclusions for larger perms.

Gr3 Victress Stakes

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1 A Daughter's Legacy 2 Love Is In The Air 3 We Three

2011

1 Super Elegant 2 Beach Beauty 3 We Three

2012

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2013

1 Jet Aglow 2 Hammie's Hooker 3 Dubai Gina

2014

1 Jet Supreme 2 Acrostar 3 Indaba

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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DeceMbeR 2015 Suyoof (Sherman Brown) wins easily

GLENDORE SPRINT at Fairview last Friday

SECRETARIAT STAKES (Listed) at Turffontein last Saturday

Jockey Sherman Brown stepped into top man Weichong Marwing’s boots at Turffontein on Saturday and showed that he can steer the good ones home. He produced Mike De Kock’s Australianbred Suyoof inside the final 300m to lift the honours in the R150 000 Listed Secretariat Stakes. he 1400m 3yo feature hosted eleven promising youngsters on a rather low-key Gauteng feature programme after the pomp and sparkle of Sansui Summer Cup Day just seven days earlier. De Kock won the race in 2014 with Mitraad and was quickly onto the

double. Geoff Woodruff ’s Val Et All vied for favouritism with De Kock’s recent impressive maiden winner, but after Woodruff ’s colt had shifted under pressure, he had nothing to come. It was left to the Bankable gelding Duke Nukem to chase the Aussie-bred chestnut home with a 0,9 length deficit at the line. Duke Nukem ran a cracker, despite making a respiratory noise in running. The winner, an entry for the forthcoming Grand Parade Cape Guineas, registered a time of 87,04 secs. The Sean Tarry-trained Lunar Approach

finished with a solid rattle to secure third cheque, ahead of the 40-1 Belenos, who caught the eye in his post-maiden run. Magic Moon bled in running and ran accordingly, finishing last and 8,25 lengths off. A good looking chestnut, Suyoof took his scorecard to 2 wins with 1 place from 3 starts and stakes of R163 875. He set a new record for the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale session 2 when knocked down for $150 000. He is by the outstanding sprinter miler Magic Albert Zeditave), a sire of the winners of over $20 million in prizemoney including Gr1 winners Ilovethiscity, Albert The Fat, Magic Cape and Fighting Warrior – the latter won in South Africa. Suyoof is out of the twice-winning Danehill Dancer mare, Magic Harmony. Magic Albert topped the sire averages in session 2 of the 2014 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale with five yearlings offered and all sold at an average $232,000.

The 6yo Jallad gelding Villa Del Largo broke a 29 month winning drought to get the ball rolling on a superb feature weekend for Highlands Stud, when he powered home under Andrew Fortune to win the R100 000 Glendore Sprint run on the Fairview turf track on Friday.

ortune, who rode a double on the afternoon, has maintained his lead at the top of the SA Jockey log despite a quiet run of late and Villa Del Largo won rather easier than the official length margin suggests. In a field of eight, the consistent Villa Del Largo looked a decent bet at a generous 33-10 and he got the better of the handily weighted local, Sedge, to score by a length. No time was taken.

Villa Del Largo was a R750 000 National Yearling Sale acquisition and was registering his fifth win with 17 places from 35 starts and stakes of R408 425. So he has ticked along and earned but is a fellow who has shown an aversion to the winner’s box. Owner Fred Crabbia will be hoping that this icebreaker may lead to a few more wins for the 6yo, who has run close to some good sorts in the Cape. Villa Del Largo’s victory was the first leg of a winning double for Justin Snaith, who followed up in the next

when Sunset Tripp (Robert Khathi) beat the luckless Purely Atomic. Villa Del Largo is one of the few progeny of Jallad still racing and is out of the three-time winning End Sweep mare, Belong To Me. His breeders Highlands Stud also produced the winners of the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas and the Listed Southeaster Sprint (also for owner Fred Crabbia) at Kenilworth on Saturday. Dorrie Sham’s yard maintained their excellent run of form to take the Fairview Friday training honours with a treble on the day.

Former Drier Galloper’s HK Success

Riverton Star Shines

The Riverton Stud bred Rocket Let Win (formerly known as Potent Power), picked up his second Hong Kong success at Happy Valley on Wednesday when he was victorious in the HK$800 000 Hong Kong Golf Club Centenary Cup over 1200m.

ow a six-year-old, the gelding had taken time to find his feet in Hong Kong as Rocket Let Win had suffered from a number of career damaging allergies and sinus problems. Rocket Let Win/Potent Power had previously won the class 3 Nam Long Shan handicap worth HK $1, 000 000.00 for trainer Tony Cruz (brother of new trainer Danny Cruz) after being in quarantine for nearly a year and the son of National Emblem and winning Captain Al mare Solar Galleon has now won more than HK$1,300,000 since relocating to Hong Kong. One of the best two-year-olds of his generation, Potent Power won three of just five outings in South Africa, with his important win coming in the 2012 Gr1 Tsogo Sun Medallion (beating subsequent Grade One winners Contador and Love Struck).

He formed part of a remarkable run of success that Riverton Stud has enjoyed in the Tsogo Sun Medallion. The Robertson based stud had no fewer than three winners of the Medallion in recent years (all of whom were trained in Dennis Drier). Link Man, who was born and raised at Riverton, won the Medallion back in 2010, while subsequent champion sprinter, the Riverton bred, Captain Of All won in 2013. Rocket Let Win’s success was a timely win for his dam Solar Galleon. The latter, who is currently safely in foal to European champion Twice Over, had a lovely Blue Tiger two-year-old filly, who unfortunately had to be put down after breaking both her front legs. Solar Galleon, also the dam of the useful four time winner Solar Triptych, also has a lovely Judpot foal (described as a very, nice strong foal by Natasha Barry). Unfortunately she does not have a yearling this year. www.capebreeders.co.za

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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DeceMbeR 2015

Carry On Alice (S'manga Khumalo) scores a narrow win - deceptive from this angle!

Gr2 SOUTHERN CROSS STAKES at Kenilworth last Saturday

Dual Gr1 winner Carry On Alice stamped her class and authority and made it a feature double for her super sire Captain Al, when she got up in a thriller to win the R400 000 Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.

ess than a length covered the first four home in the 1000m contest and with a good mix of fillies from across the country, Carry On Alice’s connections will be feeling decidedly bullish with the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship as her short-term target.

Carry On Alice was SA Champion trainer Sean Tarry’s only runner on the big Summer Of Champions feature day and showed no symptoms of the secondrun-post-a -rest hoodoo as she stormed to victory under regular pilot S’manga Khumalo. KZN visitor Rock On Baby and Jo’s Bond led the charge

with Carry On Alice just off the pace from her 1 draw. At the 400m the cavalry charge was spread across the width of the track as Greg Cheyne grabbed the initiative and sent the Kotzen-trained Princess Royal to lead. The Princess looked to be going very well, but was quickly overwhelmed by Carry On Alice and Cuvee

Brut who went to the line together as one. The photofinish snap showed that Carry On Alice had gotten the nod by a short head. She ran the strip in a time of 57,80 secs. It was a terrific performance in the circumstances by Cuvee Brut, who was hard ridden by Anton Marcus. Real Princess stormed through late under Grant Behr on the inside and she shaded Princess Royal for the third cheque. Princess Royal was the first 3yo to finish with only 0,9 lengths separating the top four. The smart Joburg

SOUTHEASTER SPRINT (Listed) at Kenilworth last Saturday

Approval Granted!

Jockey Grant Behr emerged from the gigantic shadow cast by his veteran colleague Karl Neisius to show that he can ride feature winners if just given the opportunity. Behr rode a cracker of a race to seal top honours when getting the lightly tried Captain Alfredo home in the R150 000 Listed Southeaster Sprint at Kenilworth on Saturday.

eisius’ recent retirement from race-riding has opened a gap for the likeable Behr who has spent the last few years riding the Dean Kannemeyer second-stringers, with mixed success. But on Saturday he was thrust into the hot seat and acquitted himself with aplomb, when scraping home on the Fred Crabbia owned Captain Alfredo in the 1100m sprint feature. Kannemeyer, who continued with his purple patch 2000km away in Durban with a hattrick at Greyville just 24 hours earlier, was as pleased as punch afterwards. “Pound for pound, Grant is as strong as any jockey around and I’m really thrilled that he won this race. It will boost his confidence and that is a major factor for any jockey. He just needs the chance to show his talent,” he said. The race was on from the jump with Coenie De Beer’s speedy Overlord gelding Talktothestars stretching them and looking a winner with a three length lead at the 300m marker. Grant Behr said that when he looked up ‘that horse was gone’. “I was sitting eight to ten lengths back. Captain Alfredo has a turn of foot and he gave

it to me – I thought that I had left it a bit late. I got a fright when I saw the horse (Ernie) sneak up on the rail as I thought I was clear,” he said. Behr put his head down on the smart Captain Alfredo and the Highlands bred 4yo kicked strongly. The Mike Bass trained Ernie powered on from lengths back to ghost up unseen by Behr down the inside rail. He failed by a head and the winner clocked 64,11 secs for the 1100m. Trainer Dean Kannemeyer was full of praise for stallion Captain Al. ‘Well done to Mike Sharkey – Captain Al has another good one. And to Fred Crabbia and Emma Rorke, I appreciate their support. Captain Alfredo won his last start well and that was a strong race. I was impressed with the way he went to go and fetch that horse in front. I probably erred in running him in the Guineas and trying to get him to stay. He is a talented sprinter witha nice turn of foot,” he quipped. The Highlands bred Captain Alfredo is another smashing son of Captain Al out of the five time winner Zooming Zellie. A R750 000 Cape Premier Yearling Sale Book 1 purchase, Captain Alfredo has now won 5 races with 1 place from 9 starts. He took his stakes earned to R264 138 and has won from 1000m to 1300m.

Captain Alfredo (Grant Behr) ﬂies up to pip the unsighted Ernie

3yo’s Entisaar (2,15 lengths) and Little Genie (2,30 lengths) failed to spark and never showed. Winning jockey S’manga Khumalo confirmed that the race hadn’t gone his way. “I got some cover and that helped a lot. She is a top filly and gave her all,” he said. Trainer Sean Tarry thanked his assistant Monique Mansour and trainer Eric Sands, who accommodates Carry On Alice. “I feel the fact that we travelled a bit earlier this year after last year’s experience has helped a lot. We may go for

the Sceptre or Diadem before the Cape Flying,” said Tarry. Carry On Alice was bred by Klawervlei Stud and is by Captain Al out of the four time winning Western Winter mare, Carry On Katie. Her dam was a multiple Gr1 placed Gr2 winner as a 2yo. The Tarry flyer has now won 6 races with 9 places from 18 starts and R2 328 125 in stakes. She sold for R475 000 on the Cape Premier Yearling Sale Book 1 and races in the interests of Chris Van Niekerk, UK-based Dr J Warner and her breeders.

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DecEMber 2015

KZN jockeys threaten boycott after accident shocker

Greyville Disgrace alk of a possible boycott by joc-keys of KZN racemeetings has emerged following a disgraceful tale of ineptitude and lack of care that has come to light in the wake of the accident on Friday evening that saw jockey Jarred Samuel suffer

a bad fall after appearing to clip heels in the closing stages of the fourth race. The facts disclosed to the Sporting Post include details that the telephone number of St Augustine’s Hospital had to be googled by a member of the public and that the on-course doctor had no flashlight to check the stricken jockey’s pupils – using bystanders mobile phone torches instead.

“The St John’s first-aid staff are not adequately trained and do not have the equipment to deal with life threatening injuries such as that witnessed by us at Greyville on Friday evening. “The injured jockey was gurgling and choking in his own blood and his eyes were rolling in his head, yet the paramedics wanted to sedate him. They seemed panic stricken

and clueless,” said an angry family member of a jockey who was riding on the evening. Samuel’s silks and safety vest were removed by a jockey’s wife and he was placed on his side by her in the process of stabilisation. “The on-course doctor arrived without his medical bag and said that he didn’t think to bring it,” she said. She added that the polytrack was ‘bloody hard’ too. “The configuration of the track means the ambulance has to go all the way around the track again as it cannot make a u-turn,” said another bystander. A trained medical person who witnessed the event, but wishes to remain anonymous for professional reasons, said that what should have taken ten minutes, took

Dear Sir, Re: Response to "Greyville Disgrace" Article - Sporting Post Please allow us the opportunity to respond to the totally inaccurate article published on www. sportingpost.co.za in regards to jockey Jarred Samuel on Friday night. It is a great pity that they never contacted anyone to get the true facts regarding this incident.

Stable patients are moved to the First Aid room once treated on the track where they will either be treated by the St Johns staff and the Doctor if needed, and await for a outside ambulance to transport them to hospital. This allows the track ambulance to be next to the track in time for the next race. However, if the injury is serious, and any delay could cause further injury to the patient, the ambulance will immediately leave the race with the patient whilst another ambulance is rushed to cover the event. This might delay the start of the next race. However, no race will start without the ambulance next to the track.

This is exactly what the hospital does, and has been doing to him over the weekend, by placing him into a drug induced coma. This prevents the patient from fighting the machines, etc. This has to be done in a predetermined manner. What might seem panic stricken and clueless is a well rehearsed procedure. This was not made any easier by the fact that Jarred was extremely restless and ripped out the first drip that was set up, and the large crowd that had gathered. At this stage, a transport ambulance had already been called by the crew at the race. "St John Ambulance man a public first-aid facility under the main stand and their staff were not involved in the incident. This was confirmed by an official from their Durban office, who said that they were not involved directly in jockey emergencies, which was the responsibility of the EMS." "We have had a longstanding association with horseracing, but have two volunteers manning a facility. We would obviously assist where we could, but my staff have confirmed that they were not called to the scene of the accident," he said." The St Johns staff are volunteers, not professionals, and have at most basic training. Legally they cannot even transport a stable patient with a drip up. However, they perform a vital role at the events. "Samuel's silks and safety vest were removed by a jockey's wife and he was placed on his side by her in the process of stabilisation." Again, this is totally incorrect. The silks and vest were in fact cut off Jarred by our Paramedic, Surina Maganlal herself.This was done, prior to turning Jarred on his side, in order to examine his spine and back for any injuries or wounds, as well as to allow the fluids in his moth to drain, whilst the sedation took effect. During this entire time, there was someone holding his head in line with his spine in order to make sure there was no movement of his cervical spine, just in case there was a cervical spinal injury. "The on-course doctor arrived without his medical bag and said that he didn't think to bring it," she said." The Doctor has to cater for all types of situations and medical cases. Our ambulance has two jump bags, one equipped to Intermediate Life support, and one Jump Bag equipped to Advanced Life Support, which also includes all resuscitation drugs. Any Advanced Life practitioner has access to this bag, as well as any doctor who requests them. They are far bigger and better equipped than any doctors bag, and are specifically equipped for trauma. Unlike a doctor, that is all we do. A doctor has to treat everything, right down to looking into someone's ear, diagnose a fever, headache, swollen

legs, etc. I can assure you that whatever the doctor needed for this emergency was available to him from our bag. "She added that the polytrack was 'bloody hard' too." "The configuration of the track means the ambulance has to go all the way around the track again as it cannot make a u-turn," said another bystander. A trained medical person who witnessed the event, but wishes to remain anonymous for professional reasons, said that what should have taken ten minutes, took roughly three times as long." Again, this is totally inaccurate. The video footage of this incident will bear testimony to this. The moment the jockey fell, the vehicle stopped on the tar that runs next to the track and the Advanced Life Support paramedic exited the vehicle and ran to the jockey. The second ambulance crew opened the back and carried the equipment to the patient and the paramedic. Once the patient was stablilized and packaged for transport it proceeded to the TOTE board, through the golf parking area and onto the track, stopping next to the patient to load. This should have 'taken 10 minutes, instead it took 3 times as long?" 30 minutes to take a ambulance onto the track? Highly unlikely. it might have taken 30 minutes to treat, stabilize and package the patient, but that is why you have trained and qualified staff, rather than just throw the patient on a stretcher and race off to hospital. As per the patient report form (attached) it took 18 minutes from the time of the incident until leaving the track with the patient. "The doctor should have intubated him up front - that is the basic process. Yet he kept saying it was 'touch and go'. The first aid-kit had to be used to prop Jarred's head up and the cervical collar was not available immediately. I don't want to knock fellow medical personnel unnecessarily, but really it was a poor show from start to finish... the doctor should have arrived with his torch and stethoscope as basic procedure." The paramedic had all the equipment in the vehicle. Earlier in the report it was mentioned that the patient was gurgling and why the patient could not be intubated immediately. As soon as the sedation took effect, the patient was intubated. This equipment came from our ambulance. This same equipment is fitted with a torch in the front in order to illuminate the vocal chords when intubating. This same torch is used to shine in the patients pupils to see if they react to light. This is the only purpose of the torch. Once the sedation kicks in, the pupils relax and don't react in any case. We have 2 stethoscopes available in the ambulance. At all times a medic held onto Jarred's head until such time that the cervical collar was applied. The writer claims

“Does somebody have to die before they will upgrade and properly manage the medical surveillance facility at Greyville Racecourse?” asks a jockey’s distraught mother after eye-witness accounts of a bizarre comedy of errors and allegations of a lack of professionalism on the part of medical staff – which included the ambulance’s inability to gain quick access to an injured rider following a horror accident at the track on Friday evening.

Background Information We have a dedicated team of paramedics that have been serving the Gold Circle events for many years. At every event, the ambulance is on site 1 hour before hand in case of traffic hold-ups or other unforeseen situations. A second ambulance is always on standby, as well as a response vehicle, just in case something happens to the dedicated vehicle or staff whilst they are on the way to the race. The ambulance is at all times manned by a ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT paramedic as well as a Basic Life Support Paramedic. The staff on duty on Friday have been at this particular track for many years (ALS 6 years, BLS 2 years). The ambulance is equipped to full Advanced Life Support level, which includes all the normal ambulance equipment, with jump bags as well as a ventilator and cardiac monitor. Included is full spinal immobilization equipment, as well as two sets of cervical collars. Our vehicle has on several occasions been inspected at the track without forewarning and has always complied with these requirements. We welcome any inspection, at any time. The paramedics used are operational on the road when not at the races, and are exposed and highly experienced to everyday severe accidents and injuries, and have been doing this for many years. On every day of racing, our ambulance follows every race with those two staff. No race has ever started without the ambulance following. St Johns ambulance is also on site, however they are responsible for the First Aid room, and have staff that have a Basic Ambulance Assistant qualification. A Doctor is also at the event, and is overall in charge of all medical situations, available over the radio at all times. Should a member of the audience require any sort of help, they would go to the First Aid Station. Should there be a injury on the track, before, during or after the actual race, the patient will receive immediate attention.

Facts On The Day "The EMS staff are not adequately trained and do not have the equipment to deal with life threatening injuries such as that witnessed by us at Greyville on Friday evening". The vehicle fully equipped to Advanced Life support level, with every bit of equipment required. The requirement list can be found on the SAPAESA webpage (South African Private Ambulance and Emergency Services Association), who are responsible for inspecting ALL ambulances in South Africa before a practice license can be issued. As mentioned, the staff are very experienced and highly qualified. "The injured jockey was gurgling and choking in his own blood and his eyes were rolling in his head, yet the paramedics wanted to sedate him. They seemed panic stricken and clueless," said an angry family member of a jockey who was riding on the evening." This statement shows the total lack of understanding of medical procedures by the writer. In order to remove any kind of fluid from the mouth or airway, the Paramedic has to suction the area. First line on protection is inserting a airway (oropharyngeal airway / OP airway), that forces the tongue forward and prevents it lying against the back of your airway, typically seen as 'snoring'. This keeps an open air passage for the air to enter the lungs. However, you have to be pretty unconscious to tolerate this. When you no longer have the ability to cough or swallow what is in the back of your mouth, you will inhale this into your lungs. This could be saliva, blood or vomit etc. When The Paramedic inserted the OP airway into Jarred's mouth, however he clenched his teeth together preventing the insertion of this. This creates a problem with whatever is in the mouth that is causing the gurgling, which has to be removed urgently. Standard practice is to sedate the patient in order to get the muscles to relax, and the jaw to be opens so that he can be suctioned. However, this also causes the GAG reflex to disappear, so the patient has to be intubated to protect the airway.

roughly three times as long. “The doctor should have incubated him up front – that is the basic process. Yet he kept saying it was ‘touch and go’. The first aid-kit had to be used to prop Jarred’s head up and the cervical collar was not available immediately. I don’t want to knock fellow medical personnel unnecessarily, but really it was a poor show from start to finish – the doctor should have arrived with his torch and stethoscope as basic procedure.” It has also emerged that the Greyville Ambulance is not adequately equipped with life support apparatus to deal with an injury such as that suffered by Samuel and that it was held up in traffic en route to the hospital as it had no siren. That is a shocking indictment of poor planning and a lack of care on the part of management overseeing one of the world’s most dangerous sports. In a further

potentially life threatening timewasting administrative bungle, the stock of an authorisation form meant to accompany the patient was also depleted after start handler Mike Shaw had been kicked in the chest a week earlier – and the last form had been used for his case and not replenished. “The whole show is just not good enough and smacks of incompetence and amateurism. Gold Circle management are aware of it from previous incidents. Do they care? Certainly not on what we saw on Friday evening,” said a jockey’s mother, who confirmed that there was no action on the part of the racing operator when the issues had been raised previously. The good news to emerge from sources close to the Samuel family is that Jarred’s condition has stabilised after spending much of the weekend in an induced coma and he has no broken bones.

that no collar was available, which is a blatant lie. It might not have been inside the overstuffed jump bag, but the ambulance is equipped with 2 sets of collars, 6 in total. "It has also emerged that the Greyville Ambulance is not adequately equipped with life support apparatus to deal with an injury such as that suffered by Samuel and that it was held up in traffic en route to the hospital as it had no siren." All equipment came from the ambulance. The vehicle is inspected and equipped to full advanced life support level. Racing to a hospital with sirens on has not happened since 1980. With the level of training and equipment in the vehicle, the patient receives the same treatment on site as he would in a casualty unit. The patient is stabilized on scene and transported. It is not possible to monitor and care for a patient that is slamming on brakes and racing through intersections, changing lanes and throwing the patient and attendant around in the back of a vehicle. This is even more important where there is a chance of a spinal injury. A smooth, stable and controlled trip to hospital is required. Everything the patient needs is with him in the vehicle. The vehicle is also most at risk when flying through intersections with sirens on. Most accidents happen here. "In a further potentially life threatening time-wasting administrative bungle, the stock of an authorisation form meant to accompany the patient was also depleted after the start handler Mike Shaw had been kicked in the chest a week earlier - and the last form had been used for his case and not replenished." We are not sure that this form refers to. If it is our patient report form, please see the attached Patient Report Form. The top number is our serial number. Books are printed in triplicate, in batches of 50, and this was defiantly not our last form. "The whole show is just not good enough and smacks of incompetence and amateurism. Gold Circle management are aware of it from previous incidents. Do they care? Certainly not on what we saw on Friday evening," said a jockey's mother, who confirmed that there was no action on the part of the racing operator when the issues had been raised previously." Every incident has been fully investigated. As always, we are happy to meet and discuss any event, the paramedics are happy to bring their side of

the event, and our vehicles remain accessible to anyone to inspect at any time. We have always given every requirement that Gold Circle requests, and consider them to be way ahead in their planning and preparedness towards any incident that might happen. "The good news to emerge from sources close to the Samuel family is that Jarred's condition has stabilised after spending much of the weekend in an induced coma and he has no broken bones." Please see the attached copy of today's newspaper. Jarred was kept in an induced coma for the entire weekend. This is exactly what we did on the track, before intubating him and packaging him BEFORE transporting him to hospital.

