No. 2233
FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th MARCH 2016
ISSN 1023 / 6996
FAIRVIEW 12:40pm (Friday) p.24
GREYVILLE POLY/NIGHT 5:10pm (Friday) p.33
TURFFONTEIN INNER 12:35pm (Saturday) p.44
KENILWORTH 2:05pm (Saturday) p.52
GREYVILLE MIXED 1:15pm (Sunday) p.59
CTS Million Dollar
The consistent Mogok gelding Way Of Light could pick up his first stakes win
'Heavy' & Horseracing - The Big Winners
page 10
Miracles & Meydan
Laff Beats The Odds
page 21
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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th MARCH 2016
MAMMA MIA!
This past week Taso The Sailor trotted up in the dying strides in the Kimberley 1400 for Bill Human. While Mamasita led the pack from the front to beat the Grade One winner, Bilateral in the Umsinzi Handicap for Weiho Marwing.
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OUR READY TO RUN GRADUATES CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY DO BEST - WIN! LEADING BREEDERS BY STAKES
LEADING TRAINERS BY STAKES
season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 March 2016 Stakes
22,407,117 14,260,688 10,738,800 7,747,038 6,867,226 6,567,925 5,826,425 5,435,938 4,933,075 4,568,100 4,180,450 4,046,450 3,654,519 3,542,213 3,180,400 2,999,525 2,963,925
season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 March 2016
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 Mauritzfontein Stud Lammerskraal Stud Scott Bros Drakenstein Stud Varsfontein Stud Ascot Stud Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud Moutonshoek The Alchemy GJ Armitage Gary Player Stud Cheveley Stud
333 316 152 171 111 95 78 147 86 89 74 98 92 88 63 63 67
67,289 1506 45,129 1617 70,650 684 45,304 772 61,867 539 69,136 451 74,698 359 36,979 761 57,361 339 51,327 418 56,493 327 41,290 452 39,723 418 40,252 444 50,483 314 47,612 280 44,238 309
98 123 104 149 54 77 65 85 50 70 37 48 38 61 39 50 39 54 38 46 30 38 23 24 31 38 34 44 24 33 26 32 29 37
29% 33% 36% 38% 45% 39% 49% 27% 45% 43% 41% 23% 34% 39% 38% 41% 43%
3 2 6 1 3 3 5 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 1
416 413 184 255 174 146 108 223 109 148 103 123 116 136 100 75 89
3 3% 2 2% 8 11% 1 2% 4 6% 5 8% 6 13% 1 3% 5 8% 1 3% 1 3% 0 0% 3 10% 0 0% 1 4% 2 8% 1 3%
28% 26% 27% 33% 32% 32% 30% 29% 32% 35% 31% 27% 28% 31% 32% 27% 29%
11 10 8 11 7 4 6 1 4 5 8 1 1 5 1 3 3
top earner with stakes & % of total stakes
Illuminator 10,615,467 Champagne Haze 1,575,175 Silver Mountain 4,330,824 Princess Royal 270,000 Noah From Goa 1,215,625 Smart Call 2,503,000 Abashiri 891,250 Wild One 781,250 Inara 1,037,800 Captain America 571,000 Gulf Storm 680,250 Victorious Jay 1,870,850 Exit Here 685,494 Lunar Approach 198,875 Anglet 575,000 Cuvee Brut 278,200 Legislate 300,000
47% 11% 40% 3% 18% 38% 15% 14% 21% 12% 16% 46% 19% 6% 18% 9% 10%
LEADING SIRES BY STAKES
season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 March 2016 Stakes
20,383,067 13,215,349 10,142,263 8,749,588 8,409,551 6,658,432 6,581,700 6,323,163 5,476,650 5,459,363 5,080,163 4,187,163 4,006,413 3,948,138 3,899,838 3,845,362 3,577,750
Sire
rnrs
AEPR
Trippi Silvano Captain Al *Kahal Dynasty Jay Peg *Western Winter *Jet Master Ideal World Var Judpot Mogok Toreador *Tiger Ridge Miesque’s Approval Seventh Rock Greys Inn
162 125,821 188 70,294 152 66,725 161 54,345 138 60,939 109 61,087 116 56,739 101 62,606 74 74,009 135 40,440 108 47,039 100 41,872 102 39,279 82 48,148 141 27,658 83 46,330 66 54,208
runs
wnrs wns
wnr/ rnr%
648 827 687 890 680 549 542 495 319 563 502 477 461 389 774 366 347
76 101 76 107 79 116 64 97 58 80 39 55 51 79 44 55 30 40 50 68 44 58 31 38 30 45 24 35 38 49 22 25 25 34
47% 40% 52% 40% 42% 36% 44% 44% 41% 37% 41% 31% 29% 29% 27% 27% 38%
SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%
8 4 10 1 7 1 2 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 2
10 11% 5 5% 11 13% 1 2% 7 12% 1 3% 2 4% 3 7% 4 7% 3 6% 4 7% 1 3% 1 3% 2 4% 0 0% 1 5% 2 8%
plcs plc/ SP rns%
193 251 218 204 218 174 164 163 95 165 167 144 138 110 183 93 84
30% 30% 32% 23% 32% 32% 30% 33% 30% 29% 33% 30% 30% 28% 24% 25% 24%
12 7 4 6 11 4 5 9 2 4 3 1 4 3 0 2 1
top earner with stakes & % of total stakes
Illuminator 10,615,467 Silver Mountain 4,330,824 Captain America 571,000 Champagne Haze 1,575,175 Futura 730,000 Victorious Jay 1,870,850 Brutal Force 669,450 Master Sabina 1,200,000 Smart Call 2,503,000 Our Destiny 271,775 Deputy Jud 625,000 Wild One 781,250 Lazer Star 392,500 Noah From Goa 1,215,625 Caymen Sunset 172,450 Seventh Plain 1,003,487 Legal Eagle 1,146,000
52% 33% 6% 18% 9% 28% 10% 19% 46% 5% 12% 19% 10% 31% 4% 26% 32%
LEADING SIRES OF 3YO’S BY STAKES season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 March 2016
Stakes
13,907,617 7,633,499 5,019,813 4,984,644 3,626,375 3,207,901 2,661,825 2,627,337 2,589,075 2,251,550 2,142,813 2,041,025 1,859,050 1,796,013 1,726,725 1,721,075 1,554,725
Sire
Trippi Silvano Captain Al Jay Peg *Kahal Dynasty *Western Winter Seventh Rock Var Visionaire Judpot *Tiger Ridge Toreador Mogok Ideal World Go Deputy Brave Tin Soldier
rnrs
AEPR
74 187,941 77 99,136 69 72,751 52 95,859 60 60,440 41 78,241 46 57,866 45 58,385 63 41,096 52 43,299 45 47,618 27 75,594 57 32,615 45 39,911 40 43,168 22 78,231 29 53,611
runs
306 279 318 279 293 186 209 201 258 227 203 115 245 206 183 99 128
wnrs wns
38 30 41 23 21 26 23 12 26 14 24 8 16 17 18 9 9
49 45 63 37 28 39 39 14 34 22 27 13 19 22 23 14 10
wnr/ rnr%
SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%
plcs plc/ SP rns%
51% 39% 59% 44% 35% 63% 50% 27% 41% 27% 53% 30% 28% 38% 45% 41% 31%
0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
98 93 100 90 63 54 68 52 83 77 70 34 72 69 54 28 35
0 0% 3 7% 3 7% 1 4% 0 0% 1 4% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 7% 0 0% 2 13% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 11% 1 11%
32% 33% 31% 32% 22% 29% 33% 26% 32% 34% 34% 30% 29% 33% 30% 28% 27%
3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 4 0
LEADING SIRES OF 3YO’S BY AEPR 13,907,617 7,633,499 4,984,644 3,207,901 1,721,075 2,041,025 5,019,813 1,544,325 3,626,375 2,627,337
Breeder
Trippi Silvano Jay Peg Dynasty Go Deputy *Tiger Ridge Captain Al Querari *Kahal Seventh Rock
rnrs
AEPR
74 187,941 77 99,136 52 95,859 41 78,241 22 78,231 27 75,594 69 72,751 23 67,145 60 60,440 45 58,385
runs
306 279 279 186 99 115 318 103 293 201
wnrs wns
38 30 23 26 9 8 41 13 21 12
49 45 37 39 14 13 63 18 28 14
SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%
plcs plc/ SP rns%
51% 39% 44% 63% 41% 30% 59% 57% 35% 27%
0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0
98 93 90 54 28 34 100 39 63 52
32% 33% 32% 29% 28% 30% 31% 38% 22% 26%
76% 57% 6% 38% 43% 22% 9% 38% 10% 25% 8% 60% 9% 13% 7% 52% 58%
3 1 2 4 4 1 0 4 2 1
76% 57% 38% 22% 52% 60% 6% 10% 43% 38%
LEADING SIRES OF 2YO’S BY STAKES season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 March 2016
Stakes
635,000 272,500 229,150 209,500 163,125 148,700 142,675 133,125 127,500 123,800
Sire
Var Captain Al Rebel King Trippi *Western Winter Argonaut Sail From Seattle Elusive Fort Silvano Querari
rnrs
14 8 18 5 4 10 10 6 3 4
AEPR
45,357 34,063 12,731 41,900 40,781 14,870 14,268 22,188 42,500 30,950
runs
24 10 37 7 6 15 17 8 5 8
wnrs wns
8 4 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2
9 5 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2
wnr/ rnr%
SW SW SW/ wnrs wns wnr%
57% 50% 6% 40% 75% 20% 10% 33% 67% 50%
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 13% 1 25% 0 0% 1 50% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
plcs plc/ SP rns%
9 1 19 4 2 7 7 4 2 4
38% 10% 51% 57% 33% 47% 41% 50% 40% 50%
1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
top earner with stakes & % of total stakes
Exquisite Touch Sergeant Hardy Zevenastic Flying Myth Bishop’s Bounty O Tamara Pacific Spirit Safe Harbour Janoobi Fresh
*Stallion dead or Retired **Stallion Not Standing in RSA **Breeding operations not based in RSA
156,250 134,375 63,150 93,750 61,875 69,350 68,750 56,250 66,250 68,125
win %
fav
SG Tarry J Snaith MW Bass GR Puller MF de Kock G v Zyl AG Laird MG Azzie GV Woodruff BJ Crawford VH Marshall DR Drier GM Alexander M Houdalakis AC Greeff DC Howells D Kannemeyer GS Kotzen J Ramsden DA Sham JJ v Vuuren Y Bremner CS Laird WH Marwing OA Ferraris PA Peter KG Naidoo C Spies
859 121 14% 767 139 18% 557 70 13% 99 8 8% 491 76 15% 437 60 14% 262 37 14% 337 42 12% 285 39 14% 374 53 14% 384 38 10% 339 43 13% 219 24 11% 385 44 11% 527 66 13% 347 41 12% 292 48 16% 480 39 8% 298 35 12% 467 52 11% 240 24 10% 547 42 8% 166 27 16% 264 28 11% 208 21 10% 291 26 9% 382 25 7% 368 29 8%
168 171 84 7 147 55 56 38 53 62 49 63 22 48 67 49 73 35 44 57 31 51 48 24 31 29 18 22
fav wfav % % 20% 22% 15% 7% 30% 13% 21% 11% 19% 17% 13% 19% 10% 12% 13% 14% 25% 7% 15% 12% 13% 9% 29% 9% 15% 10% 5% 6%
2nd 2nd %
35% 44% 38% 43% 33% 42% 36% 34% 28% 31% 33% 29% 23% 31% 30% 31% 34% 26% 34% 30% 23% 29% 38% 42% 29% 17% 56% 45%
87 86 61 9 77 48 29 41 35 43 43 40 25 36 58 27 40 49 33 47 35 41 15 25 35 21 29 22
10% 11% 11% 9% 16% 11% 11% 12% 12% 11% 11% 12% 11% 9% 11% 8% 14% 10% 11% 10% 15% 7% 9% 9% 17% 7% 8% 6%
1st 1st fourfour% 370 373 247 30 253 204 133 155 136 170 169 166 91 166 235 135 159 174 133 191 110 195 79 90 98 105 125 123
43% 49% 44% 30% 52% 47% 51% 46% 48% 45% 44% 49% 42% 43% 45% 39% 54% 36% 45% 41% 46% 36% 48% 34% 47% 36% 33% 33%
stakes
stks/ runs
13,118,488 11,918,763 11,420,037 11,081,317 8,949,725 6,541,775 6,187,825 6,136,663 5,105,238 4,989,176 4,782,625 4,766,225 4,298,025 3,968,850 3,929,138 3,898,550 3,828,275 3,788,063 3,781,238 3,433,775 3,251,638 2,950,138 2,925,569 2,810,713 2,509,488 2,379,300 2,216,875 2,188,613
15,272 15,539 20,503 111,932 18,228 14,970 23,618 18,210 17,913 13,340 12,455 14,060 19,626 10,309 7,456 11,235 13,111 7,892 12,689 7,353 13,548 5,393 17,624 10,647 12,065 8,176 5,803 5,947
LEADING TRAINERS/JOCKEYS BY WINS % season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 March 2016
