29 - 31 Jan #2221 Sporting Post

No. 2221

FRIDAY 29th - SUNDAY 31st JANUARY 2016

ISSN 1023 / 6996

FAIRVIEW

12:35pm (Friday) p.22

GREYVILLE POLY/NIGHT 6:20pm (Friday) p.30

KENILWORTH

11:30pm (Saturday) p.41

TURFFONTEIN INNER 12:30pm (Saturday) p.54

GREYVILLE

12:30pm (Sunday) p.63

Million Dollar Baby Day of Dreams fairytale

page 15

History Awaits

SA Champion Sean Tarry on the brink of glory

page 19

Paddock Stakes winner Smart Call looks ready to beat the boys

J&B Gr1 G MET at Kenilworth on Saturday Our Best Adverts Aren't Written They Are Running!

to all our buyers, under bidders and supporters at the 2016 Cape Premier Yearling Sale.

WE WISH THEM ALL SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

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

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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 29th - SUNDAY 31st JANUARY 2016

BUY DIRECT AT FACTORY PRICES It’s where Imbongi, Paris Perfect, Bold Ellinore, Hear The Drums, No Worries, Paris Perfect, Black Wing, Flyfirstclass and Emperor Napoleon came from.

Straight off the farm. And that’s where you ought to be going.

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SUMMER RTR @ SUMMERHILL: TUESDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2016

LEADING TRAINERS BY STAKES

LEADING BREEDERS BY STAKES

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 24 January 2016

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 24 January 2016 Stakes

20,688,367 11,281,788 9,899,325 6,147,763 5,640,338 4,454,588 4,262,375 4,131,125 3,623,650 3,609,425 3,560,100 3,106,294 2,960,275 2,899,000 2,744,838 2,507,875 2,499,550

Breeder

rnrs

AEPR

runs

wnrs wns

wnr/ rnr%

SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%

plcs plc/ SP rns%

Klawervlei Stud Summerhill Stud Highlands Maine Chance Wilgerbosdrift Scott Bros Drakenstein Stud Mauritzfontein Stud Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud Varsfontein Stud Lammerskraal Stud Moutonshoek Ascot Stud GJ Armitage The Alchemy Cheveley Stud Gary Player Stud

314 297 142 163 110 137 76 92 92 84 73 86 68 62 82 66 58

65,887 1259 37,986 1319 69,714 568 37,716 618 51,276 434 32,515 600 56,084 281 44,904 369 39,388 363 42,969 352 48,768 287 36,120 342 43,533 271 46,758 257 33,474 363 37,998 251 43,096 234

86 107 85 117 50 68 52 67 43 57 33 40 32 45 28 37 19 20 32 38 33 44 26 30 23 29 24 30 27 35 24 30 22 26

27% 29% 35% 32% 39% 24% 42% 30% 21% 38% 45% 30% 34% 39% 33% 36% 38%

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

339 336 158 197 141 171 89 116 96 127 84 97 84 80 106 73 65

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

2% 1% 10% 2% 5% 3% 9% 11% 0% 3% 12% 12% 0% 4% 0% 4% 5%

27% 25% 28% 32% 32% 29% 32% 31% 26% 36% 29% 28% 31% 31% 29% 29% 28%

10 8 7 8 4 1 4 4 1 4 3 1 5 1 4 3 3

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

Illuminator 10,615,467 Champagne Haze 1,325,175 Silver Mountain 4,330,824 Princess Royal 270,000 Noah From Goa 1,215,625 Wild One 781,250 Inara 1,037,800 Smart Call 940,500 Victorious Jay 1,870,850 Captain America 321,000 Blizzard Belle 220,700 Exit Here 685,494 Crystal Glamour 511,875 Anglet 575,000 Lunar Approach 198,875 Legislate 300,000 Captain Chaos 276,700

51% 12% 44% 4% 22% 18% 24% 23% 52% 9% 6% 22% 17% 20% 7% 12% 11%

LEADING SIRES BY STAKES

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 24 January 2016 Stakes

18,905,742 11,650,649 7,998,713 7,434,426 7,340,150 5,787,957 5,376,038 4,973,850 4,261,538 4,087,763 3,757,238 3,418,062 3,393,700 3,226,850 3,059,463 2,997,888 2,891,863

Sire

rnrs

AEPR

Trippi Silvano Captain Al Dynasty *Kahal Jay Peg *Jet Master *Western Winter Var Judpot Mogok Seventh Rock *Tiger Ridge Ideal World Toreador Miesque’s Approval Windrush

153 123,567 176 66,197 144 55,547 135 55,070 155 47,356 106 54,603 98 54,858 109 45,632 125 34,092 105 38,931 94 39,971 77 44,390 79 42,958 70 46,098 95 32,205 133 22,541 86 33,626

runs

537 650 560 564 719 450 402 446 456 414 401 297 319 246 363 621 352

wnrs wns

63 67 70 52 55 33 38 41 43 35 29 17 19 26 24 30 28

80 89 95 68 82 46 45 61 53 47 34 20 28 32 36 38 38

wnr/ rnr%

SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%

plcs plc/ SP rns%

41% 38% 49% 39% 35% 31% 39% 38% 34% 33% 31% 22% 24% 37% 25% 23% 33%

7 4 8 7 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 2

168 194 176 184 170 140 134 127 129 134 122 77 90 69 104 147 96

9 11% 5 6% 8 11% 7 13% 1 2% 1 3% 2 5% 2 5% 1 2% 3 6% 1 3% 1 6% 2 5% 3 8% 1 4% 0 0% 3 7%

31% 30% 31% 33% 24% 31% 33% 28% 28% 32% 30% 26% 28% 28% 29% 24% 27%

12 5 3 10 5 3 9 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 1

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

Illuminator 10,615,467 Silver Mountain 4,330,824 Captain America 321,000 Futura 730,000 Champagne Haze 1,325,175 Victorious Jay 1,870,850 Master Sabina 1,200,000 Brutal Force 469,450 Our Destiny 271,775 Deputy Jud 625,000 Wild One 781,250 Seventh Plain 1,003,487 Noah From Goa 1,215,625 Smart Call 940,500 Lazer Star 312,500 Quintella 153,350 Doing It For Dan 278,125

56% 37% 4% 10% 18% 32% 22% 9% 6% 15% 21% 29% 36% 29% 10% 5% 10%

LEADING SIRES OF 3YO’S BY STAKES season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 24 January 2016

Stakes

12,993,192 6,987,599 4,356,944 4,113,638 2,805,076 2,799,800 2,338,962 2,298,775 1,996,175 1,844,775 1,619,188 1,470,275 1,455,875 1,442,088 1,392,800 1,359,950 1,331,225

Sire

rnrs

Trippi Silvano Jay Peg Captain Al Dynasty *Kahal Seventh Rock Var *Western Winter *Tiger Ridge Judpot Brave Tin Soldier Visionaire Mogok Warm White Night Elusive Fort Toreador

AEPR

70 185,617 70 99,823 52 83,787 65 63,287 41 68,416 57 49,119 44 53,158 59 38,962 43 46,423 26 70,953 45 35,982 28 52,510 50 29,118 41 35,173 32 43,525 28 48,570 53 25,117

runs

253 206 224 257 152 220 160 206 170 95 161 105 179 162 130 101 187

wnrs wns

28 25 19 34 22 15 8 24 19 6 17 8 12 15 11 10 12

34 36 30 50 33 20 10 31 30 11 20 9 15 18 15 13 14

wnr/ rnr%

SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%

40% 36% 37% 52% 54% 26% 18% 41% 44% 23% 38% 29% 24% 37% 34% 36% 23%

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

0 0% 3 8% 1 5% 3 9% 1 5% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 17% 0 0% 1 13% 0 0% 0 0% 1 9% 2 20% 0 0%

plcs plc/ SP rns%

82 73 70 83 43 49 42 64 52 25 56 32 62 54 39 32 51

32% 35% 31% 32% 28% 22% 26% 31% 31% 26% 35% 30% 35% 33% 30% 32% 27%

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

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

Illuminator 10,615,467 Silver Mountain 4,330,824 Victorious Jay 1,870,850 Redcarpet Captain 319,950 It’s My Turn 700,325 Champagne Haze 1,325,175 Seventh Plain 1,003,487 Our Destiny 271,775 Frosty Friday 199,375 Noah From Goa 1,215,625 Rocketball 161,500 Rabada 900,000 Heaps of Fun 258,125 Magic 231,375 Hard Day’s Night 369,875 Lauderdale 434,050 Rikitikitana 158,875

82% 62% 43% 8% 25% 47% 43% 12% 10% 66% 10% 61% 18% 16% 27% 32% 12%

LEADING SIRES OF 2YO’S BY STAKES 225,125 175,000 145,525 100,750 72,250 70,450 62,375 58,000 56,250 54,375

Sire

rnrs

Var Captain Al Rebel King Querari Trippi Argonaut Noordhoek Flyer **Asiatic Boy A P Arrow Elusive Fort

AEPR

8 4 11 4 3 4 2 1 2 2

28,141 43,750 13,230 25,188 24,083 17,613 31,188 58,000 28,125 27,188

runs

9 4 19 5 3 5 3 2 3 3

wnrs wns

4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

wnr/ rnr%

4 50% 4 100% 1 9% 2 50% 1 33% 1 25% 1 50% 1 100% 1 50% 1 50%

SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

22% 0% 63% 40% 33% 60% 67% 50% 0% 67%

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

Rivarine Cloth Of Cloud Zevenastic Fresh Water Lily Lake Rob’s Jewel Felicity Flyer Megnaas Jiffy Elevated

56,250 25% 46,875 27% 50,150 34% 53,125 53% 56,250 78% 50,000 71% 59,875 96% 58,000 100% 56,250 100% 50,125 92%

LEADING SIRE BY STAKES ON ARTIFICIAL GOING season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 24 January 2016

Stakes

1,471,750 1,195,250 1,150,225 995,925 925,613 915,525 900,550 893,750 811,075 773,450

Sire

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

rnrs

67 53 66 46 37 48 39 46 33 38

AEPR

runs

21,966 22,552 17,428 21,651 25,017 19,073 23,091 19,429 24,578 20,354

179 125 201 106 92 119 100 102 72 109

wnrs wns

17 11 14 13 10 11 12 12 8 8

23 16 16 15 15 12 13 15 12 9

wnr/ rnr%

SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%

25% 21% 21% 28% 27% 23% 31% 26% 24% 21%

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 8% 0 0% 1 13% 0 0%

plcs plc/ SP rns%

45 42 49 33 21 34 31 30 23 33

25% 34% 24% 31% 23% 29% 31% 29% 32% 30%

runs wins

win %

fav

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

92 8 9% 469 59 13% 650 118 18% 670 86 13% 420 64 15% 363 50 14% 248 34 14% 267 33 12% 326 35 11% 283 38 13% 204 29 14% 177 22 12% 287 33 11% 307 41 13% 412 33 8% 239 38 16% 302 33 11% 402 51 13% 243 28 12% 360 43 12% 144 25 17% 186 20 11% 223 23 10% 420 29 7% 169 18 11% 205 18 9% 227 27 12% 304 19 6%

7 69 147 120 123 47 48 31 40 54 46 21 41 49 30 62 37 53 37 44 40 24 18 39 25 26 14 16

fav wfav % % 8% 15% 23% 18% 29% 13% 19% 12% 12% 19% 23% 12% 14% 16% 7% 26% 12% 13% 15% 12% 28% 13% 8% 9% 15% 13% 6% 5%

2nd 2nd %

43% 36% 44% 33% 33% 40% 29% 26% 38% 28% 33% 19% 29% 31% 20% 31% 35% 28% 35% 32% 40% 25% 44% 23% 32% 23% 29% 50%

8 52 78 69 62 41 32 32 35 31 22 17 25 34 44 34 23 42 27 40 14 26 19 32 28 19 13 25

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

1st 1st fourfour% 28 207 325 285 213 171 120 127 142 134 103 75 115 133 150 126 120 174 107 146 70 81 75 152 77 82 78 104

stakes

1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

Chennai Babe Night Shadow Quintella Blizzard Belle Exit Here Selvan’s Jet Pure Valor Surrey Barbosa Way Of Light

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

30% 11,056,542 120,180 44% 10,404,062 22,184 50% 10,366,563 15,949 43% 9,345,588 13,949 51% 7,733,250 18,413 47% 5,691,525 15,679 48% 4,669,513 18,829 48% 4,650,863 17,419 44% 4,400,650 13,499 47% 4,248,750 15,013 50% 3,973,650 19,479 42% 3,758,425 21,234 40% 3,321,100 11,572 43% 3,187,188 10,382 36% 3,156,713 7,662 53% 3,130,750 13,099 40% 2,942,550 9,744 43% 2,912,513 7,245 44% 2,890,000 11,893 41% 2,732,025 7,589 49% 2,705,494 18,788 44% 2,568,913 13,811 34% 2,298,113 10,305 36% 2,177,938 5,186 46% 2,003,600 11,856 40% 1,986,750 9,691 34% 1,972,200 8,688 34% 1,766,950 5,812

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 24 January 2016

trainer/ jockey

runs wins win %

T Prinsloo/A Fortune SG Tarry/A Delpech CS Laird/A Marcus D Kannemeyer/A Delpech J Snaith/B Fayd’herbe C Lensley/M Yeni S Miller/G Wrogemann GV Woodruff/G Lerena J Snaith/R Khathi MF de Kock/A Delpech A Nel/A Domeyer J Snaith/A Fortune JJ v Vuuren/Wei Marwing LW Goosen/P Strydom AC Greeff/G Cheyne MW Bass/G v Niekerk MG Azzie/JP vd Merwe MF de Kock/R Simons BJ Crawford/C Orffer SG Tarry/S Khumalo DA Sham/K Zechner OA Ferraris/Wei Marwing DR Drier/S Cormack GM Alexander/A Fortune LJ Human/S Khumalo DC Howells/M Yeni VH Marshall/M Byleveld

65 33 72 58 136 51 51 76 51 159 58 57 58 53 137 227 76 58 211 200 186 83 122 78 73 174 182

20 10 21 16 36 12 12 17 11 33 12 12 12 11 28 44 14 10 33 32 30 13 18 12 11 25 25

31% 30% 29% 28% 26% 24% 24% 22% 22% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 20% 19% 18% 17% 16% 16% 16% 16% 15% 15% 15% 14% 14%

fav

fav %

wfav 2nd 2nd % %

29 17 34 35 52 13 9 26 10 68 16 18 11 18 40 53 2 13 43 47 35 22 31 12 11 31 33

45% 52% 47% 60% 38% 25% 18% 34% 20% 43% 28% 32% 19% 34% 29% 23% 3% 22% 20% 24% 19% 27% 25% 15% 15% 18% 18%

34% 53% 44% 29% 42% 54% 89% 35% 60% 37% 31% 39% 36% 50% 30% 38% 50% 31% 28% 28% 34% 32% 29% 17% 9% 26% 39%

7 7 12 10 29 8 4 10 8 30 7 5 11 4 21 29 7 8 26 34 23 17 14 5 13 20 22

11% 21% 17% 17% 21% 16% 8% 13% 16% 19% 12% 9% 19% 8% 15% 13% 9% 14% 12% 17% 12% 20% 11% 6% 18% 11% 12%

stakes

stks/ runs

819,350 742,050 1,769,700 991,000 2,981,763 488,725 437,625 2,479,500 644,000 4,516,125 694,800 630,950 1,465,125 809,225 1,446,125 4,421,338 1,697,600 954,650 2,533,525 3,681,763 1,691,025 1,409,200 1,510,163 2,438,850 547,600 2,383,825 3,556,825

12,605 22,486 24,579 17,086 21,925 9,583 8,581 32,625 12,627 28,403 11,979 11,069 25,261 15,268 10,556 19,477 22,337 16,459 12,007 18,409 9,092 16,978 12,378 31,267 7,501 13,700 19,543

LEADING JOCKEYS BY WINS

273,750 146,875 153,350 104,650 172,500 92,800 121,400 114,525 168,750 118,750

19% 12% 13% 11% 19% 10% 13% 13% 21% 15%

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

rides wins

win %

fav

484 105 22% 681 103 15% 632 94 15% 632 89 14% 303 76 25% 360 72 20% 348 64 18% 528 60 11% 427 54 13% 223 46 21% 273 45 16% 546 42 8% 511 42 8% 228 40 18% 287 37 13% 296 36 12% 364 36 10% 504 35 7% 241 34 14% 426 34 8% 347 31 9% 288 31 11% 302 28 9% 241 28 12% 316 27 9% 266 26 10% 348 25 7% 375 25 7%

184 141 108 103 159 113 62 62 72 71 75 37 26 59 48 42 17 15 46 38 42 27 40 22 15 31 18 14

fav wfav % % 38% 21% 17% 16% 52% 31% 18% 12% 17% 32% 27% 7% 5% 26% 17% 14% 5% 3% 19% 9% 12% 9% 13% 9% 5% 12% 5% 4%

2nd 2nd %

36% 26% 28% 33% 36% 31% 37% 35% 26% 38% 32% 38% 19% 37% 25% 29% 53% 40% 33% 29% 19% 30% 38% 23% 47% 35% 28% 36%

82 79 86 77 52 50 42 50 56 46 34 39 43 40 34 35 47 31 27 45 43 33 37 27 28 19 32 25

17% 12% 14% 12% 17% 14% 12% 9% 13% 21% 12% 7% 8% 18% 12% 12% 13% 6% 11% 11% 12% 11% 12% 11% 9% 7% 9% 7%

1st 1st fourfour% 300 327 328 317 204 217 190 206 194 136 141 185 186 129 126 127 157 137 130 179 147 117 135 104 113 83 126 122

stakes

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stks/ rides

62% 11,698,919 24,171 48% 8,618,988 12,656 52% 8,052,026 12,741 50% 6,643,000 10,511 67% 9,409,312 31,054 60% 7,714,325 21,429 55% 5,599,588 16,091 39% 4,707,750 8,916 45% 3,620,013 8,478 61% 4,150,288 18,611 52% 5,620,988 20,590 34% 3,959,600 7,252 36% 4,617,238 9,036 57% 5,129,975 22,500 44% 2,944,800 10,261 43% 6,865,149 23,193 43% 3,572,013 9,813 27% 2,731,451 5,420 54% 3,200,988 13,282 42% 3,476,638 8,161 42% 3,546,725 10,221 41% 2,465,875 8,562 45% 4,252,063 14,080 43% 2,415,050 10,021 36% 2,119,025 6,706 31% 2,068,313 7,776 36% 2,468,100 7,092 33% 2,441,025 6,509

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stks/ runs

LEADING TRAINERS/JOCKEYS BY WINS %

jockey

plcs plc/ SP rns%

2 0 12 2 1 3 2 1 0 2

trainer

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 24 January 2016

season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 24 January 2016

Stakes

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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 29th - SUNDAY 31st JANUARY 2016

Legal Eagle looks a worthy favourite

Gr1 J&B Met PAST WINNERS

2005

1 Alastor 2 Icy Air 3 Winter Solstice

55.0 ( 2) 50/1 53.0 ( 1) 11/2 54.5 (10) 5/2

1 Zebra Crossing 2 Ilha Da Vitoria 33/10 3 Great Rhythm

53.5 ( 6) 33/10 56.5 (12)

1 Pocket Power 2 Lion Tamer 3 African Appeal

53.0 ( 8) 16/10 53.0 ( 5) 8/1 54.0 ( 3) 33/1

1 Pocket Power 2 Our Giant 3 Hunting Tower

58.0 ( 4) 7/10 55.5 ( 1) 12/1 58.0 ( 9) 15/1

2006

2007

J&B Gr1 G MET at Kenilworth

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on Saturday

The 39th renewal of the R2,5 million Gr1 J&B Met looks relatively straightforward on paper.

Last year’s winner Futura is fit and looks ready to go in again – if he can get to the progressive year younger Legal Eagle, whose recent sensational L’Ormarins Queen’s victory thrust him into the spotlight at the top of the betting boards.

ean Tarry-trained trained Legal Eagle is taking the same route followed to Met stardom last year

by Futura, and history shows our prestigious weight-for-age mile to be an excellent pointer to Saturday’s race.

Legal Eagle is certainly worthy of favouritism.

The Gr1 SA Derby winner earned the freedom of Cape

Town at his first start in the Mother City when he ran handily and pulverised his opposition over a distance supposedly short of his best.

He beat all his main challengers here, and the 400m extra can surely only play into his hands.

Smart Alec

Recent Paddock Stakes winner Smart Call is the only member of the fairer sex in the race and has earned her place

courtesy of an excellent prep and three confidence boosting straight wins, strategized by top conditioner, Alec Laird.

The daughter of Ideal World is a Gr1 winner at 2000m against her own sex and should be even more effective over the extra 200m after her annihilation of subsequent Majorca winner Inara in the Paddock Stakes.

She is a versatile sort who can settle or run handy, and her clash with Legal Eagle in

2008

the final stages should make for a fascinating spectacle – if the race unfolds like that Smart Call has massive footsteps to walk in – she will attempt to follow River Jetez (2010) and Igugu (2012) in the J & B Met - and a Breeders’ Cup date looms large later in the year.

Future Man

Major opposition to Legal Eagle will be Futura, a magnificent entire son of super stallion Dynasty, and horse who achieved the rare LQP-Met double last year.

He has had only two runs since a cracking win in the Gr1 Champions Cup on Super Saturday.

He was tactically outpointed by the frontrunning Captain America in

the Gr2 Green Point Stakes, where he got to within a frustrati8ng half length of the winner.

Futura’s run in the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate was not his best effort.

He failed to react to the Legal Eagle fireworks upfront and could only stay on to grab fifth place and a length behind Captain America – which sort of confirmed the Green Point form.

Going 400m extra here, it is reasonable to assume that the Snaiths will have a tactical plan to have Futura nicely settled off a decent pace.

Law Of The Land

His stablemate Legislate was beaten 1,50 lengths by Legal Eagle in the Queen’s Plate and has only his second

2009

54.0 ( 9) 8/1

1 Pocket Power 58.0 ( 9) 12/10 2 Dancer’s Daughter 55.5 (12) 28/10 3 River Jetez 53.5 (13) 7/1

2010

1 River Jetez 2 Mother Russia 3 Pocket Power

53.5 ( 9) 15/1 55.0 (18) 10/1 58.0 ( 2) 17/10

1 Past Master 2 Mother Russia 3 Run For It

57.5 (14) 16/1 57.5 ( 7) 15/10 52.0 ( 9) 15/2

2011

2012

1 Igugu 57.0 ( 7) 15/20 2 Bravura 60.0 (12) 18/1 3 Gimmethegreenlight 54.0 ( 8) 11/2

2013

1 Martial Eagle 2 Hill Fifty Four 3 Beach Beauty

58.0 (14) 80/1 58.0 (13) 22/1 57.5 (10) 5/1

1 Hill Fifty Four 2 Yorker 3 Punta Arenas 125/1

58.0 (15) 15/1 60.0 ( 2) 22/1 58.0 (13)

2014

2015

1 Futura 60.0 ( 8) 2/1 2 Gold Onyx 58.5 (13) 18/1 3 Helderberg Blue 58.0 (14) 33/1

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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 29th - SUNDAY 31st JANUARY 2016

outing following a six month respite when beaten just under 3 lengths by Legislate in the 1800m Champions Cup. Lest we forget that Legislate won the Cape Derby, the Daily News 2000 and the Vodacom Durban July two seasons back.

Fitter and with Piere Strydom retaining the ride, it is a foolish man that will underestimate this entire.

Unlike Legislate, there is nothing in Captain America’s impressive CV to suggest he is more effective over Saturday’s trip. Except that is, for his runner-up berth to Legislate in the 2014 Investec Cape Derby.

Superhero

Captain America had things go his own way when winning the Green Point Stakes, and had excuses when squeezed late in the Queen’s Plate, where he ran a 1,50 length fourth. Sansui Summer Cup winner Master Sabina has his second run in the Cape since casting a shoe and running seventh and 5,05 lengths back in the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate.

His blood picture prior to the recent official gallops was reported to be spot on, and while he is a ‘soft’ worker in view of an old tendon

Legislate

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injury, he is a fellow who could bounce back over a trip that he will relish. His stablemate Deo Juvente has been withdrawn as a result of an injury incurred at Milnerton training. The top six are without question the chief protagonists, but let’s take a look at the balance to see whether we can unearth a hidden gem.

The son of Black Minnaloushe ran on very well in the Premier Trophy but then failed to show in what was a very strong L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate. His form over his 53 run career has always been honest and he relishes his stints down in Cape Town, where he comes good.

His 15 draw is a negative.

Head Of The House

Vodacom Durban July runner-up Punta Arenas has not yet sparked this term and looks to have a tough task at the conditions of the race.

The 7yo son of Silvano ran a decent enough fifth in the Met last year when still racing under the Stan Elley banner and a repeat of that effort could see him burgle a place cheque.

He is as much as 6kgs better off with Light The Lights on the Gr2 Peninsula Handicap where he ran 4,30 lengths off the winner. With luck in running and a decent pace, Ian Sturgeon could get the best out of the game gelding and a place chance is not beyond imagination.

Paterfamilias will be ridden

by Bass stable jockey Grant van Niekerk, who suggested after his recent Gr2 Premier Trophy win that this is a horse to take seriously in the Met. He beat Gold Onyx last time by 1,25 lengths at level weights, in a race that may produce questionable form – but Paterfamilias could only win, and win he did.

At his penultimate start, he caught the eye when chasing Captain America and Futura home in the Green Point Stakes. From a 13 draw, he wil need to enjoy some luck in the running but could prove the value as a place bet, for those who follow his jockey’s positive assessment.

Gold Class

8yo Gold Onyx is the old man of the race and stablemate to the favourite.

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True Blue

The disappointing Helderberg Blue has not won a race since November 2014 and hardly looks the type to

produce a giantkilling effort come Saturday.

The son of Jet Master once beat subsequent July winner Power King ina Pinnacle Stakes at Durbanville – his peak career performance.

His recent runs in the Premier Trophy and Peninsula were not bad efforts but probably spoke more about his lack of heart and courage, than absence of genuine ability.

He did run third in the Met last year, and really should finish behind Futura again.

Pain Relief

Handicap win as his top victory and, much on the lines of a Helderberg Blue, seems like one of those ‘all talk no action’ sorts, who can produce the odd decent effort.

That is demonstrated by his proximity to the top finishers in decent company but he has not won in over a year and that is the wrong mindset for a horse going in trying to win one of our great races.

The best thing in his favour is the engagement of big-race rider Anthony Delpech, who will give him every chance.

Cherry On Top

Joey Ramsden’s magnificent grey King Of Pain will catch the attention of the once a year punters. He has the right colour and a catchy name, but his recent form suggests that he is more ofa hopeful than anything else.

He showed his wellbeing when running on well over the 1200m for fourth in the Diadem Stakes. He was then slow away when making no show in the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate. The former Gr1 Gold Challenge winner has the class, but would need plenty to go his way.

The third of the Snaith trio is the Black Minnaloushe colt, Krambambuli.

He races in the same silks as 2013 Met winner Martial Eagle.

The 4yo was placed in the Investec Cape Derby last term but has never won anything of note and looks little more than a tactical inclusion as a possible pacemaker for his more illustrious stablemates.

Krambambuli has drawn wide at 12 and MJ Byleveld replaces Craig Du Plooy. He cannot be fancied.

Mac The Knife

Glen Kotzen found himself with a decent Met prospect when Light The Lights put

Weiho Marwing’s Mac De Lago boasts an MR 79

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it all together to win the Peninsula Handicap in great style at his last outing.

The son of Western Winter, a highly promising youngster, has turned the corner since gelding and this has also allowed them to ride him differently.

His earlier form can be discounted and he can be expected to make even further improvement over the extra ground and is our best outsider in the race.

The Choices

While the conditions of the race favour the better horses, the chances of an upset cannot be ruled out – particularly with a few having come good at the right time.

There is bound to be a pace, given the size of the prize and the presence of a few who can go out and set the fractions.

Legal Eagle, Futura and Legislate are the obvious three to vie for top honours, with Legislate and Smart Call in the mix and huge runners if things go their way.

Light The Lights (only now starting to show his true ability) and Master Sabina could be the quartet kickers.

It is a rare blend of equine quality – jump aboard for the ride of your life!

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Joey Ramsden's consistent sprinter Brutal Force gets the vote

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The R1 million Gr1 Cape Flying Championship provides a nice variation of high-class speed on the Met day programme and the weight-for-age conditions makes it a mouthwatering spectacle for the purists. Carry On Alice’s last below-par run throws the race wide open.

he Sceptre Stakes run by the Tarry flyer was a rare blot on the copybook for a top filly – and while things didn’t work out as planned, she is going to have to pick up her feet to pace it with the hot boys.

Wonderland

Carry On Alice ran third in this event last year by the outstanding filly Alboran Sea and in the interim turned the tables on her with a great win in the Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint.

While an automatic choice, the Sceptre Stakes ‘flop’ niggles and despite a reversion to the 1000m, we have to consider some top class speedsters.

Heading the list is Louis Goosen’s superfast Trippi 5yo Trip Tease, who missed a prep run when injured in the pens three weeks ago.