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Conclusion I have absolutely no doubt that there is an ulterior motive behind this report. It is based on misinformation and blatant lies. At no stage was the patient exposed to any risk at any stage, and received the best possible treatment from the time of his fall right up to the delivery at the hospital. We normally make use of Citimed Ambulance service for the transportation from Greyville, as they are based right next to the track. However, being a Friday night, and just after payday, all their ambulances were out. 5 additional ambulances were contacted, but all were busy. ER24 eventually managed to send a vehicle from Pinetown, but in the interest of the patient, it was decided to transport the patient and use the ER24 ambulance to cover the race until our vehicle returned to the track. We are more than happy to sit with the family, Gold Circle as well as the 'medic' who has made these accusations. We are passionate about what we do. We don't run EVENT MEDICAL SERVICES as a part time business. It is a dedicated stand-alone company with passionate staff. We have a dedicated fleet of 12 ambulances, that are specific to the requirements of the event. Hoping that this sets the records straight. Please feel free to contact us at any time should you need further clarity or further information. Peter Myles - Manager Event Medical Services

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There’s a John Betjeman poem called False Security. It’s about a little boy going to a children’s birthday party. The boy is nervous about having to walk past a scary house, supposedly haunted by a ghost. He makes it past the house and, triumphant, has a lovely time at the party, only to be broadsided on departure by a cruel, thoughtless comment by his hostess’s mother – “I wonder where Julia found that strange, rather common little boy?”

any (many) years ago, I rode in an amateur race at Kenilworth. I thought I was adequately prepared - I’d done lots of prep work, we’d passed our pens certificate with flying colours and I ascribed my normally kind and steady horse’s sudden flightiness to the violent strain of South-easter that seems exclusively reserved for Milnerton. The night before the race, I packed and repacked my bag to make sure I hadn’t missed anything. My kit was clean, my boots were polished and my breeches were so white they hurt the eye. I even remembered the extra lead I needed to make the weight (oh happy days!). Almost as an afterthought, I packed a vial of Rescue Remedy in case my horse got upset having to travel on his own. Bizarrely, while I fretted about a million things, the one thing I didn’t worry about was my horse. We were pretty tight and with that wonderful confidence of youth and female logic I was sure that no matter what happened, I could count on him to look after me. I had factored without the demon that apparently lurked in our horsebox and decided to possess him during the drive to the race course! My dad, who’d spent the day chain smoking, looked in danger of going up in smoke altogether as we headed to the saddling box. How we got the saddle on I still don’t know and it took two grooms to lead us round

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the parade ring and keep us from taking off like a helium balloon and disappearing into the ether. Reaching for the Rescue Remedy, I ignored the dosage instructions and necked the lot. The point is that sometimes danger lurks in unexpected places. Of course, sometimes it does not, and in such cases, it’s really unforgiveable that we should bury our heads in the sand and hope for the best.

Inherent Danger Horses, as the old expression goes, are dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. Throw a whole bunch of them together in a high pressured, electric environment and you can dial the danger factor up to ‘are you crazy?’ I was fretting over one of my horses one day when my exasperated trainer finally exploded: ‘It’s just a maiden race, not the bloody Grand National you know!’ He was right, it was ‘just a maiden’, but the problem is that racing doesn’t occasionally just lapse into ‘are you crazy’ territory – that’s where we do business. And every time we get onto, or even near a horse, we risk potential injury. Horse riding is one of the most dangerous sporting activities bar none. Statistics reflect that every rider can expect a serious injury for approximately every 350 hours of riding, which means that as the old horsemen say, it’s not a question of if you’re going to get hurt, it’s simply a question of when and how bad it will be. As I wrote in these very pages not too long ago, one hopes for the best, but you plan for the worst. If danger and injury are a given – and it’s blindingly obvious that they are - then it stands to reason that racing should take every possible precaution and be prepared for any and every eventuality on a race day. If one compares the number of medics and first aid staff on stand by at any given rugby game to the numbers we have on race days, it’s patently clear that racing falls very short.

Do the basics Let’s look at a few basics needed to get through an average race day: A serviceable track, working starting stalls, hose pipes on a hot day, (out in plain sight and extra points if it’s connected to a tap); the dreaded green screen, a firearm or other means of attending to a horse that needs to be euthanized and people who are qualified to perform the deed if necessary. Working radios and communication equipment (checked regularly and batteries changed), the emergency vehicles (fueled up, if you please), trained medics, fire extinguishers and correctly stocked first aid boxes. Is anyone else feeling a little uncomfortable? Jockeys have all sorts of rules and regulations about their equipment, the specs on their safety vests and interestingly, the NHA has just implemented rule changes requiring jockeys to have a minimum of R1 million life assurance and disability cover. We do random drug and urine tests and we take specimens from our runners and riders to ensure that they’re all operating at full capacity. But what about the guys running the show? Who checks up on them? Because I don’t see any NHA rules as far as they’re concerned. Mind you, we know how our regulators feel about rules! It would be interesting to find out whether our tracks carry any public liability insurance and what their minimum responsibilities are in terms of safety for rider, horse and groom (yes, they’re on course too). I wouldn’t like to bet money on whether grooms are ever shown around the facilities and told where to go and what to do in case of an emergency and these are the guys who spend most of their time dealing with the horses and therefore most at risk. Even office workers have regular fire drills to make sure everyone knows the basics of not using the lifts, which exits

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to use and where to assemble. It would be interesting to find out whether there are safety drills at the race course. No, nevermind, don’t answer that. This is the sort of stuff that used to fall under ‘common sense’, but unfortunately one can’t take common sense for granted these days, so we’ve had to turn it into a job description and name it ‘Health & Safety’ (or as my husband likes to term the South African version, ‘health or safety’). However, it seems that even that isn’t enough. Race day processes and procedures are something we are remarkably relaxed about, given that we make a living hurtling groups of highly strung horses around man made tracks at a hundred miles an hour. Most folks are hard pressed to find their way onto the course, nevermind where to find help in an emergency. The safety access road (good luck trying to get a vehicle onto the Kenilworth track in a hurry), a serviceable vehicle, a correctly equipped first aid box, a trained paramedic, a list of emergency contact numbers - these are the boring, unsexy minutiae vital to getting us safely through a race day. We’re supposed to take care of those things first, not as an afterthought once we’ve decided what to serve for lunch. Somehow we seem to get these things back to front.

Priorities In a very short space of time, we’ve had the most ridiculous polytrack design implemented at Greyville with a tar road right next to the track, no safety ditch and concrete pillars at regular intervals along the far side of the tarred road. In June last year, Richard Fourie suffered a nasty fall on Jet Explorer in the Gold Challenge. While much was made of Jet Explorer’s horrific injuries (and rightly so), other than missing Richard in some of the KZN winter features, very little was said about his injury. I like horses as much as the next bunny hugger, but it’s an upside down world where an

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injured horse generates more concern than his fallen jockey – someone’s son, husband and father. One wonders quite what it will take to get someone to sit up and pay attention? If recent events are anything to go by, that turns out to be S’manga Khumalo lying out on the Turffontein track on International day and Jarred Samuel being in hospital in an induced coma. Really guys? We need to risk two lives before we review our policies? After the Smanga incident, we asked whether there were two ambulances on course. The answer should have been available immediately – safety procedures should be a given, not the subject of an inventory check. Instead we were put in a holding pattern of ‘we’re launching an enquiry.’ There is a man lying in hospital in a coma after a series of bungles that Fawlty Towers would be proud of and again, we’re ‘having an enquiry’. I’d wager that if it hadn’t been for these events happening so close together, there probably wouldn’t be a fuss at all. If it requires two high profile falls to ‘launch an enquiry’, the odds of getting someone to be proactive and take action BEFORE we have a mishap seem staggering. Does there really need to be blood on the grass before we realise that there are real lives at stake here? Folks, this isn’t a These are our day the fact that we’re to discuss this is terrifying.

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If you have to die, do it at the airport Did you know that the best place to have a heart attack (other than a hospital of course) is an airport, because they usually keep a defibrillator on site. Interestingly, other places that also usually have them are shopping malls and surprise surprise, casinos. Considering the volume of people passing through these facilities on a daily basis, it’s inevitable that at some point someone is going to need one and therefore they take the necessary precautions.

Given the volume of horses we deal with and the dangers involved, the racecourse should be so well prepared and versed in safety procedures that it should be one of the BEST places to have an accident, not the worst. And while the spotlight is uncomfortably focused on our race tracks at the moment, it’s worth sparing a thought for our training facilities. A racecourse usually has around 100 horses on site on any given race day. Training centres have many times that number and far more horses sharing the track at the same time, plus jockeys, grooms, trainers, assistants and the odd owner and visitor. Where are the safety, medical and veterinary facilities? (answers on a post card). Some yards still don’t have workmen’s compensation for their grooms! Our jockeys get a lot of stick, but there are not many people who start their day at 4am, forced out into the elements come rain, sleet or shine to face living, breathing, unpredictable creatures 10 times their body weight, at speeds of up to 60 km per hour. Not many who have the supreme discipline to survive the physical hardships and deprivations of the gym and sweat box, pushing their bodies to the limits of their endurance to sweat off that one last ounce for the privilege of sitting on a half ton of revved up horse power. Few with the nerves to withstand the continuous series of high pressured, high velocity, split second decisions, under the tightest scrutiny and with thousands of rands riding on every move; who can go from hero to zero and back again in the space of an afternoon. There are not many professionals that are followed by an ambulance every time they go to work, but those that do, are called jockeys. With million rand owners, horses and race days, and thousands of rands riding on them in every race, our jockeys have about a hundred things to worry about on race day – safety procedures should not be one of them.

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Kiss Of Death RICH &

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Kent Desormeaux’s ride on Mister Brightside in Saturday’s Hollywood Derby has turned into a transatlantic war of words after Desormeaux responded to criticism from trainer Jeremy Noseda, with a robust defence of his performance - including a suggestion that Noseda “can kiss my ”.

Certiﬁed Luck

The Gavin van Zyl-trained Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes winner Budapest passed his starting stalls test earlier this week and was recertiﬁed tractable. He will line up from a wide draw for the Gr 1 Cape Guineas next Saturday.

Of The Draw

After flamboyant, and greying, trainer Cliffie Miller had saddled the 4yo Captain Al gelding Al Lateece to win the first at Flamingo Park on Monday, he bemoaned the fact that nobody ever sent him horses by this top sire. “Maybe I’m just too poor for the Captain Al’s,” he laughed.

Top jockey Anthony Delpech gave a hint of the frustration felt by riders with trainer instructions over the Scottsville sprint track – which seems fair all over: “Jocks are pressured to go inside by trainers. If we go out and get beat then it’s our fault,” he quipped.

TURNED OVER

After six terms of uninterrupted growth, Hong Kong now has a pari-mutuel total turnover that is lower than the season before at the same point - and that’s the ﬁrst time that has happened since 2008-09. That was also the last season that turnover dipped, in the wake of the global ﬁnancial crisis.

JUST DOING IT This is sponsor loyalty! LeBron James has a contract with Nike that started when he was a skinny 18 year old and will last until he dies. The NBA megastar has signed a lifetime endorsement deal extending a partnership James began with Nike before he graduated from high school.

Vive Le France

French jockey Thierry Jarnet has won the title in the Attitude International Jockeys Day held at the Champ de Mars this past Sunday. Compatriot Olivier Placais was runner-up, while Derreck David ﬁnished in 3rd. David is enjoying an overdue honeymoon with the season now closed until 2016.

HELLO & DUBAI Ertijaal, Liquid Mercury, Tellina, Mutamakkin and Al Mashooqa, as well as two new acquisitions Eisenhower (USA) and Winkleman (IRE), are presently in quarantine in the UAE, where they will spend the next few days before being released to Mike de Kock’s Blue Stables.

CONFIDENCE Word is out that South African trainers have signed a motion of no conﬁdence in the oﬃcial NHA handicapper. It seems that trainers and owners are fed up with ‘incompetent handicapping.’ This is bound to be an interesting debate – watch this space for more. Chief Handicapper Roger Smith is back from Hong Kong next Monday.

Please Call Me

Jockeys Karl Zechner and Eldin Webber were found to have their mobile phones in the jockey’s quarters at Fairview on 19 June and fined R1000 each – both fines wholly suspended for 6 months. The fine seems a touch lenient given the transgression.

Lovely Naughty

Previously named Indie Pop, he won his third race in Hong Kong on Sunday and took his earnings to over HK$2 million. A Summerhill bred R470k BSA RTR graduate son of Kahal, he was selected by veteran Bloodstock Agent, Colin Palm.

The CTS Million Dollar will be run at Kenilworth on 23 January 2016 CAPE Fillies Guineas winner Silver Mountain is eyeing the CTS Million Dollar and she looks close to unstoppable at this stage. Rated by the Mike Bass team to possibly be better than the likes of their best fillies ever – and here we are talking names like Sun Classique and Crimson Palace – Silver Mountain looks to be one of the most exciting things to happen to Cape racing in recent times. She has pulled a 2 draw for the CTS Million Dollar which will be run at Kenilworth on 23 January 2016 – the Investec Day Of Dreams, which includes the Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes and the Gr1 Investec Cape Derby. The CTS Million Dollar is for 3yo’s and is restricted to eligible graduates of the 2014 Cape Premier Yearling Sale held on 23 and 24 January 2014 and the 2014 CTS March Yearling Sale held on 22 and 23 March 2014. The log is shown below – it was compiled prior to the Cape Fillies Guineas.

CTS Million Dollar

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Ralph Rixon

On 5 December 2015, Silver Mountain raced her way into the history books by winning the Cape Fillies Guineas. One doesn’t often write about the horse that finished second, but when that horse is called Our Destiny and runs in the red and yellow silks of Ralph and Val Rixon, one makes an exception.

RALPH and Val are one of racing, if not life’s, larger than life characters and it is a joy to not only have them back on course, but seeing them have a really nice filly – and a homebred one at that! Our Destiny comes with a lovely story, which Val tells with relish. “The grandam, Galactic Way, was a polo pony that we gave to a friend in Durban called Johnny Rey. She was quite well bred and when it looked as though the family was on the up, we got hold of her and sent her to Terry Silcock. We bred her to Sapieha and that really goes back – Terrance (Millard) had a share in that horse, so it’s quite a story. “ Ralph continues, “We got Plumosa, which we raced in partnership with Johnny. When she retired I offered to buy him out, but he said he’d stuck out all these years with us, and wanted to stay in. The first foal was a very nice horse that Woodruff had (Disa Leader). We had very high hopes and it won 3 or 4 like a champ, but something happened and it went cold on us. Geoff said he could get a price for him from Mauritius, so we sent him there and he won 7 races and was Mauritius Horse of the Year in 2010. Then he was sold to Dubai.” Plumosa’s next foal was Split The Profit, who was a useful sort over sprint distances and raced with Glen Kotzen and Mitch Wiese. “It was with much gnashing of teeth on my part that we sent her to Var – he’s quite expensive - but this is the result!” says Val cheerfully. Our Destiny has had 4 starts for a win and 3 seconds, most recently to Silver Mountain in the Cape Fillies Guineas.

About them Val’s father was the wine maker at Constantia and she learned to ride as a child. Ralph was born in Claremont, “right near where all the professional trainers had all their stables. Doncaster Road in Kenilworth was like Milnerton is now – all the trainers, like Gorton and Syd Garett, were along there. My mother was from Holland and came to South Africa as an 18 year old. My father was

an RAF aircraft mechanic. After the war they sent a lot of planes out here and were here for 5 or 6 years. Dad was in charge of the mechanical side of them. When they packed up, he said he liked it such a lot, he was staying. He met my mother, got married and that was that.” Ralph was the second of the couple’s four children. His sister Joyce, his senior by two years, went on to marry Terrance Millard. “After school we used to toddle down to the stables and look at the horses. Eventually the grooms put us on and lead us around. The horses quietened down once we were on their backs and that’s how it started.” Ralph started riding work and eventually had a string of amateur racehorses. He was also an accomplished polo player. “The polo field was behind Kenilworth – everything was close.”

Amateur ranks “In those days, Durbanville was an amateur track. The weights were higher and all of us that couldn’t be jockeys rode there - Terrance, Botten, Alan Higgins – the whole lot of us. When they turned Durbanville into a professional course, most of us became professional trainers.” “I was involved in a big way. As a youngster of 16 I had about 15 horses in training. My father said the racing game was not a good business to be in and said I must either take a trade or go my own way, so I became an apprentice carpenter. I did 5 years with my uncle, who was a big builder in Cape Town and once I finished, Val and I got married in 1953. A friend of Val’s parents said come to Northern Rhodesia, there’s work and good money and I said ‘that’s me!’ and we packed up and went for two years. That stretched into 14, but within 5 years I’d organised professional racing in Northern Rhodesia on the copper belt. It was very nice and one of the things I appreciated doing in my life. There were 4 mines up there approximately 30 km from each other. Each made their own racecourse. The kids had gymkhanas on a Saturday and we’d have an 8 race card

of flat racing on Sundays. Val was my work rider and was Champion jockey in 1966,” he says proudly. After 14 years, the Rixons returned to South Africa. Ralph continues. “Somebody found out that I was home and said there was a big contract in Observatory they wanted me to work on. I said I was going to start training. They said please do this and offered me a good bonus, so I built the place. In the meantime I’d bought ground in Philippi and started building stables there. I got a bulldozer and cleared all the bush and made a beautiful sand track. Nine months after I stopped work, I took out my license and started training.”

Big horses Ralph still rates Jamaican Music as the best horse he ever trained. “He was an absolute champ – he won the Nursery, the Guineas, the Derby and the July - you can’t ask for more.” A client by the name of Dr Crohin wanted a grey horse, so Ralph duly visited Granville Gorton and was taken with the son of Jamaico in the paddock. “We bought him off the farm. Dr Crohin came down from South West Africa with a big suitcase, opened it up in front of Granville and he couldn’t refuse! Crohin was one of the best owners I ever had. When I won the July, he said go and pick a car. I said I’d seen a nice, medium sized car, I’m not sure of the make and he said, ‘you’re not buying that rubbish, go and get a Mercedes!’ So I went and bought a beautiful Mercedes that I had for years and years. Every race the horse ran, he gave me something big. I’ve got a watch on today that he gave me when Jamaican Music won the Hawaii Stakes. I wore it for many years and one day something happened and I had to send it to Johannesburg to be looked at. They phoned and said it had to be insured, so I said insure it then. The man asked whether I knew what it was worth and it turned out to be R24k! It was a gold watch with a gold strap and one of the best makes in the world. He was very good to us.”

“Once I’d won all those big races, the clients started coming along and I had an average of 100 horses in training. I was always based in Philippi - it was really easy there, the ground was beautiful and we made the track through the bush so the south easter didn’t blow the sand away. I had my own truck and used to take my horses to Kenilworth to the grass track.”

That’s racing Festive Season was his next big success. “Every year I used to buy myself a filly at the sales. Festive Season was bred by Colin Tyler and I’d paid R6k for her. One of my patrons was worried that they hadn’t got a horse yet. When I said it will come, he said what about Festive Season? So I said alright, you take her, I’ll buy another. I bought another filly for R21k on the same day – I was probably getting desperate at the end – she never won a race. That’s the racing game for you!” Ralph got 1986 J&B Met winner, Wild West, from Paul de Wet. “I’d seen him on the farm and his front legs weren’t the best, but he was well bred and the Roland Gardens all stayed well. When he got to the sales, he’d improved on the legs, and I thought he’d go for a lot of money. In the end, I bought him for R40k which was a bargain. I left him alone for 6 months to mature, then I trotted and cantered him for 6 months to get him strong and teach him where to put his legs. He was a very good horse, but he always had those legs and eventually he broke a leg in front of the post at Clairwood and had to be put down.” A disgruntled client brought him 1989 Gold Cup winner Tropicante from the Herman Brown yard. “He had shocking legs. He stood in ice every day for 2 years, but he was a very good stayer.” Heir to Riches was a topclass homebred. “We bred him in our back paddock. He was bits and pieces all the way along. I got a mare that couldn’t gallop too well and said I’ll put her to stud. Terrance had the stallion (Kama) so I got a

free service. We kept him in the back stable and he got the leavings from the rest of the horses – that’s how we managed to breed a few. One of my clients bought him off me and 18 months later wanted to change trainers. I said, only a pleasure, but tell you what, give me my horse back. In exchange I offered him an Argentinian horse that had won 2 races – a maiden a novice – and he said that’s very fair and took it. I got Heir To Riches and three months later he won the big race at Clairwood. The other never won another race. That’s racing!” he chuckles.

Mentor Ralph had three assistants during his career – Geoff Woodruff, his son Guy Rixon and Glen Kotzen. “All three were champion trainers, so I’ve got something to live for in the results. With My Destiny I can say I helped Glen train that horse, even if it was 30 years ago!” he jokes. “Glen is very close to me. When Guy passed on, the two of us were great mates and it’s never stopped, which is very nice. He’s a very nice chap and he’s got a very nice wife. He’s a good horseman and he always does well, but if you haven’t got horses, you can’t win races. He hit a bit of a flat spot last year - he didn’t have a good sale,

which tells when the horses start to run, but it’ll come. The racing game is very up and down – one year you have a champion and the next year nothing. It’s just a question of time.” Ralph also mentored Karl Neisius. “He served his whole apprenticeship with me. He was a great rider and a very good horseman. He had very good hands. He rode for me for a long time after his apprenticeship too.” Ralph retired in about 1994. They briefly settled Hout Bay, before moving to Cape Infanta and the two are currently based at Helderberg Village in Somerset West. “It’s absolutely fabulous – I don’t even have to change a lightbulb!”

Our Destiny Val and Ralph are having a lot of fun with their filly and don’t mind finishing second to Silver Mountain. “That’s a real cracker, probably one of the best I’ve seen, but we won’t run into her again,” he muses. “She’ll be going for the big stuff now. Our filly pulled up well after the Guineas. We’ve got no plans for now, but we’ll put our heads together and place her nicely. I don’t want to push her. She’s a good filly and what she doesn’t win this year, she’ll win next year.”

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

AMSDEN S AMBLING’S

Difficult Decisions

Well, it has been a funny old week, full of ups and downs. Sadly more downs than ups. Sometimes some difficult decisions have to be taken, writes Joey Ramsden.

would like to congratulate the whole Bass Racing Team on the superb performance of Silver Mountain. We were lucky enough to train the dam, Our Table Mountain. We won a few races with her, including some Listed races. She was quite a good filly with a beautiful pedigree and it is no surprise to see her produce something as beastly good as the winner we saw on Saturday. Silver Mountain is a total and utter machine. I think we have been lucky down here in the Western Cape to see two extraordinary individuals, both in the colts and the fillies ranks. The CTS Ready to Run winner is no slouch and this filly is as good as anything I have seen in many a year. Will they clash? We will have to wait and see but obviously the Million dollar race will probably end up being Silver Mountain’s target, having got Grade 1 black type under her belt. The big money will be difficult to turn down even for an industrious man like Dr Andreas Jacobs.

people at the yard who do skits for the internet and television. Jonathan (Rikus de Beer) and his crew from Radio Raps are doing something entertaining on the J&B Met. They mostly do it in Afrikaans so I could be in a little trouble when it comes to them talking to me. I have a basic understanding but when I am having the mickey taken out of me, I could be way out of my depth. I am not looking forward to the next half hour.