trainer/ jockey
runs wins win %
SG Tarry/A Delpech J Snaith/P Strydom CS Laird/A Marcus D Kannemeyer/A Delpech J Snaith/B Fayd’herbe J Snaith/S Khumalo M Houdalakis/G Lerena T Prinsloo/A Fortune C Lensley/M Yeni GV Woodruff/G Lerena MF de Kock/A Delpech A Nel/A Domeyer JJ v Vuuren/Wei Marwing SG Tarry/S Khumalo AC Greeff/G Cheyne AC Greeff/A Fortune J Snaith/A Fortune LW Goosen/P Strydom MW Bass/G v Niekerk S Miller/G Wrogemann J Snaith/R Khathi MF de Kock/R Simons BJ Crawford/C Orffer Y Bremner/S Khumalo MG Azzie/JP vd Merwe OA Ferraris/Wei Marwing DC Howells/M Yeni
39 35 83 69 150 51 46 85 54 82 178 80 58 280 137 71 60 59 269 62 59 60 260 162 96 83 210
12 10 23 19 40 14 12 20 13 18 38 17 12 55 28 14 12 12 51 12 11 10 41 26 15 13 31
31% 29% 28% 28% 27% 27% 26% 24% 24% 22% 21% 21% 21% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 19% 19% 19% 17% 16% 16% 16% 16% 15%
fav
fav %
wfav 2nd 2nd % %
21 11 41 42 56 12 17 33 14 28 76 21 11 81 40 15 18 18 65 9 12 13 54 34 3 22 37
54% 31% 49% 61% 37% 24% 37% 39% 26% 34% 43% 26% 19% 29% 29% 21% 30% 31% 24% 15% 20% 22% 21% 21% 3% 27% 18%
48% 73% 41% 31% 43% 42% 29% 30% 50% 36% 34% 38% 36% 35% 30% 20% 39% 50% 40% 89% 50% 31% 28% 35% 33% 32% 30%
8 2 13 14 29 5 6 8 9 11 34 10 11 43 21 11 5 4 37 5 9 9 35 14 12 17 20
21% 6% 16% 20% 19% 10% 13% 9% 17% 13% 19% 13% 19% 15% 15% 15% 8% 7% 14% 8% 15% 15% 13% 9% 13% 20% 10%
stakes
stks/ runs
888,600 2,405,950 1,979,775 1,222,875 3,390,513 1,004,350 970,625 855,850 531,450 2,565,000 4,962,175 989,750 1,465,125 5,776,463 1,446,125 828,525 633,450 878,375 5,117,213 460,775 688,100 985,150 3,971,138 1,413,588 1,930,675 1,409,200 2,799,475
22,785 68,741 23,853 17,723 22,603 19,693 21,101 10,069 9,842 31,280 27,877 12,372 25,261 20,630 10,556 11,669 10,558 14,888 19,023 7,432 11,663 16,419 15,274 8,726 20,111 16,978 13,331
LEADING JOCKEYS BY WINS
jockey
top earner with stakes & % of total stakes
Illuminator 10,615,467 Silver Mountain 4,330,824 Victorious Jay 1,870,850 It’s My Turn 700,325 Abashiri 891,250 Noah From Goa 1,215,625 Redcarpet Captain 319,950 Racing Red 153,150 Champagne Haze 1,575,175 Seventh Plain 1,003,487
runs wins
season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 March 2016
ore runners
wnr/ rnr%
0 0% 3 7% 1 4% 1 4% 2 11% 2 13% 3 7% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Illuminator 10,615,467 Silver Mountain 4,330,824 Redcarpet Captain 319,950 Victorious Jay 1,870,850 Champagne Haze 1,575,175 It’s My Turn 700,325 Frosty Friday 249,375 Seventh Plain 1,003,487 Our Destiny 271,775 Heaps of Fun 570,625 Rocketball 161,500 Noah From Goa 1,215,625 Rikitikitana 158,875 Magic 235,475 Irish Pride 121,875 Abashiri 891,250 Rabada 900,000
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season 2015/2016 * 1 August - 6 March 2016
Stakes
top earner with stakes & % of total stakes
trainer
25% 49% 28% 45% 38% 47% 48% 42% 52% 55%
S Khumalo A Delpech A Fortune M Yeni A Marcus G Lerena G v Niekerk K Zechner JP vd Merwe G Cheyne P Strydom B Fayd’herbe A Domeyer I Sturgeon K De Melo R Munger C Orffer C Zackey W Kennedy Wei Marwing R Danielson B Lerena C Murray S Cormack A Forbes D Dillon M Byleveld M v Rensburg
rides wins 816 586 837 755 381 427 419 650 646 427 310 277 357 651 463 672 350 587 427 228 437 310 517 241 332 367 373 364
140 130 121 101 97 85 76 68 55 54 54 53 52 51 49 48 47 41 40 40 38 38 37 34 34 32 31 31
win %
fav
17% 22% 14% 13% 25% 20% 18% 10% 9% 13% 17% 19% 15% 8% 11% 7% 13% 7% 9% 18% 9% 12% 7% 14% 10% 9% 8% 9%
169 222 170 120 205 141 77 73 38 72 85 82 52 40 24 26 61 44 23 59 50 32 21 46 30 36 51 29
fav wfav % % 21% 38% 20% 16% 54% 33% 18% 11% 6% 17% 27% 30% 15% 6% 5% 4% 17% 7% 5% 26% 11% 10% 4% 19% 9% 10% 14% 8%
33% 36% 27% 32% 36% 31% 42% 34% 18% 26% 32% 35% 33% 40% 46% 38% 26% 30% 48% 37% 22% 25% 43% 33% 30% 36% 31% 10%
2nd 2nd %
1st 1st fourfour%
108 105 99 83 69 64 56 57 58 56 38 49 41 46 64 50 45 70 41 40 50 36 39 27 38 27 48 37
425 373 401 362 260 268 229 246 241 194 163 160 160 218 207 196 163 238 162 129 182 137 179 130 136 131 168 142
13% 18% 12% 11% 18% 15% 13% 9% 9% 13% 12% 18% 11% 7% 14% 7% 13% 12% 10% 18% 11% 12% 8% 11% 11% 7% 13% 10%
52% 64% 48% 48% 68% 63% 55% 38% 37% 45% 53% 58% 45% 33% 45% 29% 47% 41% 38% 57% 42% 44% 35% 54% 41% 36% 45% 39%
stakes
stks/ rides
11,507,001 13,773,719 10,195,888 7,609,913 11,841,462 8,988,600 6,642,888 6,046,650 7,398,838 3,620,013 6,406,876 5,153,513 7,845,274 4,710,500 4,578,938 3,819,064 4,496,163 4,401,488 3,081,175 5,129,975 4,173,050 3,263,100 3,642,325 3,200,988 2,751,725 2,787,938 4,685,788 2,960,563
14,102 23,505 12,181 10,079 31,080 21,051 15,854 9,303 11,453 8,478 20,667 18,605 21,976 7,236 9,890 5,683 12,846 7,498 7,216 22,500 9,549 10,526 7,045 13,282 8,288 7,597 12,562 8,133
- Statistics for breeders and sires reflect ALL earnings, including those of restricted races and handicap races
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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th MARCH 2016 Classy Christmas Handicap winner It Is Written runs well fresh
Gr3 KINGS CUP at Greyville on Friday
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The R250 000 Gr3 Kings Cup is run for the first time on the Greyville polytrack on Friday with a mixed bunch of eleven facing the starter. As a handicap, the race is wide open and looks a tough one to unravel – with chances to more than a handful.
he Kings Cup’s traditional home has been Greyville but it was run at Clairwood in 2013 and 2014, and this time round switches surfaces. That won’t be thrilling news for the purists but with the development and acceptance of the polytrack, it pays to acknowledge the surface with some quality races and this contest fits the bill.
Evergreen
Ironically the horse topping the weights is the evergreen 8yo Uncle Tommy – a gelding who has won on every conceivable track from Kenilworth turf, to the sand at Flamingo Park and the Vaal, and even on Friday evening’s stage.
Uncle Tommy was a touch unlucky last time to go down narrowly carrying a welter impost of 62,5kgs to the capable younger Diamond King and will strip fit here. He carried topweight again when 5 lengths by It Is Written in the Christmas Handicap, but he is lengths better on this. Gavin Van Zyl’s saddles another seasoned Kahal gelding iin the 6yo No Worries who tries the poly for the first time. No Worries has paced it with the best in his time but has not won since October 2014 and is largely off form. He did run on steadily at his last start when fifth and only 2,60 lengths off the progressive Ten Gun Salute. If he takes to the platform, he cannot be dismissed.
His stablemate Silver Spring finished 2,35 lengths ahead there with a surprise second but is 2kgs worse off and No Worries could turn the tables on him.
Top Lady
The Dynasty filly Olma has won her last two on the bounce against her own sex and now mixes iit with the boys. A filly who has shown touches of class, she is effective on the polytrack and cannot be discounted. Charles Laird’s Jay Peg 3yo Exit Here has some weight to carry against older horses and won five in a row before not being disgraced with his fifth placed finish behind 3,05 lengths behind Illuminator in the CTS Million Dollar. On best form, he must go
close if not very well in. Anton Marcus rides the second of the Laird runners in the very consistent Dynasty gelding, Stormy Eclipse. The multiple course and distance winning 4yo never runs a bad race and enjoys to run at them late off a fast pace. Well drawn at 2, he has plenty in his favour and could revert to winning ways again.
Consistent
Garth Puller’s Way Of Light is another consistent galloper who has won 5 of 13 starts and enjoyed course and distance success. He finished in front of Storm Eclipse last time and is 1,5kgs better off with the Laird charge. That should keep him in front of Stormy Eclipse again but he has a wide draw to beat. Dean Kannemeyer’s KZN Sattelite base has been in devastating form and they saddle the recent Gr3 Christmas Handicap winner It Is Written who comes back from a ten week break. The son of Dynasty is a
course and distance winner and runs well fresh. While poorly drawn at 11, he is capable and classy and could compete for place money.
Another Girl
In Other Words is one of only 2 fillies in the race and is unbeaten in five starts on the surface. She now faces the boys as she steps out of her own sex class and will find this tougher. She is obviously at her very best on poly and fluffed her lines when beaten 5,15 lengths by Olma in the Gr3 Flamboyant Stakes at her penultimate start. On better ground and with a 3,5kg weight turnaround in her favour, In Other Words could have the edge on the Frank Robinson runner.
Dry Spell
The 7yo Marchant has his first outing on the polytrack and has not won a race in close on two years. That said, the son of Dynasty is pretty consistent
What a week! - 5 winners, 4 places incl feature performers: Exquisite Touch – 1st Ruffian Stakes (L) • Easy Game – 1st Bauhinia H’cap (L) Rivarine – 2nd Storm Bird Stakes (L) • Isca – 3rd Gold Rush Sprint
and has reasonable proximity to some very decent sorts of the likes of feature winners Heartland and Light The Lights at his last few outings. He may need a run or two to settle into his new base routine and others are preferred. Mumsy’s Jet is a consistent course and distance performer who comes in fit after a gutsy course and distance win on 2 March. The son of Western Winter has won 5 times from 25 starts after a slow start to his career – he only won his first race after 13 starts but has matured nicely and must have a shout off a galloping 52kgs from a decent draw. A case can be made for many but we are siding with consistency and suggesting that Stormy Eclipse and Way Of Light may be equal to the task – with chances to the promising 3yo Exit Here and the in-form Kannemeyer runner It Is Written. But the race doesn’t end there, so go wide in the exotics if the budget permits.