He thus has not seen race action since being beaten 2 lengths by stablemate Doing It For Dan in the Hampton Handicap on the Vaal sand on Supreme Cup day and this will not be seen as an ideal prep for his major summer target.

Forceful

Joey Ramsden’s smart Western Winter gelding Brutal Force has hit peak speed form, winning 3 of his last 4 starts, including a great win in the Gr2 Joburg Merchants.

He was narrowly beaten at his return home over the

course and distance by Harry Lime and is bound to be a sharper fellow come Saturday.

Interestingly, Anton Marcus, who could have ridden Brutal Force, will be riding another top speedster in Dennis Driertrained Guiness.

The Gr1 winning son of Seventh Rock was well beaten behind Harry Lime after a 15 month break and will be expected to improve plenty.

Dennis Drier also saddles Cape Merchants winner Triptique. Another smart son of Trippi, the 4yo gelding failed to kick in the Diadem Stakes when tamely finishing 4 lengths behind Lanner Falcon.

He has plenty to do off his rating of 101.

Storm Watch

The Brett Crawford-trained Gulf Storm is improving steadily and looks to be peaking at the right time.

After a close up fifth in the Merchants, he showed to good advantage in the Diadem when flying through late for a 1,55 length third to Lanner Falcon.

Against Gulf Storm is the fact that he has never won over the Kenilworth 1000m, and does take time to get going.

Yvette Bremner with her evergreen 8yo Gr1 winner Copper Parade, who is a regular earner back home in PE. He showed that he has lost little of his razor sharp ability, when fling up to get within a

length of Brutal Force in the Joburg Merchants.

Talktothestars shows terrific speed up the Kenilworth 1000m but tends to get overhauled late in his races.

Gavin Lerena’s persistence suggests that he may be worth another chance and he did run a superb race when a neck third behind Harry Lime last time of asking.

Johan Janse Van Vuuren’s Belong To Me failed to show at his first Cape start on L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate in his first start for 3 months.

While some way off Brutal Force at the weights, he can be expected to improve.

Eric Sands throws his 3yo Champery in at the deep end after two good wins over the course and distance. Her failure in the Sceptre Stakes against her own sex suggests she will battle here.

Snaith Duo

Justin Snaith saddles a coupling with the speedy Daring Dave looking for some improvement after an extended formless spell.

He came back from a four month break when showing little in the Merchants, but then showed a flicker of more to come when slow away and running on well for fifth behind stablemate Harry Lime last time.

He was beaten 7,80 lengths in this race last year and could be more competitive in a handicap.

Harry Lime came back to form after an extended drought with a smart win when beating Brutal Force in receipt of 4,5kgs on Queen’s Plate day. On his official rating of 97, he has some leeway to make up on the front-rankers here. Mike Bass’ stable is in hot form and he is always competitive in the feature sprints.

Tevez just failed in the Merchants when storming through late, but then ran a quiet 5,30 lengths Lanner Falcon in the Diadem. He can improve on his fourth behind Alboran Sea last year.

Stable jockey Grant van Niekerk rides the 97 rated Line Break – a son of Dynasty who has shown touches of class, but who may be outgunned

over the minimum trip on past form.

The 6yo mare Fly By Night is a Gr1 winner against the boys and has run decent races in the Diadem and the Sceptre Stakes recently. While past her explosive best, she gets Anthony Delpech back in the irons and cannot be discounted on a familiar hunting ground.

Fitness

Match fitness places question marks against the likes of Trip Tease and Guiness and this could open the door for the recently consistent Brutal Force to maintain his positive streak.

That is not discounting the ability of the high-class Carry On Alice – whose last start looks all wrong.

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1 What A Winter 2 Via Africa 3 Cap Alright

60.0 ( 9) 16/10 54.0 ( 4) 5/2 60.0 ( 6) 16/1

1 Via Africa 2 Red Ray 3 Tevez

57.5 ( 4) 22/10 56.5 (13) 33/10 60.0 (11) 50/1

1 Alboran Sea 2 Captain Of All 3 Carry On Alice

54.0 ( 2) 28/10 60.0 ( 9) 9/2 54.0 ( 6) 12/1

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Future Speed Last year’s Cape Flying Championship winner Alboran Sea was acknowledged as Mike De Kock’s 100th Gr1 winner and her dual with present day Klawervlei stallion Captain Of All is one that will be remembered for many a long year.

As expected, Trip Tease, who is back for more on Saturday, led early from Happy Forever but Alboran Sea wanted to get on with things and stuck her nose in front about 400m from the line.

At that stage, the 9-2 second favourite Captain Of All was midfield and under pressure. The son of Captain Al suddenly turned his mind to the job at hand, though, and ran on strongly, getting to the filly inside the final 50m.

She was determined not to concede, though, and a fierce battle ensued with the two warriors locked together as the camera flashed.

The judges gave the nod to Alboran Sea

by a short head. They finished 1.50 lengths ahead of Carry On Alice (12-1), while Tevez (25-1) and Trip Tease (10-1) got fourth and fifth respectively.

All of the latter three return on Saturday.

“I thought on the line the other horse had got me. But the judges ruled in our favour – I’m not going to argue with them.Whatever happens from today, she’s only going to improve,” said Weichong Marwing.

We have subsequently learnt that Alboran Sea, a daughter of European Horse Of The Year and leading sire Rock Of Gibraltar, is among the top class mares in foal to Soft Falling Rain.

Interestingly, the resultant foal will be inbred to unbeaten sire legend Danzig, a pattern which has produced more than 30 G1 winners the world over.

Bred by Rosemont Stud in Australia, Alboran Sea was a AUS $105 000 buy at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.

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SUMMER JUVENILE STAKES (Listed) at Kenilworth on Saturday J&B Gr2 JET STAYERS at Kenilworth on Saturday

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The R400 000 Gr2 J&B Jet Stayers is the round-thecourse staying spectacle that captivates the attention of racegoers on Met Day. With the jump in front of the stands, the visual impact is second to none.

ut that is all very well if we are not concerned with finding a winner and by the time they are loading, we need to have taken a closer look at the sixteen horse field.

Being a staying handicap, we can expect an upset – and given the trip and factors at play, anything can happen.

Peachy

Like last year when Mike De Kock trained Kingston Mines was given a peach of a dictatorial ride by Gavin Lerena to win a cracker when beating local staying star Coltrane.

Both are back in this year’s renewal, where the event is positioned slightly earlier on the changed programme, and forms the final leg of what should be a bumper Pick 6.

Pine Princess and Kingston Mines represent the De Kock yard and both rank as serious candidates.

The good filly Pine Princess ran a cracker when fifth and only 4,15 lengths back in the Gr1 Paddock Stakes, behind Smart Call. She tries the ground for the first time but her courageous victory in the Gr1 SA Oaks attests to the fact that she may well be crying out for more

ground at this stage of her career. She is widely drawn, which will count against her.

Kingstone Mines has earned his topweight and after his good win in this race last year, followed up with a victory in the Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup. He has never won again but enjoys this venue and could be ready to bounce back after a decent effort in the Cape Summer Stayers last time.

Dean Double

Dean Kannemeyer’s pair of Hot Ticket and Solid Speed are both capable stayers, with the latter appealing more in view of his more positive recent form. Solid Speed bounced back from an unplaced run in the Gold Cup (where he went lame)and a five month rest to beat Catside Slew in an MR 94 Handicap over a mile – a distance seen as way short of his best. He ran an excellent third in the Gold Vase and if his wide draw at 15 doesn’t spoil his prospects he could be a massive runner.

Hot Ticket finally gets his chance over his correct trip and his recent pipe-opener was a pleasing one, as he stretched nicely and stayed on well.

The son of Silvano is the class in the race, and will make them all gallop if he turns up well.

Ramsden Runners

Joey Ramsden is a master of staying prep and he saddles the always gallant Coltrane and the stakes winning filly Gallica Rose.

Anton Marcus rides Coltrane, who can be considered an unlucky loser of this race last year when he ran on too late off a half-pace. He ran on when caught a bit flat footed in the Cape Summer Stayers last time and must go into calculations.

Gallica Rose made no show in the Paddock Stakes but runs from a decent draw and is a class stayer on her day.

She tries the 2800m for the first time.

Bass Duo

Mike Bass saddles Winter Classic winner Royal Dreamer and the consistent My World.

It could be a shrewd move to include Royal Dreamer, who steps up in trip after his no show in the Peninsula Handicap. Well drawn at 3, he could be a contender if things go his way and he reproduces that electric turn of foot.

My World is always thereabouts and could the extra ground after running on too late in the Summer Stayers over 300m shorter.

Certainly a race to go wide in the exotics!

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The Cape field sizes are under pressure – even on Met Day when one would think that every owner would want a runner. Just nine youngsters line up in the R150 000 Listed Summer Juvenile Stakes – and maybe it is the Snaith factor that has frightened them all away.

ustin Snaith has embarrassed his colleagues with his 2yo strike rate this terms and it is hardly surprising that only Mike Bass, Glen Kotzen and Paul Reeves, amongst his local colleagues, are willing to take him on.

Snaith saddles three of the nine runners, and two of the only three winners in the 1000m race. And ironically the only other winner was beaten by a Snaith runner first time out – so Justin will have a line on that one!

Bernard Fayd’herbe has opted to ride Var Ahead, a runaway odds on debut winner in decent time beating Mount Keith by 3,50 lengths on 15 December. With the necessary improvement, this fellow should challenge for the lion’s share of the stake.

His stablemate Sergeant Hardy beat On The Right Path a fortnight later in much the same circumstances. The son of Captain Al will be ridden by S’manga Khumalo, and the duo should fight this out.

Watch Betting Third of the Snaith trio is the unraced Bishop’s Bounty, a R1,4 million full brother to the top-class Brutal Force and Red Ray. Red Ray won first time of asking over the

Kenilworth 1200m, while Brutal Force went a close second at his first time up.

Piere Strydom rides the first-timer for Michael Leaf – and as we learnt in last Saturday’s Cape Derby, riding arrangements mean little when Striker is involved!

Mike Bass saddles the Noordhoek Flyer filly Felicity Flyer, who was beaten by the Snaith’s The Merry Widow on debut.

She then came out and ran on strongly at prohibitive odds to beat Rebel’s Burst in convincing style – also over 800m.

She will appreciate the extra and must be considered.

Visitor The PE visitors have had some fair success in this event over the years and Yvette Bremner travels with the Sail From Seattle colt, Pacific Spirit.

The unraced Ascot Studbred 2yo must have shown something in work to justify the 1000km road trip sweat, toil – and expenses. Betting will be the best guide – and the family are fast.

Rasta Rebel represents the Paul Reeves yard and the son of Rebel King was outpaced on an unfancied debut when fourth out of six and 5,35 lengths behind Elevated over 1000m.

There is nothing to suggest that he would have come on enough in three weeks to challenge the top guns.

Kotzen Glen Kotzen, who has tasted success in this race, travels from the beautiful Woodhill Racing Estate with a trio of runners, headed by debut second placer, Mount Keith.

Oratorio’s grandson was not supported in the betting and ran green before being easily beaten by Var Ahead.

He bolted at his scheduled next start when fancied to win in a small field – and frankly looks likely to need a bit further to show his best.

First up is the once raced Kahal filly Shizam, who had no luck on debut – she had the misfortune to bump the boom galloper The Secret Is Out – and was also bumped in running.

She could improve in the place money and earn some early black-type here.

Her stablemate Final Judgement is a Judpot filly bred by Varsfontein Stud. She hails from a winning damline and the betting should be watched as an indicator as to her prospects.

It looks a straight shootout between Var Ahead and Sergeant Hardy. Watch the betting on the well-bred Bishop’s Bounty.

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A terrific advert for racehorse ownership and a remarkable hometown victory for the working classes had the champagne corks popping at the inaugural running of the CTS Million Dollar on the Investec Day Of Dreams at Kenilworth on Saturday.

The race was called in exemplary fashion by visiting UK race-caller Richard Hoiles.

alking about keeping the money at home! And what a race for anybody who feels that racing has become a rich man’s game, dominated by wealthy men in suits and big powerful yards with telephone number buying power.

That sentiment was put to the sword by a small Milnertonbased operation, a low-key hardworking young apprentice jockey and a pair of ‘working class’ owners, who invested the

best R180 000 they could ever dream of, when lashing out to buy a Trippi colt at the 2014 Cape Premier Yearling Sale Book 2.

Former jockey and a member of a famous Cape racing family, Glen Puller, who has been training since 1994, celebrated the biggest day of his racing career when saddling Illuminator, who won a cracker when flying up the wide outside under 23 year old apprentice Heavelon ‘Heavy’ Van Der Hoven.

Van Der Hoven only rode two

winners last season and has notched up a vastly improved 8 this term, with a rather ordinary strike rate of 6%. But judged on today’s ice cool exhibition, as he switched his mount out wide at the 400m, he deserves to be riding much better horses.

“It is my third horse and we are really ordinary small-time working-class owners,” said Scotland-born co-owner Francis Carruthers, when contacted by the Sporting Post after the race.

He owns the history-making winner in partnership with Ian Robinson.

“We are thrilled and it hasn’t quite sunk in yet. We were happy to have Heavelon on board after Weichong Marwing cried off ill, as the youngster has won twice on him already.

We couldn’t be too confident as there were some decent horses in the race. What a feeling!” he said. The race, for 3yo’s and 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, attracted a maximum field of sixteen, and included Gr1 and Gr2 winners.

Cape Fillies Guineas sensation Silver Mountain was backed into favouritism, and looked a winner as she stormed through from a far handier position than usual, at the 200m, and shrugged off a determined Victorious Jay. But the young Van Der Hoven

was riding for his life and he got Illuminator home by 0,75 lengths in a time of 86,21 secs to a massive roar from the crowd. And what a lovely touch to see Glen Puller’s celebrated former champion jockey brother Garth hug him and plant a kiss on his forehead at the lead-in.

The stakes were converted at a rate of 16,785 and the winner thus banked a hefty R8 392 500. Second placed Silver Mountain, beaten with every chance, took home R3 357 0000, with third finisher Victorious Jay paid R2 517 750.

Fourth placed Seventh Plain, had the draw to overcome but earned R1 678 500, while even the fancied KZN challenger Exit Here didn’t go home empty handed in fifth with R671 400 earned for the Fire Racing Trust and Markus Jooste.

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R180 000, Illuminator took his earnings to an unbelievable R8 526 875. Illuminator, a son of Trippi (what a day for him!) is out of the five-time winning Al Mufti mare, Pacific Lights.

He was bred by Klawervlei Stud and was registering his third win, with two places, from six starts. Cape Thoroughbred Sales have just wound up a highly successful Cape Premier Yearling Sale at the CTICC, so buyers eager to source potential graduates for the next series of richly endowed incentive races will home in on the upcoming March Yearling Sale.

That will be staged at Durbanville on the 19th and 20th March 2016 – expect Messrs Puller, Carruthers and Robinson to be attending with broad smiles and a humble sense of knowing that racing fantasies can come true….

What a happy story for ordinary folk!

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It was a fantastically run CTS Yearling Sale which produced record results and probably the best line up of yearlings we have seen in this country – not just pedigree wise but the yearlings themselves. We managed to secure a few which was no mean result by any standard as it was tough out there, writes Joey Ramsden.

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s always, viewing was excellent and with the red-hot temperatures outside, it was lovely to be in the cool of the convention centre.

It was great to see the overseas buyers out in force and to have the Coolmore operation taking an interest in our racing.

I was lucky enough to stay at the Taj Hotel in Cape Town. I cannot recommend a better place to stay, whether it is for business or just a holiday. The build up to the sales is always fun with plenty to do: cocktail parties, etc. but in the end it is the horses that count and they certainly pulled their weight in the sales ring. The race day itself was extremely special with top quality racing.

Good Racing

Inara won the Grade 1 Majorca in fine style and it was fantastic to have Mike Bass on course. The Investec Cape Derby was won by It’s My Turn. I am not sure it is the strongest Derby we have ever had but a winner is a winner and well done to the Snaith’s. However, the piece de resistance was Glen Puller winning the Million Dollar Sales race with Illuminator for loyal owners Francis Carruthers and Ian Robinson.

He was ridden by unknown apprentice Heavelon van der Hoven after Weichong Marwing was stood down – a dream come true for Heavelon. Illuminator was not an expensive purchase and it just goes to show all the naysayers that racing is not just for the rich and there is

plenty out there for everyone.

Well done to Glen and all the connections.

Quiet Week

Apart from the Australian Open, with all the big shots still in as we speak, we have the J&B Met coming up this weekend. It is wonderful to have a quiet week leading into it. One is able to sit down and catch one’s breath after the sales and move quietly into the big race day itself with less distractions to worry about. It looks to be an extremely wide open event, despite the fact there are numerous top quality individuals involved. There is no reason why this year a filly cannot win it either.

Lovely Girlfriend

We have international jockey, Umberto Rispoli, riding on the day. He did not

impress me when he came over for the International Day a couple of years ago, riding under the Italian flag.

Maybe he has found a few lengths under the French flag?

On the bright side, he did have an extremely attractive girlfriend so maybe there is something to look forward to!

Manchester United continue to bore the socks off everyone and please God let it be a short time before Mr Louis van Gaal is moved along, as my father would say. I don’t think any of us can take it anymore.

Met Day

Here’s hoping it is a successful day’s racing on Met Day. It is not quite as top quality this year as in previous years with a number of Grade 1 races having been taken away. However, The Cape Flying Championship looks a strong race and we must have a chance with Brutal Force.

Commonly known as “Fatty” in the yard, he seems in fine form. Fingers crossed he gives of his best.

Read the whole story on www.joeyramsden.com

It has been close on a year since the South African horseracing industry rallied in support of award winning media man Dave Mollett’s knee replacement surgery and the word is out that Molly goes in for his right knee on Monday 2 February.

IN December 2014, a prognosis from his orthopaedic surgeon that he could be wheelchair-bound in under five years, forced the Tellytrack legend to make a potentially lifechanging decision to undergo knee replacement surgery.

The operation was an unqualified success.

“I was so heartened by the support I received – mainly from leading owners – 12 months ago. It showed that – while racing is often viewed as a jealous and back-biting sport – when he chips are down there are many who will rally to a cause.”

“The perfect example is Paul Lafferty with the amount raised for his appeal – for an illness much more serious – showing what great affection so many people have for the popular trainer/presenter.”

“Happily, Laff appears on the road to recovery which is great news for not only his close friends and family, but also for the sport of racing.”

Molly had a meeting with his surgeon a fortnight ago and what he told the old man ‘was quite alarming’.

“I have done 300-plus knee ops – including many Springboks – but yours was the biggest worry due to the poor state of the knee due to football injuries when you were young. I’m just hoping the next op goes as well,” said the top surgeon. Molly will be at the Met on Saturday, no doubt in that J&B Dreamcoat Blazer!

The contact person for the fund is Linda and her e-mail is: bushsolutions@gmail.com The e-mail for anyone wishing to pledge money is:mollettfund@gmail.com

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True Pleasure is Rare Wine fundis talk about vintage years, those seasons which bless connoisseurs with an exceptional product. Racing has its vintage years, too, and 1992 was one of them. The foal crop born that year, while not producing one standout champion, did yield a whole bunch of highly talented performers, horses that have swept almost all before them whenever they have taken on other generations.

a Fabulous has always been close to the best of that legendary class of ’92, and on 27 January he was rewarded for his consistency when he romped away with the J&B Met. Not only did he win the Kenilworth showpiece, but ran out one of its easiest winners in recent memory. The race was widely considered to be wide open, until a deluge of late support for National Emblem saw the Gauteng visitor firm in to 3/1 favourite. La Fabulous, favourite at one stage of the antepost proceedings, was allowed to go off at 7/1, despite being perhaps the best handicapped horse in the race, and certainly weighted to finish in front of National Emblem.

No Crawl The early pace in the Met was not fast, but nor was it quite the crawl that some appeared to think. Carolera, much as expected, was the early leader by a couple of lengths from Bushmanland and Dupa Dice, with Rusty Pelican soon improving position between the turns. La Fabulous was nicely poised some five lengths back on the fence, with National Emblem’s jockey Michael Roberts electing to wait the best part of ten lengths back. Carolera was still going easily in front as they turned for home, with Rusty Pelican now up in second ahead of Dupa Dice and Bushmanland. La Fabulous was still waiting to pounce, but he didn’t hesitate for much longer. He quickly made ground along the rail, and headed Carolera just past the 400m mark.

With nothing much really making any progress in the sprint home, the race was his. Carolera was

game as ever, but she simply had no answer as La Fabulous opened up a quick lead and kept going all the way home to win by 2.25 lengths.

Carolera easily held on to second place, two lengths ahead of her fellow Gauteng raider Dupa Dice, with Eldoriza flying up from a mile back to finish fourth.

Met First La Fabulous, who has been in the care of Clairwood trainer Vaughan Marshall since the last Natal season, has now won nine of his 22 career starts. The J&B Met was the first Graded Stakes win for La Fabulous.

Ironically, in a sense, the very fact that he had never won a major event before contributed greatly to his success on Saturday, for it gave him the pull in the weights which enabled him to comprehensively beat horses roughly his equal in terms of merit.

Everything just went right for the former Port Elizabeth campaigner. The moderate pace didn’t place any undue demands on his vaguely suspect ability to stay a true run 2000m, and the gap along the rail stayed wide open, almost inviting jockey Robbie Fradd to take it. That he did, without blinking, and with the best possible outcome!

La Fabulous was bred by his owners Peter and Val Fenix, who must be delighted and relieved that the Met winner’s dam was one of a handful of mares they retained when they dispersed the bulk of their breeding stock a few years ago. La Fabulous is by the Danzig stallion Lustra out of the USA-bred Accipiter mare Amanzimtoti, who was acquired for R30,000 by the Fenixes at the Scott Bros Dispersal Sale in 1990.

Conman Fools Them

Natal trainers certainly made merry at Kenilworth on Saturday.

Vaughan Marshall captured the big prize with La Fabulous and Herman Brown turned a frustrating Cape season around when Conman captured the R75 000 J&B Reserve Stayers Handicap over 2800m.

Conman was easy to back at 8/1, which was a shade surprising as he had finished right with market leaders Hill Station and Gee C in the IGN Gold Plate at the same venue three weeks earlier. It was Hill Station who showed the way early, but he was soon joined and then passed first by Phantom Dealer and then by Bookin Case, who had been chased through the field after a slow start. Hill Station, surprisingly, was already beginning to feel the pinch as Bookin Case and Phantom Dealer led through the 1000m, and turning for home it was clear that the 5/2 favourite would play no part in the finish.

Market rival Gee C, meantime trailed the field at least 20 lengths off the pace.

The frontrunners soon faded once in the straight, and Stuart Randolph and Conman were quick to stake their claim. He shot clear racing into the last 300m, and there he remained. Fellow Natal visitor Coastal Rula briefly threatened to make a race of it when he loomed up along the far rail, but he could make no real impression on Conman. Herman Brown’s seven-year-old doesn’t lack for stamina, that we know full well, and he just kept on rolling to beat Coastal Rula by 2.5 lengths.

Francini stayed on to finish third, with his stable companion Gee C arriving on the scene much too late and having to settle for fourth place. Hill Station showed nothing like his IGN Gold Plate form and trailed in twelfth of the 17 starters.

Conman, who was posting his first success since he captured the Woolavington Handicap at Milnerton in October 1994, made it a good day for owner/breeders who support Natal stallions.

Owner/bred La Fabulous was sired by Summerhill Stud resident Lustra, and Conman was bred by owners B.J. and K.B. Jenman and is by veteran Scott Bros stallion Concertino. He is out of the UKbred High Top mare Topvari, dam also of current top division performer Hierarchy. The J&B Reserve Stayers Handicap marked Conman’s eighth lifetime success from 56 starts.

Thunder ‘n Lightning The tail end of the Cape season has been kind to horses with their roots in the Eastern Cape.

La Fabulous’ splendid J&B Met triumph was plainly the highlight, but his erstwhile stablemate Qualify wasn’t to be completely outdone and recorded his first Stakes victory when winning the Natfed Millionaires Stakes over 1100m at Milnerton on Wednesday, 31 January.

Shoe Express was a red-hot favourite to win this handicap despite not having raced since he finished fourth in the Gilbey’s Stakes last June. Vaughan Marshall’s gelding was a winner everywhere but the post, and

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might have held on had he not shifted out sharply coming off the false rail. Prominent from the start, Shoe Express took over from leader Up To Tricks racing inside the last 400m and went clear under what looked to be an easy ride, but there wasn’t much left in the tank when Shoe Express came under pressure close home. Mark Khan had kept Qualify in touch with the leaders throughout and they ran on just too strongly and snatched a short head verdict from the favourite.

Shoe Express clearly ran nowhere near his best. The proximity of Flames in fourth place, beaten some two lengths, must prove that beyond much doubt.

Flames, at the age of seven, still does most of his racing in the C Division and can boast a career record of three wins from 63 starts. Still, Qualify has always looked a talented sprinter, and he did finish 2.5 lengths second behind Ashtontown in the Cape Nursery last May. The Alan Greeff-trained three-year-old is the first South African Stakes winner sired by the Storm Bird stallion Thunder Cat, whose first local crop Qualify represents. The NATFED Marked his fifth career win from twice that number of starts, and took his earnings to R116 925.

The seventh foal and fifth winner of the Brer Rabbit mare Dolphin (who scored twice up to a mile), Qualify was also responsible for trainer Alan Greeff’s biggest career success since he took over from his father Stanley earlier in the current season.

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Piere Strydom steers It's My Turn to a superb win

Investec Gr1 CAPE DERBY at Kenilworth last Saturday

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Sensational sire Dynasty won the Gr1 Cape Derby in 2003 and produced his third son in five years to win the great race when the genius of Piere Strydom prevailed to deliver the Justin Snaith-trained It’s My Turn in an extraordinary tale of fate and good fortune.

here has never been any doubt as to Strydom’s genius and when the multiple champion produced Black Arthur with a sensational late dash up the inside rail to win the Gr3 Politician Stakes a fortnight earlier, the Derby was on the cards.

For reasons unknown to us, Strydom then found himself jocked off Black Arthur – and after Prince Of Wales

was scratched, the Snaiths stuck him on the lightly tried It’s My Turn, who runs off a modest rating of 87.

That was the beginning of the fairytale.

“Jono (Snaith) phoned me and said we must run It’s My Turn as Investec were flying owner Fred Crabbia out for the race and it was important that he has a runner,” recalled Justin Snaith afterwards.

Strydom was fresh out of Meydan just 48 hours earlier, but showed no signs of jet lag

as he had the magnificent, albeit unfancied, son of Dynasty hard against the steel some ten lengths off the gallop set by Kemal Kavur early on.

Kemal Kavur continued to gallop strongly as Liege challenged into the home run, with Strydom looking for a run behind Royal Badge about 12 lengths behind the pacemaker, who had taken the shortest route home down the inside rail.

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out under pressure, Strydom was closer to the outside rail, and opted for that route as It’s My Turn found a powerful finish. Just as fate had forced him take the inside rail on Black Arthur two weeks earlier, he had committed to the outside rail today and was taking his chances.

With Kemal Kavur under a drive of a ride and still leading at the 200m, It’s My Turn loomed wide and stormed into the lead.

The picture for the places changed dramatically inside the final stages as Cape Guineas runnert-up Brazuca found his stride and made up lengths to nab second, just ahead of a flying Marinaresco.

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Just days after selling the highest priced yearling in South African history, Drakenstein Stud owned runners finished 1-2-3 in the R1 million Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.

he Drakenstein Stud bred colt Silver Coin fetched R6 000 000 on the first day of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale and the top farm’s draft of 9 youngsters sold for a gross total of R17.1 million, making the farm the CPYS’s leading vendor by average price.

Sponsored for the sixth consecutive year by Klawervlei, the Majorca Stakes is one of the most important weight-for-age races for the fairer sex on the racing calendar and the race was dominated by two high-class 4yo’s as expected.

KZN challenger Same Jurisdiction was sent off in the red and was expected to spoil Inara’s Majorca double bid, a feat that had not been achieved since Donatella in 1999 into 2000.

And when Anton Marcus produced a cruising Same Jurisdiction between runners at the 350m marker, it looked to be race over – but Grant Van Niekerk and Inara had other ideas and the pair swept past Same Jurisdiction as if

she was standing still to win by 0,75 lengths in a time of 99,68 secs. The year older Diadem winner Lanner Falcon showed her versatility by flying up late to grab third, ahead of gallant Gauteng challenger Bichette.

So the top three raced in the Drakenstein blue, with the outstanding farm breeding first and third – both trained by Mike Bass and by their leading sire, Trippi – whose son Illuminator produced the winner of the CTS Million Dollar. And for winning jockey Grant Van Niekerk it was a sentimental moment – it was Inara on who he recorded his first ever Gr1 winner just twelve months earlier.

Both Inara and Lanner Falcon are daughters of Drakenstein’s hugely successful sire Trippi, whose son Illuminator won Saturday’s CTS Million Dollar on the same card.

Inara is out of the Shirley Heights mare Mountains Of Mist.

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anticipated and was relegated to fourth, heading the game Kemal Kavur in the last stride.