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It is not often one sees the powerful Mike de Kock stable come down and finish up blank in the two main feature races. I wonder if with that wonderful and infallible thing called hindsight, he would not have wanted to swap his pair of runners around. Entisaar did not quite fire but is plainly

better than that and I am sure once she has settled in down here, we will get to see the best of her. Noor, who ran in the Fillies Guineas, just looked totally outpaced and was run off her feet the whole way. We are sure to see more of her again. Fillies Guineas day was lovely weather-wise and a smashing day. There was a rather strange man entertaining the children – and some of the adults. He certainly would not be one for my kid’s parties. There is great racing ahead, not just here but everywhere. We have King of Pain coming up for his second run. Everyone at the yard loves him and we are hoping to see some of his old form. I was extremely happy with his sprint up last time out. Read the whole story on www.joeyramsden.com

Nailed It

A couple of the other feature races were interesting, producing some decent results. Carry On Alice is really as hard as nails. She travels here, there and everywhere and always puts in her best performance. She really is something out of the top drawer but I think it is her heart that makes her the special one that she is. It is typical of the progeny of Captain Al. We have quite a nice week’s racing ahead with the Victress Stakes and we have a filly in that called Gallica Rose. She is a lot like Carry On Alice in that she also started life off slowly and blossomed into a Grade 2 filly. I think if one had told racing manager, Justin Vermaak, that is what she would have ended up as he would have fallen over backwards. However, she keeps getting better and fingers crossed it keeps happening this season. Monday morning, as always, was busy here and we had quite an interesting group of

Avontuur’s Classic New Generation

Avontuur Estate and Thoroughbred Stud Farm will present proven international sire Oratorio’s yearlings on sale for the first time in South Africa, at the 2016 Cape Premier Yearling Sale, which takes place on 21 and 22 January at the CTICC.

ith a total of 31 yearlings from this highly rated stallion in Book 1, and recent international Group wins by mature runners Mourinho and Military Attack, Avontuur Estate believes that Oratorio’s contribution to classic racing in this country will be immense. Oratorio has consistently been in the leading sires lists in Europe and with 7 international Group 1 winners to his name he is sure to be well received in SA as a proven sire of tough, sound, classic horses. “We’ve had some exposure to him in this country with Ottimo, Orator’s Daughter and most recently Bella’s Empire strutting their stuff,” says GM Pippa Mickleburgh. “This sale is the culmination of a dream which started with his arrival at Avontuur in October 2013 and is now becoming reality. He was visited by an excellent calibre of mares in his first and second seasons and with the latest achievements by his international campaigners, has proven his longevity, consistency and toughness, which comes through in his progeny. “ From the Avontuur crop, Pippa is most excited about a muscular filly called Hot Chocolate out of excellent race mare Mochachino and the strong colt out of A Daughter’s Legacy called Ancestry. Another good looking colt is the half-brother to Contador out of Fine Wood, who is a racy attractive specimen. Although much of the interest for this Sale is built around Oratorio, Avontuur is presenting some excellent Var’s as well with a well-grown flashy filly out of Baltic Beauty heading the list. “She is from the family of Mother Russia and has such a zest for life and lots of personality, I look forward to seeing more of her in future,” says Pippa. Rumbavar out of Muambo is another filly who is a full sister to multiple winner Varumba, and should be interesting to watch as well. Pippa has invited interested buyers to make an appointment with her at Avontuur Estate for a private viewing between 5 January to 15 January, or from the 19th at Avontuur’s Stud Lounge at the CTICC.

ands Of Time: 6 - 12 December 1995

Big Money & Small Fields

To own a decent horse in Gauteng must be a pleasure indeed. There are so many nicely endowed races slotted into the calendar, and some of them are so poorly supported, that to cash-strapped owners elsewhere it must look like Father Christmas working overtime to give away all his goodies.

nd prize money levels are going up again in 1996! The 7 December Viljoensdrif Handicap at the Vaal for example over 2200m offered a very nice R40 000 to the winner (not much less than some Graded events in other Provinces). While the market suggested a match between Gold Panner and Faradeh, Vino Rosa simply murdered them both. Having her first start since joining the stable of David Ferraris, the five-year-old Foveros mare wasn’t going to be beaten

from the moment she strolled past early pacemaker Lord Orizaba around 400m from home. She ran right away from the opposition in the last furlong to beat Faradeh by 6.5 lengths, while conceding him 2kgs. Not bad for a mere (??) female, considering that Faradeh accounted for none other than The Monk when successful in the 1994 Computaform Derby at Newmarket!

Dance Class The Gr2 Cape Fillies Guineas Futurity run at Kenilworth on 9 December looked to be a long awaited showdown between League Title and

Dance Every Dance to prove which is the better filly. Both have had excuses before and this time, everything went right for Dance Every Dance, while League Title just went nowhere in the straight after racing further off the early gallop than is usually the case. Dance Every Dance has always looked a potential classic filly from the moment she blew her rivals away in Clairwood Park’s Computaform Debutante Stakes last May. One thing’s for sure, Mike Airey’s filly likes a racetrack with a nice long run-in and, unlike the Fillies Guineas’ usual home around

the near bend at Milnerton, the new course at Kenilworth presented her with just that opportunity.

Last Stride The daughter of Northern Guest needed every yard of that straight, for she was virtually last turning for home, and it was only in the last stride that she snatched victory from outsider She’s A Treat. Plastic Lady had set a brisk early pace, with She’s A Treat coming across from a poor draw to race second ahead of Royal Prophecy and Final Claim. She’s A Treat took over from a tiring Plastic Lady

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halfway down the straight, with Royal Prophecy in hot pursuit along the far rail and Dance Every Dance starting to fly up the centre. Royal Prophecy had to switch around She’s A Treat in the last 100m, a move which might just have cost Tony Millard’s challenger the race, but Dance Every Dance had a clear track ahead of her and she snatched first prize in barely the nick of time. The unfortunate Royal Prophecy was a head back in third, and more than confirmed the promise that she had shown against lesser rivals in Gauteng.

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

Time Flies By

On Sunday the Turf World Championships offering HK$83 Million in stakes will be held at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

he global racing calendar reaches a competitive climax every year with the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. The Club welcomes Owners, Trainers, Jockeys and racegoers from around the world to this week-long party, racing festival and supremacy decider. The first big event of the festivities is the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship on Wednesday 9 December, probably the most fiercely contested jockeys’ challenge anywhere in the world, and the most demanding, too, as it takes place round the spectacularly unique inner-city course that is Happy Valley. South African champion Gavin Lerena is amongst the twelve worldclass jockeys representing their countries or regions. A short synopsis of each feature:

Longines Hong Kong Cup -Hk$25 Million

Staged at first as the Hong Kong Invitation Cup in January 1988 when overseas entries were confined to Malaysia and Singapore, Flying Dancer, trained by HK legend Brian Kan Ping-chee, emerged victorious. In 1989, the Hong Kong Cup’s invitational list was expanded to include horses from Australia and New Zealand but the glory went to Singapore as Colonial Chief,

handled by legend trainer Ivan Allan at the time, later champion trainer in Hong Kong. The winner was ridden by favourite Hong Kong Champion Jockey and later Champion Trainer Tony Cruz. Late in 1989 the meeting was brought forward by a month to its current slot in mid-December - except for 1992 when the races were postponed because of an equine virus which forced the temporary suspension of racing in Hong Kong. That season’s events were later staged in April 1993. Horses trained in New Zealand took three of the next four renewals: Grey Invader (at the meeting’s record odds of 72/1) in 1989; Kessem in 1990 and Romanee Conti in 1993, the year the race was granted international Gr. 3 status. In the midst of the Kiwi dominance came a victory for River Verdon in 1991, one of the greatest horses in HK racing history, a HK Derby winner and still the only horse to land the local Triple Crown; and shortly afterwards Motivation followed up for HK and trainer John Moore.

Longines Hong Kong Mile Hk$23 Million

The LONGINES Hong Kong Mile was originally run as the Hong Kong Invitation Bowl over 1400 metres in December 1991 to mark the staging of the 22nd Asian Racing Conference in Hong Kong. It was renamed the Hong Kong International Bowl in the second year. The

Hong Kong International Bowl was given international Group 3 status in 1994 and was accorded international Group 2 status in 1995. In 1999, the race was renamed the Hong Kong Mile and the race distance was extended to 1600 metre from its original distance of 1400m. In 2000, it was further upgraded to an international Group 1 mile event.

Longines Hong Kong Sprint - Hk$18.5 Million

The LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint, formerly the Hong Kong Sprint, was added to the Hong Kong International Races in 1999. It was initially run as a Listed Race and was accorded international Group 3 status in 2000 and was then promoted to Group 2 status in 2001. In 2002, the Sprint was further upgraded to an international Group 1 event. In 2006, the distance of the race was revamped from a straight 1000 metres to a oneturn 1200-metre race. In the same year, the race became the final leg of the Global Sprint Challenge.

Longines Hong Kong Vase - Hk$16.5 Million

The LONGINES Hong Kong Vase was originally run as the Hong Kong International Vase, which was introduced in December 1994 as a third International Race to encourage Hong Kong horse owners to import top-class stayers.

Australia’s Fading Speed Crown WHATEVER else happened when Chautauqua came out of the Longines Hong Kong Sprint, we were left with shifting tides and questions as far as the world’s premium location for producing turf sprinters. In Strathmore and Not Listenin’tome we were left with the only Australasianbred runners in the race, the lowest roll-up in the history of the event as that group attempts to regain a race it dominated for so long. In the first running of the Sprint in 1999, just four of the runners were Australasian-breds but Australian-bred Fairy King Prawn prevailed and set in motion a path which continued unswervingly for more than a decade. In increasing numbers, Australasian-breds made up the field in the Hong Kong Sprint, often half or more, and, more to the point, they won.

And, as the calendar year’s final chance to make a claim on “world’s best sprinter”, the Hong Kong Sprint winner did often finish with that title if impressive enough at Sha Tin and the likes of Silent Witness, Absolute Champion and Sacred Kingdom certainly were that. We’re being a little generous and including New Zealandbreds, as many Australian stallions stand in that country, so there’s a lot of the same gene pool involved. If we left out Kiwi-breds, the group would lose only one Hong Kong Sprint winner, Aerovelocity, but losing the most recent winner would give the trend a stronger look - no Australian-bred winner since Sacred Kingdom in 2009. J J The Jet Plane from South Africa, Irish-bred Lucky Nine and Japan’s Lord Kanaloa preceded Aerovelocity’s win over two Irish-breds and a Japanese mare. And while there have been some excellent recent performances down under by sprinters, including a

couple of terrific wins by Chautauqua, the freakish has been missing along with a real consistency. Turf sprinting in Australia lately has become an international championship in the manner of the baseball World Series, with the “WBS” sash passed around by themselves and amongst themselves, and every time there’s been a different Group One winner, a different hand went up. In terms of world rankings, Chautauqua, even Lankan Rupee, is on top so there will continue to be a certain conceit in Australia about its production of sprinters. But, with just two Sha Tin reps, the harder, more reality-based view of the betting markets is certainly going to be suggesting that a drought will continue for Australian-breds on Sunday. www.scmp.com

Things are gearing down locally with the final two Singapore meetings of the year taking place this weekend. Thereafter we have a two week racing break and return on New Year’s Day with some quality racing, writes Gareth Pepper.

s I pen this looking out into the clear blue skies that I am glad to report are haze free here in Singapore, I cannot believe my two week break has come and gone so rapidly. What a trip it was. Some time spent with family and friends was just awesome and although I probably need a holiday from the holiday it was most definitely worth it. I managed to attend racing at Kenilworth last Wednesday and I got to meet up and see many a familiar face. It was one of the highlights of the trip and i forgot just how great racing can be on a Wednesday there. I just wish the masses could see it the way the regulars do. In a perfect world, I would race there every race day in Summer.

The Bell Tolls It would be remiss of me to mention all of those that made my trip so special and memorable with fear of leaving someone out, but I do want to mention a very special couple. I was privileged enough to attend the Wedding of my dear friends Naldo and Claudia this past Saturday. Naldo and I attended the same school

for many a year and he wed the love of his life. It was the first time in a very long time that there were so many of us “friends” in the same place at once. I managed to catch the garter (to the joy of my mother who feels it is time i settled down and provided her with some grand children!) and we duly celebrated late into the night and I am just glad I made it to the airport on time. The wedding was another highlight of the trip and I am happy to report that Mr and Mrs Dos Reis will be spending a day with me en route back to SA in two weeks time. I wish them many years of happiness together.

Test I cannot believe we are at the end of the year already, it has flown bye, just like my holiday, and on reflection I am still very happy with my decision to take up my position here. As amazing as it was coming home, I feel that I need to continue to test myself. One thing is for sure, I am proudly South African and it will always be home, but I still have so much I want to achieve and I really do look forward to what the future holds. I will review the season next week and add some”spice” with my take on some Pepper Awards from the season past. Till next time.

Tiger Dance In The News

Tattersalls Topper Hanky Panky, a half sister to Druk-My-Niet Stud’s resident sire Tiger Dance, topped the 2015 Tattersalls December Mare Sale.

THE sale, which concluded on Thursday, ended with a turnover of 46,513,500 gns –just shy of 2014’s total of 48,290, 695 gns. The top lot sold, Hanky Panky, was knocked down to John Ferguson for 2,700,000 guineas. A daughter of Epsom Derby winner and champion sire Galile, she sold in foal to leading sire Dubawi, the latter being represented by no fewer than 11 individual G1 winners in 2015. Hanky Panky, who won and placed third in the G3 Ballyogan Stakes, was consigned to the sale by Highclere Stud on behalf of John Sikura. Highclere’s Lady Carolyn Warren was understandably overjoyed with the result. ““It is a huge privilege to sell a mare such as this,” said Lady Carolyn Warren, “and we thank John Sikura for entrusting us with her. She is a beautiful mare and ticked every box. “There were a lot of different parties interested, and a lot of different people

bidding. We are very pleased that Sheikh Mohammed bought her, he is such a huge supporter of the industry.” The beautifully bred Hanky Panky always looked likely to prove a standout –a daughter of the world’s leading sire, she is out of the top class mare Mariah’s Storm (by Rahy), whose ten wins included the G2 Arlington Washington Lassie S, and the G2 Turfway Park BC Hcp. Mariah’s Storm, however, is best known as the dam of Horse Of The Year and three times champion US sire Giant’s Causeway. The latter’s full brother, Tiger Dance, currently stands at stud in the Western Cape, while G2 Cherry Hinton winner You’resothrilling (an own sister to Giant’s Causeway and Tiger Dance), is the dam of G1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Marvellous and this year’s G1 2000 Guineas hero Gleneagles, who has since been retired to Coolmore Stud. www.capebreeders.co.za

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

with Steve Furnish

Fives & Threes

A review of the week's best SPEEDRATINGS

Still Going Strong

Greyville 29th November A graduation plate over 1000m got proceedings underway on Sunday afternoon and here victory went to the well-supported second favourite MR ROY. In what was the first of just two races to be run on the poly, Alyson Wright’s charge raced in midfield early on. He ran on stoutly in the short home straight and with the rest comfortably beaten he got the better of the 8/1 shot NATIONAL APPROVAL. The fastest of the four 1400m races on turf was not surprisingly the pinnacle stakes won by Sporting Post’s top bet ICE MACHINE. Always in the red, the 7yo son of Silvano also came from midfield. He put his head in front shortly after passing the 200m marker and won going away by three and a half.The three remaining races on turf all took place over 1800m and quickest home amongst these was OLMA when registering her fifth career victory from fifteen starts in the Conditions Plate. On leaving the stalls it was ONE WAY TICKET who elected to make the running whilst Frank Robinson’s charge raced close up in fifth. She made her move rounding the home turn and won well by a length and three quarters after striking the front 450m out. The runner up SABAHA (backed into favouritism) ran on well from the rear in this race. TITBITS

FASTEST TIMES (The number of races run in each category shown in brackets) *Denotes - Times taken by Clockwatcher • T = Turf • P = Poly

GREYVILLE (TURF/POLY) 29TH NOVEMBER Turf Good/Poly Standard 1000m (1) Mr Roy 1400m (4) Ice Machine 1600m (1) Spirit Of Dover 1800m (3) Olma

59,73P 84,15T 97,49P 109,72*T

FAIRVIEW (TURF) 30TH NOVEMBER Penetrometer 21 – Going Good 1000m (1) Thayer 55,97* 1200m (2) Clifton Surf 67,87* 1400m (2) Inquisition 84,81* 1800m (2) Dreamforest 111,06* 2400m (1) Divine Invitation 151,63* VAAL (INSIDE) 1ST DECEMBER Penetrometer 21 – Going Good 1000m (1) Victorious 1200m (3) Buckland 1400m (2) Celtic King 1700m (2) Estimation

55,86 68,07 82,57 103,18

KENILWORTH (OLD) 2ND DECEMBER Penetrometer 21 – Going Good 1000m (1) Moonblanched 59,90 1200m (2) Victoria Lavelle 73,42 1400m (3) Zubbadubbadoo 86,13 1600m (1) Nine Mile 11,52 2000m (1) Romagna 129,35 2400m (1) Charlie Strong 150,20 TURFFONTEIN (INNER) 3RD DECEMBER Penetrometer 22 – Going Good 1000m (1) A Million Dreams 58,99 1200m (1) Chepardo 74,81 1450m (3) Miss Magical 89,48 1600m (1) Caymen Sunset 98,99 1800m (3) Run For Revelry 112,95

Fairview 30th November They raced on the turf on Monday where victory in the faster of the two 1800m maiden events went to DREAMFOREST. Making his seventeenth racecourse appearance here, Grant Paddock’s charge, as per usual, raced in the rear during the early part of the race. He cut through the field quickly at the top of the straight, and won going away by five and a half after striking the front 300m from home. All the rage to win the faster of the two 1200m events, a graduation plate, was CLIFTON SURF and the son of Antonius Pius didn’t let down his supporters. Eventually sent off in the red (11/10 into 6/10), Alan Greeff’s charge was soon positioned close to the speed. He was ridden to lead as they approached the 100m pole and comfortably accounted for the running on PLAIN OF WISDOM by two and a quarter. Another inmate of the Greeff stable (three winners on the card) to win well on the afternoon was the 3yo THAYER when registering his second win from just four starts in the MR62 Handicap over 1000m. Always handy, the Bankable gelding took up the running 300m out and won well by a length and a quarter. TITBITS DIVINE INVITATION and COUNT ZAFONIC both ran on well from the rear when 1st & 3rd respectively in the MR66 Handicap over 2400m.

Vaal 1st December Three of the eight races at Tuesday’s inside track meeting were run over 1200m and quickest home here was the highly regarded BUCKLAND in graduation company. Sent off a strong favourite at 14/10, Sean Tarry’s charge led throughout. He kept on strongly at the business end of the race and won well by a half from the always handy SEATTLE LADY. The faster of the two 1700m maiden plates was the girl’s affair in which ESTIMATION scored a very easy victory. Always in the red, Gavin Van Zyl’s charge sat fourth for most of the journey. She only had to be pushed out in order to take up the running 350m out and with some in hand won extremely cosily by two and a half. The faster of the two 1400m events was the bill topping MR80 Handicap in which the veteran CELTIC KING registered his eighth career victory. Backed into favouritism during the afternoon (9/2 into 28/10), the 7yo was always handy. He was ridden to lead as they approached the 100m marker and

Five From Eight Kenilworth 2nd December The fastest of the three 1400m races in Cape second favourite VICTORIA LAVELLE at any time. Town on Wednesday was the MR86 Handicap Justin Snaith’s charge found extra when the won by ZUBBADUBBADOO. Now a winner of five gauntlet was thrown down though, and went on of his eight career starts to date, Brett Crawford’s to score going away by a length and a quarter. The easiest victory on the nine race program charge raced in midfield for most of the journey. He quickened well when the early effort on the was undoubtedly that of SILVAN STAR when two run away leaders took its toll, and won opening her account in the maiden plate over comfortably from the running on ANNIGONI by a 1200m. Freely available at 33/1 on the off (op 16’s), Glen Kotzen’s newcomer was always length and a half. The talking horse CHEVACHEE (7/10 into handy. She was ridden to lead shortly after 11/20) was all the rage to win the graduation passing the 300m marker and cruised clear in plate over 1200m, but once again she found one the closing stages of the race to score by six. better. Nicely positioned in second when the race TITBITS began in earnest it looked as if Joey Ramsden’s CHARLIE STRONG ran out a comfortable winner charge could get the better of the front running of the MR71 Handicap over 2400m.

Fresh As A Daisy Turffontein 3rd December Thursday’s action took place on the inner FOR REVELRY in the MR80 Handicap. Taken track where victory in the fastest of the three straight to the front by S’manga Khumalo, the 1450m races, a MR76 Handicap, went to MISS Fort Beluga filly led throughout. She kept on strongly at the business end of the race and won MAGICAL. Returning from a 20 month layoff here, and comfortably from the running on KRYSTLE drawn wide to boot, Michael Azzie’s charge was CARRINGTON by a length. Race five on the card was a MR72 Handicap soon up handy. She was ridden to lead shortly after passing the 200m pole and won well by a over 1600m and here we saw a smart performance from the top weight CAYMEN SUNSET. length. Sent off a clear favourite at 16/10, Geoff There was also three races staged over 1800m and quickest home amongst these was RUN Woodruff ’s charge, in a strung out field, raced fifth. He quickened in good style coming off the strip and with some in hand won going away by two and a quarter. Horses worth following at their next few starts... TITBITS

Notebook

BUCKLAND (S Tarry, Gauteng) MAN’S INN (M Houdalakis, Gauteng)

ITATION...... ON 16/1 DIVINE INV .. W ES DIEUX .. CAPRICE D .. WON 4/1 .. .. .. EST .... R 0 O F M A E R D .. WON 28/1 .................. .. 0 A /1 B 8 A 1 Z N D IN . WO DREAMS .... ON 18/10 N IO L IL M A .W VER............ ON 16/10 SON OF SIL W .. .. .. .. BELLE .. BLIZZARD WON 5/10 . .. .. .. .. E ...... IN H C A M E IC

Reputation Restored

Smart Treble

The 3yo SON OF SILVER won the maiden plate over 1400m going away by three and three quarters.

d ’s Top Rate Last Week 'S winners incl. ATING SPEED R . WON 20/1

The 3yo INDZABA won the girl’s maiden plate over 1800m by a length with some in hand.

won well from the former Cape Town campaigner WITHOUT PERMISSION by a length and a quarter. TITBITS After racing detached at the rear and then still a good nine lengths off the pace at the 400m marker, the 20/1 shot MAN’S INN ran on very well in the latter stages of the MR80 Handicap won by CELTIC KING, and was only beaten 1,3 lengths.