VAR & ORATORIO stand at Avontuur Contact Pippa Mickleburgh 021 855 1442 or 083 658 4404 stud@avontuurestate.co.za
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#50 filly, first foal; dam Filly SMART dam of 2016 Champion 3yo HORSE CHESTNUT - the S INN EY GR to ter TNUT out of a sis CALL is by HORSE CHES
Wolf Power ther to a winner; dam is out of half sister to
#3 grey colt; half bro to Horse of the LE, the next dam half sister dam of Gr1 WOLF WHIST Year WOLF POWER
A New Dynasty to dam of (3 wins) is out of half sister nd #120 filly, 2 foal; dam Y Horse of the Year DYNAST
ula Winning Form ter to 2 winners #191 3rd foal; full sis
GREYS INN stands at Rosedene Stud, Beaufort West * Graeme Koster 082 495 7475 * admin@theshedfarmstall.co.za
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SPORTING POST • FriDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th MArCH 2016 Sprint champ Vauclair looks a fair bet at the weights
The Silvano filly Nyangan has been impressive so far
BREEDERS GUINEAS (Listed) at Fairview on Friday
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Dean Kannemeyer has harvested rich pickings away from his Cape home base in KZN and the top trainer makes a rare visit to the Eastern Cape on Friday where he saddles stallion Noordhoek Flyer’s half-sister Nyangan in the R150 000 Listed Breeders Guineas at Fairview.
t doesn’t get too much better bred than the smart daughter of Silvano, who has won her last two starts with ease up in KZN and Kannemeyer explained the strategy behind the move to consider the raid on the PE stakes feature.
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“Nyangan has been in PE over a week and she has settled well after travelling well. This race came up and being the well bred filly that she is, the owners Mauritzfontein felt it would be worthwhile taking our chances. I believe I have placed her well so her rating is a fairly modest 85 – and we will find out how good she is,” he said. Has she seen the track? “Look, I have had so many horses run well first time up
at Greyville after racing in the Cape. I am not so sure that strange surroundings stop good horses – they tend to handle it and she has shown her professionalism already on the right handed turn,” he added. Regular pilot and top jockey Anthony Delpech was very positive when getting off Nyangan after her last win – ‘she is very smart’ I feel, he said.
Snaith Duo
Kannemeyer’s Cape colleague Justin Snaith saddles the top two highest rated fillies in the race with Time To Dream the standout on paper with her MR of 95. The daughter of Dynasty was unplaced in the Cape Fillies Guineas and the CTS Million Dollar after winning three on the trot.
She has her first run in PE. Stablemate Cup Cake is a seasoned local and goes for her fourth win on the trot. She won the Breeders Guineas Plate in fine style last time – but tries a mile for the first time and S’manga Khumalo has opted to ride the stablemate.
Bass In Town
Mike Bass is another visitor and he saddles the outstanding Gr1 winning Inara’s full sister Inanna. She won an MR 91 handicap last time and while she has some way to go to reach her sister’s heights, she looks low-key progressive at this stage. The top four look likely to fight over the quartet spoils, with the rest rated 80 and below and looking to be making up numbers.
DRUM STAR HANDICAP (Listed) at Turffontein on Saturday
Tyrone Beats The Drum
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EAST CAPE SPRINT CUP (Listed ((Listed) Listed)) at Fairview on Friday
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The R150 000 Listed East Cape Sprint Cup has attracted only seven speedsters at level weights over the Fairview 1200m turf track on Friday. Tara Laing looks to hold a very decent hand with three quality runners.
s Laing has done extremely well to keep the speed kings on song over an extended period and Vauclair and Unannounced look set to fight this one out. Vauclair won this race in 2014 and the son of Var has never been better at the advanced age of 6. That is demonstrated by the fact that he has won five of his last nine starts and is the epitome of a course-and-distance specialist. Stable jockey Raymond Danielson would have had the choice of rides and this must be the stable elect. The 7yo Aussie-bred Unannounced comes off a 17 week break after a rare blot on his copybook when 6,90 lengths off Al Don Cumarco last time. He loves the course and distance and is sure to give Vauclair a fright and run for his money.
Wide Out The West Is Wide was beaten 4,50 lengths by stablemate Vauclair over the distance and course at his last outing and that is likely to be the margin again. The West Is Wide is very fast, but tends to run short of fuel late. He did beat Unannounced a quarter length over the track and trip in April last year in receipt of a kilo, but is unlikely to repeat that. Yvette Bremner’s Gr1 winner Copper Parade owes his connections absolutely nothing and was cramped and bumped before going down just 2,45 lengths to
Gulf Storm in the Cape Flying Championship at his last start. He ran second to stablemate Sir Duke in this even last year. Those out-of-province raiding trips are obviously becoming tougher at his age but he is always a factor at home and there is probably a length between him and Vauclair at his best.
Pacy Snaith Justin Snaith’s Villa Del Largo is a pacy son of Jallad and won a really good race beating the top campaigner Distinguished on the poly last time. He is held by Vauclair on his penultimate start at these weights, but cannot be underestimated in the hands of S’manga Khumalo in this small field. Hekkie Strydom will be looking to his 7yo warrior Russian Mig hopefully giving him a belated birthday present. That said, the twelve-time winning son of Qui Danzig has not been at his best of late and may lack the toe and general enthusiasm to take on this lot over the 1200m.
Visitor Mike Bass’ Equity Kicker looked promising early on but the son ofn Trippi has not carried the hype through to anything convincing of late. He has run to a lifetime high of 90 but has been battling to assert himself and down at an 85, he should battle against the seasoned local quick gang at these weight terms. Vauclair has to be the choice and he should notch up his 14th career victory.
The R150 000 Listed Drum Star Handicap is the lowkey feature on the Turffontein Saturday programme where recent eyecatching form is not exactly an abundant commodity in the eleven strong field.
he 1800m event headlines the nine race programme on the inside track and presents something of a respite after a hectic few weeks of race action. The topweighted 2014 Gr2 Charity Mile winner Judicial may have at last found another race he could win after being quiet since July 2015. The son of Miesque’s Approval loves the 1800m and finished 1,50 lengths in front of French Navy in that hotly debated Pinnacle Stakes flop last time. The Tyrone Zackey galloper can run with the best when on song and is surely worth serious consideration.
Love Lost Mike Azzie’s former KZN runner Easy Lover has struggled to assert himself since flying up late for second in the Gr2 Victory Moon Stakes three runs back. The son of Right Approach enjoys running at them late off a hot pace and he has to be better
than his recent form. Diesel Jet ran just behind Judicial in the French Navy blowout at his last start and is a half kilo better off with the topweight. He ran a cracking second to Zambezi River over shorter at his penultimate start and on best earlier form must have a chance to be in the money.
Woody’s Two Geoff Woodruff’s 4yo pair of Shea Devon and Master Switch are both capable of improving further. Shea Devon won two good races when running handily but failed to kick when unplaced and ridden from midfield last time. Master Switch came good with a 4,50 length win over Shimmering Brook in an MR 85 Handicap over 200m further last time and is another capable of putting a winning effort together. Romany Prince has drawn best of all and gets the services of Anthony Delpech. He may have been outclassed in the Gr3 Tony Ruffel and the Gr2 Gauteng Guineas but will be more
competitive in this handicap company. Both of the son of Kahal’s two wins were achieved in good style and he is better than his form looks.
Outsiders Earl Of Derby returns from a ten week break after losing his form. He may need it. Run For Revelry was scratched with Steward’s permission from her engagement on Tuesday, while Dante’s Legacy and Stavinsky cannot be fancied on current form. The former Paul Lafferty trained Stronghold gelding Double Clutch is now with new conditioner Dirk Devos and appears to have lost his form. He cannot be fancied on what he has shown recently. The race is wide open, but Judicial enjoys the 1800m and looks set to carry his weight and show that he has the heart and ability. Romany Prince may be best of the rest, while Master Switch won well last time.
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Tarry Tests Myth STORM BIRD STAKES (Listed)
RUFFIAN STAKES (Listed)
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A shrewd gamble by SA champion trainer Sean Tarry to test the merits of a promising unraced 2yo paid dividends at Turffontein on Saturday when the big Trippi colt Flying Myth slammed his six opponents to win the R150 000 Listed Storm Bird Stakes.
hrowing unraced horses into features is not generally done by trainers in this country, but Mike de Kock and Sean Tarry have both had the bombs to do it from time to time. On Saturday we witnessed a cracking winning debut by Flying Myth, a son of a very decent mare who Sean Tarry trained to five wins. And the big fellow was allowed to start at 5-2 in the face of support for the experienced and beautifully bred Rivarine, who went off an 11-10 favourite. Entering the final 300m, in a matter of strides Flying Myth showed genuine ability and courage and had taken control of the race. He went on to beat Rivarine by 0,30
lengths in a time of 56,43 secs. The winner received 3kgs from Rivarine and Sean Tarry was typically hesitant about spewing forth superlatives. “I must say he was an absolute athlete at the sale. He is a big horse and he ran green here, so it was a good win. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves – what did we beat? We don’t know that yet. He will do the talking on the track,” he said. An R800 000 Cape Premier Yearling Sale Book 1 graduate, the Klawervlei bred Flying Myth is a son of Trippi out of the five time winning speedster Mana Mou (by Captain Al), who, as said earlier, was also trained by Sean Tarry. He is now one from one and banked a first cheque of R93 750.
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Trainer Sean Tarry and jockey S’manga Khumalo were unstoppable at Turffontein on Saturday and the powerful combination sealed the juvenile double feature when the Var filly Exquisite Touch ran out an easy winner in the R150 000 Listed Ruffian Stakes.
nly seven runners lined up in the fillies’ feature and after Hamunaptra ruined her chances at the start, Exquisite Touch won rather more easily than the 1,30 lengths winning margin suuggested. The speed was on from the jump with Fursa showing plenty of toe but the winner was always going well and she moved through them like a professional to hold off the attentions of Seattle Singer. Interestingly, the winner’s time of 56,36 secs was faster than the mostly males’ equivalent. Corne Spies trained Seattle Singer ran a very forward race to secure second – she won’t be in the maiden ranks for too long. Scottsville 800m debut winner Intriguing Lady appeared slightly outpaced early on, but she found her stride late in the race and ran on well a further 2,109 lengths back to shade Star Burst Galaxy. Trainer Sean Tarry said that ExquisiteTouch was the standout at the sale – ‘we were very lucky to get her at the price’, he quipped. The Waterford Stud bred Exquisite Touch is a daughter of Var out of the four-time winning Elliodor mare, Lavendar Sky. She is a R350 000 2015 Emperors Palace Select Yearling Sale graduate and took her tally to two from two with her stakes now on R156 250.
SUN CHARIOT HANDICAP
EGOLI MILE
An Easy Game BAUHINIA HANDICAP (Listed) at Turffontein last Saturday Trainer Mike Azzie and jockey Karl Zechner maintained their feature winning streak at Turffontein on Saturday as the Var mare Easy Game ran on best to secure her first stakes win and clinch what proved to be a wide open R150 000 Listed Bauhinia Handicap.
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zzie and Zechner are no doubt still on a high after Abashiri’s sensational SA Triple Crown opening leg win in the Gauteng Guineas. But Saturday was a whole new day, with fresh challenges and the veteran trainer would have been pleased to secure the Azzie exacta – which paid a rather hefty R345 on the tote! Easy Game has not had things easy after a flying start to her career and knee problems have meant that she has been lightly raced – as evidenced by her only having her fourteenth start here. But joint owners Taso Christoforou, and Mike and Sharon Azzie, have been the epitome of patience and time has rewarded them, particularly after this black type strike, with what should prove to be a valuable broodmare. Ironically it was the Van Vuurens who took a back seat and provided the lead for Easy Game’s win as their speedy Querari filly Spring Wonder went fast early, and gave her stablemate the cover. At the 250m marker Zechner gave Easy Game her head and she drew off well to win by 2,20 lengths in a time of 55,69 secs. Callan Murray changed whip hands late on Spring Wonder and she stayed on gamely for second to thwart the late run of race favourite, Lumya. Jockey Karl Zechner suggested afterwards that Easy Game may have needed her last two runs – but she nevertheless went off a generous 25-1. The 5yo Wilgerbosdrift bred Easy Game is a daughter of Var out of the Australian-bred Desert King mare, She’s Game – a half sister to the granddam of Merlene de Lago. Easy Game has won 5 from 14 starts with 5 places – and took her stakes earnings to R364 725.