It’s My Turn got a well deserved verdict to clock 124,03 secs, and beat the strong finish of Brazuca by 2 lengths. The winner and third placed runner were both drawn wide and proved the fair nature of the Kenilworth 2000m. Jockey Piere Strydom modestly attributed it all to ‘sheer luck’ as he recounted the sequence of events that found him on the 16 to 1 shot.

“The horse has improved and we enjoyed a nice pace with a headwind to help us in the home run. I wanted to track a few horses through and when I found my way blocked I didn’t want to ease

him at the 500m. So I went to the centre and then to the outside. He feels like an outand-out stayer. Thanks to the Snaiths and it’s been ages since I rode a winner in the Crabbia silks,” he said.

An elated Justin Snaith said it ‘was amazing how this game works out’, as he basked in the afterglow of his third win after Russian Sage (2008) and Legislate (2014).

A R400 000 National Yearling Sale graduate, It’s My Turn has won 2 races with 3 places from 5 starts for stakes of R700 325.

He was bred by Willempie Engelbrecht jnr and is by perennial classic producer Dynasty out of the rather modest one-time winner Jallad’s Queen (Jallad).

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Hereford racecourse - controversially closed by owners Arena Racing Company in December 2012 - is to reopen for business in October.

Hereford was shut in 2012 after 241 years of racing - the first recorded meeting there was in August 1771.

ARC director of external affairs Susannah Gill said the decision “shows our commitment to all racing”.

CTS Million Dollar winning apprentice Heavelon van der Hoven will have his winning commission of R630 000 held by the SA Jockey Academy until he comes out of his time. That esteemed institution of learning refuses to divulge what percentage they will retain. That’s a poor reflection of every individual involved.

Dazzling Dynasty

The organisers of Siena’s famed ancient bareback horse race are apparently not willing to alter the spectacle for anyone – not even her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The organisers of the Palio announced they have turned down an invitation to take part in the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations for fear they would become “puppets in an artificial, choreographed show”.

It’s My Turn’s Gr1 Cape Derby win made it a third victory in the great race for his sire, who won it himself in 2003. Dynasty has eight Gr1 winners to his credit, with sons Irish Flame, Legislate and Futura having all been awarded South Africa’s Horse Of The Year title.

Two leading Australian trainers have been banned after their horses failed drugs tests.

Melbourne Cup winner Mark Kavanagh was banned for three years and Danny O’Brien for four over the use of cobalt chloride, which exceeded permitted levels, according to Racing Victoria. Kavanagh, who won Australia’s biggest race in 2009 with Shocking, and O’Brien are appealing against the verdicts.

Lane’s End Farm have announced that breedshaping sire Kingmambo has been euthanized at 26 due to the infirmities of old age.

The influential stallion stood his entire career at the Kentucky operation and was pensioned from stud duty in 2010. Kingmambo will be buried at Lane’s End.

Roar Of The Poor

Call it being blinded by science, baffled by veterinary terminology or just plain information overload, how many punters went cold on Sun Jewellery in Sunday’s Hong Kong Classic Mile because of his apparent status as a “roarer”? The relatively common ailment is due to progressive paralysis in the throat, which results in breathing difficulties as the airways become partially blocked under duress, Sun Jewellery won, by the way!

It was a day of firsts at the Kangaroo Island race meeting on Saturday when husband and wife jockey team Jordan and Jemma Frew came within one win of riding the card. Kangaroo Island is “about an hour” on the ferry from Adelaide and hosts a handful of meetings each year.

Faugheen warmed up for the defence of his Cheltenham Champion Hurdle title with a comfortable victory in the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown.

The eight-year-old is odds-on favourite to retain his title in March and won by 15 lengths under jockey Ruby Walsh

There are some familiar old SA names amongst the list of horses ready to move from Mauritius to go showjumping in Madagascar: Midnight Master, Gemmayze Street, Prince Alwahtan, La Foce, Highland Jet, Barney Barnato, Ritz Cocktail, Storm Alterno, Spacebeam, King Fahiem, Laser Bolt, Grand Baie, Piquet, Skywalk Luke, Censored, Mining Prospect, Mo Ichi Do, C Major and Keep Walking.

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Earlier this year, my new year’s wish to everyone was Roald Dahl’s wonderful admonishment to “Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

I had a dose of my own medicine last week with a 3-day extravaganza of all my favourite things all in one place and with CTS firmly in the driving seat and their foot planted flat on the accelerator, it was pulse racing, adrenaline pumping stuff.

CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale The CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale set the scene with its glam inner city setting. I persuaded some racing newbies to come along and take a look around and they came home full of wonder at the beautiful horses, the exciting atmosphere and the crazy prices.

I just have to make a quick mention of Ann Dalton and her team, who make sure that the yard runs like clockwork. The catalogue goes from strength to strength and congratulations are due to the selection panel as well as to the breeders for producing their yearlings to perfection – no mean feat so early in the year.

The reputation of the sale and its graduates as well as the famous hospitality of the organisers have ensured that the sale has grown in prominence on the international racing calendar and the results prove that visitors aren’t here simply out of curiosity, with the China Horse Club in particular, an eye-catching new addition to the buyer’s list. And of course we were treated to the recordbusting sales results that we have come to expect from one of the most explosive sales on the national calendar.

‘Sales week’ is also ‘Met gallops week’. It also falls during the run up to the Dubai World Cup Carnival. With so much going on, plus the new-look racing programme with the Cape Derby, Majorca Stakes and South Africa’s first Million Dollar race forming the brand new Investec Day of Dreams, CTS have turned a racing week into a racing spectacle par excellence and, if I may be so bold, a marketing exercise of the highest order.

The carnival atmosphere started building with the arrival of the yearlings on Monday and saw its first spike among the little knot gathered at the Tellytrack stand on Thursday night when Harry’s Son ran a very exciting second for Paul Lafferty on his Dubai Debut and of course, Sanshaawes’

win for Mike de Kock in the District One Trophy Handicap. The sale always produces its share of fireworks and duly delivered with two brand new SA sale records when Markus Jooste procured an early birthday present in the form of a R6 million Silvano colt from Drakenstein Stud and Tina Rau and Coolmore, went to R5,25 million for Klawervlei’s Captain Al filly out of Secret Of Victoria.

Visiting auctioneer Grant Burns brought down the gavel down on both lots and I’m sure he’ll be back again very soon. Day two was equally pulse-racing with several more hefty price tags before the last page of the catalogue was turned and the gavel fell for the last time.

Dream Big The last of the yearlings were still leaving the CTICC as the CTS team put the finishing touches to the brand new Investec Day of Dreams.

I’ll confess I had my reservations. I was not chuffed to have the Derby and Majorca rescheduled and I am not a fan of restricted races, particularly when the prize money for a non-black type race eclipses one of our most important Gr1 races 8 times over. However, I was about to be handed a big fat surprise as I loved the day from start to finish.

It was a perfect summer’s day and everyone who came to town for the Premier Sale simply changed venue and congregated at Rosmead Avenue on Saturday afternoon.

The car park was full and the course was buzzing. Investec were rumoured to have big plans for the day and they delivered. The crowds turned up and the Investec black and white theme worked exceptionally well.

There was a fabulously elegant marquee and equally fabulously elegant VIP guests, but no matter where you were racing from, everyone got into the spirit of the day and there were suits, frocks and

the end I said, ‘Glen, if you’re happy, I’m happy and I’ll fight with Francis!’ When he phoned back later and I told Francis the news, there was just silence and I thought ‘Oh no!’ but he was very supportive. There was the obvious concern that Heavy’s a youngster and that there would be no quarter given, but we believed in the youngster and the horse and that’s how we went into it. Even in the ring, at no stage did Heavy show any nerves at all and I think that made a big difference.”

fascinators aplenty. Sadly what there wasn’t, were name cloths for the Gr1 runners.

Good things come in threes Every race day has its share of stories, but the three features were my favourites. The Derby line-up was strong and it is always my eternal sorrow that only one can win. While every runner would have made a deserving winner, there was more than a touch of racing karma when Piere Strydom took the honours on the appropriately named It’s My Turn. Having lost the ride on Black Arthur, Piere was booked on Prince Of Wales.

When Prince Of Wales scratched, he then jumped onto It’s My Turn, who Justin joked was entered last minute and only because owner Fred Crabbia was coming for the day. Joke or no joke, It’s My Turn put a decisive 2 lengths between himself and the second placed Brazuca, which just goes to show that the racing gods love a good story as much as the scribes. Judging by the enthusiastic shouts of “STRIKER” from the fans lining the rails, it’s clear the blonde bomber is still a big crowd pleaser.

The second great story of the day is that of the Majorca Stakes and again the real magic was out on the track, with the first three past the post all sporting the Drakenstein Stud blue and white and the winning filly has a particularly fun story.

After Mrs Rupert purchased Inara’s dam, Mountains Of Mist, she was approached by the vendor who explained that the mare was a difficult breeder.

Mrs Rupert gamely took her chances anyway.

Mountains Of Mist found the South African climate much more to her liking and mated to Drakenstein resident Trippi, produced the wonderful Inara. Another pleasing bit of symmetry is that Inara gave young jockey Grant van Niekerk his first and second Gr1 wins (in last year’s Paddock and Majorca Stakes) and of course made it a Majorca double with

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Heavelon van der Hoven steals up the outside her win on Saturday. As if there wasn’t already enough to like, Inara is conditioned by Cape favourite Mike Bass, who was on hand to receive his trophy and looking particularly well after his recent health scare.

Neil Andrews deserves special mention for conducting the post race interview kneeling down – nice touch.

Tense wait With 40 minutes between the Derby and Majorca, the hour to the Million Dollar felt interminable and nerves must have been fraying all over the course – not least of all in the Stipes boardroom! Again, there were so many star horses, jockeys and trainers that it was hard to pick a favourite.

However, the diminutive figure of Glen Puller, accompanying his charge down the chute, caught the eye.

Racing’s rich tapestry The Illuminator story is one of those wonderful racing tales that you couldn’t make up if you tried. Since taking out his license in October 1989, Glen has always had a small string of horses and his ability to produce good results off a limited budget has earned him a small, but die-hard support base. This includes Francis Carruthers and Ian Robinson, who can often be seen helping out at the yard. Ian relates there is a good core of owners who usually buy horses together, although Illuminator is an anomaly. “We bought 8 or 9 horses on the CTS March sale in 2014. Francis wanted a Trippi, but one we pulled out had slack pasterns and Glen said it was no good. As it happened, this guy was in the box next door, so we pulled him out. He was very immature and Glen said we won’t see him run till August 2015, but he’s a nice horse, so let’s see what we can

get it for. In the end he went for R180k and I took 20% and Francis kept 80%.”

Glen’s prediction was spot on and Illuminator debuted on 1 September 2015 winning by a comfortable 1.25 lengths over Arctic Blast with apprentice Heavelon van der Hoven in the saddle. With two wins on the trot, Illuminator was starting to look like a serious Million Dollar prospect and Ian confides they turned down an eye-watering offer for him shortly before the Selangor.

“Normally that sort of thing is the kiss of death, but we were very confident. The worst part is that he ran well in the Selangor, but was a bit disappointing in the Guineas and Andrew Fortune said we should geld him. We um’d and ah’d, but Glen insisted that we don’t.”

D Day Nerves were running high into the big race and with what was a contentious final selection by some, Glen Puller was the only ‘small’ yard to make the final 16. Weichong Marwing was booked for the big ride, but cancelled on Million Dollar morning, leaving the door open for apprentice Heavelon van der Hoven.

Ian continues, “Heavy does a lot of work at the stable for us. He won twice on this horse and was most frustrated how he was ridden in his other three runs. On Saturday I got a phone call at the stables to say that Weichong wasn’t riding and that’s when Heavy said ‘gee whiz, won’t you give me the ride?’ I phoned Glen and he said he was happy, but what about Francis? I said ‘leave him to me.’ Francis was on the beach and didn’t take his cell phone, so we couldn’t get hold of him, and I was standing there thinking ‘now what are we going to do?’ In

In the event, most eyes were on Mike Bass’s filly, Silver Mountain. However Heavelon rode his own race, choosing to go down the outside, seemingly coming out of nowhere to win by three quarters of a length. The fact that everyone, including the assembled photographers were focussing on the inside rail resulted in a series of fantastic photos of Aldo Domeyer and MJ Byleveld looking across incredulously at the winner.

Overwhelming support Kenilworth erupted and even the connections have been staggered by the response.

Glen reported that he’s had to take a break from the yard just to return all the messages.

Similarly Ian says he had 23 messages before he even left the podium and says the well wishes and congratulations have been overwhelming.

“My wife Judy was saying to me on Saturday night, she just cannot get over the support.

To me that’s 75% of the enjoyment. The R1.5 million is other 25%!” With the sales company directors owning half the field, more cynical folk may be forgiven for thinking uncharitable thoughts.

However, if anyone thinks that racing is rigged, there can be no more emphatic proof that it cannot be the case than Saturday’s result. If ever there was a day - certainly on the South African calendar at any rate - specifically designed to be about the money, then Saturday has got to have been it. And yet, in its magical way, racing prevailed and delivered a fairy tale - the little owners, from the little yard with the little horse and the little jockey won. It’s the sort of story that sells books and movie tickets and, more importantly, the sort of story that sells dreams.

If CTS wanted an absolute fool proof marketing strategy for their next big sale, they couldn’t have written the script any better if they tried.

Investec and CTS are to be roundly congratulated on a fantastic day, a fantastic result and something which delivered a Day of Dreams in every sense of the word.

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It is a topic that never fails to generate a response from those within the game. The brilliance of Willie Mullins has transformed the landscape of the industry, but it would be wrong to interpret any misgivings about the state of Irish racing as having anything to do with his supremacy, writes Richard Forristal in the Irish Independent.

he exceptional champion does the job better than the rest, and at a time when his rivals were being decimated by the recession, his financial clout grew. With the patronage of Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown Stud, Rich Ricci and Graham Wylie, to name but a few, Mullins has created a perfect storm.

Gordon Elliott and Henry De Bromhead have manfully spearheaded the opposition.

However, ever since the country went bust nearly 10 years ago, the annual Horse Racing Ireland statistics, which will soon be published for 2015, have revealed a relentless contraction of all the critical figures.

The middle and lower tiers of the industry are being wiped out, and small-field races dominated by the same faces don’t create interest or appeal as a betting medium. Pointto-point fields have also reduced alarmingly.

As we have documented in detail here before, the numbers for horses in training, licence-holders, owners, entries, field sizes, oncourse betting turnover and attendances have fallen off a cliff. Notwithstanding that we live in more austere economic times and the effect of the digital revolution, the sport has lost a large proportion of its once loyal following and core base.

Tracks are subsidised by around €50,000 per meeting in television rights money, but what happens if that house of cards collapses?

Anyone who thinks that will never happen hasn’t been paying attention to seismic events across the water in recent months.

By the same token, Mullins’ omnipotence and his marquee owners’ interest don’t have infinite life-spans. These things always run their course. What sort of industry will be left when that time comes?

We saw high-profile casualties to the training world last year when Joanna Morgan and Charlie Swan quit, but there is an array of others who have done the job well for up to 40 years either gone to the wall or on the brink.

“There is no joy in the job anymore,” one respected senior figure of authority within the training ranks confided this week. “It is all pressure and punishment. The small man just cannot compete. The cost of the raw material is sky high now.

“We have the likes of Gigginstown coming in and buying store horses and running them in point-to-points. That is their prerogative and they have a policy that works, but it has made pointing extremely competitive, so it is hard to be as patient with horses as we like to be.

“As well as that, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing flies in buyers from Britain and around the world, puts them up and entertains them. They need to generate business for the sales companies, but Irish handlers don’t get

so much as a cup of tea, and these people are being brought in, driving up prices.

“That undermines the business that people like me have done all our lives, supporting Irish horses and breeders and creating jobs in rural Ireland.”

Accepting that no-one has a divine right to train, here we propose a few recommendations in the interests of fostering a more balanced and sustainable industry. Given the time of year and in light of the more feasible nature of the Flat discipline as an international market, this has been put together with jumping in mind.

A progressive trainers’ series

Devise a substantial series of races for trainers who saddled less than, say, 10 winners in the preceding season.

A series comprising possibly maiden and novices’ hurdles and chases, with valuable finals for the race winners, would provide opportunities for fledgling trainers to showcase their talents. It would also enhance their appeal to owners.

Cut fixture list

This might seem counter-intuitive to the above suggestion but that series would stand alone on its merits.

Despite average field sizes and numbers of runners plummeting, the fixture list has swelled 16pc since 2004 to 355. With the television rights windfalls, this is good for tracks’ bottom lines.

However, it also feeds the scourge of uncompetitive racing and short-priced favourites. The elite players are able to spread their riches too easily.

Rebuild the Graded pyramid

Running parallel with the bloating of the programme book has been the proliferation of Grade Ones. Too many superfluous upgrades have led to easy pickings for the big guns.

There are 34 Grade Ones in Ireland, 39 Grade Twos and just 28 Grade Threes.

As Robert Hall pointed out to Horse Racing Ireland’s Brian Kavanagh on RTE, that is a “very oddly shaped pyramid of excellence”; in Britain, there are just 40 Grade Ones. If there is any aspiration to improve the end product and make our showpieces more engaging, this issue must be addressed.

Give handicapper more freedom This is a nuanced issue but handicappers can help the small-field situation. Regular trainers will not run horses in Graded races because they get crucified in the ratings if they show up too well.

That might be down to the main protagonists underperforming, but the handicapper rarely takes that into account. In 2014, HRI upped

prize money by 6pc, but that didn’t stop the bleeding of horses in training, field sizes or owners. This year, there is another 6pc rise, but it will be for nothing if it is to be distributed to the same select few.

Make owners feel wanted

ITM’s Aidan McGarry has worked to improve the owners’ lot, but there is still lots to do.

James Griffin yesterday spoke for the entire training ranks when voicing his frustrations on the issue in these pages. Our prize money is excellent, but that shouldn’t come at the expense of everything else.

In Britain, small details enhance the experience.

Owners aren’t made to feel as appreciated here, and tracks are parsimonious with tickets.

As owner Peter Reynolds observed in The Irish Field recently, most owners leave the races disappointed with results, so at least give them a day to enjoy.

An owner with a runner should be given 20 tickets; get like-minded people who will relate to the sport in the gate.

They will spend and bet when they are there, and they might even be inspired to get involved.

Look after patrons and punters

The cost of admission is often exorbitant. It was €30 to get into Leopardstown over Christmas, a fee that deterred many potential attendees.

It’s not like a GAA or Premier League match, where the gate fee is often the final outlay.

At the races, it is the first, with betting and extortionately priced substandard food and drink all to be acquired inside. Slash fees and give people an excuse to go racing.

The provision of decent WiFi is also a must. That might take from on-course bookies’ turnover, but the alternative is that people stay at home.

Integrity is another issue that remains short of what it should be, but we are not in the business of promoting unrealistic expectations.

Thanks to the Irish Independent

Two hours after the running of the first million dollar race on the African continent, Investec chief, Bernard Kantor, reflected on what he called “a day when we took racing to a different level - our sport of racing has received a huge boost,” writes Dave Mollett.

he word “our” is important here as racing is quite clearly a passion for a man whose world-renowned company itself started from a low base. Now it reaches every country on the planet.

Of course, Investec’s premier sponsorship is the Epsom Derby, although they are also involved in Test cricket and Premier League Football.

Kantor’s late decision to be the host sponsor for last Saturday’s CTS Million meeting somehow gave the event its own particular boost. No doubt also particularly welcomed by CTS who - due to the freefall in the rand - have had to trump up an extra R6 million compared to when the first announcement of the race was released.

Interviewed earlier in the day on Tellytrack, Kantor will have delighted whoever is now the Minister of Finance. Referring to the increased number of overseas buyers at the Premier Yearling Sale, he said: “The more foreign currency we can bring into the country the better.”

First-Timers The China Horse Club were first time buyers and other notable visitors waving their catalogues were Tina Rau and M V Magnier, Peter and Ross Doyle and Amanda Skiffington.

While these notable bloodstock folk have probably never set foot in a Backpacker’s lodge, they must be amazed by the hospitality given, which - in many cases - included flights, a top-class hotel (The Taj is certainly that), transport at the flick of a finger and meals as well.

Nevertheless, I have no doubt that CTS Chief Operating Officer Adrian Todd, will be looking at the amount spent by visitors they have accommodated. There might be one of two on what is known as the ‘gravy train’, but Mr Todd is an astute individual who will have no qualms in issuing future invitations.

Now Cape Thoroughbred Sales has another astute businessman, Chris van Niekerk, as their Chairman and one got the feeling at the Investec post-race party that the success of the meeting had lifted a weight off his shoulders.

He would have travelled to Kenilworth with some trepidation.

How would the first million dollar race in South African racing history go down with the sport’s leading players, the media and, most importantly, the punting public?

But the former P G Bison boss had done his homework surrounding himself with enthusiastic staff - many of them students more intent on getting the job done rather than thinking about how much they would get paid.

Carnival Lead Here’s a thought for Mr Van Niekerk and his board of directors - how about following the Melbourne Carnival and making a whole week of racing at the Kenilworth track?

At Flemington, they kick off with the Mackinnon on the Saturday, the Melbourne Cup on the Tuesday, Ladies Day on the Thursday and round off the carnival with the Derby on the Saturday. We could run the Klawervlei Majorca Stakes on the Saturday, the Investec Derby on the Tuesday, the first $500 000 CTS race on the Thursday and the other $500 000 race on the concluding Saturday.

It would be no big deal to move a Vaal meeting to the Wednesday or the Durban meeting to the Friday night.

Food for thought - although the decision to have two races of $500000 is not a great move in my book. There was something special about Saturday for one simple reason - everyone was talking about the one million dollar purse.

Thanks to Dave Mollett and Business Day

Met Betting Wednesday Only

TAB betting on the R2.5-million J&B Met will open on Wednesday 27 January and not on Monday as advertised.

In order to distinguish between the meetings at Turffontein on Tuesday night and Turffontein on Saturday, when the Met will form part of the racecard, TAB was going to change the ITW (inter-tote wagering) code for Tuesday night’s meeting.

Unfortunately several international commingling partners cannot accommodate a different ITW code for Turffontein and consequently tote betting on the Met will only open on Wednesday.

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It is a big week in the Cape with the Met this weekend.

I am jealous! I left two weeks before last year’s Met and again I won’t be there. If you are in the Cape, soak it up. It’s a magnificent day, set at one of the worlds more scenic tracks coupled with some of the best horses in the country, writes Gareth Pepper.

t is a recipe for some top class racing action and of course the social aspect of the day is the highlight for many.

I really fancy the chances of Captain America. The Cape’s own superhero ran a blinder in the Queen’s Plate and from the more beneficial draw this time around, I really do expect him to do well. His part owner Lance Sherrell is one of racing’s genuine good guys and I really do hope he again tastes Group 1 success with the Captain. Crawford Racing are absolutely flying at the moment, so it would be no surprise there and as mentioned before, good friend, Corne Orffer is finally getting the decent chances the hugely underrated rider deserves.

Million Dreams

Illuminator proved the dream of winning the big purse is not out of reach of the smaller owners. Although I do not know the majority of all the connections very well, I do know Ian Robinson and he too is one of the good guys

Captain America of Cape racing. Well done not only to him but all of those concerned.

Investec and CTS also deserve a mention for the forward thinking and amazing initiative that is the Million Dollar Race. Although the ship has sailed in terms of purchasing yearlings that qualify from the Book 1 sale, Book 2 is around the corner and with the inaugural winner coming off of that sale, I am sure many a patron will be keen to see what is available on the upcoming sale.

Awards

I was deeply honoured to host the annual Singapore

racing awards last week. Held at the Regent Hotel, the who’s who of Singaporean racing were in attendance.

As I celebrated being in Singapore for a year on 15 January, what a fitting way to celebrate that by being the host. It was a great evening coupled with fantastic food and entertainment.

One of the many highlights of the evening was Stepitup receiving the Horse of the Year award. He was just awesome in 2015 and I am happy to report that after a well deserved break, he is back on the training track in his bid to continue his impressive 2015.

With Chinese New Year approaching, some of the bigger names in the thoroughbred ranks are preparing to have a crack at the Fortune Bowl on Tuesday 9 February. One of the other highlights on the day will include our traditional Chinese attire we don for the races.

There are also various functions to attend so stand by for some updated pictures.

Till next time.

Singapore – Strangles Isolation Increased Eight affected horses to remain in quarantine

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After taking into consideration the welfare of horses under isolation as a result of the recent cases of Streptococcus equi subs equi (S. equi), otherwise known as Strangles, at Singapore Racecourse, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has decided to expand the existing isolation order in force across the whole of the Singapore Turf Club (STC).

ollowing the detection of four confirmed cases and four suspected cases of S. equi, 120 other horses were also isolated as a precaution against the further spread of S. equi.

However, those 120 horses might conversely develop other health issues if they are not allowed to exercise.

By expanding the isolation order across the Club, restrictions on movement of these horses will be lifted on the conditions that strict biosecurity measures are adhered to, hence addressing these concerns on their health and well-being. However, the eight affected horses will remain in quarantine until tests have cleared them of S.

equi. Horses in quarantine are not allowed to come out of the stables to race or perform trackwork as a precaution against the further spread of S. equi. S. equi can be spread through the horses’ saliva, body fluids and through contaminated clothing and gear.

Despite the isolation order and biosecurity control measures in place, tests will still be conducted and temperatures will still be taken to pick up any new cases showing clinical signs of S. equi. Should new suspected or infected horses be identified, they will immediately be placed in quarantine.

It is to be noted that the current onset of S. equi has fortunately not spread rapidly at Singapore Racecourse. One

possible reason is that many of the horses could have already been vaccinated in Australia and New Zealand, where S. equi is common, before being imported into Singapore.

As a result of the new Club-wide isolation order, no visitors will be allowed to the stables at Singapore Racecourse. Please note that the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre is exempted from this isolation order.

The AVA isolation order will remain in force until three weeks have lapsed after the last case of S. equi.

STC would like to stress that although S. equi is contagious, it is not fatal to horses and can be easily treated. In addition, S. equi cannot be contracted by humans.

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It has been a good 2016 season for Dubai Carnival veterans – a title six-year-old Sanshaawes has every right to lay claim to after 11 runs at Meydan for three wins and five places since he arrived in the UAE in December 2013.

anshaawes, who has also travelled to abu Dhabi and Hong Kong in the last two years, posted his latest success in a 2000m handicap at the Dubai track on thursday. Well placed off a moderate pace, he quickened up nicely for Christophe Soumillon to get the lead 350m out. they kept going hard from stablemate Whistle Stop, who made the expected improvement and stayed on impressively in second.

“He ran very well when third first time this year,” said Soumillon. “they did not go quick and I was always happy I was in the right place to challenge when the pace quickened.”

Oldlands Stud Owned by young Sheikh ahmed bin Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum, Sanshaawes was raised at barbara Sanne’s Oldlands Stud, who will be celebrating another win by the all-South african bred gelding sired by ashaawes from a mare by Northern Guest; indeed a one-two as the runner up is a graduate of Mary Slack’s Wilgerbosdrift Stud.

Racing journeyman and stable associate Patrick

Cummings, writing from Hong Kong, observed: “Well, was spot on about Sanshaawes running a blinder first-up and that brutal pace taking a toll on many. He improved. but the sectionals were completely within reason. Compared to the Week 1 race, they ran 2.1 seconds slower through the first 400 and 3.9 seconds to the 800. I felt good with him down the back, and the times proved it.

“Now, where it gets interesting to me is that elleval ran third, beaten just more than two lengths. He had no right, on paper, to want a pace that slow and still come running. the Godolphin horse elhaame came from well out of it too. It was impressive for both to close off, and the big news out of the race is that it bodes very positively for Star empire, who got a really solid form franking with elleval wheeling back to top form when the sectionals were against him.”

Mastermind earlier, Mastermind (bred

by Pippa at avontuur) put up a cracking performance in the al Fahidi Fort over 1400m the lowest-rated horse in this Gr2 race, he was beaten only 1,75-lengths into third

by Safety Check and another South african representative,

Harry’s Son, who claimed second for Paul lafferty and Piere Strydom. behind Mastermind in fourth and earning another stake prize was the everpresent anaerobio with Royal Ridge also running near his best in fifth. the fourth De Kock runner tellina found the trip too short after his long lay-off, as expected, but he wasn’t disgraced staying on within ten lengths of the winner with plenty of improvement likely. tannaaf had a bit to do from a wide draw, even over 2435m in the handicap that ended proceedings. He took cover halfway through, settled down and then flashed up in the straight looking to win.

He ran on well and was just over a length adrift at the line, beaten into fifth.

Cummings observed: “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that tannaaf ran a cracker. at the end, he went 11m more than the winner, and even farther than that with every horse that finished in front of him.