TOP SPEED RATINGS for this WEEKEND (Ratings shown have already been adjusted to allocated weights)

FAIRVIEW (FRI) Race 1: (6) Patent Of Nobility 16 Race 2: (1) Martita Ridge 4 Race 3: (1) Roaring Sea 48 Race 4: (4) Oriental Tiger 27 Race 5: (9) Global Express 67 Race 6: (8) Olim Dives 50 Race 7: (4) Storming Home 39 Race 8: (9) Ideal Bloom 39 Race 9: (10) The Night Away 39 GREYVILLE (FRI) Race 1: (1) The Lonsdale 26 Race 2: (2) Durban Blues 11 Race 3: (9) La Gitano 40 Race 4: (5) Saarikh 22 (NAP*) Race 5: (11) Blaze The Trail 38 Race 6: (13) Bermuda 46 Race 7: (9) Fly Away With Me 53 Race 8: (1) Caligari Carnival 12 TURFFONTEIN (SAT) Race 1: (1) Bubba’s Doll 10 Race 2: No Qualifiers Race 3: (3) Smart Call 96 (NAP*) Race 4: (5) Tripp Force 28 Race 5: (5) Seattle Lady 67 Race 6: (1) Greasepaint 78 Race 7: (2) Master’s Spirit 59 Race 8: (8) Shout Out 57 Race 9: (10) Consider The Cat 47 KENILWORTH (SAT) Race 1: No Qualifiers Race 2: (13) Search Party 16 Race 3: (2) Secret Society 55 Race 4: (2) Stockade 26 Race 5: (8) Cape Speed 61 (NAP*) Race 6: (5) Come Fly With Me 83 Race 7: (2) Punta Arenas 101 Race 8: (6) Sunday Seventh 40 Race 9: (1) Avail 14 SCOTTSVILLE (SUN) Race 1: (1) Seventh Moment 13 Race 2: (2) Lord Luton 22 Race 3: (10) Jollerie 7 Race 4: (1) Bank It 25 Race 5: (1) Barbosa 95 (NAP**) Race 6: (7) Whistling Wonder 47 Race 7: (3) Snow Rose 39 Race 8: (3) Keep Your Light On 47 NAP BETS * Fancied ** Strongly fancied *** Very strongly fancied

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

Broodmare Sire Matters

Fusaichi Pegasus, broodmare sire of Saturday’s brilliant Gr1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas winner, Silver Mountain (Silvano), is one of a number of stallions now making their presence felt as a broodmare sire.

nterestingly, Silver Mountain was the second South African feature race winner in a week produced by a FuPeg mare – with Gr3 Racing Association Handicap hero, Supertube (Where’s That Tiger) being the other. Another local feature race winner produced by a daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus is Mohave Princess (Mount Nelson), winner of the Listed Devon Air Stakes. Winner of the 2000

Kentucky Derby (and sold for a reported $70 million), Fusaichi Pegasus has more than 30 black type winners to his credit as a damsire. This tally not only includes the brilliant Silver Mountain, but also such international Gr1 winners as Wee Miss Artie (Breeders Futurity), Albany Reunion (Easter Handicap), Hakassan (Premio Dos Mil Guineas), and Estrela Monarchos (Grande Premio Roberto e Nelson Grimaldi Seabra). Fusaichi Pegasus’ success,

however, can come as no surprise, as he did cover exceptional broodmares early on in his stud career, and many of the daughters produced from those matings were subsequently covered by top stallions. A few other sires, either currently active or with runners still on the track, to make their mark as broodmare sires, are:

Unbridled’s Song

Few, if any, broodmare sires have enjoyed such a

16th Gr1 Winner On Board

Silvano

A Shining Star

Maine Chance Farms’ resident sire Silvano enjoyed another magnificent weekend when he had no fewer than five individual winners in South Africa.

herry on the top for Silvano was his daughter Silver Mountain’s brilliant, five length win in the G1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas. In the process, the Highlands Stud bred filly became her sire’s 16th individual G1 winner –and Silvano’s second Cape Fillies Guineas winner, following Field Flower back in 2009. A R1.3 million buy from the Cape Premier Yearling Sale, the Maine Chance Farms owned Silver Mountain has now won four of five outings and just a shade under R1 000 000 in prize money. Her future possible targets include the G1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas and the inaugural CTS $1 million race early next year. Silvano had a pair of sophomore daughters make winning debuts over the past few days –the Ascot Stud bred Silvan Star making a stunning winning debut at Kenilworth just a few days earlier. Owned by Peter de Beyer, the three-yearold daughter of Silvano simply waltzed home over 1200m to win by six lengths. A three parts sister to the Silvano sired champion Bold Silvano, Silvan Star, who cost R200 000 at last year’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, looks something special in the making.

Good Girl Just days after Silvan Star made such an eye catching debut, yet another Silvano daughter

made a winning debut at Turffontein. This time it was the Henham Stud bred Hollie Point who saluted first time out over 1160m for trainer Alec Laird. The filly sauntered home to win by more than three lengths- and looks another well above average filly to represent Silvano this season. Silvano has an excellent record as a sire of high class fillies, with his daughters including the now Australian based G1 Woolavington Stakes winner Do You Remember, G1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship winner Happy Valentine, German 1000 Guineas heroine Mi Emma and former G1 Sansui Summer Cup victress Flirtation. Champion sire in South Africa in 2012-2013 and leading sire in Slovakia in 2007, Silvano has 25 lots on offer at next month’s Cape Premier Yearling. His exceptionally strong draft includes: – a half brother to millionaire Halve The Deficit (Lot 37) – a full brother to G1 Vodacom Durban July runner up Punta Arenas (Lot 51) – a brother to G1 SA Derby winner Seal (Lot 57) – a full sister to R2 000 000 earner Tellina (Lot 105) – a half sister to G1 Premier’s Champion Stakes winner and sire Potala Palace (138) – a colt out of G1 Vodacom Durban July winner and champion Dancer’s Daughter (Lot187) www.capebreeders.co.za

2 Colts at the CPYS

sudden rise to prominence as the late, great Unbridled’s Song. The son of fellow broodmare sire success Unbridled, Unbridled’s Song’s broodmare daughters have produced nearly 100 stakes winners, with the most recent tally being 98 black type winners. Only four other sires (all with more representatives) feature above Unbridled’s Song on the Leading Broodmare Sires by Stakes winners (according to The Blood Horse) in 2015, with his 23 black type winners this year including Gr1 winner Carpe Diem (Blue Grass Stakes), and ten other graded/ group winners. Notable Gr1 winners produced by Unbridled’s Song mares include General Quarters (Blue Grass S), J B’s Thunder (Breeders’ Futurity), Once Were Wild (Australian Oaks) and Unbridled Command (Hollywood Derby).

and the latter’s Gr3 Oh So Sharp winning half sister, First Victory (Teofilo).

Lemon Drop Kid

Montjeu And Galileo

Currently still active at stud, Lemon Drop Kid is another stallion whose broodmare daughters have already made a considerable impact. The former US Champion features as the damsire of ten black type winners in 2015, including Gr2 Godolphin Mile winner, Tamarkuz (Speightstown). His Kentucky Oaks winning daughter, Lemons Forever, has had a singularly good year, with her daughters, Unbridled Forever and Forever Unbridled (both by Unbridled’s Song) winning the Gr1 Ballerina Stakes and Gr3 Comely Stakes.

Dubai Destination

While Dubai Destination has been a disappointing sire overall, his daughters have enjoyed a break out year in 2015, with the son of Kingmambo featuring as the damsire of the winners of the Gr1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Gr1 Investec Derby, Gr1 Prix de L’Arc De Triomphe, Gr1 Eclipse Stakes and Gr1 Juddmonte International. Gr3 Molecomb Stakes hero Kachy (Kyllachy) is another out of a daughter of Dubai Destination, who is damsire of 13 black type winners overall, and also responsible for illfated Gr2 May Hill Stakes winner, Ihtimal (Shamardal)

and

Ascot Bred Yearlings

Fusaichi Pegasus

With due respect to the wonderfully prolific pair of El Prado and High Chaparral, Sadler’s Wells’ two greatest sons were Montjeu (now deceased) and Galileo. Both were outstanding racehorses and sires, who received outstanding support, and both are more than making their mark as broodmare sires. Galileo’s daughters have already bred seven Gr1 winners (including this year’s Investec Oaks winner, Qualify, and now retired 2000 Guineas/ Lockinge Stakes winner, Night Of Thunder), while Montjeu (whose fillies were somewhat dismissed during their sire’s time at stud) currently ranks as GB/Ireland’s fifth leading broodmare sire for 2015 by prize money. His daughters’ Gr1 winners include this year’s outstanding filly, Legatissimo (Danehill Dancer), whose 3 Gr1 wins this year included the Qipco 1000 Guineas. To date, Montjeu (whose oldest daughters are now 13) is the damsire of five Group/Grade One winners.

Elusive Quality

The former US Champion Sire is a proven sire of high class fillies, with his representatives including the Breeders Cup winner, Maryfield, ill-fated European champion Elusive Kate and Australian Gr1 scorer, Camarilla. As he is a

1 Colt

at the CPYS

well-supported horse with a magnificent pedigree, it comes as no surprise that Elusive Quality (Gone West) is fast becoming an outstanding broodmare sire. His daughters’ 30 plus stakes winners include this season’s Gr1 Alciabiades Stakes heroine, Gomo (Uncle Mo), Gr1 Caulfield Guineas winner, Shooting To Win and his talented full brother, Deep Field (both by Northern Meteor), Gr1 Prix Morny hero, No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) and VRC 1000 Guineas winner, Guelph (Exceed And Excel).

Malibu Moon

Few horses have better pedigrees than does Malibu Moon –a son of US great A P Indy- and whose first two dams were Gr1 winners at two. Himself a top class sire, Malibu Moon (who won one of his only two starts) is now showing signs of becoming an equally efficient damsire. The sire, whose first crop were born in 2001, is broodmare sire of 17 black type winners to date, with his daughters having already produced the Gr1 winners Stellar Wind (Santa Anita Oaks), My Conquestadory (Alciabiades Stakes), and By The Moon (Frizette Stakes). What makes Malibu Moon’s initial success as a damsire so promising, is that he began his stud career at a fee of just $3,000, and currently covers a far better quality of mare with his most recent fee listed at $95,000.

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

WILGERBOSDRIFT

FAIRVIEW Monday 30 November

breeders of

Going: good

Race 1 (188)

Fairview Maiden Plate (Turf)

F 172 1 0.00 Dreamforest (7) 60.0 K Zechner 4/1 4 b g Surging River - Fiorina (Houston Connection) (1) 60.0 A Fortune 8/1 F 165 2 5.50 Lessflashmorecash 6 b g Jet Master - Madame President (National Assembly) (3) 60.0 M Yeni 15/2 F 108 3 6.00 Latino Rambo 4 b g Latino Magic - Cozy Corner (Rambo Dancer) (2) 57.0 W Kennedy 5/2 F 165 4 10.00 Salsa Music (5) 57.0 S Khumalo 16/1 F 157 5 12.25 Occasional Rebel (8) 57.0 T Gould 25/1 F 165 6 12.75 Rhumba Magic (4) 57.0 R Danielson 11/2 F 165 7 19.00 Thunder Punch (6) 60.0 W Agrella 4/1 F 165 8 34.00 Seventh Brother Time: 111.14s (61.74s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:G Paddock O:Mr Ebrahim Moosa B:Zandvliet Stud

Race 2 (189)

NINE MILE

1800m R57,000

Fairview Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf)

3 b c Tiger Ridge - Cathay Firth (Philippi) WON at Kenilworth, 1600m, 2 December . . . . and placed . . . NIKKI, RAINIER, FIRTH OF CLYDE, ASHRAM, ROSE OF CASTILLE, NEBULA, OXFORD UNION

Congratulations to Connections

1800m R57,000

L 139 1 0.00 My Celebration (8) 60.0 M Yeni 7/1 4 ch f Jet Master - Champagne ‘n Roses (Goldmark) (4) 60.0 R Danielson 7/2 F 163 2 0.05 Gauteng 4 f Easing Along - Tough City(ARG) (City West) (5) 60.0 S Moodley 11/2 F 163 3 1.30 La Myst 4 b f Lateral - Myst (Model Man) (1) 60.0 W Kennedy 9/1 F 149 4 3.30 Zen And Now (6) 60.0 S Khathi 25/1 F 163 5 4.30 Victorious Angel (2) 60.0 K Ramsamy 50/1 F 163 6 7.55 Patent Of Nobility (10) 57.0 A Fortune 4/1 F 149 7 9.05 Air Belle (3) 60.0 S Khumalo 50/1 F 123 8 15.30 Shaki (7) 57.0 G Cheyne 33/10 F 163 9 15.40 Lalaloopsy (9) 60.0 W Agrella 20/1 F 163 10 26.90 Glam I Am Time: 112.33s (62.41s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:G Paddock O:Stone Hill Stud (Nom: Mr H C W Rix) B:Cheveley Stud

Race 3 (190)

Fairview Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf)

Fairview Maiden Plate (Turf)

Fairview Graduation Plate (Turf)

F 137 1 0.00 Clifton Surf (2) 4 b c Antonius Pius - Elda Ribetti (Jallad) (4) F 176 2 2.25 Plain Of Wisdom 4 b g Captain Al - Eradikate (Parade Leader) (14) F 152 3 4.00 Firth Of Clyde 4 b g Right Approach - Cathay Firth (Philippi) (13) F 161 4 5.50 Briar King (1) F 137 5 6.25 Restless Road (15) F 168 6 6.35 Just Too early (6) F 176 7 7.35 Armorial (11) F 134 8 7.60 Power Wind (9) F 161 9 8.10 Oreo (10) F 138 10 9.10 Fly Me Over (5) F 138 11 9.20 Ultimate Sacrifice (8) F 175 12 9.45 Western Force (3) F 161 13 9.50 I Will Be (12) F 137 14 15.75 Captain Blackwater (7) F 154 15 29.25 Tibet Time: 67.9s (56.58s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) 1st T:AC Greeff O:Mr A T Millard B:Highlands

1400m R57,000

T 395 1 0.00 First Sign (4) 60.0 L Hewitson 5/1 4 b g Count Dubois - Early Spring (Western Winter) (11) 60.0 S Mosia 33/10 T 395 2 0.75 Calapan 3 g Windrush - Coral Head (Almushtarak) (10) 60.0 I Lukhele 75/1 V 349 3 3.35 Fangia 3 b c Overlord - Alpha Carina(NZ) (Carnegie) (12) 60.0 V Sithetho 16/1 4 3.75 Profit Ratio (2) 60.0 T Maleka 22/10 V 404 5 5.15 First Officer Al (3) 60.0 G Dabamasi 2/1 T 301 6 5.20 Criss Cross Man (8) 60.0 F Semela 50/1 T 362 7 7.50 Resister (9) 60.0 J Gwingwizha 125/1 V 1042 8 9.25 The Whip (1) 57.5 J Mphanya 50/1 V 289 9 9.75 Ayessaypee (7) 60.0 N Ngqwangi 75/1 T 295 10 9.85 San Julian Bay (6) 57.5 L Matwa 125/1 T 163 11 10.85 Game plan (5) 60.0 P Mongqawa 75/1 T 413 12 11.10 Bank Manager Time: 71.11s (59.26s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:BD Botes O:Mr AG O’Connor & Eclipse Racing & Breeding CC B:GJ Armitage

Race 6 (193)

1200m R62,000

60.0

G Cheyne

6/10

57.0

K Zechner

10/1

60.0 58.0 58.5 54.0 56.0 58.5 56.5 54.0 59.5 59.5 59.0 58.5 58.0

Fairview MR 66 Handicap (Turf)

C Thabana

25/1

S Khumalo 14/1 K Ramsamy 125/1 W Kennedy 100/1 T Gould 50/1 JP vd Merwe 66/1 X Ndlovu 66/1 M Yeni 20/1 S Khathi 25/1 B Vlooh 20/1 E Webber 25/1 R Danielson 12/1 K Minnie 125/1 SP Total %: 115%

2400m R58,000

F 134 1 0.00 Divine Invitation (10) 52.0 W Kennedy 20/1 7 b g Dupont - Invitation Only (Exclusive Patriot) (2) 55.5 G Cheyne 12/1 F 179 2 0.75 Society Rock 6 b g Lake Coniston - Stylish Event (Fine Edge) (9) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 12/1 F 141 3 1.00 Count Zafonic 4 b g Count Dubois - Thin Ice (Western Winter) (7) 52.0 K Minnie 100/1 F 135 4 3.75 Dandyman Can (5) 55.0 R Danielson 9/2 F 119 4 3.75 Inca Silver (6) 59.5 K Ramsamy 14/1 F 135 6 8.25 Dragonstone (12) 55.5 T Gould 8/1 F 89 7 8.35 Valmode (1) 56.5 S Khumalo 8/1 F 179 8 12.10 Hamelin Bay (3) 52.5 M Yeni 5/2 F 148 9 14.60 Fort Kalimenta (11) 60.5 W Agrella 8/1 F 162 10 14.65 Maximo (8) 54.0 K Zechner 10/1 F 179 11 19.40 Sky Full Of Stars (4) 56.0 X Ndlovu 66/1 F 179 12 99.99 Spekboom Time: 151.73s (63.22s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:GD Smith O:Mr M Havenga B:PA Pearson & S Green

Race 7 (194)

Fairview MR 62 Handicap (Turf)

F 160 1 0.00 Thayer (9) 59.0 3 b g Bankable - Kiss My Class (National Assembly) (8) 55.5 F 168 2 1.25 Arcsign 5 ch g Argonaut - Sign And Seal (National Assembly) (3) 54.0 F 152 3 2.75 In Rem 4 b g Jay Peg - Orion’s Flame(AUS) (Desert Prince) (7) 60.0 F 168 4 2.85 National King (2) 60.0 F 154 5 3.35 Amadeus Rocks (10) 53.0 F 13 6 4.10 Special Effects (4) 54.0 F 168 7 4.85 Rock Of Victory (5) 57.0 F 168 8 5.85 Priceless Querari (1) 58.5 F 168 9 6.35 Pikastar (12) 52.0 F 168 10 6.60 American Slang (6) 58.5 F 168 11 7.60 Choppies (11) 58.0 Q 32 12 12.35 Bizzy Peg Time: 56.02s (56.02s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) 1st T:AC Greeff O:Mr P M G Murdoch B:G Murdoch

Race 8 (195)

Fairview MR 68 Handicap (F&M)(Turf)

Going: good

Race 1 (440)

F 98 1 0.00 Inquisition (2) 60.0 S Khumalo 7/1 4 b g Horse Chestnut - My Joy(GB) (Octagonal) (14) 60.0 X Ndlovu 16/1 F 133 2 0.50 Taketotask 4 b g Lecture - Mount Cleo (Scuffleburg) (5) 58.0 W Kennedy 6/1 F 157 3 2.75 Goodnight Nurse 3 b g Windrush - Silent Mist (Joshua Dancer) (1) 60.0 R Danielson 7/2 F 139 4 2.85 Tiger Tim (8) 58.0 JP vd Merwe 25/1 K 164 5 4.10 Nabucco (10) 60.0 K Zechner 7/1 F 157 6 4.35 Woodstock Express (4) 60.0 W Agrella 20/1 F 172 7 5.60 Chestnut Chief (6) 58.0 C Thabana 25/1 F 169 8 8.85 Louche (12) 58.0 A Fortune 28/10 F 147 9 9.10 Apostolos (9) 58.0 M Yeni 20/1 F 155 10 12.35 Way Past Midnight (7) 58.0 K Minnie 125/1 F 147 11 12.85 King Or Country (13) 60.0 S Khathi 20/1 F 174 12 21.35 Hidden Dragon (3) 58.0 B Vlooh 125/1 F 84 13 23.85 Takethepot (11) 58.0 T Gould 125/1 F 98 14 45.10 Roman Guard Time: 84.83s (60.59s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Messrs P Bamford, Bryn Ressell & N M Shirtliff B:Arc-en-Ciel

Race 5 (192)

VAAL Tuesday 1 December

1400m R57,000

F 163 1 0.00 Quick Step Rosie (3) 60.0 K Zechner 2/1 4 b f Antonius Pius - Rosa Celeste (Badger Land) (9) 58.0 M Yeni 8/1 F 149 2 1.50 Haizi’s Daizy 3 ch f Rebel King - Haizi (Kahal) (10) 58.0 S Khumalo 5/2 F 150 3 2.00 Classic Delight 3 b f Lecture - Seductress (Classic Flag) (2) 58.0 R Danielson 14/1 F 172 4 2.75 New Orleans Shine (1) 60.0 S Devoy 12/1 F 182 5 3.25 Badger’s Belle (4) 58.0 G Cheyne 8/1 F 149 6 3.75 Nancy Carol (11) 58.0 JP vd Merwe 50/1 F 99 7 5.00 Picobello (7) 60.0 X Ndlovu 20/1 F 149 8 5.10 O Molly (8) 58.0 C Thabana 110/1 F 99 9 12.85 Elegant Elle (5) 58.0 S Moodley 125/1 F 69 10 19.60 Classic Spice (6) 60.0 W Agrella 14/1 F 163 11 20.85 Joy Of Hope (12) 60.0 W Kennedy 50/1 F 149 12 20.95 Shimmering Dream Time: 85.47s (61.05s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:DA Sham O:Mrs D A Sham & Messrs Chris Cooke, R A B Duff, Jonathan Kaplan, M D Sham W Smith & C van Gass B:Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud

Race 4 (191)

PO BOX 322, PIKETBERG 7320. TEL: 022 942 1266 FAX: 022 942 1755

1000m R58,000

G Cheyne

6/1

JP vd Merwe 15/10 K Zechner

11/2

S Khumalo 6/1 K Ramsamy 10/1 T Gould 66/1 W Kennedy 40/1 K Minnie 33/1 M Yeni 8/1 S Moodley 110/1 X Ndlovu 16/1 S Devoy 125/1 SP Total %: 119%

1200m R62,000

F 153 1 0.00 Winter Rose (1) 55.5 G Cheyne 11/2 3 b f Western Winter - Moonlite ‘n Roses (Al Mufti) (13) 60.5 K Ramsamy 16/1 F 150 2 1.75 High Fashion 3 b f Ashaawes - Sharada (Parade Leader) (7) 57.5 S Khumalo 22/10 F 159 3 2.75 Pipette 5 ch m Judpot - Thin Air (Fine Edge) (3) 56.5 M Yeni 6/1 F 159 4 2.80 Firing Queen (8) 57.5 K Zechner 8/1 F 102 5 4.05 Brida (4) 53.0 T Gould 33/1 F 153 6 4.15 Radisha (14) 58.0 X Ndlovu 8/1 D 16 7 4.25 Portrait (15) 53.0 E Webber 110/1 F 183 8 7.00 Stone Town (2) 54.0 W Kennedy 16/1 F 153 9 8.00 Levonca (11) 54.0 JP vd Merwe 14/1 F 153 10 8.10 Fuhgedaboudit (5) 58.0 C Thabana 14/1 F 159 11 8.85 Spiaggia (12) 61.0 B Vlooh 66/1 F 62 12 10.10 Admire The Persian (6) 53.0 K Minnie 40/1 F 25 13 10.20 Credibility (9) 54.0 S Moodley 66/1 F 116 14 10.30 Miss Link (10) 60.5 W Agrella 50/1 F 145 15 30.05 Arrow Heart Time: 68.57s (57.14s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:AC Greeff O:Messrs C G & L F Scribante B:Varsfontein Stud

Race 2 (441)

Vaal Workriders Maiden Plate

Vaal Maiden Plate (F&M)

1200m R85,000

Vaal Maiden Plate

Race 4 (443)

Vaal Maiden Plate (F&M)

1700m R85,000

S 214 1 0.00 Estimation (5) 59.0 K Zechner 8/10 3 ch f Distorted Humor - Ebaraya(IRE) (Sadler’s Wells) (6) 59.0 S Khumalo 33/10 T 335 2 2.50 Peg O’ My Heart 3 b f Jay Peg - Wintie (Windrush) (7) 60.0 C Habib 10/1 V 385 3 2.60 Rose Of Castille 4 b f Right Approach - Rose Of Damascus(USA) (Diesis) (4) 59.0 J Greyling 100/1 T 371 4 7.50 Lindy Lu (3) 59.0 Wei Marwing 12/1 V 306 5 7.60 Bank Note (8) 60.0 R Simons 40/1 Q 102 6 7.85 Class Queen (1) 60.0 G Wrogemann 10/1 V 427 7 8.15 Jackie’s Joy (10) 59.0 S Brown 40/1 T 371 8 9.75 Truly Evelyn (2) 59.0 M v Rensburg 25/1 V 306 9 10.50 Khalette (11) 59.0 M Thackeray 100/1 T 371 10 13.00 Amozanite (9) 60.0 F Herholdt 75/1 Q 59 11 37.00 Peppermint Crisp (12) 59.0 D Habib 75/1 V 385 12 99.99 Clasp Time: 103.18s (60.69s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:G v Zyl O:Mr K Pillay & Mrs M N Pillay & Mrs C C Naidoo B:Klawervlei Stud

Race 5 (444)

Vaal Graduation Plate

1200m R92,000

Vaal MR 88 Handicap

1000m R100,000

T 328 1 0.00 Buckland (5) 57.0 S Khumalo 14/10 3 b c Western Winter - Inupiat (Fort Wood) (6) 54.5 D Mansour 12/1 T 381 2 0.50 Seattle Lady 4 b f Sail From Seattle - Woodland Lady (Fort Wood) (7) 60.0 D Habib 22/10 T 220 3 2.75 Forest Fox 4 b g Dupont - Forest Vixen (Fort Wood) (3) 60.0 Wei Marwing 9/2 V 353 4 3.35 Burg (2) 57.0 K Zechner 11/1 V 352 5 3.95 Blazing Brave (4) 57.0 R Simons 15/1 D 962 6 6.15 Escape Route (1) 54.5 F Naude 75/1 T 399 7 11.75 Diesel Power Time: 68.07s (56.73s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr M L P Rattray B:Lammerskraal Stud

Race 6 (445)

Race 8 (447)