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GOLD RUSH SPRINT
Eye On Last Gasp Gold For Val The Oaks at Turffontein last Saturday
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The classy Geoff Woodrufftrained Captain Al gelding Val Et Al came back to something of his early promise at Turffontein on Saturday with a facile victory in the R125 000 Egoli Mile.
he Avontuur bred Val Et Al had shown signs of being a fellow with a future when winning his first two starts on the bounce. But after losing his way in midstream, gelding seems to have done the trick for an athlete obviously loaded with ability. Saturday’s showing, albeit in a low-key non black-type feature, was a sign that Val Et Al is on his way to delivering on his promise and the manner in which he disposed of the highly thought of Irish Pride suggested there is plenty in the tank. At the 400m, Chase Maujean asked the Woodruff charge for his effort and he lengthened his stride and drew off to win unextended by 3,25 lengths in a time of 95,49 secs.
Kangaroo Jack ran past a tiring Irish Pride late in the race to snare second position, with Count Tassilo a well beaten fourth. Chase Maujean said that Val Et Al’s last run in the Listed Sea Cottage Stakes ‘wasn’t his run’ –“ he really needed it,” he observed. Trainer Geoff Woodruff confirmed that Val Et Al had lost his way after making a good start to his career. “He came through his gelding well and is a classy horse with serious prospects,” he said. The Avontuur bred Val Et Al has won 3 races with 1 place from 6 starts for stakes of R189 375. A R700 000 Cape Premier Yearling Sale Book 1 graduate, he is a 3yo gelded son of Captain Al out of the one-time winning Var mare, Valeta.
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The Jay Peg filly Peggy Jay put her hand up as a likely Oaks prospect with a smooth victory in Saturday’s R125 000 Sun Chariot Handicap.
he disappointing field of five produced an exciting finish and any concerns about a ‘Cape crawl’ were soon allayed as Ryan Munger took Susquehanna out to grab a five length lead. S’manga Khumalo had Peggy Jay loping along in the four-horse pack following the leader. As they turned for home, a bizarre shuffling of positions saw Peggy Jay relegated from a beautiful box seat to last of the lot. But S’manga was wide awake and he switched his mount to the outside as they went for home, with Susquehanna starting to run on empty. With four abreast at the 400m, it was anybody’s race – but Peggy Jay was in a galloping mood and she stayed on best to beat Zafira by a half length in a time of 155,17 secs. Patchit Up Baby ran another honest race to grab third ahead of Zrinski. Peggy Jay has done nothing wrong since shedding her maiden in November and made it 3 wins from her last 5 starts. The Lucky Houdalakis trained Peggy Jay has now won 3 races with 5 places from 13 starts. She took her stake earnings to R254 550. She was bred by David Southey and is by Jay Peg out of the 2000 Gr1 Gold Cup winner, Colonial Girl- a seven time winner by Stage Colony.
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A terrific comeback from a hopeless position 200m from home gave Sean Tarry’s promising Western Winter 3yo Buckland an unlikely victory in Saturday’s R150 000 Gold Rush Sprint run over 1100m at Turffontein.
’manga Khumalo was seen at his brilliant best as he registered his fifth winner of the afternoon and had trainer Sean Tarry confirming that he was happy to have the top jockey on his team. Buckland was pencilled into the little black book some time back as a horse with massive potential. But things have not always gone his way for one reason and another and there is little doubt that the 1100m of Saturday’s race is at the absolute minimum end of his comfort zone. He took forever to get going and was hailed a beaten horse by commentator Alistair Cohen at the 300m.
But with Pure Blonde running freely out front, a determined Khumalo got Buckland into gear and he rallied powerfully. Racing in the familiar red and white of the Rattrays, Buckland got the verdict by a whisker to add to jockey Callan Murray’s frustrating day of seconds and deny Pure Blonde a win that looked done and dusted at the 100m marker. The 14-10 winner clocked a time of 62,43 secs. The 3yo Buckland has won 3 races from 8 starts with 4 places for stakes of R 264 775. The Lammerskraal bred Buckland is a son of the illfated champion Western Winter out of the three-time winning Fort Wood mare, Inupiat.
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COASTAL PHOTOS
Memphis Mafia and JP van der Merwe maintain their winning streak
IBHAYI STAKES (Listed) at Fairview last Friday
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Dorrie Sham’s star galloper Memphis Mafia has established something of a pop star following down Port Elizabeth way and the roar from the locals as he hit the front to win the first leg of the local Triple Crown at Fairview on Friday sent a shiver down the spine.
was ecstatic when he won his maiden and what has happened since is just a dream,” said an over the moon breeder-trainer-owner Dorrie Sham after her ‘baby’ had trounced his opponents to win the R150 000 Listed Ibhayi Stakes run over the turf 1400m. Memphis Mafia attracts more attention in PE than Steve Hofmeyr could ever hope to and his reliability in the face of adversity has made him a hit with punters and ordinary racing fans. Regular pilot JP van der
Merwe has done little wrong since winning the Met and made another smart call when he sent Memphis Mafia early in the straight past leader Paulus, with the tailwind in the back of his mind. The result was never in doubt as Memphis Mafia stormed clear to beat Fly Like The Wind by 1,25 lengths in a time of 83,65 secs. Welsh Emperor improved again but was his own worst enemy as he ran green, but secured third a further length back. Cape challenger and even money favourite Fifty Cents had no kick late and had to be
content with a modest fourth spot. “He just doesn’t know how to run a bad race and he has now posted four feature wins. They said he had it all to do at the weights today but he gave up to 5kgs away and he won so well. They will have to meet him at level weights in the Guineas – so that is quite exciting!” quipped winning trainer Dorrie Sham. We asked her what the immediate plans were for the 3yo gelded son of Lecture. “Everybody is asking that. It really makes sense to stay at home and go for the Sophomore Challenge rather
than the KZN Champions Season.” But will the Sham soldier stay the 2400m of the third leg East Cape Derby? “I really can’t say if Memphis Mafia will stay! His full brother Bob ‘N Weave held the Fairview 1000m course record, so that tells us how versatile the family is, on top of it being a sobering thought on the stamina test. But it is a nice problem to have. If we won the Guineas we’d probably have to have a dip at the Derby,” she said with a happy ring in her voice. The obvious curved ball was thrown into Dorrie’s court – we asked whether there have been any big money offers for Memphis Mafia – and would they consider any serious bid? “He really is our baby and it would have to be a serious
sort of offer. But if he never wins another race, he owes us nothing and it just goes to show what one can do with relatively unfashionable breeding.” Bred by Dorrie, Memphis Mafia is a son of Lecture out of the four-time winning Special Preview mare, Olympic Special. He has earned a gross R389 500 and has won 5 races from 1400m to 1600m, with 7 places from his 14 starts. He has a nephew on the forthcoming CTS March Yearling Sale – and lot 178 in the Hemel ‘N Aarde draft will attract some attention in view of the exploits of his smart relative. He is an Antonius Pius colt out of the Eyeofthetiger mare, Kiss From A Rose, a half-sister to Memphis Mafia.
She was a winner at 2 and was raced by the Shams before being passed on to David Hepburn-Brown. The Listed Ibhayi Stakes was the opening leg of the R900 000 Eastern Cape Sophomore Challenge Diarise the dates of the next two legs and follow Memphis Mafia’s progress – just how good is this fellow? The sky seems to be the limit for the gelding that was catchily named by Sham assistant Rocky Agrella – and we look forward to April Fool’s Day and the R150 000 Listed East Cape Guineas run over a mile. Then we will start worrying about the next hurdle – the R350 000 Gr3 East Cape Derby run over 2400m on Sunday 15 May. Makes for interesting racing!
Live Streaming - All You Need To Know
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n achieving this, the Tellytrack.com website was recently launched as part of a restructure of our web based products. At a cost of just R69.95 per month, the site delivers a high quality product which includes live streaming of all South African racing through a fully edited and produced channel, as well as on-demand access to race replays of any South African race run in the past two years. Additionally, fans of international racing that are based in South Africa, can currently watch a live feed of the GBI channel, covering all our
racing from the United Kingdom, with pictures from additional jurisdictions around the globe to follow. Looking forward, we are constantly trying to improve this offering and, by 18 March 2016, will have included access to replays of our magazine programming, including First Call and Under Starters Orders, to the current service, allowing easy access to all the trainer and tipster feedback, whenever suits you, the viewer. Tellytrack are also in the process of developing a fantastic archive section to include past feature events, History of the
Turf, racing personalities and inserts on some of our equine heroes, as well as stallion profiles, which will all be added to the service in due course. When comparing the costs of buying printed media, we find the monthly costs of this service to deliver great value when you consider the following: Computaforms @ R30 each (or R1,200 per month when there are forty meetings) Winning Form @ R20 each (or R 800 per month when there are forty meetings) Citizen @ R 6 each (or R 180 per month in a thirty day month)
The costs of having instant access to video replays and live pictures equates to just 2.3 Computaforms, 3.5 Winning Forms or 12 copies of the Citizen; and becomes a must for all regular punters. In addition, Tellytrack has reached an agreement with two bookmaker operations, namely World Sports Betting and SportingBet, for the supply to their customers of a live stream of local horse racing, via a clean feed stream, available exclusively to their account holders. Going forward, a stream of local racing will be available as “near live” through all of
Tabonline, TabGold, Betting World and Interbet but this will be subject to a five minute delay from the actual live pictures. The great news for members of the Racing Association is that they will be able to receive free access to the www.tellytrack. com website, paid for by the Racing Association. In order to gain access to the site, please contact Penny at the RA on 087 985 0012, and you will be given a voucher code from them allowing you access to this service. Press release issued by Tellytrack.com
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CTS Million Dollar Fairytale
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The closing chapter of the inaugural CTS Million Dollar fairytale was written last week with the news that winning apprentice Heavelon van der Hoven will be paid a more than fair and equitable commission on the enormous first stake cheque earned by the Trippi colt, Illuminator, on that glorious Cape summer’s day in January.
orseracing is not unlike many other sporting codes and much in the play of soccer, cricket and athletics, we just seem to shoot ourselves in the foot every now and again. We had a case just last week. Trainer Brett Webber was fined a nett R2500 for failing to provide a reasonable level of care to the horses under his control. He apparently didn’t use sufficient bedding for a few days on inspection in early February. That is fodder for the animal rights activists – and anybody who has ever loved a horse and the sport of kings. So it was a PR victory of some note and welcome positive news to be informed that justice was served in the Heavelon van der Hoven riding commission saga, which had a happy outcome – thanks to good people.
Heavelon van der Hoven In terms of the ‘old policy’, the 23 year old would have been remunerated as follows: • Apprentice rider’s 7% of net 1st stake – R503k split as follows: • Academy 66,67% – R335k • Heavy’s 33,34% – R168k
The Board of Directors of the South African Jockey Academy however resolved to vary its policy in respect
of apportioning apprentice earnings arising from restricted sales races where the stake of such races is higher than the advertised stake of the country’s richest Grade 1 event – that currently being the R4-million President’s Champions Challenge. “The CTS Million Dollar race is clearly an extraordinary event on the South African racing calendar and the Board unanimously agreed to recognise this,” said SAJA Chairman Avison Carlisle. Heavelon’s SAJA account will now be credited with R387k, calculated as follows. • Gross stake of richest race – R4million • Gross 1st stake 62.5% – R2,5 million • Apprentice rider’s 7% of net 1st stake – R175,000 • Academy 66,67% of R175k – R116k • Heavy’s % – R387k (R503k – 116k)
What A Rocket!
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The $350 000 Merlion Trophy run this past Sunday was the first leg of the sprint series. A star studded field lined up with a few notable exceptions, writes Gareth Pepper.
l Padrino had won the last two runnings and both he and Kiwi Karma were looking to do well after connections were told during the week that their hopes of travelling to Dubai are off! Showing his customary lack of pace, El Padrino was near the rear, but just off of the pace Kiwi Karma and Spalato were pacing it out together. With 700m to go Corey Brown let Spalato run and the response was immediate. He cruised up, accelerated away from the field and it was as simple as that.