Overall, he averaged an inrace speed of 57.3kph, which was faster than the winner, and covered the equivalent of 4 1/4 lengths more than the winner. the numbers are even bigger considering the horses just ahead of him.” www.mikedekockracing.com

Tote Favourite Error – Punters To Be Paid The balances of relevant TAB accountholders will be adjusted automatically

As a gesture of goodwill TAB will pay the differences in dividends resulting from the UK tote changing the tote favourite in Race 6 at the race meeting at Southwell in the UK last Thursday after the official results and payouts had been declared. tHe winner of the race, No 5 the Firm, was declared as the tote favourite in the official result posted by the UK tote. In terms of tote rules No 1 billy bond, who was scratched, also qualified as a winner in the Southwell Jackpot, Pick 3 and Place accumulator, as well as in the relevant Jackpot QuickMix. after posting the official result and payouts, the UK tote later announced that No 3 limerick lord, the fixed-odds second favourite before the scratching of favourite billy bond, was the tote favourite and not the winner. limerick lord finished fourth and therefore No 1 billy bond should not have qualified as a winner in the Jackpot, Pick 3, Place accumulator and Jackpot QuickMix. tab has paid all winning tickets as per the “official” result. and, as a gesture of goodwill, tab will also recompense relevant customers the difference between the “official” payouts in the

Jackpot, Pick 3, Place accumulator and Jackpot QuickMix and what would have been the dividends had the correct tote favourite been declared in the first instance.

“Official” payouts and payouts with No 3 as tote favourite are: JACKPOT: R18,319.20 now R32,087.60 PICK 3: R289.40 now R868.20 PLACE ACCUMULATOR: R28.90 now R106.10 JACKPOT QUICKMIX: R1964.30 now R9,429.10 tab branch customers who have already cashed winning tickets and should have collected the higher payouts, must submit claim forms for the difference at their relevant tab. these will be treated as a priority by tab and will not be subject to the normal waiting period. the balances of relevant tab accountholders will be adjusted automatically.

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The famous yellow and black silks worn by the outstanding Horse Chestnut to win the J&B Met in 1999 and become the first 3yo in a half century to carry the victor’s garland, will be carried by the 4yo Ideal World filly Smart Call as she bids to join the list of great females to have won this race.

he 1999 Met was a remarkable horse race and wouldn’t it be fitting that the first running of the race following Horse Chestnut’s untimely death a year ago, would be won by Jessica Slack’s Mauritzfontein Stud?

Matthew Lips wrote in these pages 17 years ago - : “We can all live to be a thousand, and never again witness what we saw in the J&B Met.’’ He was of course referring to the 1999 Met win by the brilliant son of Fort Wood.

Interest burgeoned in the wonder horse bidding to do the impossible in the Met with extensive press coverage and TV camera crews at morning gallops. An attempted breakin at the stables by unknown men sparked speculation that bookmakers were out to sabotage the champion, for fear of losing millions.

The crowd chanted his name in the preliminaries and he responded by blitzing a strong field by 8.25 lengths. Commentator Jehan Malherbe yelled, “This is true greatness! Horse Chestnut is killing them in the J&B Met!’’ The next objective was to complete the Triple Crown, with the first leg – the Cape Guineas – in the bag. It was done with ease: Horse Chestnut won the 1800m Gosforth Park Classic by four lengths and the 2450m SA Derby by 10.

After the Derby in April, Horse Chestnut was again sore in his near fore and plans to contest South Africa’s most famous race, the Durban July, had to be scrapped. Plans for a campaign in the USA were hatched.

The chestnut spent 60 days in quarantine in New York before going into

training in Florida. With groom Abraham Motha and Greyling in attendance, Horse Chestnut was prepared for the Grade 3 Broward Stakes over 1700m at Gulfstream Park, Miami, on 8 January 2000.

The Oppenheimer colours were carried to a 5.50-length victory by jockey Mike Smith.

But, as the door opened on more international glory, it slammed shut – Horse Chestnut fractured a nearfore bone during a gallop in Miami.

He would never race again, and was retired to stud.

The Oppenheimers sold a majority share in Horse Chestnut to their friends, the Hancocks of Kentucky’s Claiborne Farm, retaining 10%.

The horse performed admirably at Claiborne, with a 68% winners-to-runners ratio and his progeny winning 500-plus races and earning $16-million. His 28 stakes race winners include Grade 1-winning filly Lucifer’s Stone and top sprinter Smart Enough (12 wins).

His best results have been on turf. With the USA having mainly dirt surfaces, it made sense to bring him back to South Africa where turf courses predominate and where he is an icon.

In 2009, bloodstock agent Robin Bruss clinched a syndication deal to bring Horse Chestnut home where he stood at Drakenstein Stud near Franschhoek until his sudden death in February 2015.

The Met Ladies 2012 - Igugu 2010 - River Jetez 1998 - Imperious Sue 1993 - empress Club 1991 - Olympic Duel 1966 - Renounce

J&B Met Honour Roll 1990 - 2015 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990

Futura Hill Fifty Four Martial Eagle Igugu Past Master River Jetez Pocket Power Pocket Power Pocket Power Zebra Crossing Alastor Yard-Arm Angus Polo Classic Bunter Barlow Badger’s Coast Horse Chestnut Imperious Sue London News La Fabulous Surfing Home Pas De Quoi Empress Club Divine Master Olympic Duel Jungle Warrior

The Cape Flying Championship was introduced as a test of sheer speed over the fast Milnerton 1000m course and run for the first time in 1969 for a stake of R4000. Forty five years later it has grown into a prestigious Gr1 run for a stake of R1 million and boasts some of the great flyers of recent years on its illustrious honour roll.

he race was switched to Kenilworth for obvious reasons from 1996 and the brilliant eric Sands trained Flobayou thus holds the distinction of being the only horse to win the sprint at both Milnerton and Kenilworth. theo De Klerk trained the very first winner benzol for his wife lavinia. From those fairly humble beginnings, the race has evolved into a serious test of speed and some of our biggest speed names have won it multiple times.

2 in the Met - 1 In Cape Flying Jet Master: No Fly By Night! the ill-fated longstanding Sa Champion sire Jet Master was the undisputed king among the milers, but used the 2000 Cape Flying Championship to prove that, given the right programme, he could also have been one of our greatest sprinters. a star with few peers on the racetrack and in the paddocks, Jet Master has only the 6yo Mike bass-trained Fly by Night carrying his flag in Saturday's speed feature. He has Master Sabina and Helderberg blue representing him in the J&b Met. Owned by Henry and Pat Devine, the huge entire had continued to blossom after switching from the care of tony Millard to Geoff Woodruff.

He certainly had nothing left to prove after winning the Queen’s Plate for the second year in succession – sandwiching the brace with a win in the Nissan Challenge and putting his supremacy over a mile beyond any reasonable doubt.

Facing an assembly of the Cape’s best sprinters, Jet Master started at 7-10 for the 2000 Cape Flying Championship but even so lifted eyebrows in the grandstand as he took them on at their own game, speed – and proceeded to blow them right out of the park.

Dominion Ruler, as usual, showed incredible early toe, powering about four lengths clear of the pack into a strong headwind. However, few could believe it as Jet Master’s bright orange livery came out to race a clear second with the rest tightly packed in a neat group two lengths back with Cordocelli bringing up the rear.

Dominion Ruler “ran out of gas” coming off the false rail, allowing Jet Master to inherit the lead and everyone inched forward on their seats as the pack started organising themselves. anton Marcus, who got on so well with JM, had read the race and the amount of horse he had under him superbly. Giving the signal one could sense his delight as Jet Master took off again, coasting home five lengths clear of a very dejected-looking pack.

Cordocelli, who was bidding for his third successive win in the race, underlined his class by flying up from the tail of the field to snatch second from ultra-consistent Ghostly galleon and eli’s Game.

Jet Master had put on 8kgs since his win in the Queen’s Plate. asked to explain, Geoff Woodruff (who saddles Master Sabina on Saturday) said at the time: “Perhaps it is the heavier tracks here that bulked him up a bit more. I must say, looking at him in the parade ring I thought he actually looked a little more trimmed down! We did not ease up on his work.”

A Rare Blend - Guaranteed!

South Africa’s most celebrated social, fashion and sporting event will take place on the 30th of January in Cape Town.

It will be the 39th running of South Africa’s longest running sports sponsorship THE theme for this year’s J&B Met is A Rare Blend, which should give fashionistas plenty of leeway to come up with dazzling outfits for the day. A hot trend for 2016 is denim. For the gents, an idea for the Met is an all denim ensemble. What better way to create a rare blend of smart with casual by wearing formal wear made from the season’s most casual fabric?

Fashionistas can also choose to blend metal with

the biggest of those is the ‘Iron Horse’ Sentinel, who won the race for three years in succession from 1973. Other multiple winners are Free enterprise, Signor amigo, Flobayou, Cordocelli, laisserfaire, Nhlavini and What a Winter. the brilliant Jet Master won the race in 2000 and his son Divine Jet looks to emulate his champion Dad when he goes for his personal first Gr1 win. Dean Kannemeyer saddles him on Saturday for his l’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winning connections, Khaya Stables.

liquids, leather with glitter or psychedelic with industrial.

Go on, be creative, bring together that which has never been blended to create an outfit that is one-of-a-kind.

One of the event’s biggest highlights is the ‘Most Elegant Couple’ Competition. Show up in your dazzling, Rare Blend outfit and you may just get chosen to enter on the day and find yourself strutting off with an array of incredible prizes.

the fairer sex also have a fair record in the race. alec Soteriadis trained the Scott brothers bred leta under John Garcia to win in 1970. It was to be eleven years before the fillies would strike again. Mike bass’ brilliant Sweet Chestnut won the race in 1981.

Glen Kotzen sent out Nobely born in 1997 and then the Snaith’s outstanding australian bred laisserfaire registered her double in 2001 and 2002.

Mike De Kock sent out the brilliant 3yo alboran Sea to win the race last year.

Could Jet Master's outstanding daughter Fly by Night do the trick for the girls this year?

Cape Flying Championship Honour Roll 1990 - 2015 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990

Alboran Sea Via Africa What A Winter Val De Ra What A Winter Warm White Night Rebel King O Caesour Mythical Flight Nhlavini Nhlavini Tobe Or Nottobe Eli’s Game Laisserfaire Laisserfaire Jet Master Cordocelli Cordocelli Nobely Born Flobayou Flobayou Best Of The Best Signor Amigo Signor Amigo Alnwick Simonside

Are You Ready To Run?

Make A Date!

THE Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale will be held at Summerhill Stud on Tuesday 23 February. Viewing will be from Friday 19 February.

In case you needed a reason to attend, here is a reminder why they are expecting a sell-out!

• You’re buying directly off the farm at “factory” prices.

• The candidates are closer to their racecourse debuts than at any other sale, having been kept until now at the vendors’ expense: in other words, you’re buying an “instant pudding”, representing a saving of R100k plus in keep charges.

• No fewer than 17 (20%) of the catalogue hold entries for the multi-million emperors Palace Ready to Run Cup in November. Summerhill has supplied the winner of this rich event in seven of the first nine renewals, including the first five past the post in 2015.

• The graduates include two Horses of the Year, 27 millionaires and more than 60 Stakes winners.

Go to www.summerhill.co.za for more information

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History Awaits With the 2016 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate safely stashed in the trophy cabinet and a very satisfactory 3 draw secured for the 2016 J&B Met, SA champion trainer Sean Tarry is in an expansive mood.

Stable star, L’Ormarins Queens’ Plate winner and board topper for the forthcoming J&B Met, Legal Eagle, is a 4yo son of Greys Inn out of the six-time winning National Emblem mare Young Sensation.

Legal Eagle was bred and raised at Avontuur Stud (whose moniker ‘fine wines and fast horses’ isn’t just lip service!) and the bay colt was a R425,000 purchase at the 2013 National Yearling Sale.

Sean is known for having a good eye for a horse and without spending top dollar, often spots very good horses at very good prices. In that respect, Legal Eagle was something of an anomaly.

The average price for a yearling at the 2013 NYS sale was a little under R300k and a R425,000 price tag made Legal Eagle the most expensive Greys Inn on the catalogue, so clearly there was something that marked him as out of the ordinary.

Asked what caught his eye about the colt, Sean says, “He was a very good looking individual. He was well balanced, with plenty of scope and he was a fantastic walker. I also trained the mother, so that’s what made me mark him quite highly.”

Dam Young Sensation was a National Emblem mare, who Sean remembers as being “pretty straightforward and who was sold to Avontuur out of his yard.

The Grey’s Inns weren’t going for big money, so I’d hoped to spec buy the horse and he went for more than I’d anticipated. Markus (Jooste) happened to be standing near me and asked if I liked the horse. I said, ‘ja, he’s a very smart horse’ and Markus said ‘go and buy him’. It was as simple as that. It was actually quite weird, especially with the lists they have for the sales – the fact that Markus approved him shows it was meant to be.”

Early start “Most of my babies go through Sue Bingham (Fairway Pre-Training Centre) and he was good from day one. We thought he was pretty decent all along and quietly fancied him on debut over 1200m at Turffontein, which I think ended up being quite a strong race. Although he didn’t place, he ran on well for Piere Strydom and that was the start.”

With S’manga Khumalo in the saddle, Legal Eagle broke his maiden at the second time of asking over 1600m at the Vaal on 5 March 2015.

more about the horse’s ability than what had been shown at that stage and I didn’t believe he was an 89. I guess we now know who was right!”

“We gelded him after his baby run and he was given a bit of time and when we ran him at the Vaal, I saw straightaway that he was starting to deliver on the potential I’d seen initially. It was not the strongest field, so I was quite confident that he would win.”

“He came out of Derby as a MR112 and then in the Gr3 Jubilee Handicap he beat older horses carrying weight and got a rating of 120, however, he did race in the July off his MR112 as the weights had already been published. In the July itself, he then had a few kgs in hand based on his increase in MR and although he was going comfortable and looked at the 300m as though he could win, he found interference and being the long striding horses that he is, he couldn’t recover – although he did try,” he notes.

“I remember speaking to Markus afterwards to say I thought he was decent and we would try and get him into the Derby if possible. I did say that he would have to pass the test in the Derby Trial however, and if he did that it would be all systems go for the Derby. Funnily enough, our biggest challenge in the Derby Trial was getting in, because his rating was so low. We were one of the lucky horses that got in, actually.”

Legal Eagle finished 1.25 lengths second to Scotsnog over the Vaal’s 1700m on 17 March and then it was on to the Listed Derby Trial over 2000m at Turffontein for an easy 2.25 length victory over Stonehenge.

SA Derby Mayfair Speculators’ stable jockey Anton Marcus took over the ride from the SA Derby which Legal Eagle won by a facile 3 lengths.

“Anton gets his pick of the Jooste horses and once we were in the Derby, Anton took over the reins. I remember I had the stable companion – French Navy – who was the favourite, but I knew Legal Eagle would run well and I thought he was French Navy’s danger, because I knew from work at home that that was the case. However, I didn’t expect him to win as easily as that. Considering that his last win was in the handicaps and now he was way out at the weights in terms of a WFA contest, running at level weights with horses rated 110 showed us what he was really capable of.”

The Merit Rating Issue “Going into the Derby he was rated 89 and I was asked about it by the connections. I said you know I don’t believe his rating, but obviously he can only be rated on exposed form. I thought I knew a bit

“So when we start talking about the Queen’s Plate run and his MR being confirmed, you’ve got to keep in mind that we’re talking about a distance short of his best, but I feel he is a 120 all the same.

Whether he produced a 120 in the Queen’s Plate I don’t know – I’m not convinced he’s a 120 over a mile, but I’m not doubting his rating.”

4YO Campaign “When we nominated for the Victory Moon and Summer Cup and the handicapper gave him 61kgs.

According to the rules, it should be an 8kg spread and when they elected to give him 61kgs I felt it wasn’t fair play and even though it was only a 1kg difference, we decided to give it a miss even though it was only 1kg difference.

Then because we’d decided against the Summer Cup, we stayed away from the Victory Moon as well.”

Legal Eagle was next seen out in an 1800m Allowance Plate at Turffontein on 10 December 2015, where he finished a short head behind Killua Castle.

“He needed the outing and probably the course didn’t do him any favours, but it was a good enough effort. It was a slow run race and he tried to quicken and tried to quicken, but just couldn’t get through the gears. Obviously being the short-priced favourite it would have been lovely to see him win for the public, but it didn’t dampen our feelings to see him get beat and there wasn’t anybody in the team that felt he’d disappointed in any way.”

Cape Town Sean’s team came to Cape Town in late December. “He wasn’t actually due to travel.

We’d wanted to run in the London News, but there was a scare about AHS, so we thought let’s just get him out of Joburg as quick as possible. In the end, I felt maybe it was a blessing. He’s not the most robust horse and I felt that travelling down a bit earlier and giving him a bit of extra time before the racing starts might just suit him.

I’ve had reasonable success using the Queen’s Plate as a prep into the Met and even though I’ve only won the Met once, I’ve had a few places and most of my Met runners did come the route of the Queen’s Plate, so I wasn’t unhappy to change the arrangements.”

Monique Mansour has been handling Sean’s Cape Town string and is clearly doing a sterling job.

“I’m very pleased with Monique, she’s certainly very conscientious and really takes things to heart which I appreciate.

Queen’s Plate Were the team expecting the Queen’s Plate win? “I wasn’t, to be honest, but I think everybody including Anton knew that we wouldn’t be surprised if he had to win. But there’s a big

difference between being surprised and expecting horse to win. I knew he would run really well and obviously winning was a bonus.”

Although all eyes are focussed on Legal Eagle, Gold Onyx also put in a good Queen’s Plate performance.

“I wasn’t disappointed,” says Sean. “He raced wide and only got beat 5 lengths over distance short of his best – we’ll take that as a prep any day. In last year’s Met, he had to drop out to just about last and he ran a great race to finish 2nd which was a great run. He needs things to go his way and it’s going to be tough from a 15 draw, but he’s a game old man. He’s certainly showed his liking for the city and he doesn’t lay down easily!”

Legal Eagle’s Met Chances “At this stage of the game, everything is on track with our

prep and everything has gone well. However, there is still a while to go and things need to go right and I’m mindful of that, so ja, we just have to hold thumbs.”

In terms of strategy, Sean’s comments ahead of the Queen’s Plate had been that the faster they went, the better Legal Eagle would like it. What are his thoughts for the Met? “We’ve raced him handy successfully now and obviously there has to be a plan B if there isn’t any pace.

I’m not too phased. As long as it’s not a rough race – and it always is a bit rough – but as long as the best horse has an opportunity and there are no excuses afterwards, we’ll be happy.”

Can Legal Eagle join the illustrious few to have done the Queen’s Plate – Met double? History awaits.

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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 29th - SUNDAY 31st JANUARY 2016

with Steve Furnish

Tinky Winky, Dipsy...

A review of the week's best SPEEDRATINGS

Up In Trip

Always handy, the recent maiden winner ELUSIVE SILVA won the MR74 Handicap over 1600m going away by a length.

Notebook

Horses worth following at their next few starts...

DESERT FIGHTER (D Drier, KZN) SEARCH PARTY (B Crawford, W-Cape)

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

KENILWORTH (NEW) 16TH JANUARY Penetrometer 21 – Going Good 1000m (1) La Favourari 59,05 1200m (1) Princess Royal 72,21 1400m (1) Hilaria 88,56 1600m (2) Search Party 101,67 2000m (3) Gathering Fame 126,65 SCOTTSVILLE 17TH JANUARY Penetrometer 26 – Going Soft 1000m (1) Ginger Biscuit 1200m (7) Aldric

58,59 70,73*

TURFFONTEIN (INNER) 19TH JANUARY Penetrometer 20 – Going Good 1000m (1) Dragon Var 59,51 1450m (4) Jolly Roger 88,02 1600m (1) Rainy Day Blues 97,79 1800m (2) Sisters Of Mercy 112,78 KENILWORTH (NEW) 20TH JANUARY Penetrometer 21 Going Good 1000m (3) Sails Set 59,59 1200m (1) Queen At War 74,14 1400m (2) Cecil John 88,65 1600m (1) Solana 102,13 2000m (1) Orange Tractor 127,08 VAAL (OUTSIDE) 21ST JANUARY Penetrometer 21 – Going Good 1000m (3) Magic 1200m (1) Minnesota 1600m (5) Fortitude

57,05 71,48 95,04

Scottsville 17th January The going was soft in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday where seven of the eight races were run over 1200m. A MR78 Handicap topped a rather moderate bill and in what proved to be the fastest of the 1200m races the 6yo Aldric found the winner’s enclosure. Soon up with the speed, James Goodman’s charge took command 250m out and won with authority by a length and three quarters.

The fastest of the four maiden events over 1200m was the first division for the boys won by the well-supported favourite DESERT FIGHTER. The son of Toreador wasn’t the quickest into stride when the gates opened and as a result he raced in midfield early on.

He put his head in front shortly after passing the 400m marker and won going away by three and a quarter.

The one remaining race was a MR70 Handicap over 1000m and here victory went to the easy to back GINGER BISCUIT. Freely available at 10/1 on the off, the daughter of Admire Main raced in the rear during the early part of the race. She was ridden to lead as they approached the 200m marker and kept on strongly late to beat the running on favourite SISTER COSMOS by a length.

TITBITS

The 5yo BETWEEN THE SHEETS won the second division of the girl’s maiden 1200m going away by four.

Turffontein 19th January They raced on the inside track on Tuesday afternoon where a half of the races were run over 1450m. The fastest of these was the bill topping MR88 Handicap won by JOLIE ROGER. Content to sit in the rear for most of the journey, Alec Laird’s charge quickened well early in the short home straight and got up late to score by a length.

The faster of the two 1800m races was the MR68 Handicap won by the wellsupported SISTERS OF MERCY. Backed in to 5/1 from 8’s at the track, the well handicapped daughter of Greys Inn raced in midfield during the early part of the race.

She made her move coming off the strip and won well by a length after striking the front 100m or so from home. A little TOP SPEED RATINGS slow into stride, the runner up RUBY for this WEEKEND RUBY (10/1 into 9/2) was flying at the (Ratings shown have already been finish and did well to get as close as she adjusted to allocated weights) did.

FAIRVIEW (FRI) Another to find the winner’s Race 1: (1) Taketotask 7 enclosure after finding good support Race 2: (6) Witchery 68 on this card was RAINY DAY BLUES Race 3: (6) Rave King 12 (EW) in the graduation plate over 1600m.

Race 4: (1) Eternal Winter 9 Eventually sent off at 5/1 after opening Race 5: (6) Sensuous Sally 69 up at 10’s, the stable companion to the Race 6: (7) Silvane Spring 41 favourite (BUCKLAND 5/2) raced sixth Race 7: (1) Al Don Cumarco 83 (NAP*) of the eight for most of the journey. He Race 8: (13) Pepe 46 produced a nice turn of foot below the Race 9: (15) Spectacular Jet 58 distance and in what proved to be a real GREYVILLE (FRI) thriller he got up in the very last stride.

Race 1: (2) Brave Knight 27 TITBITS Race 2: (1) Ho’oponopono 46 The 3yo Western Winter filly FROSTY FRIDAY completed a very smart hat-trick when winning the graduation event over 1450m.

Early Domination

Kenilworth 20th January The stable of Justin Snaith have been throughout. She kept on strongly at the business dominating the 2yo events in Cape Town so far end of the race and won well from the running this season and they were again on the mark on favourite BOOMTOWN BELTER. The only other distance to stage more than on Wednesday when the supported newcomer SOWETO MOON did the business in the opening one race was 1400m and in the faster of these, maiden juvenile plate over 1000m. Positioned CECIL JOHN got off the mark. Freely available at fourth of the five early on, the son of Zoffany 22/1 to win the not so lucky last, a maiden plate, struck the front 400m out and won with the well-tried Seventh Rock gelding was always authority by a length and three quarters from IN in touch with the leaders. He ran on strongly in the straight and in a race where less than a YOUR FACE. There were three races run over 1000m in length covered the first four home, he scored by total and comfortably the fastest of these was 0,4 lengths from the running on STORM FRONT. the MR68 Handicap won by SAILS SET. Allowed TITBITS to ease out to 15/4 from 5/2 at track, Brett The lightly raced 3yo SOLANA won the maiden Crawford’s charge raced up with the speed plate over 1600m with some in hand.

Appreciating The Extra Vaal 21st The biggest winning margin at Thursday’s outside track meeting was that of ENDHARR when opening his account in the boy’s division of the maiden 1600m. Always handy, Mike De Kock’s charge took up the running as they approached the 400m marker and kept up to his work all the way to the wire, he came home lonely by six and three quarters.

There were five races run over 1600m in total and the fastest of these was the MR86 Handicap won by the Stronghold mare FORTITUDE. Sent off third in the betting market (11/2) after opening up a joint favourite (4/1), Lucky Houdalakis’ charge wasn’t the quickest into stride and raced in midfield early on. She ran on stoutly over the final 400m and with the rest

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HILARIA.... . WON 9/1 .. .. .. ............

N IN ’S N A M . WON 3/1 ..................

L A R E T A IL B .. WON 5/2 A................

T O S E N IN M . WON 5/2 ACTOR ......

R T 0 E G N A R O .. WON 13/1 RTY ..........

A 0 P /1 H 1 C 1 R A N E O S .. W TIO ............

A R 0 /1 IT 7 F O N R O P .W ..................

ABASHIRI ..

Let It Rain

7 x 1200m

Kenilworth 16th January With the bookmakers calling 7/1 bar the favourite one might have expected CARRY ON ALICE to be a good thing in the bill topping Gr2 Sceptre Stakes over 1200m on Saturday, but running on from the rear she was never a threat. Victory instead went to the 8/1 shot PRINCESS ROYAL. Positioned in the middle in what was always a very tightly bunched field, Glen Kotzen’s charge ran on stoutly at the business end of the race, and in a blanket finish she got up late to score by a half. Three of the afternoon’s eight races were run over 2000m and quickest home amongst these was GATHERING FAME in the listed Jamaica Handicap.

Allowed to ease out to 8/1 from 11/2 at the track, Dennis Drier’s charge raced in midfield for most of the journey. She quickened well at the top of the long new course straight and won going away from the similarly unfancied MORNING LIGHT. The faster of the two 1600m races was the maiden plate in which we saw an impressive performance from SEARCH PARTY. Trying the distance for the first time, and winning in a time almost 1,5 seconds faster than that recorded by the MR74 Handicap winner ELUSIVE SILVA, Brett Crawford’s charge sat seventh of the ten early on. He was asked to take up the running as they approached the 300m marker and only having to be pushed out won going away by four and a quarter.

TITBITS

d ’s Top Rate Last Week 'S winners incl.

ATING SPEED R WON 20/1

January well beaten she got up very late to deny the front running CASSIE O’MALLEY (5/1 into 4/1 favourite).

Three of the remaining four races were run over 1000m and fastest against the clock in these was MAGIC in the MR76 affair. On leaving the stalls MANX PARK and BRIGTNUMBERFOUR who disputed the lead, whilst Leon Erasmus’ charge raced close up in fourth. He ran on strongly at the business end of the race and no doubt aided by Manx Park hanging and shifting around, he got up late to score by a neck.

TITBITS The 3yo GAINS TAX won the girls’ division of the maiden 1600m by two and a quarter with some in hand.

Race 3: (1) Zavaroni 2 Race 4: (8) Strategic’s Pride 52 Race 5: (8) Machaan 55 Race 6: (9) The King’s Hand 63 Race 7: (9) Semonkong 39 (EW) Race 8: (10) Ethylene 42 TURFFONTEIN (SAT) Race 1: (7) Cat’s Whiskers 23 (NAP*) Race 2: (5) Span Die Seile 21 Race 3: (4) Schillaci 33 Race 4: (4) Dublin Rebel 44 Race 5: (2) Sharp Princess 47 Race 6: (5) Hawaiian Sun 69 Race 7: (7) Crimson Magic 37 Race 8: (15) Smart Call 107 Race 9: (2) Be Mine Tonight 66 Race 10: (9) Delighted 40 KENILWORTH (SAT) Race 1: (5) Oriental Tiger 66 (EW) Race 2: (3) Morning Light 64 Race 3: (2) Acaciawood 58 Race 4: (3) Felicity Flyer 20 Race 5: (17) Three Blue Cranes 58 Race 6: (1) Mister Matchett 74 Race 7: (1) Trip Tease 97 Race 8: (15) Smart Call 107 Race 9: (5) Solid Speed 86 (NAP**) Race 10: (4) Francia 44 Race 11: (8) Mr Wise Guy 57 (EW) Race 12: (14) Baritone 78 GREYVILLE (SUN) Race 1: (6) Zigzagonal 1 Race 2: (14) Wind Singer 17 Race 3: (13) Giveuwings 19 (nb) Race 4: (16) Ghaliya 18 Race 5: (1) Miss Varlicious 54 Race 6: (1) Ice Machine 102 Race 7: (13) Ten Gun Salute 87 Race 8: (3) Lala 53 (NAP**) Race 9: (7) Executive Power 81 NAP BETS * Fancied ** Strongly fancied *** Very strongly fancied

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Trippi – A Potent Pedigree

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Red hot sire Trippi, whose son, Illuminator, won Saturday’s CTS Million Dollar and whose daughters, Inara and Lanner Falcon, ran 1-3 in the Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes on the same day, is a stallion with a potent pedigree, writes Sarah Whitelaw.

is famed male line (Trippi’s sire End Sweep is by the highly influential Mr Prospector son Forty Niner) and well known to all pedigree enthusiasts.