V 195 1 0.00 Victorious (2) 60.0 R Munger 7/1 4 b g Antonius Pius - Hold Fast (Jallad) (3) 59.0 P Strydom 22/10 T 365 2 0.30 Viking Hero 6 ch g Mullins Bay - Out Of Norway (All Fired Up) (8) 57.0 D Habib 6/1 T 328 3 0.70 African Ruler 3 b g Trippi - Chant de Nuit (Caesour) (7) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 16/1 V 352 4 3.70 Dream Leader (1) 55.5 F Naude 12/1 V 392 5 4.50 Cohiba (6) 54.0 S Khumalo 5/1 V 903 6 4.60 Wisaam (10) 61.0 M Thackeray 9/2 V 389 7 6.40 Captured Wind (4) 53.5 D Mansour 25/1 V 389 8 6.45 Nice Stride (5) 53.5 Wes Marwing 16/1 V 392 9 6.55 Anyday Anytime (9) 52.0 C Maujean 50/1 V 282 10 9.00 Maji Moto Time: 55.86s (55.86s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:D Zaki O:Mr K & Mrs L R A Zackey & Messrs G L Blank & D Zaki B:Highlands

1400m R85,000

P Strydom

Wei Marwing

28/10 12/1

G Wrogemann 20/1 R Munger 10/1 K Zechner 6/1 C Habib 8/1 JP vd Merwe 7/1 D Mansour 20/1 M v Rensburg 10/1 S Khumalo 9/2 SP Total %: 118%

Vaal MR 68 Handicap (F&M)

1400m R75,000

V 406 1 0.00 Lemonade River (10) 59.5 R Simons 6/1 5 b m Greys Inn - Lemontree (Al Mufti) (6) 59.5 F Naude 8/1 V 407 2 0.60 Nkomo 4 ch f Admire Main - Spring Meeting (National Assembly) (13) 56.0 M Thackeray 20/1 V 407 3 2.00 Wet Autumn Mist 5 b m Rebel King - Wet Winter (Western Winter) (4) 59.5 G Wrogemann 7/1 T 324 4 3.60 Raring To Go (7) 58.5 K Zechner 20/1 T 360 5 5.40 Pied Piperess (12) 57.5 C Murray 25/1 T 379 6 5.50 Princess Pearl (3) 61.5 D Habib 8/1 T 383 7 6.00 Eliza Doolittle (8) 59.5 R Munger 25/1 T 397 8 6.20 Scandal (14) 60.5 S Khumalo 15/2 V 356 9 6.50 Dangerous Diva (5) 55.5 JP vd Merwe 11/2 T 363 10 7.25 Millenium Reign (11) 60.0 M v Rensburg 12/1 T 384 11 9.15 La Manga (1) 56.5 D De Gouveia 12/1 V 410 12 10.25 Jet Trip (2) 57.5 C Maujean 33/1 T 364 13 16.25 The Berry Lady (9) 57.5 P Strydom 8/1 T 379 14 99.99 Stay Amazed Time: 83.39s (59.56s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:PF Matchett O:Messrs F Bronkhorst & Deventhren Pillay B:Rosedene Stud

Bred by Bruce Le Roux

CHARLIE STRONG

5 ch g Ravishing - Gleaming Sovereign (Shalford) WON at Kenilworth 2400m, 2 December

TRANSLUNAR

LETDAGOODTIMESROLL 4 b g Fort Beluga - Mabaleng (Sportsworld) WON at Scottsville 1200m, 6 December

Race 4 (252)

WON at Kenilworth, 1600m, 2 December . . . and placed . . . Colonel Bling, Jin-go-lo-ba, Oxford Union, Red Rouge

WILGERBOSDRIFT PO BOX 322, PIKETBERG 7320. TEL: 022 942 1266 FAX: 022 942 1755

Going: good

1000m R65,000

L 120 1 0.00 Moonblanched (15) 60.0 XG Carstens 14/1 3 b f Warm White Night - Paper Moon (Elliodor) (2) 60.0 H vd Hoven 33/1 K 204 2 0.05 Royal Chian 3 b f King’s Apostle - Cabaret Girl (Houston Connection) (11) 60.0 G Cheyne 5/1 F 132 3 0.25 Princess Jane 3 gr f Rebel King - Stormher (Jallad) (3) 60.0 L Africa 55/1 L 98 4 1.25 Secret Name (5) 60.0 M Byleveld 2/1 K 222 5 1.75 Oli Miranda (13) 60.0 C Puller 20/1 L 147 6 2.75 Moment To Shine (10) 60.0 G Behr 7/1 L 124 7 2.85 Midnight Spy (4) 60.0 B May 7/1 K 214 8 3.85 Forever Alert (12) 60.0 C Orffer 10/1 9 4.85 New Found Glory (9) 60.0 F Anthony 33/1 K 222 10 5.60 Victoria Montana (7) 60.0 G Wright 10/1 K 187 11 6.85 Alpine Trip (1) 60.0 S Fortune 50/1 12 8.35 Chacabotha (6) 60.0 R Peters 66/1 K 204 13 8.55 Rock Shandy (8) 60.0 A Domeyer 110/1 K 204 14 9.80 Cloudcatcher (16) 60.0 A Andrews 66/1 K 18 15 14.55 Prairie Rose (14) 60.0 C du Plooy 66/1 L 129 16 18.05 Queen Of Fortune Time: 59.9s (59.9s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:HWJ Crawford O:Mr A F J Duncan B:Klawervlei Stud

Kenilworth Graduation Plate (F&M)

1200m R68,000

Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)

1200m R65,000

K 193 1 0.00 Victoria Lavelle (4) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 3/1 3 b f Captain Al - Chiquita (Western Winter) (6) 57.0 G Cheyne 11/20 K 200 2 1.25 Chevauchee 3 b f High Chaparral - Chevaleresse(IRE) (Danehill) (2) 56.5 A Andrews 10/1 K 199 3 3.75 Jane S Piddy 3 ch f Trippi - Dame Kiri (Flaming Rock) (3) 56.5 G v Niekerk 12/1 K 224 4 5.50 Elusive Stars (1) 55.5 D Mansour 40/1 L 494 5 8.00 Sunday Seventh (5) 56.5 C Orffer 18/1 K 163 6 8.20 Folk Law Time: 73.42s (61.18s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 114% 1st T:J Snaith O:Messrs P Arumugam, N C Cooper, John T Freeman, L H Jaffee, P S Loomes, Bryn Ressell, W Smith, Jonathan Snaith & Countess S Labia B:Team Valor International

Race 3 (251)

1 0.00 Silvan Star (6) 60.0 A Andrews 33/1 3 b f Silvano - Bold Choice (Lecture) (5) 60.0 A Domeyer 10/1 K 156 2 6.00 Elusive Empress 3 b f Elusive Fort - Royal Elegie (Royal Chalice) (11) 60.0 G Behr 4/1 K 204 3 6.40 Prudence Prevails 3 gr f Jay Peg - Poppy (Fard) (7) 60.0 C Puller 50/1 K 214 4 6.45 Royal Seduction (2) 60.0 C Orffer 7/1 K 205 5 8.70 Kwando (1) 60.0 G Wright 12/1 L 105 6 9.45 Queen’s Circus (4) 60.0 K Steyn 75/1 K 11 7 10.20 Squiddly Diddly (3) 60.0 S Fortune 10/1 K 187 7 10.20 Come On Inn (10) 60.0 G v Niekerk 33/10 K 173 9 11.20 Florrick (9) 60.0 D Dillon 7/1 10 13.45 Wonder Worker (8) 60.0 C du Plooy 33/1 K 204 11 15.20 State Ballet (12) 60.0 G Cheyne 11/2 K 189 12 18.70 Sava Sunset Time: 73.93s (61.61s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:GS Kotzen O:Mr P G de Beyer & Ms G A Jaffee B:Ascot Stud

1600m R65,000

Kenilworth MR 71 Handicap

2400m R66,000

Kenilworth MR 86 Handicap

1400m R74,000

Kenilworth MR 73 Handicap (F&M)

1400m R68,000

Kenilworth MR 87 Handicap (F&M)

1400m R83,000

Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)

2000m R65,000

K 194 1 0.00 Charlie Strong (7) 56.0 D Mansour 15/4 5 ch g Ravishing - Gleaming Sovereign (Shalford) (1) 56.5 C Orffer 2/1 K 197 2 1.50 One Away 3 ch c Warm White Night - Angel Cake (Kabool) (5) 57.5 G Behr 5/1 K 194 3 1.60 Royal Trump 5 b h Teofilo - Trumps(AUS) (Catrail) (3) 60.0 G Cheyne 6/1 F 135 4 2.00 Tygerhoogte (6) 52.5 G v Niekerk 7/2 F 114 5 5.75 Baksteen (2) 59.0 A Domeyer 25/1 K 185 6 10.25 Carousel Swing (4) 55.0 M Byleveld 20/1 K 194 7 11.00 Man From Japan Time: 150.2s (62.58s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:AN Marcus O:Be In The Race Syndicate (Nom: Mr G E Marcus) B:B & Mrs Le Roux

Race 6 (254)

KENILWORTH Wednesday 2 December

Kenilworth Maiden Plate

K 155 1 0.00 Nine Mile (1) 59.0 C Orffer 11/2 3 b c Tiger Ridge - Cathay Firth (Philippi) (3) 59.0 XG Carstens 7/2 K 162 2 0.05 Flying Ryan 3 b c Horse Chestnut - Foxy Angel (Russian Fox) (2) 60.0 G Cheyne 8/1 L 108 3 1.80 Archie 4 b g Archipenko - Hatun Suyay(USA) (Strong Hope) (6) 59.0 D Mansour 4/1 L 726 4 3.05 Angkor Wat (5) 59.0 H vd Hoven 13/2 K 179 5 4.55 Larimar (11) 59.0 C Puller 12/1 K 206 6 4.60 Sun Dynasty (10) 59.0 B May 14/1 K 206 7 5.00 All Magic (9) 59.0 B Fayd’herbe 11/2 K 172 8 6.50 Let It Rain (7) 59.0 G v Niekerk 16/1 K 198 9 6.90 Swinging Captain (8) 59.0 D Dillon 75/1 L 121 10 13.15 Dune Basher (4) 59.0 G Wright 110/1 L 148 11 17.15 Position Closed Time: 100.52s (62.83s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Mr I W Longmore B:Wilgerbosdrift

Race 5 (253)

Congratulations to Connections

Race 2 (250)

2 wins 3 places 11 runs

Bruce le Roux - 082 493 5773 PO Box 501, Mooi River 3300 email: springvalley@lantic.net

NINE MILE

Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)

2 wins 11 places

4 b g Fort Beluga - Luna Perfumada (Ahmad) 21 runs WON at Greyville 1400m, 4 December

Congratulations to all the connections

3 b c Tiger Ridge - Cathay Firth (Philippi)

Race 1 (249)

2 wins 7 places 10 runs

...and placed Captain Sparrow

TIGER RIDGE

1700m R85,000

T 361 1 0.00 Beaufort Sea (2) 60.0 C Habib 10/1 4 b g Fort Wood - Travel In Front(AUS) (Citidancer GB) (3) 59.0 P Strydom 12/1 V 305 2 1.00 Revelation 3 ch g Visionaire - Particular Passion (Rambo Dancer) (13) 59.0 Wei Marwing 1/1 T 396 3 2.75 Road To Indy 3 b c Distorted Humor - Ms. Blue Blood(USA) (A P Indy) (9) 60.0 S Brown 75/1 V 403 4 3.75 Icy Avalanche (1) 59.0 R Munger 100/1 T 396 5 6.25 Frappachino (12) 59.0 K Zechner 66/1 V 387 6 6.75 Go Fly A Kite (6) 59.0 M v Rensburg 100/1 7 6.85 A P Emblem (10) 59.0 G Lerena 4/1 T 320 8 8.75 Captain Marooned (7) 59.0 JP vd Merwe 50/1 V 290 9 10.50 Umthetho (4) 59.0 S Khumalo 11/2 T 362 10 11.60 Caracal (5) 59.0 M Thackeray 75/1 V 312 11 14.60 Tobago (8) 59.0 C Murray 20/1 T 413 12 15.50 Champions Cup (11) 59.0 D Mansour 100/1 V 228 13 17.75 Olive Garden Time: 103.36s (60.8s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:GM Alexander O:Mrs V J Davidson B:Lammerskraal Stud

Vaal MR 80 Handicap

V 405 1 0.00 Celtic King (1) 57.0 7 ch g King of Kings - Irish Dawn(IRE) (Superlative) (10) 59.5 K 46 2 1.20 Without Permission 4 ch g Rock of Gibraltar - Lacrimosa(NZ) (O’Reilly) (8) 54.5 V 392 3 1.30 Man’s Inn 4 b g Greys Inn - Model Muse (Model Man) (5) 54.5 T 339 4 1.60 Russian Steward (6) 56.5 T 368 5 1.70 Wottahottie (3) 61.0 V 423 6 3.10 First Dance (4) 55.0 D 257 7 4.00 Max The Man (7) 59.0 T 138 8 5.75 Jezero (9) 56.0 T 348 9 8.50 De La Vere (2) 59.5 T 377 10 12.25 Rough Justice Time: 82.57s (58.98s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) 1st T:WH Tolmay O:Mr W H Tolmay B:P du Toit

1200m R85,000

T 320 1 0.00 Modjadji (1) 60.0 S Khumalo 28/10 3 b f Rebel King - Torrential Rain (Al Mufti) (6) 60.0 D Habib 8/1 V 402 2 0.25 Runalong 3 b f Mogok - Ramp Vamp (Jet Master) (14) 60.0 G Lerena 12/1 3 3.45 Girl On The Run 3 ch f Silvano - Girl From Grenada (Badger Land) (9) 60.0 R Simons 7/1 4 3.85 South Atlantic (12) 60.0 R Munger 14/1 T 369 5 4.15 Russian Friend (2) 60.0 S Brown 66/1 V 402 6 4.40 Queen Of Arts (13) 60.0 C Maujean 2/1 V 311 7 4.60 Our Miracle (10) 60.0 M v Rensburg 12/1 8 5.50 Tip Of The Glacier (5) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 75/1 9 6.80 Meteor Mon (11) 60.0 N Patel 16/1 V 350 10 7.30 Angie The Rebel (3) 60.0 Wes Marwing 75/1 11 8.00 Dukes Dime (8) 60.0 G Wrogemann 75/1 12 8.40 Dynamite Lady (4) 60.0 D Mansour 33/1 13 9.90 Sadler’s Lass (7) 60.0 J Penny 66/1 14 13.00 Russian Star Time: 71.15s (59.29s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H Van Niekerk B:Gary Player Stud

Race 3 (442)

Race 7 (446)

K 191 1 0.00 Zubbadubbadoo (3) 60.5 C Orffer 10/1 4 b g Jay Peg - Rub A Dub Dub (Jallad) (5) 55.0 M Byleveld 16/1 K 211 2 1.50 Annigoni 4 b g Silvano - Excelsa(AUS) (Red Ransom) (8) 57.0 D Dillon 9/2 L 76 3 1.90 Fifty Cents 3 b c Trippi - Prestine Performer (Rambo Dancer) (1) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 14/10 K 201 4 2.40 In The Cruise (6) 59.5 D Mansour 8/1 K 211 5 4.65 Space Launch (7) 61.5 G v Niekerk 10/1 K 191 6 5.40 Blackmore (2) 53.5 G Behr 8/1 K 209 7 7.40 Mountain Boy (4) 57.5 A Domeyer 7/1 L 150 8 7.90 Kirumbo Time: 86.13s (61.52s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Flaming Flamingos Syndicate (Nom: Mrs J Crawford) B:Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud

Race 7 (255)

K 200 1 0.00 Caprice des Dieux (2) 52.0 S Fortune 16/1 4 ch f Var - Vivalavita (Sportsworld) (1) 57.5 M Byleveld 8/1 L 113 2 0.50 Tonya 3 b f Dynasty - Wintersweet (Western Winter) (3) 60.0 G v Niekerk 16/10 L 152 3 1.50 Inanna 3 b f Trippi - Mountains Of Mist(IRE) (Shirley Heights) (4) 59.0 B Fayd’herbe 7/1 K 177 4 2.25 Just Rock ‘n Roll (5) 58.5 C Orffer 6/1 K 207 5 2.65 Red Moon At Night (7) 58.5 A Andrews 11/2 K 220 6 2.85 Chanukah (6) 56.0 A Domeyer 11/2 K 182 7 3.60 Sweetchild O Mine (8) 54.5 D Mansour 25/1 K 205 8 5.10 Rising Sunset Time: 87.36s (62.4s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:JMT Stewart O:Mr H H & Mrs M Zeppel B:HH Zeppel

Race 8 (256)

L 69 1 0.00 Star Express (2) 56.0 C du Plooy 33/10 3 ch f Silvano - Majestic Star (Doowaley) (8) 58.0 G Cheyne 8/1 L 109 2 0.75 Ashram 4 ch f Tiger Ridge - Maisonette (Elliodor) (3) 60.0 D Dillon 14/1 K 167 3 2.00 Goldandsilver 4 ch f Silvano - Golden Shina (National Assembly) (4) 54.0 H vd Hoven 12/1 F 130 4 2.05 Dazzling Dancer (7) 57.5 C Orffer 5/2 K 199 5 3.30 Amarillo Rose (9) 56.5 M Byleveld 8/1 K 163 6 4.30 Supreme Dynasty (1) 53.0 G v Niekerk 7/1 K 167 7 4.60 Lucky Tuesday (6) 59.0 D Mansour 14/1 D 958 8 7.60 Grey Light (5) 55.5 G Wright 10/1 K 182 9 8.00 Candaleeyah Time: 87.84s (62.74s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:J Snaith O:Messrs W J Laird & G Ragunan & Dr Dave & Mrs Sue Whitelaw B:IR Heyns

Race 9 (257)

K 189 1 0.00 Romagna (5) 58.0 G v Niekerk 5/2 3 b f Caesour - Rubicon(GB) (Irish River) (6) 58.0 G Behr 2/1 K 217 2 1.00 Playboy Buddy 3 b f Judpot - Miss Teenage Dream (Model Man) (4) 60.0 C Orffer 6/1 K 203 3 2.00 Carrie Bow Cay 5 b m Fastnet Rock - Mer De Corail(IRE) (Sadler’s Wells) (2) 58.0 D Mansour 10/1 K 203 4 2.50 Pirangi (1) 58.0 C Puller 9/1 K 165 5 3.00 Dontknowhy (3) 58.0 A Domeyer 12/1 L 147 6 3.30 Sky Fly (8) 58.5 D Dillon 75/1 K 203 7 4.55 Party Tibbs (10) 58.0 A Andrews 75/1 K 189 8 6.05 Holly Keith (9) 58.0 G Cheyne 16/1 K 189 9 6.10 Jamaica Me Crazy (7) 58.0 M Byleveld 16/1 K 156 10 18.35 Blu-Tack Time: 129.35s (64.68s avg/1000m, or 56km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:MW Bass O:Varsfontein Stud (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr J S Kalmanson) B:Varsfontein Stud

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Race 7 (454)

breeders of

1 win 1 place 4 runs

BARE ALL

3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Streak To Fame (Complete Warrior) WON by 2.0L at Greyville 1600m, 4 December . . . and placed . . . ARCHIE, BLESSED RELEASE, RUBY GEM

Race 8 (455)

Congratulations to all the connections Chris Gerber & Dr Bennie vd Merwe PO Box 67, Piketberg 7320 Tel (022) 942 1782 or (022) 942 1255 email: namaquas@intekom.co.za

TURFFONTEIN Thursday 3 December Going: good

Race 1 (448)

Turffontein Work Riders Maiden Plate

1800m R85,000

T 413 1 0.00 Arabian Bay (1) 60.0 G Dabamasi 11/2 6 ch h Mullins Bay - Arabian Charm (Al Mufti) (13) 60.0 F Semela 18/1 T 367 2 0.30 Paratus 4 b g Captain Al - Page Girl (Saumarez) (12) 60.0 L Hewitson 17/20 T 413 3 2.80 El Bombero 4 ch g Jet Master - La Deportista (Sportsworld) (4) 60.0 P Mlangeni 8/1 V 403 4 3.50 Wall Of Ice (3) 58.0 S Mosia 75/1 T 396 5 5.50 Uposeupay (2) 60.0 M Duba 125/1 T 340 6 5.80 Doodle Bug (6) 58.0 P Jevu 33/1 T 243 7 6.20 Thunder Applause (8) 58.0 S Siphika 50/1 V 404 8 7.60 Thiel (9) 60.0 T Lukhele 25/1 T 361 9 7.65 Silver Standard (5) 60.0 D Mazule 75/1 T 340 10 8.05 Mystic Realm (10) 60.0 C T Ndlovu 11/2 T 340 11 8.95 Zillionaire (7) 60.0 I Lukhele 66/1 V 404 12 9.00 Rollin In Da Deep (11) 58.0 J Gwingwizha 125/1 T 362 13 9.80 Douyou (14) 58.0 V Sithetho 75/1 T 367 14 10.50 Jamtin Time: 113.91s (63.28s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:GM Alexander O:Mr Dean Alexander B:Summerhill Stud

Race 2 (449)

Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)

T 360 1 0.00 Indzaba (9) 58.0 3 ch f Judpot - Duchess Daba (National Assembly) (2) 58.0 T 261 2 1.00 Lovingkindness 3 b f Silvano - Lady In Love (Fort Wood) (7) 58.0 T 332 3 2.75 Kellie Firth 3 b f Go Deputy - Killie Campbell (Western Winter) (4) 58.0 V 388 4 3.75 Lilliputian (8) 58.0 V 385 5 4.50 Bondiblu (5) 58.0 T 341 6 5.00 Vision Of Dahlia (1) 60.0 V 427 7 8.30 Sweet On You (3) 58.0 V 427 8 12.60 Mystify Me (6) 58.0 V 427 9 14.00 Lively Debate Time: 113.95s (63.31s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) 1st T:BO Wiid O:Ms N H Kropman B:Varsfontein Stud

Race 3 (450)

Turffontein MR 80 Handicap (F&M)

1800m R85,000

P Strydom M Yeni

Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)

Turffontein MR 72 Handicap

G Lerena

Turffontein MR 74 Handicap

R Munger

14/1

F Naude

10/1

Race 9 (456)

I Sturgeon 50/1 R Simons 7/1 C Habib 125/1 S Brown 125/1 F Naude 125/1 J Penny 125/1 SP Total %: 64%

Turffontein MR 76 Handicap (F&M)

Turffontein Maiden Plate

1450m R85,000

FAIRVIEW Friday 4 December

1800m R92,000

1450m R85,000

1600m R75,000

1200m R75,000

T 376 1 0.00 Chepardo (6) 58.0 C Murray 13/10 4 ch g Trippi - Cheetah Express (Badger Land) (4) 60.0 G Lerena 8/1 V 423 2 0.50 Woza Madoda 5 b g Black Minnaloushe - Wooden Doll (Fort Wood) (7) 52.0 M Yeni 16/1 T 348 3 0.75 Global Power 6 b h Encosta de Lago - Princess Stacey(AUS) (End Sweep) (5) 55.0 P Strydom 7/2 T 366 4 1.50 Analyse This (10) 54.5 C Maujean 75/1 V 353 5 2.25 Sir Price (8) 60.0 M Thackeray 7/1 T 381 6 3.25 Lady Al (2) 52.5 J Penny 55/1 T 398 7 3.75 Son Of Approval (3) 60.5 R Munger 8/1 V 255 8 5.00 Shine Tiger (1) 52.0 N Patel 20/1 T 348 9 7.00 Castle Keep (9) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 75/1 V 423 10 11.00 Francois P Time: 74.81s (62.34s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:AG Laird O:Mr M C Gerber B:Highlands

Going: good

Fairview Maiden Plate (Turf)