Corey Brown
Just on his pilot Corey Brown, we wish him well as he heads to Australia this weekend to partner the exciting Ghisoni for Godolphin in Sydney. She looks really talented and by all reports she could be a star in the making. The best of the rest was El Padrino who ran a gallant second. I was lucky enough to interview owner Graham Mackie after the race and as per usual he was a gentleman to talk to, praising his champion galloper and all who were behind his victory. One thing I found refreshing was that he was quick to mention that they would not be targeting the 2nd leg of the sprint series, but
that the Lion City Cup on April the 24th for $800 000 was his immediate target. We see the return of Zac Spirit and Emperor Max in the Kranji Sprint and what a race the lion City could be.
Rocket Man
With the Lion City in mind, I saw something I never thought I would see again at the Turf Club. The champion Rocket Man trialled on Tuesday morning. I must admit I did not sleep very well the night before as all I did was watch his replays and past runs and I have been privileged enough to witness the Star win in Dubai and Singapore. The media contingent based here at the club were out in full force and it was a pleasure to see him in the back parade ring prior to the trial. In the trial itself, he showed pace, moved up in the straight but ran out of a bit of steam in the final stages. I spoke to Barend Vorster after the trial and he was quick to mention that nothing is set in stone and that it was a trial being used to see where the 10 year old is. Whether he races again or not, just seeing him again in the flesh has been one of the highlights of my tenure here at the Turf Club and if he does race, I will be sure to shout him home! Till next time.
Graeme Hawkins In essence Heavy has received R219k more than he was going to receive from the Academy initially and they conversely will be receiving R219k less Apprentices are paid out on qualification as a fully fledged jockey. Given the defence of their original takeout, where it was argued that the Academy would not be viable as a learning institution were it not for its funding structure and that the racing industry would instead have to revert to the old system of apprentices being indentured to trainers, the decision by the board was a turnaround of some note. And, giving credit where it is due, a victory in fair play – for once, at least. Let’s face it – the CTS Million Dollar was never part of the national stakes pot and to suggest that any winning apprentice rider commission would ever have fallen into the SAJA pot is disingenuous and a longshot. In betting terms, what price would anybody have offered on an apprentice rider actually being engaged to ride in the lifechanging race – never mind winning it as ‘Heavy’ did is such amazing style?
The Sporting Post has learnt that as part of the plan to find a fair solution, an idea was mooted to structure a bursary for less privileged SAJA students in Van Der Hoven’s name as part of the initial negotiations and to provide a lasting legacy that we could all be justly proud of. The race sponsor Cape Thoroughbred Sales, WPRRA Director Robert Bloomberg as well as Gold Circle Directors Graeme Hawkins and Tony Rivalland were staunch campaigners for a better deal for the young apprentice and must take much of the credit for the favourable outcome and for ensuring that nobody could hide behind policy – or red tape. CTS Managing Director Adrian Todd said that he was thrilled that the matter had been resolved and that fairness had prevailed. He added that Cape Thoroughbred Sales had always supported the idea of the increased payout for the young apprentice jockey. “Horseracing does not operate on one leg only and it is important that every sector comes out a winner. That was always the intention when we broke new ground with this extraordinary incentive for a new owner to acquire a lifechanging dream. In am very happy that flexibility has been shown by all stakeholders and that we could rewrite the rules, as it were. Congratulations again to all involved with Illuminator’s win. Now that final door has closed on the 2016 race, we are excitedly looking forward to 2017,” he said. Van der Hoven was quietly thrilled when we spoke to him this week. “I know it took some effort
on the part of good people to secure this payout for me and I am thankful and very grateful for it. I have been overwhelmed by kindness – I really have. I hope to qualify with my 50 winners in August and will then make a few decisions.” It is a little known fact that Heavelon took himself off to Australia at his own expense when he was suspended for contravening curfew rules of the Academy in PE some time back.
Adrian Todd “I couldn’t lie around and had to keep in shape and fit while serving my suspension. My Mom managed to secure me a work riding job in Melbourne. I loved it – the racing, the lifestyle and the people were great. I have a few overseas options but I am taking things one day at a time,” he added. Does he have plans for marriage and suburban moves like buying a house, to spend the boodle? “No, marriage not. I am too young! Let me qualify first. It is too much money to sit around and think about. I have many races to win still,” he laughed.
Ten Winners In Three Days
Six Of The Best For Bling S’manga ‘Bling’ Khumalo was in a rich vein of form booting home six winners on Turffontein’s nine- race card on Saturday. Five of his wins were for the Sean Tarry yard – it was his second career six-timer having achieved the feat in Kimberley previously. S’MANGA’S big day got off to a winning start in the first, when he piloted Mrs Auby’s 3yo Toreador filly, Never Give In, home by 2 lengths in the 1000m maiden plate for the Sean Tarry yard. In the third race he steered the Jay Peg filly, Peggy Jay to a gutsy win in the non-black type Sun Chariot Handicap over 2450m. S’manga finished 5.75 lengths 4th aboard Count Tassilo in the 4th, before getting back into the winner’s enclosure in the 5th race, the 1000m Listed Storm Bird Stakes. He produced a flying finish aboard Chris van Niekerk’s 2yo
Trippi colt, Flying Myth, to grab the honours by half a length from race favourite, Rivarine. In the second of the day’s baby features, the Ruffian Stakes, S’manga put in a polished performance aboard Sean Tarry-trained race favourite Exquisite Touch. He then finished just out of the placings in the Listed Bauhinia Handicap, before rounding off the afternoon with a winning double. He rode a cracker on Buckland in the 1100m NonBlack Type Gold Rush Sprint aboard race favourite Buckland, a 3yo Western Winter colt who campaigns in the red and white
silks of Michael and Norma Rattray for the Sean Tarry yard, before rounding off the afternoon with a 1.5 length flourish on Intergalactic in the 1600m FM 76 Handicap, also for Sean Tarry and his patron Chris van Niekerk. The winning roll could not be better timing for the 2014 SA Champion jockey, who holds a narrow lead over Anthony Delpech on the national jockey log. His 6 wins come on top of two winners at the Vaal on Thursday, 3 March and another double at Fairview on Friday, 4 March 2016. That’s ten winners in three days!
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It’s the second CTS sale of the year, otherwise known as Book Two. Held for the first time in 2012. The roll of honour looks like this: 2012 Kochka – Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes , Champion 2yo Colt 2012 Guiness – Gr1 Gold Medallion 2013 Siren’s Cove – Gr1 Fillies Classic & first CTS Million winner 2014 Seventh Plain – Gr1 Gold Medallion, Gr1 Golden Horseshoe, Champion 2yo Colt 2014 Illuminator – CTS Million Dollar winner 2014 Lauderdale – Gr1 Thekwini Stakes winner 2015 current 2yo crop, too soon to tell
yearlings
The fun part is to have a look at the make-up of the Big Winners. Kochka, bought for 160k, from third SA crop of Black Minnaloushe. Guiness, 425k, from first crop of Seventh Rock. Siren’s Cove, 60k, first crop of Elusive Fort. Seventh Plain, 400k, second crop of Seventh Rock. Illuminator, 180k, by leading sire Trippi. Lauderdale, 40k, second crop of Elusive Fort. You may draw your own conclusions about what it takes to win Big, other than that Book Two truly is a sale in a million!
SATURDAY 19 MARCH starts 18h00 LOT 1-75
The 2016 renewal of the Book Two sale will have some 240 yearlings go under the hammer, all of them potential candidates for the two $500k races over 1200m and 1600m in January 2018 on Investec Derby day. Sarah Whitelaw has a look at what’s on offer.
SUNDAY 20 MARCH starts 12h30 LOT 76-240
All Graduates are eligible for the CTS MILLION DOLLAR
US$1 000 000
ALADO One of the best bred sires ever to retire to stud in South Africa, Alado is a son of legendary sire and sire of sires Danzig and champion racemare Alborada. A direct descendant of the “Flying Filly” Mumtaz Mahal, Alado has sired the smart performers Half Moon Hotel and Northern Conquest and useful filly Adorada from limited opportunities. He has 7 lots on sale:
Lot 72 – a half brother to 5 winners, including Gr1 filly Sapsan, this colt is out of a stakes placed winner of four, with his stakes winning second dam being a sister to three stakes winners. The family of international star Nocturnal Affair. Lot 100 – bred on the hugely successful Danzig/Roberto cross, this colt is out of a winning Al Mufti mare from the family of Gr1 Gold Medallion winner Potent Power – now a multiple winner in Hong Kong. Like the colt on offer, Potent Power is by a Danzig line sire.
Lot 105 – a half sister to 6 winners, this well related filly is out of a Fort Wood half sister to top sprinter Super Home. Her third dam is top class filly Duchess Of Sussex. Lot 108 – a half brother to four winners, including 8 time stakes winner Campo De Santana, this colt is out of a five time winner and is from the same family as top class racemare Poetic. Lot 109 – is a full sister to talented stakes placed galloper Half Moon Hotel, this filly is from an outstanding international family, with her relatives including champion/classic winning fillies Balanchine, It’s In The Air, Musical Chimes and West Wind.
sire colts fillies Alado 4 3 Antonius Pius 12 1 Argonaut 1 Ashaawes 1 3 Bezrin 1 Biarritz 6 4 Black Minnaloushe 1 Blue Tiger 2 1 Bold Silvano 3 Byword 1 Captain Al 1 Count Dubois 2 4 Curved Ball 1 1 Dan De Lago 2 Eightfold Path 1 Elusive Fort 1 5 Fort Wood 1 Gimmethegreenlight 5 4 Gitano Hernando 4 6 Great Britain 4 2 Greys Inn 1 3 Horse Chestnut 7 8 Indigo Magic 1 Jay Peg 2 5 Judpot 8 3 Just As Well 1 King of Kings 1 King’s Apostle 1 Lateral 2 Mambo In Seattle 1 Marchfield 3 Noordhoek Flyer 2 1 Oratorio 1 Pathfork 4 Philanthropist 5 6 Querari 4 3 Rebel King 2 5 Right Approach 1 Rock Of Rochelle 4 2 Royal Air Force 3 1 Sail From Seattle 2 1 Seul Amour 2 Seventh Rock 2 8 Stagelight 3 Tiger Dance 1 2 Trippi 1 Twice Over 4 6 Var 1 2 Warm White Night 1 3 What A Winter 6 5 Windrush 1 1
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CTS March Yearling Sale - Durbanville Lot 214 – inbred to the great Danzig (as are more than 30 Gr1 winners), this colt is out of a winning half sister to a stakes placed winner of seven. Lot 229 – a half sister to 3 winners, this filly’s dam, out of stakes winner Countess Alexis, is a sister in blood to high class brothers Master Mascus and Exelero – with the latter fetching R1 000 000 at the CTS Ready To Run Sale a few years ago.