Trippi’s female line is at least as deserving of credit. His first dam is by Valid Appeal (broodmare sire of more than 120 stakes winners), his third dam by Never Bend (sire of Anne Campbell and Courtly Dee –both Broodmare Of

The Year winners), his fourth is by Tudor Minstrel (also broodmare sire of the great racehorse and sire Damascus) and his fifth by Bull Lea (five times champion sire in USA).

Interestingly enough, Never Bend (Nasrullah), sire of Trippi’s third dam, continues to make his presence felt in pedigrees the world over.

Trippi apart, Never Bend, sire of such champions and influential sires as Mill Reef and Riverman (both of whom became top class broodmare sires), can be found in the

female line today of such important horses as Green Desert (Danzig), the recently deceased sire success, Arch (Kris S), 2016 classic hope, Ballydoyle (Galileo), Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Classic hero, Bayern (Offlee Wild), and US champion and successful sire, Bernardini (A P Indy).

Inbreeding to Never Bend has resulted in such notable Gr1 winners as Able One (Cape Cross), Alexander Goldrun (Gold Away), SA Gr1 winner, Blueridge Mountain (Giant’s

Causeway), Gr1 Champion Stakes winner, David Junior (Pleasant Tap), champion miler, Desert Prince (Green Desert), and 2000 Guineas winner and sire, Golan (Spectrum), among many others.

Trippi (End Sweep) himself traces back to Another Love (his fourth dam), a high class stakes winner at two and a daughter of the very tough mare, Amoret. The latter made more than 60 racetrack appearances, and won or was placed in 35 races, with her stakes wins including the Beverly Handicap (a former G1 contest).

Amoret’s numerous high

R6 million sets the bar

Records at CPYS Two days of frenetic trading came to an end on Friday with the second and final day of the 2016 Cape Premier Yearling Sale taking place in Cape Town.

The sale had established a new record for a yearling sold at auction in South Africa a day earlier, when a Silvano colt, named Silver Coin, was knocked down for R6 million –smashing the previous record of R5.2 million, which had been set at last year’s sale.

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hile that record price was not threatened on day two, there continued to be good money for several top lots, with Friday’s top lot coming in the form of lot 183, a colt by leading sire Dynasty (sire of 2015 record priced lot Shining Knight).

Consigned by Highlands Farm, the colt, named Dynasty’s Blossom, was knocked down to the Mayfair Speculators/Coolmore/Maine Chance Farms triumvirate for R4.5 million. Day two’s top lot is out of the Danehill Dancer sired G3 Final Fling Stakes winner Crimson Blossom, whose fourth dam, Delsy, produced G1 Prix du Jockey Club winner and leading sire Darshaan.

Dogwood founder Cot Campbell’s namesake, a colt by prominent sire Trippi out of G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Ebony Flyer (the first foal of his dam), was another to find favour with buyers, with the colt being knocked down to bloodstock agent John Freeman for R3.3 million. However it was R6 000 000 buy Silver Coin who really set the tone for the sale. He assisted his sire Silvano in becoming the leading sire for the 2016 Cape Premier Yearling Sale –Silvano sired 22 yearlings to sell, and they grossed a total of R24.5 million, and averaged a very healthy R1,113, 636.

Reigning champion sire Captain Al finished second on the sires log, with the always popular Dynasty back in third.

Mayfair Speculators were the sales’ leading buyer once again – they bought 9 lots for a total of R13.4 million. Overseas buyers were also active at the sale, with Tina Rau and MV Magnier both active, Peter and Ross Doyle buying four lots for R3.85 million, and Amanda Skiffington picking up three yearlings for R2.15 million. The sale also marked the first time that the China Horse Club bought yearlings on a South Africa sale –their purchases including a Var filly for R1.9 million and a Dynasty filly for R800 000.

Klawervlei led the vendors list by aggregate, their 49 yearlings amassed a total of R38.27 million, with Highlands second top by

Silvano aggregate. Another Cape farm to enjoy a hugely successful sale was Drakenstein Stud, whose nine lots amassed an impressive R17 100 000. Drakenstein sold yearlings averaged R1 900 000.

Overall, the sales’ aggregate rose from R120 450 000 a year ago to R135 650 000, however, the average dropped from 2015’s R644,117 to R600,221, and the median also decreased from R400 000 to R375 000.

Buyers gained an additional incentive for the sale, as graduates of the Premier Sale automatically qualify for two $500 000 races in 2018, with an additional bonus of $1 000 000 up for grabs if one owner should win both contests. Complete statistics for the sale are available online at www.capethoroughbredsales.com www.capethoroughbredsales.com

class descendants include the Japanese Oaks winner, Vega (Tony Bin), with the latter responsible for such high class Japanese performers as Admire Don (Timber Country) and Admire Vega (Sunday Silence). Amoret herself produced the talented Eastern Fleet, a Fleet Nasrullah colt, whose 11 wins included the now Gr1 Florida Derby, one of the principal prep races for the Kentucky Derby.

While Amoret was a really talented and durable racemare, she was not in the same class as her own dam, Mar-Kell. Remarkably, MarKell (Blenheim II) and her first and second dams were all US champions. Herself a champion at five, MarKell won 17 races and made more than 50 racetrack appearances, before retiring to a successful stud career.

Her foals included the above mentioned Amoret, as well as the very high-class MarkYe-Well (Bull Lea) whose 14 wins included the Arlington Classic, American Derby and the Santa Anita Handicap. At stud, Mark-Ye-Well’s runners included Prix de la Foret (now Gr1) winner, Spy Well, sire of the wonderful mare, Flossy (Champion Stakes).

Mar-Kell was an exceptionally well bred mare – by an Epsom Derby winning leading sire in Blenheim II. Her own dam, Nellie Flag, was not only a champion at two, but has subsequently become one of the cornerstones of the American stud book. Herself dam of Kentucky Oaks winner, Nellie L (Blenheim II), Nellie Flag is also ancestress of Kentucky Derby/Belmont Stakes winner, Bold Forbes (Irish Castle), unbeaten Gr1 winning 2yo and sire, Saratoga Six (Alydar), Gr1 winning fillies, Lakeway (Seattle Slew) and Mushka (Empire Maker), Gr1 winning half siblings, Jan Vermeer (Montjeu) and Together (Galileo), Belmont Stakes winner, Bet Twice (Sportin’ Life) and Gr1 William Hill Futurity hero, Dunbeath (Grey Dawn II).

Interestingly, Trippi hails from the same family as one

of the greatest and most durable racehorses in recent US history –Forego (Forli), Forego’s fourth dam being Nellie Flag. Horse Of The Year three times in a row in North America and a member of the Racing Hall Of Fame, Forego won 34 races, including the Gr1 Woodward Stakes on four occasions.

The versatile and durable champion, one of the best loved horses in US racing history, was also named Champion Handicap Horse on four occasions, and Champion US Sprinter in 1974. Forego won major races from 1400m to 3200m, and is today honoured by the Gr1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga, a recognised prep race for the G1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and G1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

Forego himself was rated the 8th best US racehorse of the 20th century in a study conducted by the BloodHorse, and rated above such legendary performers as Seattle Slew, Spectacular Bid, Affirmed, Bold Ruler and Phar Lap, among numerous others.

One of Nellie Flag’s most interesting descendants (in terms of inbreeding) is the talented eight time winner and Gr3 Razorback Handicap victor, Let It Rock.

A son of Trippi, he traces back in female line to Nellie Flag both through his sire and his dam, Timeless.

Remarkably, Nellie Flag herself is a daughter of champion racemare, Nellie Morse (Luke McLuke), one of just five fillies ever to win the classic G1 Preakness Stakes.

At two, Nellie Morse won the 1000m Fashion Stakes and was second in both the Spinaway and Matron Stakes (both races at various times being accorded Gr1 status).

At three, Nellie Morse preceded her historic Preakness victory with a score in the Pimlico Oaks, and at stud went on to produce the high class colt, Count Morse (winner of the now Gr1 Clark Handicap).

The Nellie Morse Stakes, was subsequently named in her honour.

Summer Cruise WON at Fairview on 22 January 2016 And Placed

Gold Sail.......................3rd at Greyville, 22 January 2016 Home of Sail From Seattle, Bold Silvano and Lecture

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LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Race 7 (145)

breeders of

SEATTLE SPICE

1 win 2 places 7 runs

3bf Mambo In Seattle - Cinnamon Lady(AUS) (Hawk Wing) WON by 2.50L at Flamingo Park 1400m, 18 Jan 1 win 2 places 8 runs

COLD SHOT

5bg Western Winter - Joy of Spring (Sharp Romance) WON at Scottsville 1000m, 24 Jan . . . and placed . . .

RUBY RUBY, SEATTLE PRINCE

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Going: good

Race 1 (139)

Flamingo Park Maiden Juvenile Plate

T 551 1 0.00 Bollemakiesie (2) 60.0 2 b c Jay Peg - Zanzabee(AUS) (Tale of the Cat) T 551 2 0.75 Rasberry Lips (7) 57.5 2 f King’s Chapel - Sweet As Nectar (Sapieha) S 418 3 3.50 Refrain (6) 57.5 2 b f Miesque’s Approval - In Moderation (Mogok) 4 4.75 Rogue Runner (1) 60.0 K 311 5 7.50 Los Ninos (4) 60.0 6 9.00 Seattle Wonder (5) 60.0 7 12.00 Liebie’s Boy (8) 60.0 8 13.00 Dame Gitano (3) 57.5 Time: 46.59s (58.24s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) 1st T:C Spies O:Mr T Spies B:Favour Stud

Race 2 (140)

Flamingo Park Maiden Plate

D 395 1 0.00 Levi Roots (6) 60.0 3 b g A P Answer - Make Merry (Rich Man’s Gold) Q 122 2 1.75 Shades Of Silence (3) 60.0 4 b g Kahal - Silent Legacy (Elliodor) Q 131 3 5.50 War Declaration (1) 60.0 4 b g Dynasty - Halfmoonrising (Captain Al) Q 131 4 7.75 Jamaicanminaloushe (7) 60.0 Q 131 5 10.25 Roxy Babe (10) 60.0 Q 120 6 10.75 Captain Disko (2) 60.0 Q 120 7 14.00 True Valour (8) 60.0 Q 181 8 17.00 Morrie (9) 60.0 9 20.00 Goldone (5) 60.0 Q 336 10 23.00 Walkoflife (11) 60.0 K 231 11 38.00 Wind Me Up (4) 60.0 Time: 73.85s (61.54s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) 1st T:S von W Smit O:Mr Sarel Smit B:AC Riddle

Race 3 (141)

800m R50,000

S Chambers

8/10

R Munger

40/1

M Thackeray

14/1

M Yeni 9/2 A Fortune 4/1 M v Rensburg 14/1 J Penny 50/1 C Murray 12/1 SP Total %: 119%

Flamingo Park Maiden Plate

Race 5 (143)

Flamingo Park Pinnacle Stakes

Q 133 1 0.00 Quid Rides (9) 60.0 4 b g Modus Vivendi - Tickle My Fancy (Fort Wood) Q 123 2 4.75 Lebeoana (4) 60.0 5 b h A P Arrow - Arabian Magic (Al Mufti) Q 123 3 5.25 Evercell (2) 58.5 4 ch g Kahal - Real Red (Muhtafal) Q 135 4 8.75 Misty Power (5) 52.0 Q 133 5 10.00 Country Gent (1) 52.0 Q 135 6 10.25 Ponoka (10) 52.0 Q 133 7 11.75 Kingofmountain (3) 55.0 Q 123 8 20.00 Steady As A Rock (7) 55.0 T 399 9 21.00 Deckie Boy (6) 58.5 Q 133 10 21.50 Giant Strides (8) 55.0 Time: 111.8s (62.11s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) 1st T:T Prinsloo O:Mr R R Harris B:IR Heyns

Race 6 (144)

Flamingo Park MR 72 Handicap

Flamingo Park MR 66 Handicap

4/1

F Herholdt

7/2

C Zackey 40/1 G Wrogemann 16/1 S Khumalo 3/1 JP vd Merwe 10/1 M v Rensburg 7/1 R Munger 33/1 M Thackeray 110/1 S Chambers 33/1 SP Total %: 119%

1400m R50,000

M Yeni

Q 132 1 0.00 Glinka (4) 56.0 R Munger 4/1 4 b g St Petersburg - Hat Trick (Fard) Q 138 2 0.75 Pegged For Glory (13) 56.0 M Thackeray 14/1 5 b g Jay Peg - Bound For Glory(ANY) (Casey Tibbs) Q 138 3 2.75 Al Lunam (6) 58.0 S Chambers 10/1 5 b g Captain Al - Gilded Moon (Wolfhound) Q 138 4 3.25 Cannes (10) 60.0 A Fortune 3/1 Q 127 5 3.75 War Trail (8) 55.0 K Zechner 10/1 Q 132 6 4.25 Tanie (7) 55.5 G Wrogemann 16/1 Q 132 7 8.00 Autumn Encore (2) 61.0 M v Rensburg 12/1 Q 333 8 9.25 First Law (3) 52.0 F Herholdt 20/1 Q 135 9 9.75 Cool Kid (11) 54.0 C Murray 50/1 V 563 10 12.00 Exploracy (1) 55.0 M Yeni 11/2 Q 88 11 17.50 Blazing Sunset (12) 52.0 N Patel 40/1 Q 61 12 17.55 Vertical Approach (5) 56.5 Wes Marwing 10/1 Q 132 13 18.25 The Helmsman (9) 58.0 JP vd Merwe 66/1 Time: 74.08s (61.73s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:LJ Human O:Messrs N F van Niekerk, L J Human & Z Oosthuizen B:Tmen Studs

Flamingo Park MR 67 Handicap (F&M)

1000m R48,000

Q 119 1 0.00 Matadoras El Toros (3) 59.0 F Herholdt 4/1 5 b m Toreador - L’Lisa (Exclusive Patriot) Q 126 2 3.25 Here We Are (6) 58.5 JP vd Merwe 7/1 6 b m Muhtafal - West Coast Way (Fort Wood) T 479 3 5.75 Fannalies Girl (11) 59.0 A Fortune 8/1 4 b f Windrush - Alluring Charm (Qui Danzig) Q 108 4 6.25 Island In The Sun (5) 54.5 M v Rensburg 12/1 Q 100 5 6.50 Wanton Child (13) 52.0 R Munger 25/1 Q 97 6 7.75 Coral Key (2) 60.0 S Chambers 10/1 Q 99 7 8.25 Zilnox (10) 56.5 J Penny 50/1 D 105 8 8.75 Rock Of Belinda (8) 58.0 S Khumalo 7/1 Q 99 9 10.00 Daggons Hall (7) 52.0 N Patel 20/1 Q 130 10 11.25 Ninth Carat (1) 52.0 M Yeni 7/1 Q 126 11 11.75 Ice In Seattle (9) 52.0 C Murray 16/1 T 534 12 12.75 Fiesta De Espana (12) 52.5 M Thackeray 8/1 Q 138 13 16.00 Strictlycumdancin (14) 56.0 F Maleking 66/1 F 181 14 21.00 Goddess Faustina (4) 52.0 K Zechner 16/1 Time: 57.87s (57.87s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:S von W Smit O:Mr N J W Deetlefs B:NJW Deetlefs

S Khumalo Wes Marwing

8/1 10/1

A Fortune 2/1 JP vd Merwe 7/1 F Herholdt 100/1 J Penny 45/1 G Wrogemann 7/2 C Zackey 35/1 SP Total %: 121%

1800m R69,000

A Fortune

15/10

LEVI ROOTS

1 win 1 place 8 runs

3 b g A P Answer - Make Merry (Rich Man’s Gold) WON at Flamingo Park - 1200m, 18 January

. . and placed . .

Himalayan Empress

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TURFFONTEIN Tuesday 19 January Going: good

Race 1 (615)

Turffontein Workriders Maiden Plate

1450m R90,000

V 560 1 0.00 Profit Ratio (2) 59.0 J Gwingwizha 11/10 3 ch c Dupont - Pudding And Pie (Casey Tibbs) (1) 59.0 C Mabaya 4/1 T 413 2 1.75 Seattle Prince 3 b g Mambo In Seattle - Asian Affair (The Sheik) (9) 59.0 M Duba 10/1 T 526 3 8.00 Cavalero 3 b g Count Dubois - Music Of Life (Model Man) (3) 59.0 S Mosia 11/2 V 572 4 8.05 Lokshina (6) 59.0 F Semela 9/2 T 543 5 9.65 Just a Gigolo (10) 59.0 N Ngqwangi 25/1 T 362 6 13.75 Red River Blue (4) 59.0 C T Ndlovu 50/1 T 334 7 14.75 American Gladiator (7) 60.0 G Dabamasi 55/1 T 543 8 15.85 Starlight Explorer (8) 59.0 I Lukhele 110/1 T 495 9 28.50 Apsley (5) 60.0 D Mazule 70/1 T 301 10 99.99 Red Bandit Time: 89.16s (61.49s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H Van Niekerk B:Normandy Stud

2/1

Race 2 (616)

8/1

T 544 1 0.00 Tangerine Lady (11) 59.0 S Brown 14/1 3 b f Spanish Harlem - Tynelli (Martinelli) (7) 59.0 K Zechner 14/10 T 554 2 0.05 Span Die Seile 3 b f Captain Al - Start Me Up (Jet Master) (8) 60.0 J Sampson 14/1 V 500 3 6.30 She’s A Flirt 4 ch f Announce - Flirt In A Skirt (Winter Romance) (6) 59.0 A Fortune 14/1 V 586 4 6.80 Catwalk Tease (3) 59.0 S Khumalo 5/1 V 571 5 8.10 Abbey Chase (10) 59.0 C Maujean 66/1 T 460 6 8.50 Aspen shadow (5) 60.0 I Sturgeon 50/1 V 597 7 8.90 Retro Chic (1) 59.0 J Penny 40/1 V 561 8 9.30 Lively Debate (4) 60.0 P Strydom 8/1 T 369 9 10.10 Sapphire Girl (9) 60.0 C Ngcobo 66/1 T 525 10 11.10 Keep My Promise (2) 59.0 G Lerena 7/2 V 571 11 11.50 Eversilver Time: 89.28s (61.57s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:LJ Erasmus O:Mr D R & Mrs K M L Makins B:Breedon Stud

Q 131 1 0.00 Rock Country (4) 55.0 G Wrogemann 33/10 3 b g Rock Of Rochelle - Country Girl (Mon Sang) Q 127 2 0.05 Emerald Mackay (6) 58.0 M v Rensburg 4/1 4 g Right Approach - Emerald Beauty(ARG) (Equalize) Q 128 3 0.75 First Sea Lord (12) 57.0 M Thackeray 12/1 4 b g Ashaawes - Royal Yacht (Caesour) Q 136 4 0.90 Yesan Star (10) 60.5 R Munger 16/1 Q 113 5 1.10 Kalidar (9) 54.0 F Herholdt 80/1 Q 116 6 4.25 Sub Shaawes (13) 59.0 S Chambers 66/1 Q 132 7 6.50 Umbani (14) 53.5 Wes Marwing 20/1 Q 133 8 7.50 Trade Emblem (3) 60.0 N Patel 12/1 T 704 9 12.00 Sonny Bill (2) 59.5 A Fortune 9/2 Q 39 10 14.00 His Approval (11) 58.5 S Khumalo 20/1 Q 113 11 14.10 Seven Kings (1) 57.5 M Yeni 5/1 Q 107 12 16.00 Sussudio (8) 60.5 JP vd Merwe 50/1 D 269 13 17.50 William Of Wembley (7) 52.0 J Penny 25/1 Q 132 14 31.00 Waterways (5) 53.5 C Zackey 25/1 Time: 86.59s (61.85s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:S Miller O:Ourfriendsinthenorth Syndicate (Nom: Mrs S Miller) B:Nadeson Park

1 win 4 places 12 runs

WON 1450m, Turffontein, 19 Jan

1 win 3 places 6 runs

ELEVEN

4 b f King of Kings - Pinturina(ARG) (Rampart Road)

WON 1400m, Greyville, 22 Jan

...and placed Wensleydale, September Storm MIDDLEFIELD STUD Tel: (033) 263 2407 Fax: (033) 263 1465

Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)

1000m R90,000

V 467 1 0.00 Dragon Var (9) 60.0 C Zackey 6/1 3 b f Var - Purple Lake (Lake Coniston) (10) 60.0 S Chambers 16/1 T 605 2 1.75 Storyfields 3 ch f Atso - Story Time (Modus Vivendi) (6) 60.0 S Khumalo 28/10 V 467 3 2.50 Honeybush Tea 4 b f Indigo Magic - Fairy Story (Saumarez) (3) 60.0 M Yeni 8/1 T 544 4 3.25 Variety Spirit (1) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 7/1 5 3.65 Kahlua Rose (4) 60.0 M Thackeray 6/1 V 562 6 4.05 Spirit Of Love (11) 60.0 I Sturgeon 50/1 V 568 7 5.35 Street Affair (5) 60.0 G Lerena 33/10 V 172 8 5.95 Musical Romance (7) 60.0 R Munger 75/1 V 586 9 8.35 Lolita (8) 60.0 N Patel 55/1 V 569 10 10.75 Golden Memories (12) 60.0 C Murray 40/1 11 99.99 French Chante (2) 60.0 S Brown 20/1 T 544 12 99.99 Queen Of Arts Time: 59.51s (59.51s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:JJ v Vuuren O:Messrs K Singh, Y Naidoo, Mr J & Mrs N Deokynarain B:K Singh

Race 5 (619)

Turffontein Graduation Plate

1600m R100,000

Race 3 (617)

Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)

Turffontein Maiden Plate

1450m R90,000

1450m R100,000

Turffontein MR 88 Handicap

1450m R106,000

V 503 1 0.00 Jolie Roger (6) 58.5 G Lerena 33/10 4 b g Dynasty - Jolie Angelina (Silvano) (1) 52.0 C Murray 9/2 V 565 2 1.30 Tabreek 4 b g Redoute’s Choice - Zarzuela(NZ) (Zabeel) (7) 55.0 I Sturgeon 6/1 T 547 3 1.50 Cumberland 4 b g Casey Tibbs - Larks Land (Badger Land) (4) 53.0 C Maujean 14/1 V 737 4 3.00 Cockade (9) 56.5 A Fortune 11/2 T 529 5 3.10 Mr Mulliner (5) 57.5 K Zechner 16/1 T 529 6 4.40 Burg (3) 53.5 C Zackey 14/1 V 505 7 4.60 Var Bay (2) 56.0 S Khumalo 9/2 T 541 8 5.60 Fort Meyers (8) 61.0 P Strydom 12/1 T 540 9 11.50 National Key Time: 88.02s (60.7s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:AG Laird O:Messrs M C Gerber & J F & L M F Wernars B:Maine Chance

Race 8 (622)

Turffontein MR 68 Handicap (F&M)

1800m R82,000

T 549 1 0.00 Sisters Of Mercy (4) 60.0 G Lerena 5/1 5 b m Greys Inn - Ride East (Daarik) (2) 55.5 M v Rensburg 9/2 V 590 2 1.10 Ruby Ruby 4 b f Right Approach - Ruby Gift(SNL) (Wolf Power) (3) 57.0 A Fortune 12/1 T 449 3 3.90 Indzaba 3 ch f Judpot - Duchess Daba (National Assembly) (8) 58.0 P Strydom 9/2 T 496 4 4.20 Matsuri (5) 59.5 C Murray 5/1 T 498 5 6.00 Wedgwood (1) 54.5 JP vd Merwe 45/1 V 286 6 7.10 Carole Bouquet (9) 58.0 M Yeni 25/1 V 590 7 7.80 Bright Bronte (12) 59.5 C Maujean 66/1 T 490 8 8.50 Shout Out (7) 54.0 C Zackey 10/1 T 550 9 8.55 Leah’s Little Luv (11) 52.5 J Penny 20/1 T 550 10 11.75 Seattle Fairy (6) 53.5 R Munger 14/1 T 531 11 13.25 Susquehanna (10) 57.5 S Brown 25/1 T 531 12 16.50 Shawl (13) 60.0 S Khumalo 25/1 T 549 13 17.70 Elusive Spirit Time: 112.78s (62.66s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 113% 1st T:T Zackey O:Messrs J Alberts, G J Backos, A Kaindl & G L Kaindl B:Rosedene Stud

Race 3 (374)

1000m R75,000

Kenilworth Maiden Plate

1000m R75,000

Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)

1200m R75,000

Kenilworth MR 85 Handicap

2000m R82,000

Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)

1600m R75,000

Kenilworth MR 70 Handicap

1400m R63,000

Kenilworth Maiden Plate

1400m R75,000

K 319 1 0.00 London Knight (1) 60.0 G Behr 25/1 3 b g Great Britain - Lemontree (Al Mufti) (3) 60.0 S Khumalo 7/1 K 329 2 0.75 Heracles 3 ch g Argonaut - Lady Alexis (Goldmark) (4) 60.0 A Domeyer 1/4 K 319 3 4.00 Weskus Klong 3 ch g Trippi - Los Kop Doll (Joshua Dancer) (6) 60.0 J Smitsdorff 8/1 4 4.20 Q Behind Me (5) 60.0 C Orffer 16/1 K 319 5 5.95 King Of The North (2) 60.0 F Anthony 50/1 K 196 6 99.99 All Down The Line Time: 60.08s (60.08s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:AE Sands O:Messrs R C M Caris, Riaan Kuhn, B R Nel & A E Sands & Mrs H Kuhn B:Rosedene Stud

Race 4 (375)

K 285 1 0.00 Queen At War (3) 60.0 B May 15/2 3 ch f Brave Tin Soldier - Supreme Queen (Second Empire) (12) 60.0 A Domeyer 8/10 K 295 2 0.30 Leisure Trip 3 b f Trippi - Laisserfaire(AUS) (Danehill) (2) 60.0 J Smitsdorff 35/1 3 1.55 Jingle Belle 3 b f Querari - Belle Grise(AUS) (Kenmare) (7) 60.0 C Orffer 11/2 K 320 4 3.05 Tide Is Turning (11) 60.0 S Fortune 100/1 K 285 5 4.05 Indigo Storm (9) 60.0 S Khumalo 15/2 K 205 6 4.80 Abound West (4) 60.0 G Wright 66/1 K 230 7 6.55 Fifty Other Shades (10) 60.0 D Dillon 16/1 L 104 8 6.95 Meritocracy (6) 60.0 G v Niekerk 12/1 K 295 9 7.95 Golden Pass (5) 60.0 K Steyn 100/1 K 336 10 8.70 Prairie Rose (1) 60.0 F Anthony 75/1 K 336 11 9.00 Call Me Darling (8) 60.0 R Khathi 40/1 12 22.25 Barbara Anne Time: 74.14s (61.78s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:VH Marshall O:Messrs L P Collett & W C Lopes B:Summerhill Stud

Race 5 (376)

K 309 1 0.00 Orange Tractor (4) 53.5 C Orffer 5/2 3 b c Tiger Ridge - Via Mala (Cordoba) (5) 54.5 S Khumalo 7/1 K 341 2 0.05 Tiger Tops 5 b g Tiger Ridge - Sylvan Crest (Silvino) (1) 58.5 R Khathi 5/1 K 334 3 1.80 Arezzo 4 ch c Go Deputy - Alula (Western Winter) (6) 57.0 G v Niekerk 5/1 K 300 4 2.30 A Time To Kill K 334 5 3.30 Juddering Angel (7) 58.0 D Dillon 9/2 (2) 60.0 A Domeyer 12/1 K 176 6 4.80 Surruptitious K 342 7 6.05 New Fort (3) 53.0 M Byleveld 5/1 Time: 127.08s (63.54s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Strolling Bones Syndicate (Nom: Mr G S Knowles) B:R Hass

Race 6 (377)

K 279 1 0.00 Solana (4) 60.0 A Domeyer 18/10 3 b f Querari - Senorita Sol (Jallad) (7) 60.0 G Behr 22/10 K 343 2 2.25 Playboy Buddy 3 b f Judpot - Miss Teenage Dream (Model Man) (5) 60.0 G v Niekerk 15/4 K 318 3 3.00 Rockingonthemoon 3 b f Rock Of Rochelle - Walkingonthemoon(AUS) (Galileo) (8) 60.0 A Andrews 16/1 K 257 4 4.50 Jamaica Me Crazy (3) 60.0 R Khathi 14/1 K 305 5 5.25 Come On Inn (2) 60.0 M Byleveld 20/1 K 318 6 6.25 Aunty Carol (1) 60.0 C Orffer 13/1 K 335 7 7.00 Midnight Breeze (6) 60.0 XG Carstens 28/1 K 335 8 8.75 Gold Force (9) 60.0 D Dillon 75/1 K 335 9 10.25 Grey’s Kitten SP Total %: 117% Time: 102.13s (63.83s avg/1000m, or 56km/h) 1st T:A Nel O:Mrs S Plattner B:La Plaisance Stud

Race 7 (378)