F 174 1 0.00 Island Express (9) 60.0 3 b g Great Britain - Island Empress (Eyeofthetiger) (12) 60.0 D 191 2 1.25 Township Talk 3 b g Brave Tin Soldier - Hot Reception (Muhtafal) (2) 57.5 F 156 3 1.75 King’s Fire 3 ch f Rebel King - Fit And Firing (Sapieha) (1) 60.0 F 147 4 1.85 Speed Lightning (10) 57.5 F 174 5 6.60 Chasing Angels (8) 60.0 D 173 6 7.85 Dr Mouse (11) 60.0 F 147 7 9.10 Green Door (3) 60.0 F 131 8 11.85 King Of Spice (4) 60.5 F 174 9 13.10 Cervantes (6) 57.5 F 156 10 15.10 Montserrat (7) 60.0 F 172 11 16.35 Salinger (5) 60.0 F 174 12 16.60 Seventh Mystery Time: 68.78s (57.32s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) 1st T:DA Sham O:Mr I Levitan B:Eenfontein Stud

Race 2 (197)

1200m R57,000

JP vd Merwe

14/1

K Zechner

15/2

G Cheyne

5/2

B Vlooh 50/1 S Khumalo 16/1 K Minnie 66/1 F Naude 8/1 X Ndlovu 75/1 W Agrella 5/1 T Gould 75/1 A Fortune 5/2 C Thabana 33/1 SP Total %: 118%

Fairview MR 86 Handicap (F&M)(Turf)

1000m R80,000

Fairview Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf)

1600m R57,000

F 120 1 0.00 Blizzard Belle (7) 60.0 S Khumalo 16/10 5 b m Western Winter - Bardot (Badger Land) (1) 52.5 F Naude 16/1 F 159 2 1.75 Seventh Circle 4 b f Seventh Rock - Millvale(AUS) (King’s Best) (2) 54.5 T Gould 33/1 V 129 3 2.25 Mystic Express 4 b f Mambo In Seattle - Lapis Lazuli (Joshua Dancer) (4) 61.5 K Ramsamy 33/10 F 167 4 2.50 House Of Lorraine (5) 58.0 K Zechner 9/2 V 354 5 6.50 Princess Tantan (6) 55.5 G Cheyne 9/2 F 167 6 7.00 Silent Rush (3) 57.0 A Fortune 10/1 F 79 7 7.25 Dream To Reality Time: 55.73s (55.73s avg/1000m, or 65km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Messrs E Batalides, Carl Hewitson & M C Wright B:Lammerskraal Stud

Race 3 (198)

F 163 1 0.00 Lady Marshall (6) 59.0 K Zechner 33/10 3 b f Parade Leader - Delmonica (Western Winter) (4) 60.0 F Naude 9/2 F 189 2 3.00 Zen And Now 4 ch f Lateral - Zauberflote(SNL) (Giant’s Causeway) (5) 59.0 JP vd Merwe 12/1 F 182 3 5.25 Red Rouge 3 b f Tiger Ridge - Infrarouge(ARG) (Hennessy) (2) 59.0 T Gould 8/1 F 189 4 6.50 Lalaloopsy (8) 60.0 S Khathi 7/1 F 189 5 7.50 Victorious Angel (3) 59.0 S Khumalo 4/1 F 156 6 7.75 Latera (1) 60.0 S Devoy 8/1 F 190 7 9.00 Badger’s Belle (7) 60.0 X Ndlovu 7/1 F 190 8 9.05 O Molly (9) 59.0 B Vlooh 75/1 F 182 9 19.80 Lost City Lady Time: 100.04s (62.53s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:DA Sham O:Mrs D A Sham, Mr M D Sham & Mr & Mrs C R Stonebridge B:PAM Magid & Summerhill Stud

Race 4 (199)

Fairview Graduation Plate (Turf)

1600m R62,000

F 169 1 0.00 Fly Like The Wind (9) 56.0 G Cheyne 12/10 3 b g Windrush - Fly To The Stars (Desert Team) (6) 60.0 K Ramsamy 12/1 F 192 2 1.00 Briar King 5 ch g Bezrin - Royal Centenary (Centenary) (3) 60.0 R Khathi 8/1 F 94 3 3.50 Imperial Velvet 5 ch g Imperial Stride - Celestial Velvet(ZIM) (Rabah) (2) 59.5 K Zechner 33/10 F 185 4 4.25 Arniston (5) 58.0 JP vd Merwe 40/1 F 137 5 7.50 Red Guard (8) 56.5 C Thabana 33/1 F 119 6 9.50 Unbroken (4) 56.5 A Fortune 12/1 F 138 7 14.25 Picture Book (1) 59.5 S Devoy 75/1 F 134 8 18.25 Badger’s Trail (7) 56.5 T Gould 16/1 F 162 9 19.50 On My Wits Alone (11) 58.5 S Khumalo 10/1 F 175 10 20.50 Playingtheenemy (10) 58.0 K Minnie 110/1 F 192 11 30.25 Tibet Time: 97.16s (60.73s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:R du Plessis O:Favour Stud (Nom: Mrs Engelize du Preez) B:Favour Stud

Race 5 (200)

Fairview Pinnacle Stakes (Turf)

F 179 1 0.00 Oh So Modus (5) 55.5 4 b g Modus Vivendi - Oh So Bold (Scuffleburg) (1) 55.5 F 166 2 2.25 Naval Intelligence 5 b g Trippi - Mairingi Bay (Joshua Dancer) (4) 58.5 F 151 3 2.75 Straw Market 7 b g Windrush - Fly To The Stars (Desert Team) (3) 60.0 K 176 4 6.50 Paolo (6) 60.5 F 177 5 6.60 Political Playboy (2) 52.5 F 162 6 8.10 Red Scimitar Time: 124.81s (62.41s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) 1st T:R du Plessis O:Mr E Strooh B:HM Muller

2000m R90,000

G Cheyne

7/2

R Khathi

12/1

K Zechner

16/10

A Fortune 33/10 W Agrella 13/2 JP vd Merwe 10/1 SP Total %: 114%

Greyville Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack)

2000m R80,000

Greyville MR 62 Handicap (F&M)(Polytrack)

2000m R64,000

Greyville Novice Plate (Polytrack)

1400m R80,000

S 214 1 0.00 Zilla (10) 58.0 A Delpech 4/1 3 ch f Judpot - Madame President (National Assembly) (5) 58.0 B Lerena 28/10 D 266 2 2.25 Roy’s Emblem 3 ch f National Emblem - Sans Frontieres (Modern Day) (2) 58.0 S Veale 8/1 D 266 3 2.75 Velvet Orchid 3 b f Russian Sage - Glowing Mist (All Fired Up) (7) 58.0 K De Melo 14/1 T 335 4 5.00 Oblivion (4) 58.0 C Storey 66/1 D 233 5 6.75 Truly Julia (3) 60.0 W Kennedy 25/1 D 300 6 9.50 Whoops A Daisy (6) 58.0 M Yeni 16/10 D 229 7 10.00 Juds Express (1) 60.0 I Sturgeon 20/1 D 228 8 10.50 Caligari Carnival (8) 60.0 ES Ngwane 25/1 D 250 9 12.50 Jaclyn Jetsetter (9) 60.0 L Mxothwa 75/1 D 250 10 13.75 Announcethesecret (12) 60.0 B Nyawo 100/1 D 301 11 20.25 Star Attraction (11) 58.0 T Godden 75/1 S 151 12 35.25 Bois Cheri Time: 124.71s (62.36s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:L Denysschen O:Messrs G C Cornwall & G Murray B:CF & Mrs de Vos

Race 4 (326)

1450m R85,000

V 387 1 0.00 King Gerard (5) 60.0 C Maujean 25/1 4 ch g Rebel King - Precious Star (Krusenstern) (1) 60.0 K Zechner 10/1 T 375 2 1.50 Crimson Magic 5 b g Latino Magic - Crimson Lace (Captain Al) (3) 59.0 C Murray 7/1 T 295 3 5.50 Neptune’s Jewel 3 b g Rock Of Rochelle - Sea Jewel (Model Man) (10) 59.0 G Lerena 5/10 V 387 4 6.75 Resolute Captain (4) 59.0 M Yeni 10/1 T 367 5 9.00 Truly (9) 59.0 Wei Marwing 66/1 T 342 6 10.75 Divar (2) 59.0 M v Rensburg 10/1 7 11.25 Royal Regatta (8) 59.0 M Thackeray 125/1 T 376 8 16.00 Watch Me Run (6) 59.0 JP vd Merwe 20/1 T 376 9 17.75 Severino (7) 59.0 R Munger 125/1 V 404 10 28.00 Epano Time: 89.5s (61.72s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:G Maroun O:Messrs G V King, J Flemix, J A Maroun, G J Maroun & D A Simpson B:R Koopstad

Race 1 (196)

Race 3 (325)

I Sturgeon 14/1 G Lerena 10/1 C Habib 11/2 Wei Marwing 10/1 J Penny 40/1 C Murray 50/1 S Chambers 25/1 C Maujean 40/1 M Thackeray 20/1 J Sampson 12/1 D Habib 33/1 SP Total %: 118%

T 980 1 0.00 Miss Magical (11) 59.5 JP vd Merwe 14/1 5 b m Silvano - Magical Miss (Al Mufti) (5) 52.0 C Murray 8/1 T 397 2 1.00 Wild Dancer 5 b m Casey Tibbs - Summer Passion (Captain Al) (3) 52.0 M Yeni 14/1 T 298 3 1.25 La Digue 6 b m Modern Day - Bonita Star(ARG) (Hello Sunshine) (1) 59.5 G Lerena 7/1 T 397 4 1.50 Tell My Star (10) 52.5 J Penny 50/1 V 406 5 2.50 Paree (12) 53.0 C Maujean 66/1 V 424 6 2.60 Soft Sand (4) 56.5 S Khumalo 4/1 T 343 7 2.75 Soul Of Spain (6) 52.0 R Munger 20/1 T 416 8 4.00 Slick Deputy (8) 55.5 I Sturgeon 10/1 T 345 9 4.25 Aldiara (2) 60.0 R Danielson 16/1 K 39 10 7.75 Bravo Maya (9) 57.5 M v Rensburg 16/1 V 356 11 8.25 Kings V (7) 54.5 P Strydom 5/2 T 384 12 10.50 Hit The Big Time Time: 89.48s (61.71s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:MG Azzie O:Mr A & Mrs F J Van Vuuren B:Maine Chance

8/1

V 229 1 0.00 Caymen Sunset (2) 60.5 G Lerena 16/10 4 ch g Miesque’s Approval - Cape Sunset(AUS) (Fantastic Light) (5) 57.5 F Naude 8/1 T 418 2 2.25 Antonius Charm 5 b g Antonius Pius - Miss Symphony (Kabool) (3) 52.0 R Munger 20/1 T 398 3 2.30 Lisnoble 5 b g Ashaawes - Alluring Charm (Qui Danzig) (6) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 100/1 T 348 4 4.50 Black Mack (8) 52.5 M v Rensburg 16/1 V 358 5 5.00 Arkansas (9) 52.5 M Yeni 25/1 T 398 6 5.10 Sammy Silver (7) 55.5 C Maujean 20/1 T 348 7 8.00 Kingkovsky (1) 58.0 P Strydom 28/10 T 377 8 8.75 King And Empire (10) 52.6 K Zechner 40/1 T 363 9 11.00 Starry Soiree (4) 55.0 R Simons 25/1 T 417 10 14.25 Double Bind (11) 57.5 Wei Marwing 6/1 V 282 11 22.25 Haddington Time: 98.99s (61.87s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:GV Woodruff O:Mr Preggie Somasundram B:Scott Bros

Race 6 (453)

18/10

10/1

T 293 1 0.00 Silvery Dream (5) 59.0 M Yeni 28/10 3 b f Silvano - Live Your Dreams (Jallad) (12) 59.0 C Murray 20/1 T 393 2 1.25 Shelly 3 b f Announce - Sea Time (Rambo Dancer) (11) 59.0 S Khumalo 10/1 T 332 3 2.50 Eversilver 3 b f Ideal World - Silver Tree (Fort Wood) (9) 59.0 Wes Marwing 75/1 V 386 4 3.75 Cambridge Choir (7) 59.0 G Lerena 3/1 T 320 5 4.50 Miss Wales (13) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 4/1 T 293 6 5.00 Green Goddess 7 8.50 Bubba’s Doll (4) 60.0 Wei Marwing 9/1 T 360 (8) 60.0 C Maujean 75/1 T 411 8 8.75 Retro Chic (3) 59.0 K Zechner 12/1 T 321 9 9.00 Queen Micky (6) 59.0 M Thackeray 20/1 T 429 10 10.50 Juniper (10) 59.0 D Habib 50/1 T 393 11 11.00 New Delhi (1) 59.0 C Little 25/1 12 18.75 Zonke (2) 59.0 R Simons 75/1 V 350 13 21.50 Cayatoo (14) 59.0 S Brown 125/1 T 320 14 22.50 Street Affair Time: 90.31s (62.28s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:G v Zyl O:Messrs R Coppin,E Budlendler,S Govender,Y Naidoo,S Naidu,G Pansi,P Rencken, Miss A C Barradale & Team G Racing (Nom : Mr G van Zyl) B:Highlands

Race 5 (452)

1000m R85,000

P Strydom

28/10

T 272 1 0.00 Run For Revelry (10) 58.5 S Khumalo 8/1 4 b f Fort Beluga - Running Rhythm (Jallad) (9) 58.0 Wei Marwing 9/2 V 308 2 1.00 Krystle Carrington 5 b m Dynasty - Al Nibari (Al Mufti) (4) 52.0 M v Rensburg 5/2 T 397 3 1.05 Nikki 3 b f Fort Wood - Zanakiya(FR) (Doyoun) (8) 56.5 R Simons 25/1 T 373 4 1.75 Sharp Princess (1) 58.0 JP vd Merwe 11/2 V 426 5 2.25 Kissimmee (5) 55.5 I Sturgeon 50/1 T 384 6 3.25 Star Of Love (7) 56.0 R Danielson 40/1 L 152 7 3.30 Elusive Spirit (2) 57.0 C Murray 14/1 V 426 8 4.00 Sisters Of Mercy (11) 59.0 P Strydom 8/1 T 383 9 6.00 She’s A Looker (6) 52.5 M Thackeray 75/1 V 390 10 6.25 Lexicon (12) 60.5 G Lerena 12/1 V 354 11 6.50 Fortitude (3) 61.5 M Yeni 7/1 T 383 12 8.75 Withbatedbreath Time: 112.95s (62.75s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H van Niekerk & Maine Chance Farms (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Dr W A & Mrs N Jacobs) B:CJ Saunders

Race 4 (451)

Turffontein MR 76 Handicap (F&M)

T 381 1 0.00 A Million Dreams (5) 61.5 3 ch f Jay Peg - Favourite Island (Lizard Island) (7) 56.0 V 410 2 0.50 Rebel’s Girl 4 ch f Rebel King - Quickstep (Rambo Dancer) (2) 62.5 V 408 3 2.50 Captain’s Diva 4 b f Announce - Captain’s Heart (Captain Al) (4) 59.0 T 379 4 3.00 Regal Rose (14) 60.0 T 364 5 3.50 Usisi (12) 61.5 T 364 6 4.25 Cataluga (3) 58.5 T 222 7 5.00 Patty Cake (1) 58.5 V 354 8 5.25 Iwannabe (13) 55.5 Q 27 9 5.75 Nomvula (11) 61.0 Q 109 10 6.50 Boarding Call (8) 55.5 T 379 11 7.75 Supa-U (9) 62.0 T 381 12 8.25 Wolverina (10) 58.0 T 381 13 10.50 Cute Lady (6) 58.5 V 925 14 18.25 Northern Horizons Time: 58.99s (58.99s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) 1st T:LW Goosen O:Mr M J A Ferreira B:KP Truter

Kingmambo – Banks Hill by Danehill

Little Chapel

L 152 1 0.00 Little Chapel (9) 59.5 A Delpech 3/1 3 b f Ideal World - Brides Dream (Strike Smartly) (8) 58.0 M Yeni 8/1 D 255 2 1.75 Tales Of Mambo 3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Tales Of Magic (Lecture) (2) 59.5 S Veale 16/1 D 233 3 1.80 Queen Delta 4 b f Fort Wood - Rakara (Rakeen) (11) 60.0 B Lerena 20/1 D 281 4 2.30 Lady Ami (4) 58.5 M Ntuli 11/2 D 281 5 2.55 Imbuta Castrum (1) 57.5 N Gumede 14/1 D 281 6 5.30 Music World (3) 58.0 A Mgudlwa 14/1 D 243 7 5.35 Timeforatiger (10) 59.0 L Mxothwa 20/1 D 255 8 5.85 Noriki (5) 58.5 J Samuel 40/1 D 243 9 6.60 Fly Away With Me (12) 58.0 ES Ngwane 33/1 D 272 10 8.10 Yell (6) 57.5 B Jacobson 5/1 D 281 11 8.85 Silver Inspiration (7) 59.5 K De Melo 4/1 D 255 12 9.10 National Chimes Time: 124.66s (62.33s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:D Kannemeyer O:Gary Player Stud Farm (Nom: Mr G J Player) & Mr Marc B Player B:Mauritzfontein Stud

2 wins 3 places 8 runs

3 b f Ideal World - Brides Dream (Strike Smartly) WON at Greyville, 2000, 4 December Congratulations to D Kannemeyer, Gary Player Stud Farm (Nom: Mr G J Player) & Mr Marc B Player, Mauritzfontein Stud

Race 5 (327)

. . . and placed . . . Eversilver, Fah Fee, Super Glue Guy Murdoch • Tel: 053 833 7095 Cell: 083 308 4002 • guy@mauritzfontein.co.za Race 6 (201)

Fairview Glendore Sprint (Non-blacktype)(Turf)

F 120 1 0.00 Villa Del Largo (2) 55.5 6 b h Jallad - You Belong To Me(USA) (End Sweep) (3) 52.5 F 158 2 1.00 Sedge 6 b g Silvano - Shasta Daisy (Rakeen) (6) 60.0 S 184 3 2.00 Insearchofthesun 6 gr g Whitechapel - Holy Smoke (Kilconnel) (7) 52.0 F 175 4 4.25 Tetelestai F 137 5 4.35 Captain On The Run (8) 52.0 (5) 61.0 F 158 6 5.60 Vauclair (4) 52.5 F 158 7 9.10 Swift Wonder (1) 56.5 F 175 8 11.60 Stormy Ridge Time: 57.5s (57.5s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) 1st T:J Snaith O:Mr A L A Crabbia B:Highlands

Race 7 (202)

1000m R100,000

A Fortune

33/10

JP vd Merwe

5/2

G Cheyne

5/1

T Gould 20/1 K Zechner 16/1 W Agrella 33/10 S Khumalo 9/1 X Ndlovu 25/1 SP Total %: 116%

Fairview Conditions Plate (F&M)(Turf)

1400m R67,000

Fairview MR 80 Handicap (Turf)

1400m R67,000

K 199 1 0.00 Sunset Tripp (1) 53.5 R Khathi 18/10 4 ch f Trippi - Red Growler (Fort Wood) (8) 54.0 G Cheyne 2/1 F 170 2 2.25 Purely Atomic 4 b f Encosta de Lago - Catching Moonbeams(IRE) (Danehill) (4) 51.0 JP vd Merwe 4/1 F 167 3 4.25 Suedette 5 b m Dynasty - Sudden Gust (Sportsworld) (6) 54.0 F Naude 14/1 F 167 4 4.35 Jay’s Favour (9) 57.5 X Ndlovu 33/1 F 145 5 4.45 Facinating Filly (5) 57.5 A Fortune 20/1 F 170 6 7.70 Strong Scent (2) 60.0 S Moodley 11/1 F 173 7 8.20 Nonki Poo (3) 54.0 K Zechner 14/1 F 170 8 9.95 Blackberry Wine (7) 50.0 K Ramsamy 75/1 F 171 9 15.45 Jay Belle Time: 84.03s (60.02s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:J Snaith O:Mr Greg Bortz B:GC & JA Jolliffe

Race 8 (203)

D 199 1 0.00 Translunar (10) 60.0 A Mgudlwa 5/1 4 b g Fort Beluga - Luna Perfumada (Ahmad) (7) 59.0 K De Melo 14/1 D 226 2 0.15 Var Du Bois 3 b g Var - Tippuana (Fort Wood) (4) 59.0 S Veale 12/1 D 263 3 0.20 Beluga 3 ch g Argonaut - Cashmere ‘n Caviar (Fort Wood) (9) 59.5 A Delpech 5/2 K 180 4 0.45 Do Be Snappy (1) 58.5 M Yeni 25/1 D 286 5 1.45 Pyrenees In Spain (8) 59.5 ES Ngwane 10/1 D 262 6 1.70 The Poet (2) 56.0 I Sturgeon 4/1 D 248 7 1.95 Mayfair (3) 58.5 B Lerena 11/1 D 253 8 2.00 Bagger Vance (6) 59.5 A Forbes 25/1 D 267 9 2.25 Mynameisbond (11) 58.0 B Claassen 50/1 D 294 10 6.00 Scuzami (5) 60.0 W Kennedy 11/2 D 268 11 7.50 Riff Raf Time: 84.15s (60.11s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:GB Puller O:Sea Cottage Trading CC B:B Le Roux

Race 6 (328) (Polytrack)

Greyville River Indigo R120,000

Handicap

1400m (F&M)(Non-blacktype)

D 288 1 0.00 Chennai Babe (3) 54.0 A Mgudlwa 7/2 4 ch f Kahal - Mentalite(IRE) (Alhaarth) (9) 58.5 B Lerena 15/1 D 288 2 0.50 Littleblacknumber 4 b f Black Minnaloushe - Antonia’s Pride (National Assembly) (5) 60.0 A Delpech 28/10 T 337 3 0.55 Alice Springs 4 b f Hussonet - Alexandra Rose (Caesour) (8) 53.5 K De Melo 11/2 D 240 4 0.60 Lala (1) 52.0 W Kennedy 25/1 D 240 5 1.10 Royalsecuritybaby (2) 56.0 S Veale 4/1 D 270 6 2.85 Red Label (4) 54.5 A Forbes 15/1 D 288 7 3.35 Mission Rapids (11) 58.5 M Yeni 9/1 T 324 8 4.10 Lauderdale (10) 52.0 ES Ngwane 14/1 D 270 9 6.85 Peach Delight (7) 56.5 C Ngcobo 25/1 D 256 10 10.35 Kileigh (6) 52.0 C Storey 50/1 D 240 11 15.10 Don’t Mention It Time: 83.01s (59.29s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Sean Tarry Racing C.C. (Nominee S G Tarry) B:Shadwell Stud

F 161 1 0.00 Turnstone (9) 56.0 A Fortune 11/2 6 b h Silvano - Tetre Rouge (French Stress) (6) 52.0 K Ramsamy 7/1 F 134 2 1.25 Wogsy 6 b g Mogok - Preview (Fard) (3) 53.0 JP vd Merwe 8/1 F 93 3 2.50 Oxford Union 4 g Tiger Ridge - Quiensabe(USA) (Mt. Livermore) (7) 59.5 S Khumalo 7/1 F 137 4 2.75 Eternal Jet (5) 58.0 R Khathi 9/2 F 143 5 4.00 Judd’s Joy (13) 55.0 C Thabana 16/1 F 161 6 6.25 Rebel House (11) 58.5 K Zechner 8/1 F 143 7 7.00 Kono (1) 60.5 W Agrella 7/1 F 137 8 7.50 Crescendo (8) 58.5 X Ndlovu 50/1 F 158 9 7.55 Seattle Storm 33/1 F 127 10 8.05 Starspangledemblem (10) 55.5 B Vlooh (4) 59.5 G Cheyne 9/1 F 177 11 9.30 Placido (12) 63.5 S Khathi 40/1 F 137 12 12.55 Island Fiesta (2) 60.0 F Naude 66/1 F 137 13 29.80 River Trip Time: 83.9s (59.93s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:DA Sham O:Mr A L A Crabbia B:Maine Chance

Kingmambo - Weekend In Seattle (Seattle Slew)

GREYVILLE Friday 4 December Going: good

Race 1 (323)