ANTONIUS PIUS
The son of legendary sire of sires Danzig (sire of Danehill, Green Desert, War Front etc) is a proven sire and former leading first crop sire. His stakes performers include the likes of Antonius Du Bois, Belong To Me, Cool Chardonnay and My Sanctuary, among others. He has 22 on offer: Lot 25 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a full sister to graded performer Flame Tree. From the great Fleur family, his relatives include SA Oaks winner Serena and her US Gr1 winning son Broadway Flyer. Lot 31 – this colt is out of a winning half sister to Gr1 filly Joshua’s Mistress, dam of useful current performer Mr Bond. The family of champion Heavy Metal and Gr1 winners Drum Star, For The Lads and Planetary Music. Lot 43 – from the same family as Hyperion and SA champ What A Winter, this filly is out of a quick winning half sister to a stakes performer with her relatives including Gr3 winner Conman. Second and third dams are by top broodmare sires Northern Guest and High Top respectively. Lot 48 – like Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam’s Map, this colt is out of a mare by Trippi. Bred to be quick, his relatives include the durable and high class Nocturnal Affair, a Gr3 winner in South Africa, who won good races overseas – including the historic Portland Handicap. Lot 51 – a filly with plenty of paddock value, this half sister to 4 winners is out of a stakes winning half sister to Gr2 Gold Bowl hero Eurovision. Lot 56 – out of a smart Var mare who won three, this colt traces back in female line to the great racemare and tap root mare Pretty Polly, and his close relatives include champion sprinter Double Form, Irish Derby
hero Soldier Of Fortune and Gr1 winner and Gr1 sire Intense Focus. Lot 60 – out of a mare by Rich Man’s Gold (damsire of current Dubai star Forries Waltz), this filly’s dam won three and her second dam was a Gr3 winning speedster. This is the great Party Time family. Lot 68 – inbred to Danzig (as are more than 30 Gr1 winners the world over), this colt is from the family of high class stakes winning siblings Royal Voyager and Walk In Space. Lot 101 – this filly, whose dam by RMG won five, is another inbred to Danzig – and she is closely related to successful local sire Bezrin. Her fourth dam is Gr1 winner Smuggly and this is the family of top class Dubawi fillies Al Thakhira and Shamal Wind. Lot 117 – from the wonderful Olivia family, this filly is out of an stakes winning granddaughter of the great A P Indy and her close relatives Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Alpha Omega and his Gr1 winning half sister Final Claim Lot 123-a half sister to 3 winners, this filly’s dam is by Horse Of The Year and successful broodmare sire Fantastic Light out of a stakes winner of no fewer than 20 races Lot 129 – a half sister to a winner, this filly’s dam is by champion sire Captain Al (already damsire of Gr1 winners Potent Power and Same Jurisdiction) and this filly hails from the great Party Time family responsible for star fillies Lambarina, Sally Bowles, In The Fast Lane and US Graded winner Consumer Credit Lot 139 – out of a half sister to the classic placed Port Of Dubai, this filly is from the great Bourtai family and her relatives includes champions Slew O’Gold, Talking Picture and Trusted Partner Lot 148 – this well bred filly is out of a winning half sister to Gr2 winner Fabiani and recent Dubai winner Star Empire, with the latter still going strong at the age of nine! Another inbred to Danzig, this filly is from the family of a top class Gr1 winner from the Danzig male line in Wylie Hall. Lot 157 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Gr3 performer and from the family of champions Ribofilio and Up The Creek
Lot 167 – a half brother to a useful winner, this colt’s dam is a half sister to four stakes horses including Gr1 sprinter Archipeligo (also by a Danzig line horse) and from the family of champion Yorker Lot 168 – a half sister to 3 winners, one of which being stakes placed, this filly’s dam is a half sister to a US stakes winner and from a potent US black type family Lot 178 -this colt is out of a winning half sister to two stakes winners, including current smart 3yo Memphis Mafia, and from the family of speedster First Song Lot 182-bred on the Danzig/Roberto cross which has resulted in such Gr1 winners as War Chant and Yashmak, this colt is a full brother to a smart six time winner and his dam, by top broodmare sire Lear Fan, is a three parts sister to Gr1 Kentucky Derby runner up Casual Lies Lot 203 – a half brother to a six time winner (by a son of Danzig),this colt is out of a half sister to a stakes winner and from the Winter Lass family, with his relatives including multiple Gr1 winner The Monk Lot 207 – bred on the same cross as top class filly Yoshie, this colt is a half brother to 5 winners, including a stakes performer, and his second dam was a Gr2 Fillies Guineas winning half sister to Gr1 winner Vistula Lot 219 – a colt well and truly inbred to Danzig (his sire, broodmare sire and granddam sire all being Danzig line horses), this colt is from the family of superstar sprinter Rocket Man and charismatic local Gr1 winner Our Giant
ARGONAUT
From the great Gone West male line, Argonaut, one of nearly 20 Gr1 winners by champion sire Western Winter, was one of the finest 2yos seen out in South Africa in many a year, winning three of four outings including both the Gr1 Golden Horseshoe and Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes. He has one on offer: Lot 89, a half sister to a four time winner, this filly is out of a mare who won three and is from the immediate family of July winner and sire Gondolier
ASHAAWES
A superbly bred son of Kingmambo (and full brother to a $11.7 million yearling), Ashaawes is a proven sire, whose offspring include high class runners of both sexes. His top performers include Gr1 performer and multiple Dubai
winner Sanshaawes, brilliant and versatile filly Priceless Jewel, Gr3 Matchem Stakes winner Reim and numerous other black type performers. He has four on sale: Lot 11 – inbred to the mighty Nureyev, this filly is from one of the greatest families in the stud book, with her relatives including the likes of Al Mufti, A P Indy, Gay Mecene, Sportsworld, Summer Squall and Gay Gallanta, as well as top class Kingmambo sired performers Mambo In Seattle and champion Lemon Drop Kid – among others Lot 40 – a half sister to a winner, this filly’s dam is an own sister to Gr1 2yo Monsieur Dominique, and from the same family as high class fillies Molly Mandy and Complete Lee Lot 97 – a half brother to a useful winner and a filly placed on debut, this colt is out of a mare who won three and whose relatives include Oaks winning champion Festive Occasion and the latter’s Australian based Gr1 winning daughter Do You Remember Lot 127 – bred on the same Kingmambo/ Sadler’s Wells cross as Met winner Smart Call, this filly is out of a Fort Wood daughter of Gr1 winner Duchess Daba, with the latter, in turn, being out of the wonderfully prolific racemare and producer Izindaba
BEZRIN
A son of the mighty Danzig, and from a red hot family, Bezrin is a sire whose stud career has seen him move all over the country. Nonetheless, he has done well at stud despite limited opportunities, and his offspring include Gr2 Charity Mile hero Bezanova (who has earned over R1.6 million) as well as the likes of Celtic Fire, Jimmi Choo and Thunderflash. He has one on sale: Lot 19 – this filly is out of a winning Jallad half sister to Gr1 performer Kilcoy Castle, with his second dam being a six time stakes winning daughter of Western Winter and Fillies Guineas heroine She’s A Treat. Bred on a similar cross to champion sprinter Shea Shea.
BIARRITZ
A millionaire and graded winner in South Africa, Biarritz was also successful in Dubai, where he won over 1400m . He made a perfect start to his stud career with his very first runner being the stakes winner Anglet. The full brother to high class filly Countess Corlia has 10 on sale here: Lot 7 – a half brother to four winners, this colt is out of a half sister to Gr2 Drill Hall Stakes winner Midnight Run and from the family of champions Golden Taipan and Rebel King. Lot 30 – inbred to the great sire Gone West (as is Selangor Cup hero Hard Day’s Night), this filly is out of a three parts sister to Gr3 Prix du Cap winner Winter Burst and her third dam won the world’s richest 2yo race-the Gr1 Golden Slipper. Lot 44 – out of a half sister to the dam of Gr1 performer Lisa Anne, this colt’s relatives include numerous stakes winners, including former Gr1 Champions Cup winner African Appeal Lot 46 – another inbred to Gone West, this filly is a half sister to 3 winners, including the speedy Olympian and her dam is a stakes placed winner of four (by champion sire Western Winter)
Lot 63 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a half sister to Gr3 Cape Nursery winner Best In The West, with his first three dams being good broodmare sires Qui Danzig, Elliodor and Mexico II Lot 92 – a half brother to a winner, this colt’s dam is a half sister to a stakes winner, and she is out of Danehill’s very speedy and classy 2yo stakes winner Petite Dane Lot 103 – Out of a half sister to a six time winner, this colt’s relatives include the game front running Gr1 SA Classic winner Patchouli Dancer (by Mistral Dancer) and high class 2yo Giorgio Lot 122 – like star filly Silver Mountain, this colt’s dam is by Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus. His third dam, by champion sire Alydar, was an eight time Gr1 winner and this is the family of Kentucky Oaks winner Keeper Hill, and top sires Fappiano and Quiet American, as well as successful local sire Go Deputy Lot 169 – a half sister to a winner, this filly’s dam is a Silvano half sister to 2 stakes winners, with the dam also being very closely related to the top class recent performer Cagiva Lot 177 – a half sister to a winner, this filly’s dam is a three parts sister to a Gr3 winner and hails from the family of SA Derby winner Debonair Duke
BLACK MINNALOUSHE
Storm Cat’s classic winning son has enjoyed plenty of success at stud in South Africa, with his offspring including champion Kochka, Gr1 winning 2yos Arabian Beat and Gold Onyx and the Triple Crown winning Louis The King, with the latter set to stand at stud in 2016. His sire has one on sale: Lot 239 – a half brother to a 2 time winner (and bred on the same Storm Cat/Gone West cross as champion Speightstown), this colt is out of a half sister to Gr3 winning speedster Purple Lake, as well as the dam of Gr3 winning 2yo Flower’s Angel
BLUE TIGER
From the potent Bold Ruler male line, Blue Tiger was one of the best and most durable runners of his generation. A millionaire and top class from 1200-1600m, the charismatic grey won or placed in 15 graded races – and accounted for triple Horse Of The Year Pocket Power in the 2009 Gr1 Gold Challenge. He has 3 on sale: Lot 10 – this colt is out of a half sister to 5 winners, one of whom produced millionaire and Gr1 performer Vertical Takeoff. The famed Corn family which also produced Horse Of The Year and promising young sire Irish Flame. Lot 83 – this grey colt is out of a half sister to two black type performers and hails from the family of Gr1 Fillies Guineas winner Yquem as well as recent Zimbabwean star Yer-Maan Lot 163 – out of a Model Man (damsire of Blue Tiger’s Guineas winning relative Pointing North) mare, this grey filly’s third dam is a stakes winning daughter of the great broodmare sire Dancing Champ and hails from the family of July winner Gondolier as well as the classy and versatile San Carlos
BOLD SILVANO
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The first son of the great sire Silvano to retire to stud in South Africa, this former Equus and July winning champion made a splash overseas when winning the Gr3 Maktoum Challenge over a top class field. He has also made a promising start to his stud career, with his very first runner being a winner and he is also the sire of eye catching recent debut winner Bold Rex. Bold Silvano has three yearlings on offer: Lot 35 – bred on the powerful Silvano/ Blushing Groom cross, this filly’s dam is a half sister to classic winning Gr1 winner Reveille Boy and from the family of speedsters Command Control and Super Magic Lot 70 – a half sister to three winners, including classy sprinter Villa Del Largo, this filly hails from a superb international family, with this family having produced the likes of
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CTS March Yearling Sale - Durbanville Kentucky Derby winner and outstanding sire Unbridled, Horse Of The Year Dr Fager and last year’s Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam’s Map Lot 113 – a half sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes winner Charming Chestnut and is bred on similar lines to champion Vercingetorix and Gr1 winner Happy Valentine
BYWORD
A truly exceptional racehorse, Byword was a superb athlete, whose wins included the Gr1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (a race won previously by champions Dubai Millennium, Bosra Sham, Ouija Board and Azamour). A half brother to multiple Gr1 winner Proviso, Byword is from the classic Peace family, with his other notable relatives including champion sire Court Martial. His first yearlings have made up to R2 000 000, and Byword has one on offer here: Lot 115 – this colt is a half brother to three winners, including stakes winner Pacific Breeze (like the colt on offer by a Nureyev line horse). This well related colt hails from one of the great families in the stud book, with his relatives including such as champions Glorious Song and Devil’s Bag, champion sire Saint Ballado, and the likes of Rahy, Rakeen and Singspiel
CAPTAIN AL
South Africa’s reigning champion sire and seven times champion sire of 2yos, Captain Al ranks as one of South Africa’s top sires. His 30 plus Grade One performers include such champions as All Is Secret, Captain’s Lover, and Captain Of All, while his 2yos this season include such exciting performers as Cloth Of Cloud,
Sergeant Hardy and The Secret Is Out. He has one on offer: Lot 8 – a brother to two winners, this colt is out of a Rock Of Gibraltar three parts sister to a stakes performer. From one of the finest families in the stud book, this colt’s family members include such legendary sires as Danehill (sire of Rock Of Gibraltar), Halo, Machiavellian, Orpen and the immortal Northern Dancer.