K 329 1 0.00 Al Dangeur (1) 58.5 S Khumalo 7/2 3 b g Captain Al - Daneria(GB) (Dansili) (9) 55.0 G v Niekerk 8/1 K 260 2 0.75 Harry Da Wheels 4 b g Right Approach - Just Assembly (National Assembly) (10) 58.5 A Domeyer 9/1 K 183 3 0.80 I Am The Law 5 b g Silvano - Call To Court (Al Mufti) (3) 52.0 H vd Hoven 66/1 K 309 4 1.20 Little Mo (5) 59.0 C Orffer 11/1 K 339 5 2.20 My Man Alex (4) 60.0 XG Carstens 13/2 K 315 6 2.40 Valerio (6) 56.0 D Dillon 6/1 K 342 7 2.45 Shepherds Purse (7) 56.0 R Khathi 7/1 K 325 8 3.20 Kwassa Kwassa (8) 56.5 A Andrews 7/1 K 184 9 4.95 Magical Bet (2) 55.0 M Byleveld 6/1 K 322 10 5.00 Power To Please Time: 89.41s (63.86s avg/1000m, or 56km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:J Ramsden O:Messrs B P Finch, A A Mohamed, J Ramsden & K P Truter & Mrs K Finch B:AJ McNabb

Race 8 (379)

K 302 1 0.00 Cecil John (7) 59.0 G Wright 22/1 3 b g Seventh Rock - Camden’s Jewel (Camden Park) (6) 59.0 A Andrews 9/2 K 296 2 0.40 Storm Front 3 gr c Tiger Ridge - Spring Storm (Thunder Cat) (10) 59.0 D Dillon 8/1 K 337 3 0.45 Due West 3 b g Count Dubois - West By West (Western Winter) (9) 59.0 C du Plooy 10/1 K 355 4 0.95 Duke The Duke (2) 59.0 G Behr 3/1 K 337 5 1.70 Nutbush (12) 59.0 H vd Hoven 40/1 K 284 6 2.10 Bold Aspen (4) 59.0 R Peters 14/1 K 179 7 3.60 Warren Place (1) 59.0 S Khumalo 7/2 8 4.10 Starrett City (15) 59.0 M Byleveld 25/1 K 337 9 4.85 Twenty Four Carat (11) 59.0 G v Niekerk 25/1 K 303 10 6.10 Zud Wes (3) 59.0 C Orffer 20/1 K 284 11 7.10 Ante Omnia (8) 60.0 K Steyn 110/1 K 321 12 8.35 Dynasty’s Gift (5) 60.0 J Smitsdorff 22/1 13 8.75 Scandinavo (13) 59.0 XG Carstens 110/1 K 284 14 9.75 Night Sign (14) 60.0 S Fortune 75/1 K 330 15 16.50 Olimpic Airways Time: 88.65s (63.32s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:J Ramsden O:Mrs I Jooste & Mr M J Jooste B:Arc-en-Ciel

VAAL Thursday 21 January Going: good

Race 1 (623)

KENILWORTH Wednesday 20 January

1800m R90,000

T 526 1 0.00 Zillionaire (8) 60.0 K Zechner 10/1 4 b c Jet Master - Zaitoon (Count Dubois) (3) 58.0 G Lerena 8/10 V 572 2 0.20 Nawab 3 b g Tiger Ridge - Noble Cat(BRZ) (Hennessy) (5) 60.0 I Sturgeon 100/1 T 521 3 1.60 Woody Cape 4 b g Silvano - Rhapsody In Red (Red Ryder) (6) 58.0 S Brown 12/1 V 572 4 1.70 Champions Cup (2) 58.0 R Munger 8/1 T 577 5 1.80 Frappachino (1) 60.0 A Fortune 16/1 V 600 6 5.30 Spring Lodge (7) 60.0 M Yeni 5/1 V 603 7 6.05 Secunde’s Victor (9) 58.0 G Wrogemann 14/1 T 543 8 9.45 Dragon’s Den (4) 58.0 C Murray 70/1 T 543 9 12.35 Jahunda Time: 113.76s (63.2s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:MG Azzie O:Mesdames J & K Ralphs B:Maine Chance

Turffontein Graduation Plate (F&M)

V 471 1 0.00 Frosty Friday (6) 59.0 M Yeni 15/4 3 b f Western Winter - Katici Princess(IRE) (Noverre) (2) 56.0 S Khumalo 7/2 T 549 2 0.80 Intergalactic 3 ch f Kahal - Nojoom(AUS) (Sadler’s Wells) (7) 56.0 G Lerena 7/1 T 432 3 1.30 Joan Ranger 3 b f Horse Chestnut - Fashion Edition (Rambo Dancer) (3) 55.5 K Zechner 20/1 V 390 4 2.40 Tahini (5) 59.5 C Zackey 9/2 V 564 5 3.00 Silver Class (8) 56.0 C Murray 4/1 T 556 6 7.00 Jungle Mist (4) 54.5 R Munger 70/1 V 406 7 11.30 Whistler (9) 60.0 C Maujean 6/1 T 512 8 11.40 London (1) 54.5 M Thackeray 55/1 T 556 9 22.50 Gold Shades Time: 88.26s (60.87s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:G v Zyl O:Mr & Mrs G J Royden-Turner B:GJ Royden-Turner

Race 7 (621)

M Yeni

1400m R48,000

TANGERINE LADY 3 b f Spanish Harlem - Tynelli (Martinelli)

Race 6 (620) AP Indy - Pas De Reponse (Danzig)

S Khumalo

R Munger 16/1 M Thackeray 25/1 K Zechner 20/1 C Murray 30/1 JP vd Merwe 12/1 G Wrogemann 16/1 Wes Marwing 100/1 SP Total %: 117%

Congratulates the connections of

Race 4 (618)

Kenilworth MR 68 Handicap (F&M)

K 283 1 0.00 Sails Set (2) 60.0 C Orffer 15/4 3 b f Captain Al - Cool Dreamer(AUS) (Encosta de Lago) (6) 57.5 A Domeyer 2/1 K 307 2 1.25 Boomtown Belter 4 b f King’s Apostle - Boomtown Girl (Jallad) (5) 59.0 G v Niekerk 33/10 K 340 3 1.35 Cosmic Charm 3 b f Meteor Shower - Snake Charm (West Man) (4) 58.5 S Khumalo 11/2 K 344 4 2.10 Ichkeria (1) 62.0 S Fortune 6/1 K 331 5 2.85 Rebel’s Idol (3) 58.0 M Byleveld 12/1 K 247 6 3.60 La Di Var Time: 59.59s (59.59s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Mrs J Crawford & Mr S G du Toit B:Klawervlei Stud

V 307 1 0.00 Rainy Day Blues (3) 60.0 S Khumalo 5/1 4 ch g Western Winter - Boston Tea Party (Jallad) (8) 60.0 M Yeni 9/1 D 416 2 0.10 Down Under 4 b g Fort Wood - Lady Bonzer(AUS) (Choisir) (2) 56.0 A Fortune 9/2 T 543 3 1.40 Danza 3 b g Mambo In Seattle - Tavita (Rakeen) (1) 59.0 G Lerena 5/2 V 570 4 1.45 Buckland (5) 56.0 JP vd Merwe 12/1 T 552 5 2.45 Neuf De Pape (7) 58.5 S Brown 13/2 T 547 6 3.25 Trading Profit (6) 56.0 P Strydom 4/1 T 372 7 4.75 Coral Fever (4) 55.5 C Zackey 45/1 T 516 8 6.25 My Favourite Brown Time: 97.79s (61.12s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:JA Soma O:Mrs I Jooste & Mr M J Jooste B:WJ Engelbrecht

1800m R50,000

28/10

Race 2 (373)

1200m R45,000

11/2

K Zechner

Flamingo Park Maiden Plate (F&M)

Q 131 1 0.00 Ocean Pirate (4) 60.0 4 b g Fort Beluga - Terra Firma (Caesour) D 343 2 0.15 Le Gray (2) 58.0 3 b c Greys Inn - Cape Pride (Cordoba) V 603 3 4.25 Bow ‘N Arrow (7) 60.0 5 b h A P Arrow - Apple Valley (Val des Bois) Q 132 4 6.00 Thiel (1) 58.0 Q 131 5 6.50 Show Me Seattle (8) 58.0 Q 110 6 11.00 Green Boegatti (3) 60.0 Q 131 7 25.00 Achtung Spitfire (9) 58.0 Q 40 8 34.00 Eagle’s Call (5) 60.0 Q 120 9 99.99 Happy Gun (6) 58.0 Time: 116.07s (64.48s avg/1000m, or 56km/h) 1st T:P Smith O:Dr A C Botha B:Bush Hill Stud

1400m R48,000

1200m R50,000

A Fortune

V 561 1 0.00 Seattle Spice (14) 59.0 A Fortune 9/2 3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Cinnamon Lady(AUS) (Hawk Wing) Q 130 2 2.50 Maya The Bee (11) 60.0 S Khumalo 4/1 4 b f Miesque’s Approval - Little Jet (Jet Master) Q 130 3 3.75 Raving Jewel (7) 59.0 S Chambers 8/1 3 b f Ravishing - Sheiks Jewel (The Sheik) Q 121 4 4.75 Ginger Sioux (12) 60.0 M Yeni 9/2 Q 130 5 5.00 Lady Duchess (5) 59.0 JP vd Merwe 5/1 Q 131 6 5.50 For Love Or Money (1) 60.0 R Munger 10/1 Q 130 7 8.25 Bay Of Rochelle (6) 59.0 F Herholdt 20/1 Q 121 8 9.50 She Alone (8) 59.0 J Penny 55/1 Q 121 9 9.75 Royal Drive (13) 60.0 C Zackey 14/1 Q 130 10 12.50 Josetti (10) 59.0 M Thackeray 100/1 F 223 11 13.50 Pink Ticket (9) 59.0 Wes Marwing 55/1 Q 74 12 26.00 Valentine Lady (2) 59.0 M v Rensburg 100/1 S 332 13 40.00 Queensville (3) 59.0 G Wrogemann 25/1 D 272 14 99.99 White Feather (4) 59.0 N Patel 50/1 Time: 88.89s (63.49s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:T Prinsloo O:Mr R R Harris B:Moutonshoek

Race 4 (142)

Race 8 (146)

Race 9 (147)

FLAMINGO PARK Monday 18 January

Flamingo Park MR 68 Handicap (F&M)

Q 134 1 0.00 Heart Flower (1) 56.5 M Thackeray 4/1 4 ch f Go Deputy - Flaming Flower (Western Winter) Q 121 2 0.05 Jolene (7) 52.0 J Penny 10/1 4 ch f Right Approach - Tramps (Rich Man’s Gold) Q 137 3 0.20 Jellylorum (2) 55.5 G Wrogemann 4/1 5 ch m Atso - Kitz Blitz (Announce) Q 137 4 1.10 Dukes Idol (8) 60.0 S Khumalo 6/1 Q 137 5 1.50 Cape Grey (4) 56.5 R Munger 14/1 Q 134 6 1.60 Popular Blues (10) 53.0 C Murray 50/1 Q 117 7 1.90 The Arabian (3) 54.0 C Zackey 7/1 Q 137 8 2.10 Buddy’s Falcon (9) 55.0 M Yeni 5/1 Q 117 9 2.50 Consort (12) 53.0 K Zechner 40/1 Q 114 10 4.00 Sleuth (6) 53.5 Wes Marwing 10/1 Q 134 11 16.50 Butool (11) 55.5 JP vd Merwe 80/1 Q 137 12 17.00 On The Thames (5) 56.0 S Chambers 25/1 Time: 87.78s (62.7s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:S Miller O:Ourfriendsinthenorth Syndicate (Nom: Mrs S Miller) B:Lammerskraal Stud

Going: good

Race 1 (372)

Kenilworth Maiden Juvenile Plate

1000m R75,000

1 0.00 Soweto Moon (4) 60.0 S Khumalo 7/10 2 b c Zoffany - Soweto(AUS) (Umatilla) (1) 60.0 H vd Hoven 25/1 K 311 2 1.75 In Your Face 2 b g Rebel King - Bow Bells (London News) (2) 57.5 S Fortune 7/2 K 327 3 4.00 Moulina 2 b f Rebel King - Moulin Grise (Grey Eminence) (5) 60.0 D Dillon 9/2 4 7.25 Dancer (3) 60.0 C du Plooy 8/1 5 12.25 Gimme Green Time: 60.94s (60.94s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 114% 1st T:J Snaith O:Messrs H Adams, M J Jooste & Mrs I Jooste B:bred in Australia

Vaal Work Riders Maiden Plate

1200m R90,000

V 562 1 0.00 Minnesota (13) 60.0 S Mosia 5/2 3 b c Miesque’s Approval - Wendys(ARG) (Victory Speech) (2) 60.0 C T Ndlovu 6/1 V 349 2 4.75 Great White Fleet 3 ch g Argonaut - Mzwilili (Muhtafal) (8) 60.0 J Gwingwizha 22/10 3 5.25 Count Tassilo 3 ch c Silvano - Light Fandango (Cordoba) (6) 60.0 I Lukhele 8/1 V 588 4 5.75 Chosen Al (10) 60.0 C Mabaya 12/1 T 579 5 6.00 Meiska Looch (4) 60.0 M Duba 110/1 V 572 6 6.50 Space Warrior (9) 60.0 G Dabamasi 25/1 V 146 7 8.50 Record Bid (11) 60.0 H Mthunzi 22/1 T 510 8 8.75 Rock Force (1) 60.0 A !Sithole 66/1 V 588 9 9.25 Trusty Joe (7) 60.0 J Dlamini 55/1 T 606 10 12.75 Stitch (3) 60.0 L Kachese 66/1 V 587 11 14.25 Trusty Troy (12) 60.0 P Jevu 50/1 T 526 12 17.50 Underboss (5) 60.0 P Mongqawa 12/1 T 553 13 18.75 Artful Emperor Time: 71.48s (59.57s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:CE Erasmus O:Red Jack Trading (Pty) Ltd B:Scott Bros

72

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 29th - SUNDAY 31st JANUARY 2016

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

WILGERBOSDRIFT breeders of

JO MALONE 4 ch f Tiger Ridge - Loofah (Fort Wood) WON at Vaal, 1000m, 21 January

NYANGAN

3 ch f Silvano - Serra Negra(GB) (Kris) WON 3.0L at Greyville, 1400m, 22 January

CAPE MARIGOLD 4 b f Right Approach - Cape Lilac (Fort Wood) WON at Turffontein, 1800m, 23 January

. . . . and placed . . .

DIEZEL JET, EMERALD MACKAY, NATURAL TAN, NAWAB, THRESHOLD, TIGER TOPS

Congratulations to Connections

Race 8 (630)

Vaal MR 76 Handicap

Race 9 (631)

Vaal MR 86 Handicap (F&M)

1000m R106,000

T 557 1 0.00 Jo Malone (4) 57.0 A Delpech 5/1 4 ch f Tiger Ridge - Loofah (Fort Wood) (2) 54.0 C Zackey 12/1 T 558 2 0.25 Rebel’s Girl 4 ch f Rebel King - Quickstep (Rambo Dancer) (11) 61.5 R Munger 11/2 V 391 3 0.50 Drifting Dusk 4 b f Dynasty - Fading Light (Bel Byou) (12) 57.0 F Herholdt 20/1 T 558 4 0.75 Twilight Tiger (6) 54.0 Wes Marwing 100/1 V 1184 5 3.25 Riverine Forest (9) 52.0 J Penny 40/1 T 490 6 3.35 By Jove (7) 56.0 K Zechner 10/1 T 454 7 3.75 Cataluga (10) 60.0 A Fortune 14/1 T 431 8 6.00 Victoria Young (5) 52.0 C Murray 20/1 T 610 9 7.00 Lena Laptev (8) 52.5 M Thackeray 20/1 T 558 10 8.25 Regal Rose (3) 56.5 C Maujean 20/1 T 464 11 9.00 Woodrose (1) 59.0 S Chambers 7/1 T 610 12 11.00 Sweet Painted Lady Time: 57.38s (57.38s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 90% 1st T:C Spies O:Eclipse Racing & Breeding CC & Mr F N Englezakis B:Wilgerbosdrift

PO BOX 322, PIKETBERG 7320.

TEL: 022 942 1266 FAX: 022 942 1755 Race 2 (624)

Vaal Maiden Plate

Vaal Maiden Plate (F&M)

T 545 1 0.00 Gains Tax (11) 59.0 A Fortune 15/2 3 ch f Bankable - Amy Jane(IRE) (Orpen) (4) 59.0 A Delpech 4/1 V 561 2 2.25 Dalley 3 b f Ideal World - Lady Helen (Stage Colony) (10) 59.0 D Neethling 7/2 V 561 3 2.50 Tricia Dupont 3 b f Dupont - Tricia’s Spur(AUS) (Flying Spur) (13) 59.0 S Khumalo 7/2 V 561 4 8.00 Cosmo Russe (3) 59.0 C Murray 25/1 T 525 5 8.75 Eyetunes (9) 59.0 G Lerena 6/1 T 554 6 9.25 Russian Star (1) 59.0 S Brown 15/2 V 589 7 9.75 Shelly (14) 59.0 D Habib 22/1 V 350 8 11.50 Aesculus (7) 60.0 I Sturgeon 110/1 T 217 9 16.50 Oceanview (8) 59.0 G Wrogemann 75/1 V 561 10 17.25 Bonus Number (6) 60.0 R Simons 55/1 Q 121 11 17.50 Avatara (5) 59.0 C Maujean 35/1 T 544 12 23.00 Zonke (2) 59.0 M Thackeray 110/1 T 544 13 28.00 Fair Sheik (12) 59.0 R Munger 66/1 T 411 14 30.00 Pilgrims Rest Time: 97.26s (60.79s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:AG Laird O:Messrs M C Gerber, J F van Streepen & J F & L M F Wernars B:H Guo

Race 4 (626)

Vaal MR 80 Handicap

1600m R92,000

V 566 1 0.00 Man’s Inn (2) 53.0 S Khumalo 9/1 4 b g Greys Inn - Model Muse (Model Man) (6) 57.5 A Delpech 10/1 T 614 2 0.75 Lock Him Up 4 b g Fort Beluga - I Said Hey (Alami) (8) 59.0 C Zackey 8/1 T 539 3 2.75 Africain 5 b g Jet Master - Helenka (West Man) (5) 55.5 JP vd Merwe 14/10 T 462 4 2.80 Belenos (4) 54.5 I Sturgeon 5/1 V 566 5 6.50 Ilitshe (7) 57.0 R Simons 11/2 V 574 6 6.75 Masnoon (1) 60.5 S Brown 10/1 V 504 7 7.75 Zanzibar Man (3) 52.0 J Penny 50/1 T 452 8 12.00 Double Bind Time: 96.24s (60.15s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:M Houdalakis O:Stone Hill Stud (Nom: Mr H C W Rix) B:Ten Einde Farm

Race 5 (627)

Vaal MR 86 Handicap (F&M)

Race 6 (628)

Vaal MR 69 Handicap (F&M)

1600m R82,000

MASTERMIND 4c Var - Model IQ (Model Man)

DRAGON VAR

3 b f Var - Purple Lake (Lake Coniston) WON at Turffontein, 1000m, 19 Jan

CUP CAKE

2 wins 1 place 5 runs

3 wins 4 places 7 runs

COSMIC BURST

DEBUT

& Placed . . .

ARCTIC BLAST, OCTOBER ELEVENTH, VARIANCE VAR stands at Avontuur Contact Pippa Mickleburgh 021 855 1442 or 083 658 4404 stud@avontuurestate.co.za

WON at Vaal, 1000m, 21 Jan

COLONEL BLING

4 ch g Tiger Ridge - Lady Bling (Fort Wood)

WON at Scottsville, 1200m, 24 Jan

. . . and placed . . .

Nawab, Storm Front, Tiger Tops

Backed & Pre-Trained

Going: good

Fairview Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies)(Turf)

1000m R62,000

1 0.00 Emmypot (1) 60.0 T Gould 16/1 2 b f Soar With Eagles - Jennyanydots (Black Minnaloushe) (2) 60.0 R Munger 10/1 2 0.75 Villanelle 2 b f Gitano Hernando - Vogue Award (Model Man) (3) 60.0 A Fortune 13/20 F 230 3 1.00 O Tamara 2 b f Argonaut - Syncopate (Spectrum) (5) 60.5 S Khathi 6/1 4 3.75 Double Happiness (4) 60.0 C Zackey 7/2 5 6.25 Saghira (6) 60.0 K Ramsamy 33/1 6 48.25 Princess Miranda Time: 58.25s (58.25s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:AC Greeff O:Milkwood Stud (Nom: Mr I G Robertson) B:Milkwood Stud

Fairview Maiden Plate (Turf)

1200m R62,000

Fairview Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf)

1200m R62,000

F 238 1 0.00 The Wild Mistress (10) 60.0 R Danielson 12/1 3 ch f Rebel King - Who can Tell (Damascus Gate) (8) 60.0 A Fortune 9/2 K 241 2 2.25 Zanzibar Beat 3 b f Argonaut - Jahazi(IRE) (Green Desert) (3) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 40/1 T 510 3 2.35 Magic Samba 3 b f Judpot - Ballerina (Rambo Dancer) (1) 60.0 C Zackey 19/10 F 262 4 3.60 Fourteen (11) 60.0 S Khumalo 12/1 F 196 5 5.85 Chasing Angels (6) 60.0 K Zechner 10/1 F 238 6 6.60 Main Attraction (7) 60.0 M Thackeray 33/10 F 262 7 7.85 Harmston Herald (2) 60.0 B Vlooh 10/1 F 238 8 7.95 Exhalted (5) 60.0 R Munger 25/1 F 190 9 9.70 Picobello (9) 60.5 S Khathi 66/1 F 238 10 15.45 Shimmering Dream (4) 60.0 W Agrella 40/1 L 147 11 29.20 Dubois Destiny Time: 69.31s (57.76s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:T Laing O:Mrs I Jooste & Mr M J Jooste B:Arc-en-Ciel

F 196 1 0.00 Salinger (8) 60.0 S Khumalo 22/10 3 ch g Visionaire - Royal Canton (Dominion Royale) (2) 60.0 K Zechner 16/1 2 0.50 Gallactic Thunder 3 b g Battersea Park - Moral Support (Wolfhound) (9) 60.0 C Zackey 9/2 F 255 3 4.00 Stevedore 3 b g Dupont - Stevie’s Lass (Silvano) (7) 60.0 F Herholdt 4/1 K 296 4 5.25 Special Bond (3) 60.0 A Fortune 5/1 F 255 5 5.75 Corridor Of Power (5) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 12/1 F 255 6 9.00 Lord Katawa (4) 60.0 R Munger 66/1 F 216 7 10.25 Hachoo (6) 60.0 S Naidoo 15/2 F 255 8 11.00 Quera (1) 60.0 K Ramsamy 20/1 9 24.50 Hotch Potch Time: 69.67s (58.06s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:J Snaith O:Mrs Vanashree & Mr Anant Singh & Team Valor International (Nom : Mr B Irwin) B:Somerset Stud

Race 3 (272)

Turffontein Standside 16th January

Race 3 Maiden Plate

WON LAUGHISTHEANSWER Race 2 Maiden Plate

3rd KANONKOP Fairview Novice Plate (F&M)(Turf)

1600m R62,000

F 195 1 0.00 Stone Town (1) 57.0 T Gould 80/1 6 m Stronghold - East Africa(ARG) (Candy Stripes) (6) 58.5 JP vd Merwe 12/1 F 187 2 1.50 September Storm 4 b f Carpocrates - First Spring (Northern Guest) (4) 57.5 K Minnie 10/1 F 261 3 2.25 Jay Belle 4 b f Jay Peg - Bound For Glory(ANY) (Casey Tibbs) (7) 60.0 F Herholdt 22/10 F 181 3 2.25 Witchery 4 b f Judpot - Wangari (Fort Wood) (11) 60.0 C Zackey 6/1 F 244 5 2.35 Silvane Spring (9) 59.0 S Khumalo 33/10 F 240 6 4.60 Brilliant Idea (2) 59.5 K Zechner 14/1 F 220 7 5.10 Quick Step Rosie (5) 59.5 K Ramsamy 20/1 F 220 8 7.10 Judstone (3) 57.0 R Munger 12/1 F 261 9 9.60 Belle Juliette (8) 57.5 A Fortune 12/1 F 237 10 14.35 Hope Downs (10) 58.0 S Devoy 25/1 F 247 11 18.60 Moucha Gasolina Time: 98.41s (61.51s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:JVA Strydom O:Five Star Racing & Stud CC (Nom: Ms A M Kacnis) B:Summerhill Stud

Race 5 (274)

Fairview MR 64 Handicap (Turf)

Fairview MR 69 Handicap (F&M)(Turf)

1200m R62,000

F 187 1 0.00 Agterskot (5) 58.0 S Khumalo 22/10 3 ch f Ashaawes - Almond Star (Southern Halo) (11) 56.5 R Danielson 10/1 F 261 2 2.25 Thrill Factor 5 b m Windrush - Auburn Annio(USA) (Point Given) (2) 57.0 C Zackey 8/1 F 237 3 4.00 Firing Queen 4 ch f Rebel King - Fit And Firing (Sapieha) (1) 60.0 A Fortune 28/10 F 195 4 4.50 Winter Rose (10) 55.5 F Herholdt 14/1 F 261 5 5.75 Sail Intotheclouds (7) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 50/1 F 237 6 6.25 Flightofthefalcon (8) 52.5 K Minnie 33/1 F 261 7 6.35 Vade Mecum (3) 57.5 K Zechner 7/1 F 238 8 8.10 Misnomer (6) 58.5 T Gould 10/1 F 11 9 12.60 Revealed (4) 52.0 M Thackeray 40/1 F 268 10 13.60 Miss Lecture (9) 55.5 B Vlooh 16/1 F 149 11 16.85 Aether Time: 68.32s (56.93s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Messrs Greg Bortz, F H McGrath & A J Huyssteen B:Boland Stud

Race 7 (276)

Fairview MR 87 Handicap (F&M)(Turf)

1200m R76,000

Fairview MR 69 Handicap (F&M)(Turf)

1200m R62,000

F 150 1 0.00 Cup Cake (5) 52.5 S Khumalo 3/1 3 b f Var - Cuddle Me (Elliodor) (8) 56.5 A Fortune 3/1 F 236 2 0.50 Mystic Express 4 b f Mambo In Seattle - Lapis Lazuli (Joshua Dancer) (4) 54.0 K Zechner 10/1 F 236 3 1.25 Suedette 5 b m Dynasty - Sudden Gust (Sportsworld) (7) 55.0 T Gould 16/1 F 197 4 2.50 Silent Rush (6) 52.5 M Thackeray 12/1 F 251 5 3.00 Boarding Call (2) 60.0 F Herholdt 4/1 F 236 6 3.25 Eros’s Girl (9) 57.5 JP vd Merwe 10/1 F 197 7 5.00 Princess Tantan (3) 57.5 R Munger 12/1 F 244 8 6.75 Kumiko (10) 52.5 C Zackey 15/1 F 236 9 7.00 Queen’s Jet (1) 53.5 S Naidoo 25/1 F 71 10 14.75 Polar Trip Time: 67.74s (56.45s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:J Snaith O:Mr A L A Crabbia B:Boland Stud

Race 8 (277)

Turffontein Standside 23rd January

Race 2 Pinnacle Stakes

2nd DIESEL JET Raised & Pre-Trained Borrowdale 17th January

Race 3 MR 49 Handicap

WON AL COBALENA

1000m R62,000

F 207 1 0.00 Skrik Vir Niks (2) 56.5 B Vlooh 6/1 4 b g Kahal - Qawaafil(USA) (Intidab) (11) 60.0 S Khumalo 11/2 F 237 2 1.00 Pipette 5 ch m Judpot - Thin Air (Fine Edge) (7) 59.5 R Danielson 8/1 F 207 2 1.00 Bonfire Heart 3 b g Trippi - Aretha (Centenary) (1) 56.0 C Zackey 16/1 F 155 4 2.25 Momentous (10) 59.0 K Minnie 12/1 K 170 5 2.30 Varistar (3) 55.5 S Devoy 16/1 F 221 6 3.55 Paradise Cove (8) 54.5 K Ramsamy 40/1 F 81 7 3.80 Rebel Flame (6) 60.5 S Khathi 8/1 F 252 8 3.85 Verlaine (5) 56.0 K Zechner 8/1 F 242 9 4.60 Captain King (9) 56.5 R Munger 8/1 F 264 10 4.85 Tiger Hotspur (12) 58.0 A Fortune 7/1 F 264 11 5.35 Flicker (13) 56.5 F Herholdt 25/1 Q 126 12 6.10 A P Ikhaja (4) 58.5 M Thackeray 25/1 F 251 13 7.60 Nomvula Time: 56.11s (56.11s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:DA McKenzie O:Messrs G S Perkins, I Jaynarayan, Sanjeev Ramsewak & Sanjeeth Ramsewak B:Shadwell Stud

Race 6 (275)

FAIRVIEW Friday 22 January

Race 7 (629)

T 481 1 0.00 Dream Leader (3) 54.0 JP vd Merwe 8/1 5 ch g Kahal - Dare To Dream (Shalford) (7) 53.0 S Khumalo 13/2 V 409 2 0.30 Salute The Sun 6 ch g Newton - Sun Ellie (Martinelli) (5) 52.0 M Thackeray 15/2 V 563 3 1.10 Clean Cut 5 ch h Goldkeeper - Bright Thing (Lizard Island) (2) 52.0 N Patel 9/1 Q 138 4 3.25 Striking Pose (6) 60.5 A Delpech 16/10 V 563 5 4.50 Gun Fighter (8) 52.0 C Maujean 35/1 V 576 6 5.25 Katch (1) 52.0 C Murray 33/1 T 489 7 5.50 Kopi Luwak (9) 52.0 R Munger 16/1 V 1130 8 6.00 Victory Silks (4) 52.0 L Bester 25/1 T 541 9 6.10 Benbow Time: 57.62s (57.62s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 100% 1st T:LJ Erasmus O:Mr L J & Mrs M J Erasmus B:Aldora Stud

JO MALONE

Race 4 (273)

3 ch f Var - Colour Burst (Lizard Island) WIN WON by 3.0L at Scottsville, 1000m, 25 Jan

Race 1 (270)

1200m R65,000

4 ch f Tiger Ridge - Loofah (Fort Wood)

1 win 2 places 6 runs

Meydan - Dubai, 1400m, 21 January

3 b f Var - Cuddle Me (Elliodor) WON at Fairview, 1200m, 22 Jan

Fairview Graduation Plate (Turf)

F 194 1 0.00 Thayer (1) 60.0 A Fortune 4/1 3 b g Bankable - Kiss My Class (National Assembly) (4) 60.0 K Zechner 33/10 F 160 2 1.25 Zander 4 b g Captain Al - Katara (Silvano) (3) 56.0 K Ramsamy 33/1 F 143 3 3.00 Brave Vision 4 b g Casey Tibbs - Cerruti (Model Man) (9) 59.0 S Khumalo 4/1 F 158 4 3.10 Foyle (7) 56.5 T Gould 16/1 F 242 5 7.35 National King (10) 56.5 C Zackey 8/1 F 169 6 9.85 Rush In (6) 59.5 R Danielson 10/1 F 242 7 9.90 Around Not Across (14) 55.5 K Minnie 100/1 F 168 8 10.65 Rushing Home (12) 57.0 JP vd Merwe 12/1 F 264 9 11.40 In Rem (8) 58.0 R Munger 14/1 F 192 10 12.15 Captain Blackwater (11) 54.0 S Naidoo 66/1 F 219 11 12.40 Just Too early (2) 57.5 F Herholdt 50/1 F 221 12 13.65 Restless Road (13) 56.0 M Thackeray 50/1 V 91 13 14.40 Paulus (5) 60.0 B Vlooh 14/1 F 175 14 20.65 Lotus Lily Lake Time: 68.07s (56.73s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:AC Greeff O:Mr P M G Murdoch B:G Murdoch

Vaal 21st January

3RD Gr2 AL FAHIDI FORT

Race 2 (271)

1000m R85,000

WON at Kenilworth, 2000m, 20 Jan

WILGERBOSDRIFT

V 567 1 0.00 Nkomo (9) 58.5 M Thackeray 7/1 4 ch f Admire Main - Spring Meeting (National Assembly) (13) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 14/1 T 550 2 0.75 Wensleydale 5 b m Spanish Harlem - Tijuana Flirt (Averof) (10) 57.0 S Khumalo 5/1 T 545 3 1.00 Peg O’ My Heart 3 b f Jay Peg - Wintie (Windrush) (7) 57.0 A Delpech 10/1 T 613 4 1.50 Dangerous Diva (14) 60.0 C Zackey 10/1 T 556 5 4.75 Allegorical (3) 57.5 C Murray 6/1 T 555 6 5.75 Polly Wolly Doodle (6) 52.0 J Penny 28/1 T 363 7 6.00 Greyish (2) 52.0 R Munger 25/1 T 465 8 6.10 Cote De Pablo (1) 58.5 A Fortune 5/1 T 411 9 7.75 Hatfield Square (11) 52.0 T Pretorius 55/1 V 424 10 9.50 Burlesque (5) 60.0 K Zechner 12/1 T 532 11 10.25 Ilium (4) 53.0 F Herholdt 40/1 Q 126 12 10.50 Bad Dream (12) 52.0 N Patel 16/1 T 523 13 11.75 Knock Knock (8) 56.5 C Maujean 10/1 T 542 14 11.85 Redaire Time: 98.16s (61.35s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:BP Maroun O:Mr B P Maroun B:The Claddagh Stud

Vaal MR 78 Handicap

3 b c Tiger Ridge - Via Mala (Cordoba)

PO BOX 322, PIKETBERG 7320.