Greyville Maiden Plate (Polytrack)

1600m R80,000

D 271 1 0.00 Samovar (9) 59.0 K De Melo 33/10 3 ch c Judpot - Princess Elli (Elliodor) (10) 60.0 A Delpech 6/1 T 375 2 0.75 Hearts ‘R Pumping 4 ch c More Than Ready - Secret Heart (Fort Wood) (7) 59.0 B Lerena 1/1 D 236 3 3.00 Calabash 3 b c Silvano - Carambola(IRE) (Danehill) (5) 60.0 M Ntuli 66/1 K 228 4 3.25 Live On The Moon (3) 59.0 B Jacobson 16/1 S 164 5 5.75 Napoli (8) 59.0 L Mxothwa 33/1 D 261 6 7.00 Reactive (4) 60.0 M Yeni 50/1 D 218 7 7.25 Gun Slinger (6) 60.0 K Jupp 10/1 D 216 8 9.50 Filoli (2) 59.0 T Godden 20/1 9 10.25 Elusive Wolf (12) 59.0 A Mgudlwa 75/1 D 198 10 11.00 King’s Wager (11) 59.0 C Storey 100/1 S 150 11 13.75 Roy’s Flame (1) 59.0 S Veale 20/1 D 291 12 14.75 Roy’s Honour Time: 97.06s (60.66s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:D Kannemeyer O:Evanstan Investments (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr R D Hamilton) B:Daytona Stud

Race 2 (324)

Greyville Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack)

1 win 1 place 4 runs

BARE ALL

1600m R80,000

K 173 1 0.00 Bare All (8) 59.0 A Delpech 16/10 3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Streak To Fame (Complete Warrior) (3) 59.0 W Kennedy 5/2 D 229 2 2.00 Zagora 3 b f Lateral - Zauberflote(SNL) (Giant’s Causeway) (6) 59.0 L Mxothwa 33/1 D 266 3 4.00 l’ Attitude 3 b f Lateral - Druid’s Causeway (Joshua Dancer) (5) 59.0 C Storey 25/1 D 250 4 5.00 Lady Albaha (12) 60.0 A Forbes 33/1 S 61 5 5.15 Silver Falls (1) 59.0 B Nyawo 5/1 D 290 6 5.40 Villa Floriana (9) 60.0 M Ntuli 16/1 D 290 7 5.45 Dirty Dancing (10) 60.0 B Jacobson 20/1 D 301 8 6.45 Merry Chase (2) 59.0 M Yeni 7/1 9 7.95 She’s The One (7) 60.0 C Ngcobo 50/1 D 44 10 8.45 Champagne Silk (4) 60.0 T Godden 66/1 D 290 11 8.60 Coral Cove (11) 59.0 D Neethling 66/1 D 202 12 11.60 Langebaan Time: 98.88s (61.8s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:D Kannemeyer O:Mr M C Gerber B:Moutonshoek

3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Streak To Fame (Complete Warrior) WON by 2.0L at Greyville 1600m, 4 December

MYSTIC EXPRESS

4 wins 9 places 23 runs

4 b f Mambo In Seattle - Lapis Lazuli (Joshua Dancer) 3rd at Fairview 1000m, 4 December

1 win

TALES OF MAMBO 611plaruncess 3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Tales Of Magic (Lecture) 2nd at Greyville 2000m, 4 December

DANZA

4 places 6 runs

3 b g Mambo In Seattle - Tavita (Rakeen) 2nd at Turffontein 1160m, 5 December

RUBY GEM

1 place 6 runs

3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Ruby Gift(SNL) (Wolf Power) 3rd at Kenilworth 1400m, 5 December

Mambo In Seattle stands at

Dr Bennie van der Merwe Cell: 083 460 4066 namaquas@intekom.co.za

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

another winner for

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

Burrwood

Caymen Sunset

WON at Scottsville, 6 December

WON at Turffontein, 3 December

T: C Scott J: M Yeni O: Messrs R T Scott & R M Scott B: Scott Bros

T: GV Woodruff J: G Lerena O: Mr Preggie Somasundram B: Scott Bros

Race 7 (329) Greyville KZN Summer Challenge 1600 Final (Turf)

1600m R200,000

D 199 1 0.00 Diamond King (11) 59.5 B Lerena 4/1 5 b g More Than Ready - Salsa(NZ) (O’Reilly) (4) 53.0 M Yeni 16/1 S 169 2 0.25 Baltic Amber 4 b g Alado - Lady Diesis(USA) (Diesis) (8) 52.0 K Jupp 25/1 D 230 3 1.25 Black Jaguar 6 b g Black Minnaloushe - Ivory Tower (Goldkeeper) (13) 56.0 K De Melo 14/1 D 278 4 1.30 Cat In Command (9) 53.5 A Delpech 22/10 D 230 5 1.35 Last Tiger (12) 53.5 L Mxothwa 25/1 D 305 6 1.60 Nitro Nori (1) 57.0 S Veale 7/1 D 280 7 1.65 Nineteen Fourteen (6) 54.0 A Forbes 16/1 D 305 8 1.75 Red Rover (2) 61.0 B Jacobson 25/1 D 199 9 2.75 Fourth Estate (5) 59.5 I Sturgeon 4/1 D 277 10 4.50 Silva Hawk (3) 57.5 A Mgudlwa 12/1 S 169 11 6.25 Caribbean Day (10) 52.0 M Ntuli 40/1 D 286 12 6.75 Second Lieutenant (7) 52.0 T Godden 50/1 D 321 13 21.00 Miss Tee Time: 96.89s (60.56s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 126% 1st T:AJ Rivalland O:Mrs M D J Liley B:bred in New Zealand

Race 8 (330)

Greyville 2000m KZN Summer Challenge 2000 Final (Turf) R200,000

D 277 1 0.00 Silver Spring (2) 58.0 W Kennedy 7/1 7 b g Silvano - Bejewelled Spring (Elliodor) (6) 55.5 A Forbes 6/1 D 320 2 1.50 Great Rumpus 6 b g Black Minnaloushe - Princess Polly (Royal Chalice) (3) 52.5 A Delpech 11/2 D 247 3 3.25 Night Shadow 4 b g Silvano - Saratoga Shadow (Al Mufti) (15) 58.5 B Nyawo 14/1 D 304 4 3.50 Qatar Springs (1) 54.5 M Yeni 6/1 D 278 5 4.25 Nicklaus (5) 52.0 S Veale 7/1 D 262 6 5.00 Fantasy Art (10) 52.0 A Mgudlwa 12/1 D 246 7 5.50 The King’s Hand (12) 56.5 B Jacobson 16/1 D 305 8 6.25 Emperor Niarchos (4) 52.0 M Ntuli 100/1 D 203 9 6.30 My Lovely (14) 59.5 B Lerena 14/1 D 193 10 6.35 Pioneer Spirit (11) 55.0 K De Melo 8/1 D 269 11 7.85 Open Heir (9) 52.0 ES Ngwane 50/1 D 304 12 8.35 Priceless Gem (8) 52.0 T Godden 100/1 D 320 13 9.85 Secret Lover (13) 61.5 I Sturgeon 10/1 D 264 14 10.10 Crime Victim (7) 52.0 K Jupp 66/1 D 295 15 14.35 Dun Carrer Time: 124.12s (62.06s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:G v Zyl O:Messrs J Chapman, E A Budlender & P R Rencken B:TS Silcock

TURFFONTEIN Saturday 5 December Going: good

Race 1 (457)

Turffontein Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies)

800m R85,000

1 0.00 Fresh (3) 60.0 S Chambers 12/10 2 b f Querari - Fragrant Breeze (Lecture) (2) 60.0 C Murray 14/1 2 3.50 Might As Well 2 b f Just As Well - Khorkina (Personal Hope) (7) 60.0 D Habib 12/1 3 4.70 Queenie 2 b f Rebel King - Big Five Jive (Tiger Dance) (4) 60.0 D Dillon 10/1 4 5.10 Intisara (8) 60.0 F Herholdt 12/1 5 5.20 She Done Good (5) 60.0 A Fortune 33/10 6 6.80 Open Road (1) 60.0 M Thackeray 14/1 7 28.00 Super Sharp (6) 60.0 F Naude 8/1 8 99.99 Rasberry Lips Time: 46.46s (58.08s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:C Spies O:Messrs F N Englezakis & R P Macnab B:Maine Chance

Race 2 (458)

Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)

1 0.00 Hollie Point (8) 60.0 3 gr f Silvano - Chiffon (Grey Eminence) (6) 60.0 T 414 2 3.30 Pipkin 3 b f Lateral - Pinnaquin (Count Dubois) (4) 60.0 T 360 3 3.80 She’s A Flirt 4 ch f Announce - Flirt In A Skirt (Winter Romance) (13) 60.0 V 402 4 6.10 Rose Water (12) 60.0 V 278 5 6.30 Romiella (3) 60.0 6 7.30 Silver Duchess (11) 60.0 7 7.80 Vargo (2) 60.0 T 360 8 7.85 Pendulum Of Life (10) 60.0 V 386 9 7.95 Lady Torera (16) 60.0 V 386 10 8.20 Covert Affair (1) 60.0 V 402 11 8.80 Eternal Fire (5) 60.0 V 402 12 9.30 Asian Babe (15) 60.0 V 10 13 9.70 Polar Rebel (7) 60.0 V 350 14 13.50 Fancy Dancer (9) 60.0 V 386 15 14.10 Zamaron (14) 60.0 16 99.99 Olivia Dee Time: 68.9s (59.4s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) 1st T:AG Laird O:Mr E C Smith B:Rous Bros

Race 3 (459)

Turffontein Apprentice Maiden Plate

V 312 1 0.00 All Night Flight (7) 60.0 3 b c Noordhoek Flyer - Shot In The Dark (Rakeen) (2) 60.0 V 144 2 1.50 Danza 3 b g Mambo In Seattle - Tavita (Rakeen) (5) 60.0 T 376 3 3.00 Vars Pride 3 b g Var - Lady Model (Model Man) (4) 60.0 V 305 4 7.20 Prospectus (10) 60.0 T 376 5 7.80 Mutakayyef (6) 60.0 6 11.30 Peace Pipe (8) 60.0 V 419 7 11.80 Antagonist (11) 60.0 T 342 8 13.50 Space Warrior (9) 60.0 V 302 9 22.50 Nucky Thompson (3) 60.0 T 342 10 26.50 Calico Joe (1) 60.0 11 36.00 Time To Be Great Time: 68.45s (59.01s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) 1st T:RR Magner O:Mr K Soal B:WE Brits

Race 4 (460)

Turffontein Apprentice Maiden Plate (F&M)

1160m R85,000

JP vd Merwe

5/2

F Naude

20/1

C Habib

12/1

Turffontein Pinnacle Stakes

Turffontein Secretariat Stakes (3yo’s)(Listed)

T 359 1 0.00 Suyoof (3) 60.0 S Brown 28/10 3 ch g Magic Albert - Magic Harmony(AUS) (Danehill Dancer) (4) 54.5 R Munger 8/1 T 325 2 0.90 Duke Nukem 3 ch g Bankable - Guest Gallery (Special Preview) (1) 55.0 R Simons 7/1 T 372 3 1.60 Lunar Approach 3 b c Right Approach - Ashbrook (Doowaley) (10) 54.0 JP vd Merwe 40/1 T 295 4 2.10 Belenos (11) 52.0 C Murray 10/1 T 395 5 3.60 Tommy Waterdevil (2) 56.0 G Lerena 28/10 V 425 6 4.40 Val Et Al (9) 57.0 D Dillon 16/1 V 387 7 5.15 Reef Of Fortune (8) 56.5 A Fortune 8/1 T 273 8 6.00 Baylisiana (6) 52.5 C Maujean 75/1 T 27 9 6.75 Gentleman Only (7) 52.5 M v Rensburg 12/1 V 425 10 7.75 Leigh Woods (5) 54.0 Wes Marwing 25/1 T 333 11 8.25 Magical Moon Time: 87.04s (62.17s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:MF de Kock O:Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum B:bred in Australia

Race 7 (463)

Turffontein MR 87 Handicap

2000m R100,000

T 323 1 0.00 Shea Devon (1) 58.5 G Lerena 5/1 4 b g High Chaparral - Truly Lovely(NZ) (Pins) (5) 54.0 F Herholdt 3/1 T 400 2 0.90 Super Glue 4 b g Ideal World - Rawl Plug (Plugged Nickle) (6) 59.0 S Brown 8/1 T 412 3 3.10 Fah Fee 4 ch g Ideal World - Dream Of Gold(IRE) (Sadler’s Wells) (4) 59.5 R Simons 17/2 T 378 4 5.60 Smart Mart (8) 56.5 C Murray 14/1 T 380 5 6.10 Masnoon (7) 59.0 M v Rensburg 22/10 V 357 6 6.90 Candy Rock (9) 56.0 JP vd Merwe 33/1 T 400 7 7.20 Baracah (2) 57.0 A Fortune 17/2 T 378 8 8.00 Counterstroke (3) 60.0 M Thackeray 55/1 T 378 9 8.60 Isosha Time: 125.36s (62.68s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:GV Woodruff O:Mr B Joffe B:bred in Australia

Race 8 (464)

Turffontein MR 84 Handicap (F&M)

1160m R100,000

V 354 1 0.00 Tiger’s Touch (8) 57.5 G Lerena 11/10 4 ch f Where’s That Tiger - Brocco Babe(AUS) (Brocco) (3) 55.0 M Thackeray 10/1 T 453 2 1.20 Lady Al 4 b f Captain Al - Noble Destiny (Royal Chalice) (2) 57.0 C Habib 10/1 T 325 3 2.80 Sobonana 3 b f Visionaire - Bellita (Toreador) (4) 57.5 C Maujean 12/1 T 300 4 4.80 Woodrose (6) 58.0 R Munger 9/2 V 354 5 8.80 Embrasiatic (9) 61.5 S Brown 20/1 T 330 6 11.80 Bountiful Harvest (1) 58.5 S Chambers 8/1 T 326 7 12.80 Sweet Painted Lady (5) 52.0 N Patel 50/1 V 316 8 13.50 Danielle (10) 54.5 R Simons 33/1 T 519 9 15.50 Karoo Breeze (7) 59.5 A Fortune 14/1 T 381 10 15.55 Twilight Tiger Time: 67.39s (58.09s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Messrs B Kantor & L M Nestadt B:bred in Australia

Race 9 (465)

Turffontein MR 76 Handicap (F&M)

V 317 1 0.00 A P’s Lily (2) 54.5 3 ch f A P Arrow - National Lily (National Assembly) (1) 52.0 T 401 2 0.60 Olympia Beijing 7 b m Silvano - Pin Cushion (Model Man) (4) 53.0 T 346 3 2.30 A P Chanel 4 ch f A P Arrow - Cococay (National Emblem) (6) 60.0 T 383 4 2.70 Lucky Gambler (5) 52.0 T 401 5 3.00 Spurwing Summer (8) 59.0 T 383 6 3.25 Party Magic (13) 56.0 T 346 7 3.75 Flaming Spirit (11) 52.0 V 424 8 4.65 Cote De Pablo (12) 58.5 V 309 9 5.05 Celtic Heroine (9) 53.0 V 309 10 7.05 Cool Fantasy (10) 52.0 V 424 11 9.45 Lady Muffet (3) 57.5 T 346 12 16.00 Modern Muse (7) 52.0 V 424 13 99.99 Global Spin Time: 158.15s (64.55s avg/1000m, or 56km/h) 1st T:T Zackey O:Mr E Herholdt B:E Herholdt

1160m R85,000

ES Ngwane

12/1

C Murray

11/10

R Munger

13/2

C Habib 13/2 M Thackeray 33/10 L Mxothwa 25/1 C Ngcobo 50/1 N Patel 125/1 T Godden 75/1 Wes Marwing 100/1 C Storey 33/1 SP Total %: 117%

1600m R85,000

1400m R120,000

T 412 1 0.00 Shadow Ofhis Smile (1) 58.5 D Dillon 16/1 5 g Western Winter - Shadow Dancing (Fort Wood) (8) 61.5 G Lerena 6/10 T 327 2 0.75 Bouclette Top 5 br g Giant’s Causeway - Bouclette Glory(ARG) (Honour And Glory) (3) 55.5 JP vd Merwe 10/1 T 380 3 3.05 Mootahadee 4 b g Redoute’s Choice - Moon Is Up(USA) (Woodman) (2) 60.0 A Fortune 11/2 T 412 4 4.30 The Hangman (5) 52.5 M Thackeray 50/1 T 347 5 4.60 Cumberland (4) 57.0 F Naude 33/1 T 437 6 5.85 Brad’s Surge (7) 57.0 C Murray 10/1 T 382 7 11.35 Prince Of Orange (6) 60.0 R Simons 10/1 T 365 8 13.85 Forest Indigo Time: 86.11s (61.51s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:GV Woodruff O:Mrs I Jooste & Mr M J Jooste B:Klawervlei Stud

Astrapi..........

WON at Kenilworth, 5 December

T: R v Reenen J: D Wana O: Mr Greg & Mrs Vida Holtman, Mr F J Louw & Mrs C S Swart, Mr A & Mrs L J Schipper & Mr N M Shirtliff B: CJ Saunders Race 8 (265)

1400m R150,000

2450m R85,000

C Maujean

10/1

M Thackeray

50/1

JP vd Merwe

9/2

R Simons 7/1 N Patel 40/1 Wes Marwing 8/1 I Sturgeon 7/1 R Munger 14/1 C Habib 16/1 J Penny 12/1 C Murray 40/1 G Lerena 28/10 ES Ngwane 40/1 SP Total %: 119%

G Lerena 6/1 N Patel 150/1 C Little 40/1 S Brown 20/1 D Dillon 25/1 M v Rensburg 40/1 R Simons 125/1 A Fortune 3/1 C Maujean 125/1 R Munger 8/1 I Sturgeon 10/1 C Murray 66/1 M Thackeray 66/1 SP Total %: 119%

T 341 1 0.00 Wedgwood (6) 59.0 C Murray 16/10 3 b f Querari - Woodstock Inn(AUS) (Woodman) (8) 60.0 Wes Marwing 7/2 T 332 2 2.25 Jin-go-lo-ba 4 ch f Tiger Ridge - Queen’s Service (Western Winter) (10) 59.0 C Storey 8/1 T 371 3 2.50 Night On The Hill 3 ch f Warm White Night - Upper House (National Assembly) (7) 59.0 R Munger 33/10 T 411 4 2.90 Samarra (5) 59.0 ES Ngwane 22/1 V 427 5 3.30 Shankly Gates (3) 60.0 L Mxothwa 33/1 V 427 6 5.30 Secret Angel (1) 59.0 T Godden 50/1 T 343 7 8.00 Aspen shadow (4) 60.0 N Patel 66/1 T 393 8 8.40 You Clever Girl (9) 59.0 C Ngcobo 100/1 V 292 9 11.90 Saint Rosaline (2) 59.0 M Thackeray 80/1 T 449 10 15.40 Mystify Me Time: 100.61s (62.88s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 108% 1st T:GV Woodruff O:Messrs M I Fullard, J H Drew & L J van der Vyver B:Maine Chance

Race 5 (461)

Race 6 (462)

another winner for

KENILWORTH Saturday 5 December Going: good

Race 1 (258)

SUYOOF

3 ch g Magic Albert - Magic Harmony(AUS) (Danehill Dancer) Turffontein over 1400m, 5 December for trainer MF de Kock

SHEA DEVON

4 b g High Chaparral - Truly Lovely(NZ) (Pins) WON at Turffontein over 2000m, 5 December for trainer GV Woodruff

TIGER’S TOUCH

4 ch f Where’s That Tiger - Brocco Babe(AUS) (Brocco) WON at Turffontein over 1160m, 5 December for trainer SG Tarry

MOOGHAMIR

3 b c Galileo - Sogha(AUS) (Red Ransom) WON at Kenilworth over 1800m, 5 December for trainer MF De Kock

STARCRAFT PRINCE 4 b g Starcraft - Truly Kissed(AUS) (Carnegie)

WON at Scottsville over 1200m, 6 December for trainer KG Naidoo and placed . . Global Power, Purely Atomic, Chevauchee, Alice Springs, Highway Explorer, Mootahadee, Without Permission, Royal Trump

www.aushorse.net.au

1200m R65,000

K 231 1 0.00 Astrapi (3) 60.0 D Wana 18/10 3 b g Mogok - Withstand The Wind (Rakeen) (6) 60.0 E Paca 3/1 L 97 2 0.50 Five Star Rock 3 b g Seventh Rock - Five Star Girl (Al Mufti) (1) 60.0 S Tamela 7/1 L 115 3 0.80 Castlewood 3 b g Elusive Fort - Rose Of Sharon (Prime Timber) (7) 60.0 A Ndlele 12/1 K 198 4 3.80 Hililyhililyhilo (5) 60.0 MJ Mkhala 33/1 K 238 5 4.80 Windbreak (8) 60.0 M Sigenu 33/10 L 130 6 5.80 Chestnut Wild (4) 60.0 E Jevu 11/1 L 131 7 6.55 Bega (2) 60.0 G Ludisi 33/1 K 213 8 17.05 Alarm Bells Time: 73.34s (61.12s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:R v Reenen O:Mr Greg & Mrs Vida Holtman, Mr F J Louw & Mrs C S Swart, Mr A & Mrs L J Schipper & Mr N M Shirtliff B:CJ Saunders

Race 2 (259)

Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)

1400m R65,000

K 205 1 0.00 Fantastic Trip (7) 59.0 G Cheyne 15/10 3 b f Trippi - Lady Windermere (Western Winter) (6) 59.0 C Orffer 16/10 K 187 2 0.75 Honest Ally 3 b f Captain Al - Frankfort (Elliodor) (5) 59.0 G Behr 25/1 K 203 3 3.50 Ruby Gem 3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Ruby Gift(SNL) (Wolf Power) (4) 60.0 F Anthony 25/1 K 239 4 5.00 Hilaria (3) 59.0 S Cormack 6/1 K 165 5 5.40 Elusive Thought (2) 59.0 C du Plooy 10/1 K 214 6 6.90 Brilliant Idea (1) 59.0 D Mansour 16/1 K 230 7 13.15 Miss Jackson Time: 87.66s (62.61s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:GS Kotzen O:Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert) B:Drakenstein Stud

Race 3 (260)

Kenilworth MR 74 Handicap

1800m R66,000

V 127 1 0.00 Mooghamir (7) 57.0 A Delpech 15/10 3 b c Galileo - Sogha(AUS) (Red Ransom) (10) 56.0 C Orffer 28/10 K 186 2 1.00 Nebula 3 b c Silvano - Seeking The Wind (Jallad) (1) 58.5 M Byleveld 7/1 F 119 3 1.50 Eastern Charm 3 ch c Elusive Fort - Oracle East (Silvano) (3) 57.5 P Strydom 6/1 K 197 4 3.00 Trackmaster (4) 59.0 G v Niekerk 8/1 K 194 5 4.50 Three Balloons (5) 52.0 K De Melo 50/1 K 218 6 5.25 Repertoire (9) 52.5 H vd Hoven 40/1 K 184 7 6.00 Roman Ridge (8) 54.0 S Khumalo 33/1 K 221 8 6.40 On The Side (6) 61.0 D Mansour 25/1 K 235 9 10.65 Tiger Tops (2) 53.5 R Khathi 25/1 K 221 10 12.40 Harry Da Wheels Time: 110.75s (61.53s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:MF de Kock O:Al Adiyaat South Africa (Pty) Ltd B:bred in Australia

Race 4 (261)

Kenilworth MR 80 Handicap

Kenilworth Southeaster Sprint (Listed)

Race 9 (266)