COUNT DUBOIS
One of South Africa’s most reliable sires of stakes horses, the Group One winning son of Zafonic has a number of top class performers to his credit, including last season’s Equus Champion French Navy and the US bound Gr3 winner, Madame Dubois. Other notables sired by Count Dubois include the Gr1 winners Asylum Seeker and Zaitoon. He has six lots on sale: Lot 102 – out of a winning Fort Wood daughter of a stakes winner, this well related filly’s third dam is Gr2 winner Fair Spanish Lady – the dam of no fewer than four stakes winners. Lot 107 – bred like smart stakes winner Door Of Deception, this filly’s stakes placed dam is a daughter of Captain Al and the Gr1 mare Main Emblem Lot 144 – another out of a mare by emerging broodmare sire Captain Al, this filly dam was a high class racemare, who was a good fourth in the then Gr1 Golden Slipper Lot 158 – a half brother to a winner, this colt’s second dam is half sister to the Met winning siblings Badger’s Coast and Surfing Home (the latter named Horse Of The Year), as well as to the dam of versatile Derby winner Floatyourboat Lot 218 – this colt is out of a mare by world leading sire Royal Academy
LOT 52: AN AIR OF SUCCESS Filly by Judpot ex Una Aura (Signal Tap)
LOT 140: UNNAMED Filly by Rebel King ex Fiery Spirit (Goldmark)
LOT 159: YOUNG HOPEFUL Filly by Judpot ex Hope Forever (El Prado)
LOT 219: MY BOY ANTONY Colt by Antonius Pius ex My Chelsey Girl (Danasinga)
LOT 172: BOUNCY BALL Colt by Curved Ball ex Jenny Jump (Muhtafal)
(damsire also of champion sire Fastnet Rock), and from the same family as champions Northern Spur, Salsabil and Second Empire – among others Lot 240 – out of a mare by Danehill’s champion son Holy Roman Emperor (damsire of last year’s Gr1 winner Johannes Vermeer), this filly is from the family of Australian Gr1 winning millionaire Rancho Ruler
CURVED BALL
Winner of the Gr2 Dingaans in a brief career, Curved Ball is the only son of dual Australian champion sire Fastnet Rock at stud in South Africa. Fastnet Rock, sire of Aussie sire sensation Hinchinbrook, has been successful the world over, with his 80 plus stakes winners including Gr1 Investec Oaks winner Qualify. Fastnet Rock’s sire sons are also now making their mark, with both Hinchinbrook and Stryker having sired Gr1 winners. Curved Ball has two on sale: Lot 131 – out of a mare by champion US sire Elusive Quality (damsire of such Gr1 winners as Guelph and No Nay Never), this filly is from an outstanding family and her relatives include champions and leading sires Dubawi and In The Wings among numerous other Gr1 winners Lot 172 – a half brother to a multiple winner, this colt’s dam is a half sister to a stakes horse and both his third and fourth dams were stakes winners (by Zeditave and Todman respectively) in Australia
DAN DE LAGO
This classic winning Grade One performer is a son of multiple champion sire Encosta De Lago, whose sire sons include the tragically ill-fated sire sensa-
tion Northern Meteor. Out of a Gr1 Danehill mare, Dan De Lago hails from the family of Golden Slipper winning champion sire Marscay. He has 2 on sale: Lot 84 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a Fort Wood half sister to a Gr3 performer and from a strong black type family. She has a classic pedigree and is inbred, through siblings Fairy King and Sadler’s Wells, to Northern Dancer and Fairy Bridge Lot 110 – out of a mare, who won four, this well bred filly, whose second dam is a Gr3 placed Al Mufti mare, is from the family of Gr1 Allan Robertson winner Silver Arc and CTS Million Dollar hero Illuminator – amongst a host of other top class performers
ELUSIVE FORT
A champion son of the great Fort Wood, Elusive Fort is one of South Africa’s most promising young stallions. The former Equus champion has sired Grade One winners in each of his first two small crops date, in the form of Siren’s Call and Lauderdale respectively, and Elusive Fort is also sire of impressive 2yo debut winner Safe Harbour. He has six on offer here: Lot 39 – a brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a six times Gr3 performer, with his notable relatives including former Gr1 SA Nursery winner Forest Trogon Lot 75 – out of a two time winning daughter of champion sire and emerging broodmare sire Captain Al (whose sire Al Mufti formed a formidable rapport with Elusive Fort’s sire Fort Wood), this filly is from a strong filly family, with her relatives including the top class Gr1 winning female Dynamite Lady among others Lot 143 – a half sister to five win-
ners, this filly’s second and third dams are by the great broodmare sires Northern Guest and Royal Prerogative respectively, and this is the family of high class sprinter Big Sky Country Lot 184 – a half sister to two winners (and bred on the powerful Sadler’s Wells/Kingmambo cross), this filly’s dam is a half sister to graded winners Heat Of The Night (also successful in North America) and Naughty Prince (with the latter pair, like the filly on sale, being sired by a Sadler’s Wells line horse) Lot 202 – out of a smart six time winner, this filly is from the same family as high class 2yos Windsor Forest and her second Decorated Hero, as well as classy sprinters Royal Exit and Umngazi Lot 210 – out of a half sister to four winners (and bred on the powerful Sadler’s Wells/Danehill cross), this filly’s second dam is a full sister to Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Hell’s Angel and this is also the family of champion sprinter Mythical Flight, among others
FORT WOOD
One of the most influential sires ever to stand at stud in South Africa, the now deceased Fort Wood was a champion sire, sire of sires, and broodmare sire. His numerous top flight winners include three sons named Horse Of The Year and his sons Dynasty, Horse Chestnut and Elusive Fort have all enjoyed success at stud. The late, great champion has one on sale: Lot 4 – out of a winning daughter of Zabeel’s unbeaten Gr1 winning son Reset, this well bred filly’s second dam, by champion sprinter and outstanding broodmare sire Anabaa, is a three parts sister to champion filly Blue Duster and her Gr1 winning brother Zieten
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CTS March Yearling Sale - Durbanville GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT
A dual conqueror of dual Horse Of The Year Variety Club, the former Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner was also an outstanding 2yo who reeled off four wins in his first four outings. Like Sebring a son of world leading shuttle sire More Than Ready, Gimmethegreenlight has made a pleasing start to his stud career with his early runners including smart looking winner Skip The Red. He has nine on offer: Lot 2 – bred on the very successful More Than Ready/Danehill cross, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Horse Of The Year Rock Of Gibraltar and from the family of European stars Divine Proportions, Pentire and outstanding sire Shirley Heights, among many others Lot 9 – another out of a Rock Of Gibraltar (by Danehill) mare, this colt’s dam was stakes placed at two and her second dam is the Danehill sired Gr1 Flight Stakes winner Danarani Lot 38 – a half brother to 3 winners, one of whom won five, this colt’s dam is a Redoute’s Choice half sister to an Australian stakes winner and this is the great Denise’s Joy, responsible for the outstanding More Than Ready sired champion More Joyous Lot 41 – a half brother to 2 winners, this bay colt (inbred to the great sire Halo) is from the family of champions Along Came Polly and Young Rake (by Jet Master’ sire Rakeen), as well as Gr1 Champions Cup hero Master Plan. The latter is a three parts brother to this colt’s Jet Master sired dam Lot 57 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a half sister to Gr1 Paddock Stakes winner Thunder Dance, while second dam is a multiple Gr1 winning half sister to champion sire and Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Captain Al Lot 128 – this colt is out of a speedy mare who won three times up to 1200m, and this is the family of Gr1 winner Dynamite Lady Lot 138 – also out of a mare by champion Rock Of Gibraltar, this filly’s dam is a half sister to a stakes winner and from the family of Irish 2000 Guineas and promising young sire Roderic O’Connor, while fourth dam is champion filly Durtal Lot 225 – from the family of the lightning fast Gr1 winner Mythical Flight, this filly is out of a half sister to high class stakes winning fillies Princess Sassi and Secret Obsession Lot 235 – a half sister to a six time winner in France, this filly, whose relatives include star French galloper Priolo, traces back in female line to the great Grey Flight, and her relatives include champion sire What A Pleasure, promising SA sire Philanthropist and champion filly Misty Morn
GITANO HERNANDO
An exceptional racehorse, Gitano Hernando was a multiple Gr1 winner who banked more than $2 000 000 in stakes. A real globetrotter, the handsome chestnut’s wins included the Gr1 Goodwood Stakes and Gr1 Singapore International Cup. He has made a pleasing start with his first 2yos this season – with three of his first few runners finishing in the money. He has 10 lots on sale: Lot 33 – inbred to Danzig, this filly is out of a three parts sister to Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery winner State Factor and is from the family responsible for such as Corning Touch and former Horse Of The Year National Colour. Lot 71 – a half sister to the stakes placed Dynasty’s Pride, this filly (also inbred to undefeated legend Danzig) is out of a five time winning daughter of Western Winter and the 12 time graded winner Eternal Dancer
Lot 93 – this filly is out of a winning Jet Master half sister to Gr3 winner Laser Fan and hails from the family of sprint stars Nobely Born and Trip Tease as well as champion sire Great Nephew – sire of Derby winners Grundy and Shergar Lot 104 – out of a stakes placed winner of five, this chestnut colt hails from the family of champion Soberbo and numerous other good class South American runners Lot 111 – a half sister to four winners, this filly is out of a winning Model Man mare from the family of champions Jay Peg and Kochka Lot 114 – inbred to the great matron Fairy Bridge, this colt is a half brother to a winner and from a top US family with his relatives including the Gr1 winning 2yo Collins Lot 133 – a half brother to a winner, this colt’s dam won four and is from the extended family of Horse Of The Year Potrillon Lot 141 – bred on the very potent Nijinsky II/Blushing Groom cross, this colt’s third dam’s Gr3 Sceptre Stakes winner Foverflo – a Foveros half sister to champion Flobayou and 2 other stakes winners Lot 198 – out of a daughter of seven times champion sire Jet Master, this filly’s relatives include the high class females Aqua Star and Leisure Guide as well as former Horse Of The Year and successful sire and broodmare sire Model Man Lot 233 – out of a winning half sister to 2 smart black type performers, this filly is out of a winning daughter of triple champion sire Western Winter and Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Fading Light, remarkably, her second, third and fourth dams are all stakes winners!