TEL: 022 942 1266 FAX: 022 942 1755

1600m R106,000

T 581 1 0.00 Fortitude (7) 56.5 C Zackey 11/2 6 b m Stronghold - Mininski(SNL) (Ahonoora) (10) 60.0 K Zechner 4/1 D 415 2 0.35 Cassie O’Malley 4 b f Jet Master - Antonia’s Lass (Jallad) (9) 52.5 S Khumalo 6/1 V 567 3 3.00 Escudo 5 b m Dynasty - Even Drift (Western Winter) (6) 57.0 A Fortune 13/1 V 446 4 3.25 First Dance (8) 55.5 C Murray 7/1 V 567 5 8.00 Dover Beach (4) 52.5 J Penny 20/1 V 590 6 10.25 Lemonade River (1) 58.0 A Delpech 5/1 T 581 7 11.00 China Beach (5) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 10/1 T 512 8 12.25 Peep Show (2) 60.0 S Brown 16/1 T 512 9 13.25 Bountiful Harvest (3) 53.0 M Thackeray 6/1 T 549 10 18.75 Star Of Love Time: 95.04s (59.4s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:M Houdalakis O:Stone Hill Stud (Nom: Mr H C W Rix) B:Summerhill Stud

ORANGE TRACTOR

SIRE OF CHAMPIONS

1600m R90,000

1600m R90,000

Race 9 (278)

Congratulations to Connections

T 553 1 0.00 Enbharr (3) 59.0 A Delpech 22/10 3 b c Fastnet Rock - Myth(USA) (Ogygian) (5) 59.0 F Herholdt 110/1 T 553 2 6.75 Royal Honour 3 ch c Archipenko - Reputable(GB) (Medicean) (4) 59.0 I Sturgeon 5/2 V 560 3 7.00 Kanonkop 3 ch g Kahal - Al Vino (Al Mufti) (7) 59.0 S Brown 11/2 T 559 4 7.10 Divar (2) 59.0 A Fortune 7/1 T 415 5 8.00 Coptic Cross (6) 60.0 C Maujean 5/1 T 477 6 9.50 Masterofthestars (1) 60.0 G Lerena 8/1 V 588 7 15.00 Mississippi Rising Time: 96.52s (60.33s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:MF de Kock O:MrA&MrsR Chadha,Mr&Mrs WV Rippon, Mr MFdeKock, Fazenda Mondesir Int (Nom: PCP DoCastro), HarasDelCarmo (Pty)Ltd(Nom: Mr PFM DoCarmo) & Mrs NP Malherbe B:bred in Ireland

Race 3 (625)

TIGER RIDGE

1000m R85,000

V 315 1 0.00 Magic (3) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 9/2 3 b g Mogok - Mythical Model (Model Man) (9) 58.5 M Thackeray 13/2 V 563 2 0.20 Manx Park 4 b g Battersea Park - Green Oasis(SNL) (Waajib) (8) 55.0 A Delpech 5/2 V 562 3 1.50 Extreme Dubai 3 b c Oasis Dream - Equiparada(ARG) (Editor’s Note) (10) 59.0 A Fortune 33/10 V 563 4 3.25 Turbo Tom (5) 52.0 C Maujean 14/1 T 481 5 3.30 Champion Alami (4) 52.0 L Bester 33/1 T 519 6 5.50 Shannon’s Boy (7) 52.0 R Munger 10/1 T 364 7 6.25 Brigtnumberfour (2) 52.0 N Patel 40/1 V 505 8 6.50 Son Of Approval (6) 60.0 Wes Marwing 11/2 V 1096 9 7.25 Winter Al (1) 52.0 C Murray 33/1 V 253 10 9.25 King Of Magic Time: 57.05s (57.05s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:LJ Erasmus O:Mr L J & Mrs M J Erasmus B:AR Bechard

F 181 1 0.00 Summer Cruise (1) 59.5 A Fortune 5/1 4 b f Sail From Seattle - Maritsa(IRE) (Danehill) (2) 58.5 R Munger 4/1 F 181 2 3.25 Natural Tan 3 ch f Kildonan - Sunbed (Silvano) (4) 52.0 S Naidoo 33/1 F 211 3 3.75 Queen Of Rock 5 ch m Rebel King - Jungle Idol (Jungle Rock) (11) 52.5 T Gould 14/1 F 212 4 7.50 Radisha (5) 54.5 F Herholdt 10/1 F 195 5 10.00 Spiaggia (7) 60.0 S Khumalo 7/1 K 174 6 10.25 Tales Of Silver (9) 59.5 M Thackeray 7/2 F 268 7 10.75 Silvan Jazz (8) 59.0 JP vd Merwe 8/1 V 226 8 11.00 Picardi Pink (6) 53.5 K Ramsamy 12/1 K 207 9 11.10 In The Know (10) 53.5 C Zackey 16/1 F 261 10 12.35 Levonca (3) 59.5 S Devoy 25/1 K 24 11 14.10 Beulah (12) 52.0 K Minnie 50/1 F 221 12 16.60 Countess Bacardi Time: 67.93s (56.61s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:AC Greeff O:Mr A N & The Hon Mrs G R Foster B:Ascot Stud

Contact Jill Fox

PO Box 227, Nottingham Road, 3280 Cell: 072 289 8471 Fax: 086 242 3562 • thefortstud@bundunet.com

www.thefortstud.co.za

GREYVILLE Friday 22 January Going: good

Race 1 (459)

Greyville MR 73 Handicap (Polytrack)

1600m R75,000

Greyville MR 66 Handicap (Polytrack)

1800m R64,000

Greyville MR 66 Handicap (Polytrack)

1800m R64,000

D 430 1 0.00 Westchester (6) 52.5 W Kennedy 16/1 4 b g Horse Chestnut - Gaily Goes West (Western Winter) (7) 58.0 S Veale 12/1 D 315 2 0.15 Spirit Of Dover 4 b g Royal Air Force - Calais (Badger Land) (3) 57.5 L Mxothwa 7/1 D 330 3 0.40 Fantasy Art 4 br g Wanted - Artist Johanna(ARG) (Festin) (2) 56.0 S Randolph 10/1 D 430 3 0.40 Strategic’s Pride 4 b c Strategic News - Giant’s Jewel(AUS) (Giant’s Causeway) (5) 52.0 K Jupp 60/1 D 368 5 1.40 Mynameisbond (11) 58.0 B Claassen 14/1 D 403 6 2.40 The Gobi (10) 60.0 A Delpech 22/10 D 401 7 3.15 Ferdnand The Bull (4) 57.0 T Godden 4/1 D 366 8 3.40 Secret Warning (9) 54.5 M Ntuli 7/1 D 430 9 3.50 Danish Wood (8) 59.5 I Sturgeon 14/1 D 401 10 4.25 Black Jaguar (12) 56.0 M Yeni 25/1 D 345 11 7.75 Live Controversy (1) 56.5 B Nyawo 28/1 D 416 12 20.75 Diesel Engine Time: 96.46s (60.29s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:GS Kotzen O:Messrs P Bamford & N C Smith, Mrs L de Jager, Mr T & Mrs M Greenwood B:Drakenstein Stud

Race 2 (460)

D 345 1 0.00 Rosslyn Chapel (9) 59.0 A Delpech 8/1 3 ch g Right Approach - Bint Daha (Al Mufti) (10) 59.0 B Lerena 4/1 D 322 2 0.10 Jama 3 b c Brave Tin Soldier - Scarlet Ribbon (Rambo Dancer) (8) 57.0 M Ntuli 12/1 D 357 3 1.85 Live On The Moon 4 b g Lateral - Last Moon(NZ) (Last Tycoon) (2) 60.0 M Yeni 9/2 D 389 4 3.35 The Gingerman (3) 52.0 W Kennedy 9/2 D 296 5 3.40 French Mark (4) 57.0 I Sturgeon 16/1 D 397 6 3.65 Maybe (5) 56.5 ES Ngwane 3/1 D 360 7 3.75 Seeking The Dream (12) 60.0 A Forbes 14/1 D 370 8 5.50 Night Lock (7) 53.0 C Storey 20/1 D 389 9 6.00 Kings Approval (6) 54.0 T Godden 75/1 D 431 10 10.75 Roy’s Selvan (1) 59.0 S Veale 33/1 D 430 11 12.75 Second Lieutenant (11) 59.0 L Mxothwa 55/1 D 434 12 18.00 Lago Cuomo Time: 111.1s (61.72s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 124% 1st T:WH Marwing O:Mr & Mrs Marius J Prinsloo, Mrs Fiona Chetty, Messrs D Coetzee & F Toweel, Mr N A & Mrs R J De Robillard & TNI Racing Trust (Nom: Mr S Naidoo) B:Riyo Stud

Race 3 (461)

D 344 1 0.00 Selvan’s Jet (7) 58.0 5 ch g Jet Master - Western Flyer (Western Winter) (9) 58.0 D 389 2 0.50 Red Savage 4 b g Jay Peg - Stunning Sioux (Wolfhound) (8) 60.5 D 403 3 2.25 Tanjiro 3 b c Kahal - Tristram’s Frolic (Northern Guest) (2) 54.5 D 434 4 2.50 Jamal (1) 57.0 D 389 5 3.75 Avaricious (5) 60.0 D 356 6 5.75 Mad Pushpa (10) 60.5 D 366 7 6.50 Henchman (4) 53.0 D 330 8 6.75 Secret Lover (11) 54.5 D 397 9 11.50 Keep It Quick (3) 56.5 D 264 10 14.75 Nishac (6) 59.0 D 431 11 17.00 Priceless Gem Time: 110.25s (61.25s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) 1st T:AJ Wright O:Mr Roy Moodley B:R Moodley

B Lerena

4/1

A Delpech

6/1

A Forbes

33/10

S Veale 6/1 W Kennedy 14/1 I Sturgeon 6/1 T Godden 35/1 M Ntuli 16/1 M Yeni 7/1 ES Ngwane 35/1 B Jacobson 22/1 SP Total %: 121%

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 29th - SUNDAY 31st JANUARY 2016

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LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

2 more winners for

Minnesota

WON at Vaal, 21 January T: CE Erasmus J: S Mosia O: Red Jack Trading (Pty) Ltd B: Scott Bros

Race 4 (462)

Greyville Maiden Plate (Turf)

another winner for

Mark My Card

WON at Greyville, 22 January T: W Badenhorst J: W Kennedy O: Mr R Calder B: Scott Bros

1400m R80,000

Race 6 (385)

D 383 1 0.00 Forceful Rush (4) 59.0 A Delpech 33/10 3 b g Seventh Rock - Lavender Sky (Elliodor) (12) 59.0 B Lerena 20/1 D 395 2 0.75 Purple Splash 3 b g Bankable - Rose North (Northern Guest) (8) 60.0 C Storey 22/1 D 340 3 1.75 Gold Sail 4 b g Sail From Seattle - Gold Shelter (Goldkeeper) (1) 59.0 B Nyawo 7/2 D 357 4 3.00 Stokvel (9) 59.0 C Habib 50/1 D 427 5 3.50 Georgie Boy (6) 59.0 T Godden 14/1 D 438 6 3.55 Seattle Wolf (11) 59.0 K Jupp 9/2 D 383 7 3.65 Portman Square (2) 59.0 A Forbes 20/1 8 3.80 Darting Arrow (5) 59.0 L Mxothwa 30/1 D 316 9 4.30 Roy’s Dispren (3) 59.0 I Sturgeon 25/1 10 8.05 Golden Fort (13) 60.0 ES Ngwane 33/10 D 427 11 8.30 Hearts ‘R Pumping (10) 59.0 M Ntuli 50/1 S 426 12 10.05 Long Tom Pass (7) 60.0 M Mjoka 70/1 D 427 13 11.30 Strike Gold Time: 85.03s (60.74s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:GB Puller O:Gold Circle Staff & Mr G B Puller B:Waterford Stud

Race 5 (463)

Greyville MR 69 Handicap (Turf)

Race 6 (464)

Greyville MR 72 Handicap (F&M)(Turf)

1400m R75,000

D 342 1 0.00 Nyangan (1) 57.5 A Delpech 3/1 3 ch f Silvano - Serra Negra(GB) (Kris) (12) 60.0 M Yeni 9/1 D 402 2 3.00 Seek The Summit 3 b f Elusive Fort - Summerley (Windrush) (5) 58.0 W Kennedy 4/1 D 402 3 3.75 Ostentation 4 b f Fort Beluga - Elegant Princess(ARG) (Thunder Gulch) (4) 55.5 A Forbes 9/1 D 394 4 4.50 Bella Miesque (10) 52.0 ES Ngwane 9/1 K 195 5 4.65 What Fun (14) 54.0 B Nyawo 20/1 D 429 6 5.15 Silver Inspiration (8) 52.0 S Veale 66/1 D 287 7 5.30 Finding Neverland (2) 60.0 B Jacobson 9/2 S 378 8 5.80 Cyclone Sassy (9) 57.5 T Godden 22/1 D 591 9 7.05 Alpeonie (3) 54.0 M Ntuli 40/1 D 429 10 7.30 Greatstarofafrica (11) 52.0 M Mjoka 66/1 D 243 11 9.55 Hunger Games (6) 53.0 S Cele 40/1 S 378 12 11.30 Thanda (7) 57.0 S Randolph 10/1 D 362 13 11.80 Thaler Point (13) 52.0 DS Lembethe 28/1 D 362 14 99.99 Lady Cougar Time: 84.88s (60.63s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:D Kannemeyer O:Mauritzfontein (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Miss J B Slack) & Mrs N P Malherbe B:Wilgerbosdrift

Race 7 (465)

Greyville MR 90 Handicap (F&M)(Turf)

D 402 1 0.00 Mark My Card (8) 52.0 4 b f Miesque’s Approval - Markanawa(NZ) (Maroof) 2 1.25 Brown Sugar (6) 58.0 D 415 4 b f Dynasty - Enchanting Queen (Enchantment) (4) 57.0 D 328 3 2.00 Chennai Babe 4 ch f Kahal - Mentalite(IRE) (Alhaarth) (9) 61.5 S 376 4 2.10 Littleblacknumber (10) 55.0 D 439 5 2.25 Queen’s Advance (7) 55.5 K 47 6 4.25 Lady Ming (2) 57.0 D 328 7 4.30 Red Label (5) 54.5 D 288 8 4.80 MissMasala (1) 54.5 S 337 9 7.05 Surefire (3) 56.0 S 376 10 8.80 Call Me Maybe Time: 83.55s (59.68s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) 1st T:W Badenhorst O:Mr R Calder B:Scott Bros

Race 8 (466)

1400m R98,000

W Kennedy B Lerena

S Randolph

20/1 2/1

Greyville Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf)

1000m R75,000

1 0.00 Cloth Of Cloud (4) 60.0 S Khumalo 11/20 2 b f Captain Al - Our Table Mountain(USA) (Fusaichi Pegasus) (2) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 6/1 K 327 2 6.00 Beaute Noire 2 b f Black Minnaloushe - Logontonews (London News) (6) 60.0 A Andrews 18/1 3 6.30 Not On My Watch 2 b f Rebel King - Barahope(SNL) (Barathea) (1) 60.0 A Marcus 11/1 4 7.55 Colorado Rose (3) 60.0 M Byleveld 4/1 5 11.80 Varifast (5) 60.0 G Behr 50/1 6 19.80 Lady Zamala Time: 59.82s (59.82s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 114% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mrs Paul Shanahan, Messrs M J Jooste, B Kantor & C J H van Niekerk & Mrs D Nagle B:Highlands

Race 2 (381)

Kenilworth MR 68 Handicap (F&M)

2nd Gr1 Majorca S.(WFA(F&M)

SAME JURISDICTION 4 b f Mambo In Seattle - Diana De Carlo (Captain Al) at Kenilworth 1600m, 23 Jan

SEATTLE SPICE

7 wins 5 places 14 runs

1 win 2 places 7 runs

3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Cinnamon Lady(AUS) (Hawk Wing) WON by 2.5L at Flamingo Park 1400m, 18 Jan

SEATTLE PRINCE

2 places 4 runs

3 b g Mambo In Seattle - Asian Affair (The Sheik) 2nd at Turffontein 1450m, 19 Jan

DANZA 3 b g Mambo In Seattle - Tavita (Rakeen) 3rd at Turffontein 1600m, 19 Jan

MYSTIC EXPRESS

1 win 5 places 8 runs

4 wins 11 places 25 runs

4 b f Mambo In Seattle - Lapis Lazuli (Joshua Dancer) 3rd at Fairview 1200m, 22 Jan

Mambo In Seattle stands at

1200m R75,000

K 326 1 0.00 Pearl Oyster Bay (1) 60.0 S Randolph 15/4 4 b f Mullins Bay - Downtown Street (Aristis) (4) 61.0 F Anthony 3/1 K 358 2 3.25 Money Surger 8 ch m Surging River - Rain Flower (Raise A Tradition) (3) 62.0 B May 4/1 K 340 3 3.75 Mixed Emotions 3 b f Black Minnaloushe - Mirth(AUS) (Encosta de Lago) (6) 58.0 A Marcus 28/10 K 307 4 5.75 Sunday Seventh (2) 54.0 S Fortune 11/2 K 360 5 14.00 Sea Spray (5) 60.0 S Khumalo 11/1 K 353 6 16.75 Silver Rain Time: 72.64s (60.53s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:GS Kotzen O:Messrs J M Daleymount & J Freddy & Miss C P Shaw B:RJ & Mrs Clarkin

Kenilworth Gr1 Cape Derby (3yo’s)

2000m R1,000,000

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

Race 3 (382)

Kenilworth Maiden Plate

1200m R75,000

Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)

1000m R75,000

K 162 1 0.00 Whisky Baron (6) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 9/10 3 b c Manhattan Rain - Tazkara(FR) (Sinndar) (9) 60.0 A Marcus 16/10 K 296 2 2.00 Arctic Blast 3 b g Var - Icy Chariot (Western Winter) (1) 60.0 A Domeyer 20/1 K 296 3 4.75 Sherlock 3 b g Lateral - She’s An Academic(AUS) (Royal Academy) (7) 60.0 A Delpech 14/1 K 179 4 5.50 Gyre (8) 60.0 S Randolph 50/1 K 329 5 8.75 Nadas (3) 60.0 D Dillon 15/2 K 329 6 10.25 Payne’s Grey (2) 60.0 XG Carstens 33/1 7 14.75 King Of The Corn (4) 60.0 F Anthony 100/1 K 573 8 19.50 Royal Ace (5) 60.0 G Wright 110/1 K 296 9 25.00 Lavita Noir Time: 73.32s (61.1s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Messrs C & R Kieswetter & Ridgemont Stud (Nom: Mr Craig Carey) B:bred in Australia

Race 4 (383)

K 294 1 0.00 Royal Chian (2) 60.0 S Fortune 4/1 3 b f King’s Apostle - Cabaret Girl (Houston Connection) (8) 60.0 A Marcus 14/10 K 320 2 0.05 Prize Peg 3 ch f Jay Peg - Pikachu (Caesour) (7) 60.0 P Strydom 6/1 K 320 3 2.30 Angie Bee 3 ch f Judpot - Ad Valorem (Caesour) (3) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 33/1 K 702 4 2.40 Sharp Peg (9) 60.0 S Randolph 8/1 K 336 5 6.40 Trippvilia (10) 60.0 L Africa 18/1 K 319 6 7.15 Secret Name (4) 60.0 B May 66/1 K 344 7 8.40 Wind Goddess (5) 60.0 C Orffer 10/1 8 9.15 Electro Diva (11) 60.0 G Behr 12/1 K 336 9 10.15 Fiesty Fiesta (6) 60.0 H vd Hoven 40/1 K 249 10 12.15 Victoria Montana (1) 60.0 G v Niekerk 35/1 K 320 11 12.20 Chacabotha Time: 59.96s (59.96s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:VH Marshall O:Messrs P R C Freestone, T Naiker, D G Rodel & A R Smith B:VH Marshall

Race 5 (384)

Kenilworth MR 78 Handicap

1400m R77,000

K 246 1 0.00 Icy Trail (2) 56.0 D Dillon 16/1 3 b g Go Deputy - Icy Air (Jallad) (3) 56.0 A Andrews 10/1 K 269 2 0.20 Streak Of Silver 3 b g Silvano - Alignment(IRE) (Alzao) (5) 58.5 P Strydom 12/1 K 315 3 0.95 Roy’s Winter Patch 4 b g Western Winter - Purple Patch (National Emblem) (10) 57.5 C Orffer 12/1 K 225 4 1.05 Union Jack (1) 60.0 M Byleveld 3/1 K 288 5 1.25 Annigoni (4) 57.0 G v Niekerk 10/1 K 322 6 1.45 Prince Lateral (7) 53.0 H vd Hoven 20/1 K 269 7 2.70 Seymour (6) 60.5 S Khumalo 7/2 K 347 8 3.20 Shenyang (8) 61.0 A Domeyer 8/1 K 269 9 3.70 Keep On Chooglin (9) 57.5 A Delpech 5/1 K 315 10 4.65 Cavallino Time: 87.75s (62.68s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:MW Bass O:Mesdames K Finch & B Kieswetter, Mr B P Finch & Ridgemont Stud (Nom: Mr Craig Carey) B:Lammerskraal Stud

Kenilworth Gr1 Majorca Stakes (WFA)(F&M)

1600m R1,000,000

K 351 1 0.00 Inara (6) 60.0 G v Niekerk 13/2 4 b f Trippi - Mountains Of Mist(IRE) (Shirley Heights) (2) 60.0 A Marcus 11/20 K 351 2 0.75 Same Jurisdiction 4 b f Mambo In Seattle - Diana De Carlo (Captain Al) (5) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 14/1 K 317 3 3.25 Lanner Falcon 5 ch m Trippi - Hosta(USA) (French Deputy) (15) 60.0 S Khumalo 20/1 K 369 4 3.65 Bichette (9) 60.0 A Domeyer 55/1 K 301 5 4.15 Fear Not (7) 60.0 C Orffer 35/1 K 338 6 4.55 Alexis (1) 60.0 G Behr 75/1 K 351 7 4.60 Deputy Ryder (10) 55.0 A Delpech 8/1 K 316 8 5.00 Entisaar (8) 60.0 R Danielson 70/1 K 351 9 5.30 Crystal Cavern (11) 55.0 D Dillon 25/1 K 264 10 5.40 Taffety Tart (4) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 66/1 F 244 11 5.60 Sea Cat (3) 60.0 P Strydom 20/1 K 338 12 6.00 Eventual Angel (12) 55.0 M Byleveld 55/1 K 313 13 6.40 Moonlight ‘n Roses (13) 60.0 B Lerena 110/1 K 338 14 6.70 Sensible Lover (14) 60.0 S Randolph 70/1 K 338 15 6.80 Double Whammy Time: 99.68s (62.3s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:MW Bass O:Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert) B:Drakenstein Stud

Race 8 (387) Kenilworth The CTS Million Dollare (Non-Blacktype)

1400m R16,769,747

K 333 1 0.00 Illuminator (6) 60.0 H vd Hoven 16/1 3 b c Trippi - Pacific Lights (Al Mufti) (4) 57.5 A Domeyer 17/10 K 299 2 0.75 Silver Mountain 3 b f Silvano - Our Table Mountain(USA) (Fusaichi Pegasus) (12) 60.0 M Byleveld 12/1 K 299 3 0.85 Victorious Jay 3 b c Jay Peg - Rub A Dub Dub (Jallad) (15) 60.0 A Marcus 5/1 K 333 4 2.85 Seventh Plain (1) 60.0 A Delpech 13/2 D 367 5 3.05 Exit Here (2) 60.0 P Strydom 7/1 K 299 6 3.45 Hard Day’s Night (14) 60.0 B Lerena 25/1 D 359 7 3.65 Redcarpet Captain (7) 57.5 S Randolph 30/1 K 264 8 4.65 A Time To Dream (8) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 12/1 K 332 9 5.05 Prince Of Thieves (16) 57.5 R Danielson 110/1 K 199 10 5.15 Varumba (9) 57.5 C Murray 75/1 T 432 11 5.90 Melliflora (10) 60.0 S Khumalo 14/1 T 552 12 5.95 Lunar Approach (13) 60.0 G v Niekerk 25/1 K 333 13 6.95 Ernie (11) 57.5 C Orffer 100/1 K 263 14 16.95 Jo’s Bond (3) 57.5 G Behr 40/1 V 564 15 21.45 Swift Sarah (5) 60.0 D Dillon 75/1 K 333 16 40.00 Tar Heel Time: 86.21s (61.58s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 125% 1st T:GR Puller O:Messrs F M Carruthers & Ian Robinson B:Klawervlei Stud

Race 9 (388)

1400m R80,000

Going: good

Kenilworth Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies)

Kingmambo - Weekend In Seattle (Seattle Slew)

I Sturgeon 7/1 A Forbes 12/1 M Yeni 12/1 S Veale 6/1 DS Lembethe 35/1 K Jupp 14/1 A Delpech 13/2 SP Total %: 124%

KENILWORTH Saturday 23 January Race 1 (380)

Race 7 (386)