1100m R150,000

K 191 1 0.00 Captain Alfredo (11) 54.0 G Behr 5/1 4 b g Captain Al - Zooming Zellie(USA) (King of Kings) (1) 52.0 G v Niekerk 9/1 K 188 2 0.05 Ernie 3 ch g Elusive Fort - Betty Burke (Captain Al) (4) 56.0 C Zackey 8/1 K 210 3 0.80 Talktothestars 4 b g Overlord - Tellittothestars (Spaceship) (5) 52.0 K De Melo 33/1 K 209 4 1.80 Sea Fever (13) 52.5 S Khumalo 4/1 K 191 5 2.80 Captain Sam (16) 54.0 D Mansour 9/1 K 191 6 4.05 Tar Heel (2) 55.5 S Cormack 33/1 K 161 7 4.15 Door Of Deception (15) 58.0 C Puller 25/1 K 210 8 4.90 Mister Matchett (9) 53.5 R Khathi 12/1 K 209 9 5.30 Equity Kicker (14) 59.5 G Cheyne 16/1 K 210 10 5.60 Double Whammy (3) 56.5 P Strydom 10/1 L 118 11 5.70 Charles Lytton (6) 59.5 C du Plooy 50/1 S 854 12 6.70 Jet Explorer (12) 60.0 A Domeyer 33/1 K 210 13 8.20 Asstar (7) 53.5 A Delpech 9/1 K 191 14 8.30 Silver Salver (8) 59.0 M Byleveld 12/1 K 62 15 10.30 Olympian (10) 52.5 A Andrews 50/1 K 233 16 13.55 Albarakah Time: 64.11s (58.28s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 125% 1st T:D Kannemeyer O:Mr A L A Crabbia B:Highlands

1600m R66,000

Kenilworth MR 71 Handicap

1600m R66,000

K 237 1 0.00 Prince Of Wales (8) 58.5 P Strydom 11/10 3 b c Dynasty - Princess Kay (Sportsworld) (1) 56.0 D Mansour 14/1 K 221 2 0.50 Free Agent 3 ch g Warm White Night - Argent (National Emblem) (3) 60.0 A Domeyer 7/1 K 221 3 1.25 Kilrain 4 b g Dynasty - Attache (Elliodor) (6) 59.0 G v Niekerk 7/2 K 237 4 1.30 Prince Lateral (2) 56.5 C Puller 33/1 K 235 5 2.55 Power To Please (7) 58.0 K De Melo 8/1 L 80 6 4.30 Argun (4) 60.0 C Orffer 7/1 K 221 7 4.35 Cosmic Code (5) 59.0 G Cheyne 40/1 F 136 8 12.60 Chestnut’s Champ Time: 99.98s (62.49s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:J Snaith O:Mr W J C Mitchell & Miss N Mitchell B:WJC Mitchell

SIRE OF CHAMPIONS

2ND GR1 CAPE FILLIES GUINEAS (3YO’S)

OUR DESTINY 3 ch f Var - Plumosa (Sapieha) at Kenilworth, 1600m, 5 Dec

1 win 3 places 4 runs

CAPRICE DES DIEUX 4 ch f Var - Vivalavita (Sportsworld) WON at Kenilworth, 1400m, 2 Dec

1000m R70,000

K 219 1 0.00 Northern Corner (1) 53.0 S Khumalo 5/2 3 ch c Noordhoek Flyer - Fine Hope (Fine Edge) (2) 60.0 A Andrews 28/10 K 191 2 2.50 Captain Bagg 4 b g Captain Al - Miss Moneybags (West Man) (5) 59.5 M Byleveld 15/4 K 192 3 3.25 Bold Var 5 b g Var - Star Of Fairfield (Western Winter) (6) 56.5 D Mansour 20/1 K 248 3 3.25 Eastern Front 5 b g Lithuanian - No Excuses (Hard Up) (3) 59.0 S Cormack 9/2 K 192 5 4.50 Promicing Polly (4) 62.5 B May 13/2 K 192 6 5.25 Western Movie (7) 58.0 XG Carstens 16/1 K 219 7 7.75 Moonlight Runner Time: 58.82s (58.82s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:GW Ennion O:Messrs G W Ennion, P van Greunen & A J van Huyssteen B:Birch Bros

Race 5 (262)

WON Secretariat Stakes (3yo’s)(L)

Kenilworth Workriders Maiden Plate

Kenilworth MR 70 Handicap (F&M)

K 189 1 0.00 Qing (3) 58.5 P Strydom 9/10 3 b f Dynasty - Riva(GER) (Acatenango) (5) 57.5 G Cheyne 25/1 K 212 2 0.05 Lovely Rita 3 b f Captain Al - Leading Dame (Jallad) (4) 59.0 G v Niekerk 12/1 K 181 3 0.35 Kryptonite 3 b f Rock Of Rochelle - Rhinestone (Elliodor) (6) 61.0 G Wright 4/1 K 195 4 1.10 Neala 66/1 K 177 5 1.30 Dance In The Woods (8) 53.0 H vd Hoven (1) 55.5 S Cormack 8/1 K 195 6 3.05 Garden Feature (9) 58.5 A Marcus 10/1 K 212 7 3.45 Chisanyama (2) 59.5 A Domeyer 33/1 K 212 8 5.20 First Of May (7) 57.5 M Byleveld 15/2 K 200 9 5.50 Speedball Time: 0s (0s avg/1000m, or 0km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:J Snaith O:Mr A N & The Hon Mrs G R Foster B:AN Foster

2 wins 5 places 14 runs

& Placed . . .

BOLD VAR, VAR DU BOIS, VARS PRIDE VAR stands at Avontuur Contact Pippa Mickleburgh 021 855 1442 or 083 658 4404 stud@avontuurestate.co.za

SCOTTSVILLE Sunday 6 December

Race 1 (331)

Going: soft Scottsville Maiden Plate

1200m R80,000

Scottsville Maiden Plate (F&M)

1200m R80,000

Scottsville Maiden Plate

1200m R80,000

S 108 1 0.00 Treasure Hunter (4) 60.0 M Yeni 33/10 3 ch c Trippi - GeePee S (Goldkeeper) (9) 60.0 A Delpech 13/10 S 209 2 0.25 Neruda 4 b g Second Empire - Blue Eyed Beauty (Silvino) (15) 60.0 S Veale 12/1 3 0.30 Saber’s Beads 3 b g Warm White Night - Lunar Landscape(AUS) (Giant’s Causeway) (7) 60.0 M Ntuli 125/1 D 261 4 3.05 Long Tom Pass (3) 60.0 I Sturgeon 66/1 5 4.80 Just Positive (8) 60.0 A Mgudlwa 33/1 6 5.55 Los Barbados (2) 60.0 B Lerena 5/1 7 5.80 Pampas (14) 60.0 S Cormack 16/1 8 6.55 Gold Chest (6) 60.0 C Bantam 28/1 S 181 9 9.30 Roy’s Cannon (12) 60.0 A Forbes 20/1 D 306 10 10.05 Bacca Laureate (10) 60.0 T Godden 50/1 11 10.30 Roy’s Gale (5) 60.0 L Mxothwa 50/1 12 12.05 Strategic Diamond (16) 60.0 K De Melo 25/1 13 12.15 Manoeuvre (1) 60.0 B Jacobson 66/1 14 12.40 Kaleidoscope Red (11) 60.0 M Mjoka 125/1 S 209 15 12.65 Callandor (13) 60.0 C Storey 25/1 16 16.90 Double Vision Time: 71.41s (59.51s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 124% 1st T:DC Howells O:J Sarkis, P J Maujean & C V Winter B:Limpo Trading

1000m R400,000

Race 2 (332)

T 381 1 0.00 Carry On Alice (1) 60.0 S Khumalo 2/1 4 b f Captain Al - Carry On Katie (Western Winter) (8) 58.0 A Marcus 14/1 K 208 2 0.05 Cuvee Brut 4 b f Count Dubois - Lemonzest (Aristis) (12) 58.0 G Behr 20/1 K 208 3 0.80 Real Princess 4 ch f Trippi - Pagan Princess (Fort Wood) (4) 54.0 G Cheyne 25/1 K 193 4 0.90 Princess Royal (5) 55.0 D Mansour 33/1 S 65 5 1.65 Cosmic Light (7) 56.0 A Delpech 4/1 K 193 6 2.15 Entisaar (13) 54.0 P Strydom 15/2 K 208 7 2.25 Jo’s Bond (10) 58.0 C Zackey 5/1 T 381 8 2.30 Little Genie (6) 58.0 G v Niekerk 8/1 K 208 9 2.80 Lanner Falcon (2) 60.0 A Domeyer 20/1 K 208 10 4.55 Fly By Night (11) 58.0 R Danielson 66/1 K 722 11 6.80 Priceless Jewel (3) 54.0 S Cormack 20/1 K 208 12 7.55 Rock On Baby (9) 59.0 C Orffer 33/1 D 910 13 8.55 Alexis Time: 57.8s (57.8s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 125% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H van Niekerk, Dr J A Warner & Klawervlei Stud (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr J P Koster) B:Klawervlei Stud

S 165 1 0.00 Elusivenchantment (8) 60.0 M Yeni 15/10 3 b f Elusive Fort - Bump ‘n Grind (Qui Danzig) (16) 60.0 ES Ngwane 11/2 S 180 2 3.75 Kingsview 4 b f King’s Apostle - Silver Skies (Captain Al) (5) 60.0 K De Melo 40/1 S 207 3 7.50 Air Service 4 ch f Atso - Carry It Far (Muhtafal) (4) 60.0 S Veale 100/1 D 116 4 10.00 Saint Kali (2) 60.0 T Godden 33/1 5 10.25 Roy’s Rakara (10) 60.0 S Cormack 4/1 D 102 6 10.50 Masked Girl (3) 60.0 B Lerena 20/1 7 15.00 Charter Quay (15) 60.0 A Mgudlwa 50/1 S 180 8 18.00 She’s A Fortress (14) 60.0 A Delpech 4/1 9 22.75 Zinzara (11) 60.0 C Storey 100/1 10 23.25 Queen’s Crest (7) 60.0 D Neethling 50/1 11 23.50 Investiture (12) 60.0 A Forbes 33/1 12 24.50 Esperanza Fire (9) 60.0 I Sturgeon 100/1 13 28.50 Runway (6) 60.0 B Claassen 50/1 S 171 14 30.75 Ravishing Lizzy (13) 60.0 B Nyawo 66/1 15 33.25 Crown Heritage (1) 60.0 C Taylor 66/1 D 133 16 40.25 Queensville Time: 70.37s (58.64s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:DC Howells O:A J Boshoff & G A Hauptfleisch B:GA Hauptfleisch

Race 7 (264)

1600m R1,000,000

Race 3 (333)

Race 6 (263)

Kenilworth Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes (F&M)

Kenilworth Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas (3yo’s)

K 193 1 0.00 Silver Mountain (10) 60.0 A Domeyer 9/10 3 b f Silvano - Our Table Mountain(USA) (Fusaichi Pegasus) (2) 60.0 G Cheyne 100/1 K 195 2 5.00 Our Destiny 3 ch f Var - Plumosa (Sapieha) (1) 60.0 G v Niekerk 25/1 K 193 3 5.50 Taffety Tart 3 b f Trippi - Rock Candy(ARG) (Candy Stripes) (12) 60.0 R Danielson 25/1 K 228 4 5.80 Anglet (8) 60.0 P Strydom 11/2 K 200 5 6.20 Bela-Bela (4) 60.0 A Delpech 28/10 T 345 6 6.40 Noor (5) 60.0 A Marcus 7/1 L 152 7 6.90 A Time To Dream (3) 60.0 K De Melo 25/1 K 193 8 10.90 Flying Ice (6) 60.0 S Cormack 40/1 K 193 9 14.90 Well In Flight (7) 60.0 C Orffer 125/1 L 106 10 17.40 Miss Marker (11) 60.0 C Puller 66/1 K 224 11 99.99 Ocean’s Swell (9) 60.0 G Wright 125/1 K 207 12 99.98 Valediction Time: 98.72s (61.7s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 125% 1st T:MW Bass O:Maine Chance Farms (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Dr W A & Mrs N Jacobs) B:Highlands

1 0.00 Global Flyer (1) 60.0 B Lerena 10/1 3 ch g Stravinsky - Fledged(AUS) (Bluebird) (4) 60.0 C Storey 4/1 D 291 2 0.25 Colonel Bling 4 ch g Tiger Ridge - Lady Bling (Fort Wood) (8) 60.0 S Cormack 9/1 D 551 3 2.75 Captain Sparrow 4 b g Captain Al - Vasilisa (National Emblem) (6) 60.0 A Delpech 5/1 D 215 4 4.75 Buck Eye (13) 60.0 K De Melo 14/1 D 274 5 5.25 Trinity Hall (9) 60.0 B Jacobson 5/1 S 209 6 6.00 Bring The Action (3) 60.0 M Ntuli 9/2 D 225 7 6.05 Imagination (14) 60.0 ES Ngwane 50/1 8 6.80 Ocean Crossing (10) 60.0 I Sturgeon 50/1 9 9.80 Le Cheik (12) 60.0 T Godden 9/1 10 11.55 Lanson (15) 60.0 S Veale 33/1 11 12.55 Wave Raider (2) 60.0 A Forbes 75/1 12 13.55 Kursaal (5) 60.0 M Mjoka 125/1 S 213 13 13.65 West Coast Man (11) 60.0 B Nyawo 80/1 14 14.15 Albuquerque (7) 60.0 M Yeni 20/1 15 22.40 Kali’s King Time: 71.8s (59.83s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:AJ Rivalland O:Mrs M D J Liley B:bred in New Zealand

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER 2015

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Race 4 (334)

Scottsville Maiden Plate (F&M)

D 116 1 0.00 Roy’s Queen (5) 60.0 3 b f Rebel King - Remarkable (Goldmark) (11) 60.0 D 275 2 0.75 Miss Brody 4 b f A P Answer - Jean Bean (Silvino) (6) 60.0 D 10 3 5.00 Polly Power 3 b f Black Minnaloushe - Miss Polly (Elliodor) (12) 60.0 D 292 4 6.75 Russian Fantasy (13) 60.0 S 180 5 6.90 Newtons Lady (10) 60.0 D 299 6 7.90 Art Attack (7) 60.0 7 8.40 Nam Long (3) 60.0 8 8.45 Bankosolo (15) 60.0 D 290 9 8.95 Swiss Note (9) 60.0 S 206 10 9.70 Fashion Fusion (1) 60.0 S 207 11 11.95 Spider Woman (14) 60.0 12 14.45 Seven Nights (4) 60.0 13 15.20 Coco Swirl (2) 60.0 14 16.20 Wild Lassie (8) 60.0 D 266 15 17.95 Legal Legacy (16) 60.0 16 18.70 Roy’s Approval Time: 71.45s (59.54s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) 1st T:KG Naidoo O:Mr Roy Moodley B:Riverton Stud

Race 5 (335)

Scottsville MR 72 Handicap

1200m R80,000

T Godden A Forbes M Yeni

6/1

18/10 14/1

ES Ngwane 16/1 C Taylor 75/1 K De Melo 40/1 C Ngcobo 8/1 S Cormack 20/1 I Sturgeon 12/1 B Claassen 75/1 C Storey 50/1 A Delpech 33/10 B Lerena 40/1 A Mgudlwa 50/1 B Jacobson 125/1 S Veale 50/1 SP Total %: 124%

1000m R68,000

Race 7 (337)

Scottsville KZN Summer Challenge 1200 Final

1200m R200,000

D 277 1 0.00 Split The Breeze (13) 62.0 A Delpech 5/1 4 b g Brave Tin Soldier - Time And Tide (Baroon) (11) 58.5 S Veale 28/10 D 251 2 0.05 Highway Explorer 4 b g Mossman - More Laurels(AUS) (More Than Ready) (8) 52.5 ES Ngwane 66/1 D 308 3 0.30 Panza 4 ch g Right Approach - Pennings (In The Money) (15) 58.0 I Sturgeon 33/1 D 280 4 2.30 Piano Man (6) 54.5 K De Melo 9/1 D 221 5 2.35 Fire The Rocket (1) 55.5 C Storey 20/1 D 288 6 3.35 Surefire (10) 53.0 L Mxothwa 33/1 D 263 7 4.85 Thunderwood (4) 53.5 A Forbes 12/1 D 283 8 6.85 Apollo’s Gift (12) 52.0 M Ntuli 66/1 D 286 9 7.10 Burra Boy (7) 56.0 K Jupp 25/1 D 253 10 7.15 Cunning Fox (2) 57.0 C Ngcobo 10/1 D 311 11 7.20 Mackdesi (5) 52.0 A Mgudlwa 14/1 D 303 12 7.70 Antwerp (14) 57.5 S Cormack 12/1 D 308 13 7.75 Silence Descends (9) 63.0 B Nyawo 20/1 D 251 14 13.50 Tuscan (3) 58.0 M Yeni 4/1 D 303 15 16.25 Hunting Owl Time: 69.92s (58.27s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 126% 1st T:CS Laird O:The Fire Racing Trust (Nom: Mr Alesh Naidoo) B:Rathmor Stud

Race 8 (338)

Scottsville MR 66 Handicap

1200m R64,000

D 283 1 0.00 Burrwood (4) 59.0 M Yeni 6/1 7 b g Overlord - Secretaire (Secret Prospector) (2) 57.0 A Delpech 4/1 D 286 2 0.75 Aldric 6 ch g Jallad - Princess Belinda (Royal Chalice) (3) 53.5 A Mgudlwa 40/1 D 231 3 1.50 Grand Fantasy 4 ch f King of Kings - Gran Fan (Argosy) (8) 54.0 I Sturgeon 20/1 S 67 4 2.50 Roy’s Donkey (15) 61.0 ES Ngwane 10/1 D 254 5 2.60 Respect At Bay (5) 52.0 M Mjoka 100/1 D 249 6 2.85 Fat Chance (6) 61.0 S Cormack 22/10 S 110 7 3.85 Royal Kaitrina (9) 58.5 S Veale 20/1 D 225 8 4.60 Texas Cowboy (11) 52.5 C Bantam 50/1 D 142 9 6.10 Stampede (1) 57.5 C Ngcobo 33/1 S 846 10 6.35 Moonlite Mist (7) 60.0 B Lerena 10/1 D 249 11 6.40 Elephant Matriarch (10) 54.5 T Godden 25/1 D 259 12 8.65 Chapel Queen (12) 58.0 C Storey 20/1 D 284 13 9.15 Kept Secret (14) 54.0 A Forbes 10/1 D 249 14 9.65 Threshold (13) 52.5 K De Melo 50/1 D 196 15 16.90 Corresolve Time: 57.94s (57.94s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:C Scott O:Messrs R T Scott & R M Scott B:Scott Bros

D 195 1 0.00 Letdagoodtimesroll (3) 59.5 T Godden 12/1 4 b g Fort Beluga - Mabaleng (Sportsworld) (4) 60.0 C Bantam 13/1 D 179 2 0.50 Rainier 6 b g Qui Danzig - Love Of Grace (Shaamit) (9) 61.0 S Cormack 5/1 D 253 3 0.65 Legend Fighter 5 b g Dynasty - Fine Feather (Best By Test) (5) 52.5 K De Melo 7/1 D 260 4 1.15 The Big League (14) 58.5 A Delpech 9/1 S 67 5 1.40 A P Strike (6) 58.0 C Storey 20/1 D 260 6 2.15 Royal Roy (7) 56.0 B Nyawo 12/1 D 294 7 2.90 Delray Beach (1) 58.5 A Forbes 9/2 D 163 8 4.65 Roy’s Ambassador (8) 56.0 B Jacobson 10/1 D 312 9 5.40 Teppanyaki (2) 52.0 A Mgudlwa 14/1 D 294 10 5.45 David’s Flower (13) 56.0 S Veale 25/1 D 231 11 5.50 Silfra (11) 57.0 ES Ngwane 20/1 D 178 12 9.50 Kadeze (12) 61.0 B Lerena 16/1 D 268 13 9.55 Roy Royale (10) 57.0 I Sturgeon 25/1 S 155 14 10.05 Fade To Grey (15) 56.0 M Ntuli 25/1 D 294 15 12.55 Semonkong (16) 58.0 M Yeni 25/1 S 725 16 14.05 Pride And Joy Time: 70.86s (59.05s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 126% 1st T:KG Naidoo O:Mr R M Sewgoolam B:B Le Roux

Race 6 (336)

Race 9 (339)

Scottsville MR 78 Handicap (F&M)

1200m R87,000

D 287 1 0.00 Tiptol (7) 56.5 M Yeni 6/1 4 ch f Silvano - Tumbelini(GB) (Pivotal) (11) 53.0 K De Melo 40/1 D 238 2 2.00 Treble Tot 7 b m Mogok - Whiskey Lane (Concertino) (9) 62.0 C Ngcobo 6/1 D 270 3 2.10 Brown Sugar 4 b f Dynasty - Enchanting Queen (Enchantment) (5) 56.0 C Storey 16/1 S 155 4 2.85 Brave And Bold (13) 57.0 M Ntuli 33/1 S 210 5 4.10 Pearl Emblem (4) 56.5 T Godden 10/1 D 288 6 4.35 Dreya’s Gold 15/1 D 240 7 5.35 Whatawondafulworld (15) 56.5 S Veale (1) 56.0 ES Ngwane 7/1 S 185 8 5.50 Fiery Goddess (8) 53.0 K Jupp 33/1 D 248 9 5.55 Just Rap (14) 56.0 A Forbes 25/1 D 240 10 6.30 Vampirella (10) 60.0 S Cormack 7/1 D 254 11 8.30 Miss Nightingale (12) 56.0 A Mgudlwa 20/1 D 240 12 8.80 Harvest Queen (2) 57.0 I Sturgeon 12/1 D 240 13 8.95 Hannah’s Answer (3) 57.0 A Delpech 7/2 S 934 14 9.45 Wukkin’ Up (6) 55.0 C Bantam 50/1 D 254 15 10.20 Roy’s Angel Time: 70.21s (58.51s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 124% 1st T:DC Howells O:Messrs C V Winter, D C Howells, R Maingard, G F Mamet, P J Maujean & G W Reich B:Maine Chance

Scottsville Maiden Plate

Noordhoek Flyer

9WINS P I V O T A L

S E R R A

N E G R A

( K R I S )

in his first crop of foals

PO Box 189 Colesberg 9795 Contact Maryann Smith: 082 800 6900

VACANCY

1200m R60,000

D 174 1 0.00 Starcraft Prince (3) 60.0 A Delpech 5/2 4 b g Starcraft - Truly Kissed(AUS) (Carnegie) (8) 60.0 I Sturgeon 25/1 D 157 2 0.25 Good Team 3 b g Captain Al - Prima Donna (Windrush) (11) 60.0 K De Melo 15/4 S 933 3 2.25 Blessed Release 4 b g Kildonan - Sparkling Release (Elliodor) (5) 60.0 T Godden 16/1 D 298 4 5.00 Zingana (6) 60.0 L Mxothwa 16/1 D 282 5 9.50 Roy’s Amazing Ash (12) 60.0 C Storey 33/1 D 252 6 9.55 Led Zeppelin (9) 57.5 C Taylor 33/1 D 250 7 10.30 Bondi Babe (7) 60.0 A Mgudlwa 55/1 D 298 8 11.30 Amanga (14) 57.5 K Jupp 75/1 D 172 9 12.05 Manyou (13) 57.5 B Nyawo 33/1 D 223 10 13.30 Ninth Carat (4) 60.0 S Cormack 5/1 D 291 11 13.35 Protea Power (10) 57.5 M Ntuli 25/1 D 292 12 14.35 Mullins Model (2) 57.5 M Yeni 11/2 D 217 13 14.40 Red Seductress (16) 60.0 B Lerena 25/1 D 218 14 15.40 Songoffireandice (1) 57.5 ES Ngwane 14/1 D 290 15 25.15 Ding Ding (15) 57.5 M Mjoka 75/1 D 135 16 27.40 Roy’s Wonder Time: 70.86s (59.05s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 125% 1st T:KG Naidoo O:Miss Trinisha Pillay B:bred in Australia

Eric Sands Racing Stables Looking for a Stable Employee/ Assistant Trainer with experience. Email CV to: sandsracing@lando.co.za

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th DecEMber 2015