15/4

D 365 1 0.00 Eleven (8) 60.0 B Claassen 4/1 4 b f King of Kings - Pinturina(ARG) (Rampart Road) (3) 59.0 B Lerena 19/10 S 425 2 1.50 River Course 3 b f Ideal World - Oxbow Lake (Fort Wood) (7) 60.0 I Sturgeon 15/2 D 292 3 1.75 Golden Earings 4 b f Fort Wood - Gypsy Queen (Royal Chalice) (13) 59.0 S Randolph 55/1 D 365 4 3.50 Selfpropelled (11) 59.0 L Mxothwa 15/2 D 347 5 3.55 Lizzie’s Chapel (2) 59.0 T Godden 12/1 S 454 6 5.55 Classy Chic (10) 59.0 M Ntuli 70/1 D 347 7 5.65 Rock A Dune (14) 59.0 DS Lembethe 70/1 D 407 8 7.40 Charter Quay (5) 60.0 S Veale 15/1 S 425 9 7.90 Bankosolo (4) 60.0 B Jacobson 12/1 D 324 10 9.40 Coral Cove (6) 59.0 M Yeni 8/1 11 11.40 Green Report (12) 59.0 ES Ngwane 30/1 D 341 12 12.15 Majestic Pot (1) 59.0 W Kennedy 55/1 D 436 13 22.90 Singular (9) 59.0 K Jupp 30/1 14 26.90 Justajewel Time: 85.85s (61.32s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 124% 1st T:WH Marwing O:Mr M E Leaf B:R & Mrs Pickering

T: LJ Erasmus J: JP vd Merwe O: Mr L J & Mrs M J Erasmus B: AR Bechard

K 341 1 0.00 It’s My Turn (13) 60.0 P Strydom 16/1 3 b g Dynasty - Jallad’s Queen (Jallad) (1) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 3/1 K 299 2 2.00 Brazuca 3 ch c Teofilo - Base Paradise(AUS) (Choisir) (14) 60.0 G v Niekerk 9/1 K 350 3 2.40 Marinaresco 3 b c Silvano - Gay Fortuna (Fort Wood) (5) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 12/10 K 350 4 2.60 Black Arthur (11) 60.0 A Marcus 20/1 K 350 5 3.00 Kemal Kavur (8) 60.0 R Danielson 100/1 K 341 6 3.40 Paladin (15) 60.0 S Randolph 66/1 K 362 7 3.90 Eighth Wonder (3) 60.0 M Byleveld 16/1 K 350 8 4.65 Eastern Charm (12) 60.0 S Khumalo 10/1 K 350 9 5.90 Liege (6) 60.0 D Dillon 25/1 K 299 10 7.40 Jet Air (9) 60.0 G Wright 45/1 K 355 11 7.90 Mega Secret (10) 60.0 A Delpech 66/1 K 350 12 10.15 Star Chestnut (2) 60.0 C Orffer 16/1 K 350 13 11.15 Nebula (7) 60.0 A Domeyer 16/1 K 308 14 11.35 Royal Badge (4) 60.0 B Lerena 80/1 K 341 15 13.60 One Away Time: 124.03s (62.02s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 129% 1st T:J Snaith O:Mr A L A Crabbia B:WJ Engelbrecht Jnr

1400m R68,000

D 252 1 0.00 Ice Run (5) 59.0 B Lerena 8/1 3 ch g Western Winter - Blue Lace Agate (Rakeen) (13) 60.0 M Yeni 7/1 D 406 2 1.25 Winter Auralius 3 b g Antonius Pius - Winter Parade (Western Winter) (11) 57.5 DS Lembethe 33/1 D 431 3 1.35 Let’s Go West 4 b g Western Winter - Letsimpress(IRE) (Unknown) (4) 54.5 A Forbes 16/1 D 313 4 1.40 Poivre (7) 55.5 S Veale 9/1 D 387 5 1.90 Pirogue (8) 58.5 ES Ngwane 20/1 S 338 6 2.15 Roy Royale (1) 56.0 W Kennedy 25/1 S 919 7 2.40 Night Tide (3) 57.5 S Randolph 8/1 S 423 8 3.40 Shreya’s Star (6) 52.0 C Storey 10/1 D 412 9 4.40 Millenium Reign (9) 57.5 T Godden 45/1 D 447 10 6.15 Dancingwithjackson (14) 54.5 B Jacobson 35/1 D 260 11 7.65 Tom Ivors (2) 59.5 A Delpech 18/10 D 403 12 7.75 Sea Urchin (12) 55.5 I Sturgeon 20/1 D 383 13 8.00 Dukes Drift (10) 53.5 S Cele 75/1 D 267 14 16.75 Who Goes There Time: 84.53s (60.38s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:AJ Rivalland O:Mrs M D J Liley & Mr E Cassim B:Backworth Stud

Magic

WON at Vaal, 21 January

Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)

1400m R75,000

K 305 1 0.00 Wafiqah (4) 60.0 G v Niekerk 12/1 3 b f Toreador - Kiribati (Model Man) (7) 60.0 M Byleveld 4/1 K 295 2 1.25 Variance 3 b f Var - U Aintseenothinyet (Goldmark) (9) 60.0 A Domeyer 20/1 K 335 3 1.75 La Flambee 3 b f Windrush - Place Morny(CHI) (Doneraile Court) (3) 60.0 B May 40/1 K 343 4 2.15 Flying Peg (1) 60.0 S Khumalo 9/2 K 344 5 3.15 Sabrina Fair (6) 60.0 C Orffer 13/2 K 336 6 5.15 New Found Glory (11) 60.0 G Wright 100/1 K 363 7 5.25 Invisible Juice (10) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 13/10 K 336 8 5.30 Ferrero Rocha (8) 60.0 A Andrews 16/1 K 335 9 5.50 Sava Sunset (2) 60.0 K Steyn 30/1 K 343 10 6.25 Squiddly Diddly (5) 60.0 H vd Hoven 100/1 K 336 11 14.50 Mrs Gray Time: 89.07s (63.62s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:DR Hodgson O:Mr H Adams B:The Alchemy

TURFFONTEIN Saturday 23 January Going: good

Race 1 (632)

BRAZUCA

3 ch c Teofilo - Base Paradise(AUS) (Choisir) Kenilworth over 2000m, 23 Jan for trainer JJ v Vuuren

SOWETO MOON 2 b c Zoffany - Soweto(AUS) (Umatilla)

WON at Kenilworth over 1000m, 20 Jan for trainer J Snaith

WHISKY BARON 3 b c Manhattan Rain - Tazkara(FR) (Sinndar)

WON 2.0L at Kenilworth over 1200m, 23 Jan for trainer BJ Crawford and placed . .

Extreme Dubai, Fantasy Art, Tabreek

www.aushorse.net.au

1000m R90,000

1 0.00 Jiffy (4) 60.0 I Sturgeon 20/1 2 ch g A P Arrow - Riley’s Star (Muhtafal) (9) 60.0 N Patel 45/1 2 2.10 Roman Evening 2 ch c Imperial Stride - Red Sunset (Jallad) (2) 60.0 M Thackeray 16/1 3 2.60 See You Jimmy 2 b c Daring Bid - Star Of Aran (Jallad) (5) 60.0 J Mariba 33/1 4 3.20 Just As Frisky (1) 60.0 C Zackey 14/10 T 551 5 4.00 Silver King (6) 60.0 A Fortune 12/10 6 5.75 Double Appeal (7) 60.0 S Brown 12/1 7 8.50 Mia Culpa (3) 60.0 C Maujean 33/1 8 12.50 Miesque’s Rumba (8) 60.0 M v Rensburg 33/1 9 13.25 Diplomat Time: 58.77s (58.77s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:BD Botes O:Mr S J D Mynhardt B:SJD Mynhardt

Race 2 (633)

Turffontein Pinnacle Stakes

1400m R125,000

K 317 1 0.00 Zambezi River (5) 60.0 J Mariba 33/10 4 b g Trippi - Margaret River(USA) (Seeking The Gold) (2) 58.5 C Zackey 5/1 T 434 2 0.30 Diesel Jet 4 b c Jet Master - Weston Fair (Western Winter) (6) 57.0 R Munger 14/1 T 331 3 1.70 Pivotal Pursuit 6 b g Pivotal - Issa(GB) (Pursuit Of Love) (4) 60.0 I Sturgeon 22/10 T 522 4 3.80 Shadow Ofhis Smile (1) 57.0 M v Rensburg 5/1 T 380 5 5.55 Majestic Bay (3) 55.5 C Maujean 25/1 T 522 6 7.55 Stavinsky (7) 58.5 A Fortune 5/1 T 522 7 11.00 Forest Indigo Time: 86.8s (62s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Messrs C J H van Niekerk & M J Jooste B:Drakenstein Stud

Race 3 (634)

Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)

2000m R90,000

Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)

1160m R90,000

Turffontein MR 72 Handicap

1160m R82,000

Turffontein MR 67 Handicap (F&M)

1800m R82,000

T 554 1 0.00 Shankly Gates (10) 58.0 C Maujean 30/1 3 ch f Latino Magic - Day Girl (Modern Day) (14) 58.0 K Zechner 4/1 V 571 2 0.40 Tip Of The Glacier 3 b f Western Winter - Tale Ofthe Glacier (Lauterbrunnen) (4) 58.0 A Fortune 22/10 V 571 3 0.80 Winning Sister 3 b f Dynasty - Glory Sister(USA) (Grand Slam) (8) 58.0 I Sturgeon 7/2 V 589 4 5.60 Lovingkindness (7) 58.0 M v Rensburg 45/1 T 1078 5 9.30 Windy Desert (12) 58.0 J Penny 10/1 T 545 6 11.90 Topography (9) 58.0 R Munger 20/1 V 595 7 17.30 Lindy Lu (3) 58.0 M Thackeray 70/1 T 517 8 24.80 Ursula (1) 60.0 Wes Marwing 45/1 V 571 9 9.40 Rose Of Castille (5) 58.0 C Zackey 16/1 V 589 10 15.30 Angel Of Mercy (6) 58.0 S Brown 14/1 V 595 11 16.00 Cup Bearer (2) 58.0 M Yeni 12/1 V 589 12 24.50 Rich And Dark (11) 58.0 D Habib 75/1 V 427 13 25.10 Princess Chacha (13) 60.0 N Patel 110/1 V 427 14 9.90 Somerset Skye Time: 127.38s (63.69s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:S Moffatt O:Mrs J Moffatt B:Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud

Race 4 (635)

1 0.00 The Smell Of Rain (3) 60.0 J Sampson 7/2 3 b f Judpot - Belle Of Choice (Up And At ‘Em) (10) 60.0 J Mariba 16/1 2 1.50 Shine Bright 3 ch f Goldkeeper - Bright Thing (Lizard Island) (1) 60.0 I Sturgeon 3/1 V 586 3 2.00 Snowdonia 3 b f Greys Inn - Winter Cherry (Western Winter) (2) 60.0 A Fortune 4/1 V 586 4 2.25 Jay River (4) 60.0 M Yeni 7/2 5 3.00 Seattle Surprise (5) 60.0 R Simons 25/1 T 605 6 7.25 Doubly Attractive (8) 60.0 M v Rensburg 100/1 V 586 7 7.45 Shirley-Kay (7) 60.0 K Zechner 8/1 V 561 8 7.95 Ribbonofmoonlight (6) 60.0 J Penny 40/1 T 214 9 11.25 Rocky Shore (9) 60.0 R Munger 110/1 V 589 10 14.25 La Femme Nikita Time: 69.15s (59.61s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:E Verdonese O:Messrs G W Jooste & J G Gomes B:JJ Venter

Race 5 (636)

T 541 1 0.00 Barbel Run (16) 59.0 C Ngcobo 4/1 5 b g Joshua Dancer - Sierra Blue (Crystal de Roche) (13) 55.5 M v Rensburg 14/1 T 524 2 0.50 Fort Eagle 4 ch g Fort Wood - Roman Eagle (Caesour) (1) 56.5 R Simons 14/1 T 553 3 1.00 Dragoon 4 b g Trippi - Dragon Lily (National Emblem) (7) 58.0 C Zackey 14/1 T 511 4 1.05 Last Battle (6) 53.0 N Patel 25/1 V 505 5 2.75 Tiger’s Legacy (2) 53.5 J Sampson 14/1 V 41 6 2.85 Rockingandrolling (14) 61.0 R Munger 8/1 T 511 7 3.25 All Night Flight (5) 60.5 A Fortune 4/1 S 457 8 4.85 Gambol (8) 53.5 J Penny 40/1 T 366 9 5.60 Kahal Legal (12) 57.0 M Thackeray 14/1 V 566 10 5.70 Mutakayyef (4) 53.0 C Maujean 40/1 T 511 11 5.75 Sir Price (10) 60.5 M Yeni 8/1 K 221 12 5.85 Beyond Limits (11) 54.0 Wes Marwing 20/1 T 372 13 7.45 The Badge (3) 58.0 K Zechner 25/1 T 216 14 7.95 Night March (15) 58.0 F Herholdt 33/1 V 192 15 10.50 Rebel Renegade (9) 59.0 J Mariba 16/1 V 599 16 17.00 Jock Silberstein Time: 68.28s (58.86s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:AG Laird O:Miss C K Stewart & Mr P E White B:Clifton Stud

Race 6 (637)

2ND Gr1 Cape Derby (3yo’s)

Turffontein Maiden Juvenile Plate

T 555 1 0.00 Estimation (5) 60.0 K Zechner 13/10 3 ch f Distorted Humor - Ebaraya(IRE) (Sadler’s Wells) (9) 55.5 C Maujean 16/1 T 555 2 0.20 Luala 6 b m Victory Moon - Guest Farm (National Assembly) (2) 56.5 S Brown 7/1 T 531 3 2.20 Misristocrat 3 b f Miesque’s Approval - Jungle Princess (Mogok) (8) 55.5 C Zackey 40/1 T 496 4 2.45 Spurwing Summer (1) 60.0 R Simons 16/1 T 523 5 2.50 Main Sunday (11) 58.5 G Wrogemann 5/1 T 556 6 4.00 Beautiful Shay (12) 58.0 A Fortune 11/2 T 550 7 4.40 Eina (4) 58.0 R Munger 14/1 T 531 8 6.30 A P Chanel (10) 52.0 J Penny 75/1 V 576 9 9.50 Madam Alexis (7) 52.5 F Herholdt 50/1 T 555 10 11.90 Lady Muffet (6) 57.5 M Yeni 10/1 T 479 11 12.60 Flirting Around (3) 52.0 M Thackeray 75/1 T 465 12 25.50 Global Spin Time: 114.57s (63.65s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:G v Zyl O:Mr K Pillay & Mrs M N Pillay & Mrs C C Naidoo B:Klawervlei Stud

Race 7 (638)

Turffontein MR 91 Handicap

1800m R106,000

T 547 1 0.00 Stonehenge (5) 60.5 J Mariba 6/1 4 b c Seventh Rock - Pacific Sunrise(AUS) (Twig Moss) (8) 57.0 S Brown 5/1 T 463 2 4.00 Fah Fee 4 ch g Ideal World - Dream Of Gold(IRE) (Sadler’s Wells) (3) 56.0 C Zackey 9/1 V 573 3 5.75 Noble Star 6 b g Kahal - Arabian Magic (Al Mufti) (6) 53.0 F Herholdt 33/1 V 574 4 5.80 Tom Fool (7) 56.0 R Simons 4/1 T 515 5 7.30 Lava Flow (4) 61.5 A Fortune 9/2 T 547 6 7.50 Shea Devon (1) 55.5 I Sturgeon 8/1 T 578 7 8.20 American Storm (11) 57.0 G Wrogemann 40/1 T 378 8 8.25 Leeuloop Jet (9) 61.5 K Zechner 6/1 T 522 9 9.50 Johnny Rockets (10) 57.0 M Yeni 16/1 T 539 10 11.30 Savage Wind (2) 54.0 R Munger 45/1 T 463 11 14.80 Isosha Time: 112.35s (62.42s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Seventh Rock Syndicate (Nom: Mr M J Jooste) B:Daytona Stud

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LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Race 8 (639)

Turffontein MR 83 Handicap (F&M)

1800m R106,000

V 590 1 0.00 Cape Marigold (3) 53.5 R Munger 11/2 4 b f Right Approach - Cape Lilac (Fort Wood) (7) 57.5 A Fortune 7/1 T 549 2 0.50 Zrinski 4 b f Dynasty - Congestion Charge(GB) (Diktat) (1) 55.5 C Zackey 8/1 T 580 3 1.00 Party Magic 6 b m Indigo Magic - Star Of The Party (Silvano) (6) 53.0 M v Rensburg 6/1 T 556 4 1.05 Gain Ground (5) 55.5 I Sturgeon 14/1 T 549 5 1.15 She’s A Looker (4) 56.5 S Brown 5/2 V 567 6 1.90 Krystle Carrington (9) 54.0 M Yeni 6/1 T 384 7 2.15 Paris Princess (2) 61.0 J Mariba 8/1 T 611 8 3.45 Epsom Downs (8) 52.5 Wes Marwing 12/1 V 567 9 13.00 Miracle Rising Time: 114.08s (63.38s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:M Houdalakis O:Stone Hill Stud (Nom: Mr H C W Rix) B:Wilgerbosdrift

Race 9 (640)

Turffontein MR 72 Handicap

1800m R82,000

T 559 1 0.00 Shimmering Brook (2) 57.5 C Zackey 11/2 4 b g Silvano - Brilliant Brook (Argosy) (4) 56.5 A Fortune 15/4 T 548 2 3.80 Elusive Seven 3 b g Seventh Rock - Elude And Avoid(AUS) (Elusive Quality) (1) 52.0 M Thackeray 4/1 T 546 3 4.00 Aza Arrow 4 ch c A P Arrow - Odessa(ARG) (Luhuk) (7) 56.5 G Wrogemann 25/1 T 499 4 5.25 Perfect Grace (11) 57.0 K Zechner 9/2 V 574 5 6.65 Triple Beat (6) 60.0 M Yeni 7/2 V 601 6 7.15 Street Flyer (5) 52.0 N Patel 66/1 T 548 7 9.35 Mickey Gossiper (10) 54.0 M v Rensburg 12/1 V 574 8 9.75 Flaming Ace (8) 56.0 I Sturgeon 20/1 V 601 9 13.00 Lundy’s Star (3) 52.0 J Penny 66/1 Q 135 10 21.00 Chevalier (9) 52.0 R Munger 75/1 T 84 11 35.00 Wise Geek Time: 112.84s (62.69s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Al Adiyaat South Africa (Pty) Ltd B:WJ Engelbrecht

SCOTTSVILLE Sunday 24 January Going: soft

Race 1 (467)

Scottsville Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies)

1000m R80,000

1 0.00 Ebtihaal (3) 60.0 A Delpech 5/10 2 ch f Exchange Rate - Asian Influence(USA) (Pine Bluff) (5) 60.0 W Kennedy 6/1 2 3.00 Blaze Of Mystery 2 b f Toreador - Killaney Road (Northern Guest) (2) 60.0 C Storey 45/1 S 418 3 4.75 Himalayan Empress 2 b f A P Answer - Almost Illegal (Alami) (7) 60.0 T Godden 11/2 S 418 4 4.80 Sovereign Magic (1) 60.0 I Sturgeon 20/1 S 418 5 8.80 Why Rio (6) 60.0 C Habib 20/1 6 9.05 Stylist (4) 60.0 S Randolph 16/1 S 418 7 15.55 Dear Nancy Time: 59.52s (59.52s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 114% 1st T:MF de Kock O:Al Adiyaat South Africa (Pty) Ltd B:Phalaris Breeding Ltd

Race 2 (468)

Scottsville Maiden Plate (F&M)

1200m R80,000

1 0.00 Serval (1) 60.0 S Randolph 25/1 3 b f Black Minnaloushe - Sawubona (Fort Wood) (5) 60.0 W Kennedy 50/1 S 425 2 0.75 Gemsgalore 3 b f Mogok - True Lily (Joshua Dancer) (4) 60.0 ES Ngwane 20/1 D 413 3 1.75 Liberty Market 3 b f Bankable - Diligence (Kahal) (2) 60.0 M Yeni 28/10 D 407 4 2.00 Glimmer Of Silver (7) 60.0 I Sturgeon 4/1 D 407 5 2.15 Paix Embleme (6) 60.0 A Forbes 7/2 S 425 6 2.65 Cherry Hill (10) 60.0 J Jordaan 7/1 7 8.65 Variscite (9) 60.0 T Godden 40/1 S 425 8 10.65 Roy’s Jewel (11) 60.0 C Habib 25/1 9 11.40 Sherry (8) 60.0 C Ngcobo 66/1 S 454 10 12.90 Sandy’s Point (3) 60.0 A Marcus 5/1 11 24.15 All The Best Time: 72.3s (60.25s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:MD Miller O:Messrs J R Maistry, N G Alli, Sterling M Miller & Miller Racing Syndicate (Nom : Mr Sterling M Miller) B:Maine Chance

Race 5 (471)

ESTATE BREEDERS OF

3rd Gr2 Al Fahidi Fort

MASTERMIND 4c Var - Model IQ (Model Man)

1 win 2 places 6 runs

at Meydan - Dubai, 1400m, 21 January

Race 6 (472)

. . . and placed . . .

Variance VAR & ORATORIO stand at Avontuur Contact Pippa Mickleburgh (021) 855 1442 or 083 658 4404 stud@avontuurestate.co.za Race 3 (469)

Scottsville Maiden Plate (F&M)

1200m R80,000

Scottsville Maiden Plate

1200m R80,000

S 374 1 0.00 Camomile (1) 60.0 A Marcus 8/10 4 b f St Petersburg - Razy Wells(ARG) (Poliglote) (10) 60.0 C Ngcobo 33/1 2 5.25 La Carmelita 3 b f Ideal World - South La Charla(ARG) (Southern Halo) (8) 60.0 L Mohapi 12/1 3 7.25 Enticer 3 b f Judpot - Excessive (Al Mufti) (3) 60.0 M Ntuli 5/2 D 436 4 7.50 Baby In Black (2) 60.0 T Godden 14/1 D 341 5 8.50 Illusionation (5) 60.0 DS Lembethe 66/1 S 419 6 8.75 Don’tstoptheparty (9) 60.0 S Veale 12/1 7 10.50 Silver Solitude (7) 60.0 C Storey 75/1 D 407 8 12.00 Queen’s Crest (6) 60.0 K Jupp 40/1 9 16.00 Forbidden Duel (4) 60.0 L Mxothwa 25/1 S 339 10 19.00 Ding Ding Time: 72.1s (60.08s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:R Hill O:Messrs S Manicom, J M Da Silva Santos & R A Hill B:Tmen Studs

Race 4 (470)

D 383 1 0.00 Colonel Bling (5) 60.0 J Jordaan 7/1 4 ch g Tiger Ridge - Lady Bling (Fort Wood) (1) 60.0 A Delpech 3/1 D 409 2 1.50 Reactive 3 b g Bankable - Four Ladies Wild (Western Winter) (8) 60.0 S Veale 14/1 3 8.50 Shogun 3 b g Dynasty - Oceana (Elliodor) (7) 60.0 A Forbes 9/2 D 364 4 11.50 Destined For Dawn (12) 60.0 A Marcus 7/1 5 13.25 Captain’s Vista (9) 60.0 S Randolph 7/1 S 331 6 13.40 Los Barbados (4) 60.0 I Sturgeon 14/1 S 208 7 13.45 Sheltering Arms (2) 60.0 M Ntuli 100/1 D 427 8 16.20 Enemy Action (6) 60.0 M Yeni 8/1 D 437 9 16.25 Whirl Away Lad (11) 60.0 T Godden 12/1 S 420 10 17.00 Lord Luton (10) 60.0 H Ramlugaan 100/1 11 19.75 Ottawa Rima (3) 60.0 W Kennedy 25/1 D 282 12 20.50 The Duck Time: 71.17s (59.31s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:JE Freedman O:Messrs R H Clayton & J E Freedman B:Just-in Stud

Scottsville Maiden Plate (F&M)

1000m R80,000

1 0.00 Cosmic Burst (3) 60.0 S Veale 9/2 3 ch f Var - Colour Burst (Lizard Island) (5) 60.0 A Marcus 28/10 D 392 2 3.00 Alldressedup 3 b f Bankable - Lady Supreme (Jet Master) (2) 60.0 C Ngcobo 20/1 D 428 3 5.00 Being Julia 5 b m Joshua Dancer - Julia Tibbs (Casey Tibbs) (4) 60.0 W Kennedy 4/1 4 5.25 Hello Mah (11) 60.0 A Forbes 28/10 D 392 5 7.50 Caroline’s Call (1) 60.0 J Jordaan 100/1 D 428 6 8.50 Le Monde (7) 60.0 B Nyawo 100/1 7 11.75 Salient Find (9) 60.0 ES Ngwane 33/1 S 419 8 12.50 Bois Cheri (10) 60.0 C Storey 100/1 9 13.25 Queen Of Iceni (8) 60.0 T Godden 50/1 D 392 10 15.25 Westerly Wind (6) 60.0 I Sturgeon 13/2 S 419 11 18.00 Queen Chloe Time: 58.91s (58.91s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:DR Drier O:Messrs P Govender, K P Naidoo, Drs M K K Naidoo & S M Naidoo B:Collingwood Stud

Scottsville Maiden Plate

1000m R80,000

D 438 1 0.00 Cold Shot (1) 60.0 C Habib 7/1 5 b g Western Winter - Joy of Spring (Sharp Romance) (3) 60.0 DS Lembethe 4/1 D 384 2 1.00 Prince George 4 b g Toreador - Splendid News (London News) (8) 60.0 A Delpech 6/10 S 426 3 2.25 Dynamic Force 3 b g Toreador - Bouncer (Black Minnaloushe) (9) 60.0 S Cele 14/1 S 420 4 8.00 Silver Green (4) 60.0 K Jupp 22/1 D 437 5 10.00 Oracle Kingdom (10) 60.0 C Storey 100/1 D 414 6 12.00 Emporio Mani (7) 60.0 ES Ngwane 33/1 S 712 7 13.75 Rustler (5) 60.0 M Mjoka 100/1 S 333 8 15.25 West Coast Man (2) 60.0 J Jordaan 25/1 9 19.00 Old Equalizer (6) 60.0 C Ngcobo 40/1 D 384 10 22.00 Roy’s Dynamite Time: 58.75s (58.75s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:JM Goodman O:Messrs M A Currie, M C Gerber, J M Goodman, G R Sadleir & Mr & Mrs M W Ridley B:Moutonshoek

Race 7 (473)

Scottsville MR 86 Handicap

1000m R92,000

Scottsville MR 68 Handicap

1000m R64,000

D 913 1 0.00 Natal (5) 61.5 C Ngcobo 11/2 3 ch g Argonaut - Hope Jo’Anna(USA) (Chimes Band) (7) 60.0 C Habib 7/2 S 373 2 2.25 Piano Man 6 b h Mogok - Voga Longa (Western Winter) (4) 55.5 DS Lembethe 25/1 D 200 3 3.00 October Eleventh 5 g Var - Quest For Gold (Jallad) (6) 58.0 B Jacobson 25/1 D 440 4 4.25 Bengal Boy (1) 59.0 A Marcus 17/10 D 393 5 6.00 Big King (3) 56.5 I Sturgeon 9/2 D 393 6 6.25 Fire The Rocket (2) 56.5 ES Ngwane 8/1 S 149 7 7.25 Golden Mirabilis Time: 58.62s (58.62s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 112% 1st T:ML Roberts O:Dr N A Labuschagne & Mr B Jonsson B:Cheveley Stud

Race 8 (474)

S 457 1 0.00 Aldric (1) 60.5 C Habib 9/2 6 ch g Jallad - Princess Belinda (Royal Chalice) (7) 60.0 T Godden 11/2 S 423 2 8.75 Letdagoodtimesroll 4 b g Fort Beluga - Mabaleng (Sportsworld) (4) 55.5 A Forbes 13/2 S 335 3 8.80 Threshold 6 b g Right Approach - Portal (Damascus Gate) (3) 55.5 A Delpech 9/2 D 410 4 10.55 King’s Affair (2) 55.5 B Jacobson 25/1 D 410 5 13.80 Bermudabreeze (8) 56.5 I Sturgeon 12/1 D 410 6 13.85 Authorice (9) 53.0 M Mjoka 40/1 D 128 7 15.10 Rebel Rain (5) 58.0 M Yeni 16/1 S 420 8 15.85 Red China (12) 60.0 ES Ngwane 9/1 D 249 9 16.10 Thunder Run (11) 52.0 DS Lembethe 16/1 D 410 10 16.25 Stampede (13) 54.5 S Veale 16/1 D 442 11 18.00 Chapel Queen (10) 58.5 W Kennedy 33/1 D 437 12 18.50 Roman Society (6) 60.0 C Ngcobo 11/1 D 142 13 19.50 Frisket (14) 52.0 K Jupp 40/1 D 410 14 21.00 Mr President (15) 52.0 C Storey 35/1 S 335 15 21.50 Fat Chance Time: 57.67s (57.67s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:JM Goodman O:Messrs M A Currie & K P Naidoo & Mrs S J De Oliveira B:H Winterbach

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