GREAT BRITAIN
One of the best bred horses standing at stud in South Africa, the former Al Quoz Sprint winner Great Britain’s full brother Cape Cross is one of Europe’s top sires, with his offspring including Sea The Stars, Ouija Board and Golden Horn. From limited opportunities, Great Britain has already produced a Gr1 performer in Mystical Twilight, and 13 of his 15 first crop runners have won or finished in the money. He has six on offer: Lot 28 – this well bred colt is out of a winning Dynasty half sister to Gr1 winning 2yo On Her Toes and his third dam is former Broodmare Of The Year Pretty Falcon Lot 86 – inbred to the great sire Danzig, this filly’s dam, by emerging broodmare sire National Emblem, is a half sister to seven times stakes winner Jettatura – herself the dam of talented feature race contender Master’s Eye. The Danzig line star Joshua’s Princess is another notable performer in the family. Lot 135 – out of a three parts sister to a stakes performer, this colt’s second dam is top class Gr2 winner Tarn Fairy, whose brilliant granddaughter , Yoshie, like the colt on sale, is by a Danzig line sire Lot 146 – this colt, who hails from the mighty La Troienne female line, is out of a winning Western Winter half sister to 2 stakes horses, including a Gr1 performer and other notables in this family include Oaks winner Gleaming Sky and French Derby winner and champion sire Caerleon Lot 186 – out of a mare by the great Dynasty, this filly is from the family of top 2yo and promising young sire Zebedee and champion Miss Alleged, the latter being the dam of former successful Highlands sire Joshua Dancer (by Danzig) Lot 221 – another inbred to Danzig, this colt is a half brother to five
winners and is also from the family of Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Miss Alleged and the talented Danzig line horse Zebedee
GREYS INN
One of more than 40 Gr1 winners sired by the late, great Zabeel, the former Equus Champion has enjoyed a real purple patch of late, with Greys Inn runners including Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate/Gr1 SA Derby hero Legal Eagle and Dubai star Forries Waltz. The multiple Gr1 winner, whose half sister produced 2016 Met winner Smart Call, has four lots on sale: Lot 3 – half brother to a winner, this colt is from an outstanding family with his relatives including Gr1 Summer Cup winner Wolf Whistle and Horse Of The Year Wolf Power (damsire of US Horse Of The Year Wise Dan). Inbred to the great Nureyev-a pattern which is also found in the dam of European star Golden Horn. Lot 50 – out of a half sister to a stakes horse, this filly’s dam is a three parts sister to champion Horse Chestnut (damsire of Smart Call), champion Monyela and Gr2 winners Cork Wood and Iron Curtain Lot 120 – out of a mare who won three, this filly is related to none other than Horse Of The Year and red hot sire Dynasty, and she traces back directly in female line to Source Sucree, whose son Turn-To is the male line ancestor of Greys Inn’s grandsire Sir Tristram Lot 191 – bred on the same cross as Gr2 Al Rashidiya winner Forries Waltz, this filly, a sister to 2 winners, is out of a three part sister to high class filly Mary Lou, whose half brother is Gr1 winner African Appeal
HORSE CHESTNUT
One of the greatest horses ever bred in South Africa, the late, great Horse Chestnut has enjoyed plenty of success both as a sire and as a broodmare sire – he features as the damsire of this year’s Met winning superstar Smart Call and is sire of Gr1 winners Chestnuts N Pearls and Lucifer’s Stone, among others. The former Triple Crown winner has 15 yearlings on sale: Lot 26 – intriguingly inbred to champion sire Fort Wood (sire of Horse Chestnut and Dog Rose), this filly is out of a smart stakes placed granddaughter of Fillies Guineas winner Dog Rose. The latter, dam of Gr3 winner Saluki, is in turn a half sister to multiple Gr1 winner Lord Shirldor Lot 85 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a half sister to top class filly Real Red, and from the family of champion Politician, as well as broodmare of the Year Jessamine, dam of Gr1 winners Al Nitak and The Sheik Lot 87 – a half brother to 4 winners, this colt (whose dam is by world leading sire and broodmare sire Red Ransom) is out of a half sister to a US stakes winner and is bred on the very successful Sadler’s Wells/Roberto cross Lot 98 – a three parts brother to Gr1 placed stakes winner Noblewood, this colt is also a very close relative of Gr2 Drill Hall Stakes winner Syon, with both those two geldings being sired by Horse Chestnut’s sire Fort Wood Lot 132 – out of a National Emblem half sister to 8 winners, this colt is from the family of ill-fated Cape Guineas winner Face North, champion Quarrytown and Met hero Polo Classic among others Lot 145 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Captain Al daughter of five time stakes performer Cut Free, with the latter being a half
sister to 2 stakes winners. Captain Al and his sire Al Mufti has done well with Horse Chestnut’s sire Fort Wood. Lot 154 – a half sister to a winner, this filly is out of stakes winner and former East Cape champion Haizi, a daughter of leading sire Kahal, and this is the great Soho Secret family Lot 155 – out of a winning daughter of champion sire Silvano, this filly is from a top international family and her relatives include Gr1 winning 2yo Full Of Gold Lot 164 – a half sister to four winners, this well related filly is out of a Caesour half sister to Gr1 winners Priceless Asset and State Treasure, while another half sister is the dam of champion filly Tara’s Touch Lot 165 – out of an eight time stakes placed winning daughter of Silvano, this filly is from the family of Fort Wood’s Gr1 winning daughter Urabamba as well as former Gr1 Classic hero Topa Inca Lot 166 – out of a winning daughter of world leading sire and top class broodmare sire Hennessy, this filly’s relatives include champion Brazilian filly Be Happy Lot 192 – out of a three time winning daughter of top sire Var, this filly is from a strong black type family with her relatives including the likes of General Franco and ill-fated Gr1 performer La Mancha Lot 197 – out of a four time winning Kahal mare, this filly is from the same female line as world leading sire Miswaki, successful sire Jump Start and French classic winner Lacovia as well as multiple champion sire Southern Halo Lot 222 – a half sister to four winners, including a stakes placed winner of eight, this filly is another very closely related to Fort Wood’s Gr1 SA Fillies Classic winner Urabamba among numerous other black type performers Lot 237 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt’s dam is a half sister to a stakes winner as well as to the dam of Gr1 winner Ivory Trail, and this is the great Best In Show family responsible for such as Covert Love, Grey Swallow, Pathfork, Northern Guest, El Gran Senor and Redoute’s Choice – among others
INDIGO MAGIC
A son of Gone West and Epsom Oaks heroine Lady Carla, Indigo Magic is the sire of top class performers Shades of Indigo, Go Indigo and Darling Moon from limited opportunities. He is also an emerging broodmare sire, with his daughters responsible for the likes of Cat And The Moon and Hard Day’s Night. He has one on sale: Lot 196 – out of a speedy winning mare, this colt’s second dam is a stakes placed half sister to a four time stakes winner and hails from the family of Horse Of The Year Goldie
JAY PEG
A globe trotting superstar and Equus Champion, Jay Peg is enjoying a purple patch with his 3yos this season. The sire of such talented 2yos as Hot Affair and Flash Drive, Jay Peg’s 3yo crop this season includes five in a row stakes winner Exit Here and Gr2 Selangor Cup hero Victorious Jay, as well as the promising filly She’s A Dragon. The champ has 7 lots on sale: Lot 18 – a half sister to 3 winners, this classically bred filly, whose fourth dam won the 1000 Guineas, is from the family of high class US Gr1 filly Country Garden Lot 27 – a half sister to 4 winners, including Derby contender Solar Captain, this well bred filly is from the fam-
ily of Horse Of The Year Royal Chalice, and the outstanding siblings Bishop’s Bounty, Brutal Force, Nania and Red Ray Lot 47 – out of a smart four time winning mare, this colt’s second dam is a Fort Wood half sister to Gr1 sprinter Big Sky Country, and is inbred to the breed shaping sire Danzig Lot 65 – a half sister to a winner, this filly’s dam is a half sister to a Gr2 filly and from the potent family of Met winners Alastor and Wild West. Like Jay Peg’s classy performers Hot Affair and Flash Drive, she is inbred to champion sire and broodmare sire Al Mufti Lot 76 – a colt with an interesting pedigree – not only is he by Jay Peg, but he is from the same family as his illustrious champion sire, with this family also including the likes of millionaire Gr1 performer Whiteline Fever among others Lot 206 – bred like Gr3 2yos Flash Drive and Hot Affair (out of a mare by champion sire Captain Al), this filly’s dam won four and hails from the family of uber fast sprinter Knife Edge Lot 217 – out of a half sister, by ill-fated champion and Gr1 sire Azamour, to Gr1 2yo Treat, this filly is a half sister to the very talented Cape runner Moonsong Magic and is from the family of Jersey Stakes winner Membership.
JUDPOT
An A P Indy half brother to two classic winners, including leading sire Kingmambo, Judpot is living up to his illustrious bloodlines at stud. An Equus Outstanding Stallion with his first crop, Judpot’s top performers include champion Along Came Polly, Gr1 2yo Forest Indigo, Gr2 Supreme Cup hero Deputy Jud and top fillies Double Whammy and Little Genie. He has 11 yearlings on sale: Lot 34 – out of a five time winning half sister to a Gr3 horse, this colt is out of a daughter of champion sire Western Winter and Gr1 winner Divided Loyalty and is from the family of international Gr1 winners Irridescence and Perfect Promise Lot 52 – out of a winning Brazilian mare, this filly traces back in female line to champion sprinter Arg High Command – herself a daughter of champion sprinter Impressive Lot 55 – bred on the increasingly successful A P Indy/Storm Cat cross, this colt is out of a Gr3 placed winner of three, and from the family of the Bold Ruler line sired champion Bush Telegraph Lot 62 – out of a Western Winter half sister to a stakes performer, this colt (bred on similar lines to Gr1 winner Forest Indigo) is from the family of Gr1 winner Lord Shirldor, and his Gr1 placed second dam is an own sister to Fillies Guineas winner Dog Rose Lot 78 – a half brother to a useful winner, this colt (inbred to the mighty mare Lassie Dear) is out of an Al Mufti mare and he hails from the family of champion sire Fort Wood and his 3 Gr1 winning siblings Lot 81 – this well bred colt is out of a winning Var half sister to globetrotting Gr3 winner Nocturnal Affair, and his second dam is the stakes placed mare Aretha Lot 94 – this colt is out of a half sister to Gr2 filly Nimley (who finished third in the Merchants), and his second dam is a full sister to J&B Met winner Alastor. Another inbred to Lassie Dear, this colt’s third dam is the top class Tibouchina Stakes winner Damascus Road Lot 153 – out of a quick mare who won four times up to 1000m, this colt is from a top class US family with his relatives including classic winner Lucarno. Interestingly, he is bred on similar terms to multiple Gr1 winner Aptitude, with both A P Indy line horses tracing back to the tap root mare Escutcheon
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CTS March Yearling Sale - Durbanville Lot 159 – this well bred filly is out of a mare by champion US sire and top class broodmare sire El Prado and from the family of multiple Gr1 winner Wekiva Springs Lot 223 – this regally bred filly, inbred to the great Secretariat, is out of a stakes placed three parts sister to champion 2yo Argonaut, with her third dam being recently deceased broodmare legend Aquasarto – dam of five individual stakes winners Lot 232 – this classy colt is a half brother to 4 winners, including R8 000 000 plus earner and CTS Million Dollar winner Illuminator. His dam is a stakes placed winner of five and a half sister to Gr1 winning 2yo Silver Arc
JUST AS WELL
A top class racehorse, Just As Well is a Gr1 winning son of US champion and multiple champion sire A P Indy, whose top class sire sons include the likes of Bernardini, Malibu Moon, Pulpit (sire of Tapit) and Judpot. Just As Well’s first crop, now 3, include a number of highly rated performers including Gr1 contenders Just As I Said and Well In Flight. He has one on offer: Lot 189 – out of a mare by top miler and broodmare sire Grand Lodge (damsire of former Summer Cup winner Strategic News among others), this colt is from an outstanding female line with his relatives including champions Dayjur and Sky Beauty (the latter a member of the US Racing Hall of Fame) as well as such Gr1 winners as Pine Island, Point Of Entry and Tale Of Ekati.
KING OF KINGS
Now deceased, the son of champion sire Sadler’s Wells was a superb racehorse, who won the Gr1 National Stakes at two and the Gr1 2000 Guineas at three. A proven sire, his stock includes champion King’s Chapel and Gr1 winners Ike’s Dream and Reigning To Win, and also features as broodmare sire of former Breeders’ Cup winner Regally Ready. He has one yearling on offer: Lot 208 – out of a four time winning daughter of champion US sire Elusive Quality, this filly is a three parts sister to multiple Gr1 winner and former Horse Of The Year King’s Chapel, who is currently standing at the Bush Hill Stud in KZN
KING’S APOSTLE
A superb racehorse, King’s Apostle won seven times including the Gr1 Prix Maurice De Gheest, in which he accounted for no fewer than four Group One winners. A son of champion sire King’s Best and with champions as his second and third dams, King’s Apostle is bred on the same Kingmambo/Sadler’s Wells cross as this year’s Met winner Smart Call. He has one lot on sale: Lot 73 – out of a stakes placed daughter of champion sire Captain Al, this colt’s dam is a three parts sister to Gr1 H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes winner Captain America, who has earned nearly R3 000 000 in stakes.
LATERAL
By the sire of current European star Solow, former champion 2yo Lateral has made a pleasing start to his stud career, with his first crop including Gr1 winner Bilateral and Gr2 Dingaans hero Unparalleled. His second crop, now 3, includes Gr1 performer Sapsan. Lateral has 2 lots on offer: Lot 36 – out of a mare by leading sire Gone West (damsire of Sadler’s Wells line classic winners Motivator and Leading Light), this colt’s second dam, by former champion sire Be Me Guest, was a top class Gr2 winner in the USA and also finished third in the Gr1 Del Mar Oaks Lot 173 – this colt’s dam is a daughter of Black Minnaloushe and the uber game racemare Jabulani Jive, a stakes placed winner of four, whose dam was runner up in the Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery
MAMBO IN SEATTLE
Runner up in the Gr1 Travers Stakes, and a brother in blood to US champion and top sire Lemon Drop Kid, Mambo In Seattle made a top class start to his stud career, with his first crops producing Gr1 star Same Jurisdiction, stakes winning filly Mambonick and the very talented Saratoga Dancer, among others. A close relative of champion sire A P Indy, “Mambo” has one on offer here: Lot 156 – bred on the same Mambo In Seattle/Captain Al cross as multiple Gr1 winner Same Jurisdiction (set to ply her trade overseas), this colt is out of a full sister to stakes performing siblings Mainbrace and Girl In Every Port, with the latter also producing the high class Sophomore Sprint winner Door Of Deception
MARCHFIELD
A son of dual US champion sire A P Indy, Marchfield was an outstanding racehorse and Canadian champion who earned over $1 000 000 on the track. From a superb family, Marchfield’s first Northern Hemisphere runners include the classic placed Field Of Courage among a slew of other stakes performers. He has 3 lots on offer: Lot 61 – a half brother to 3 winners, this colt’s first two dams are by Zafonic and Sadler’s Wells respectively, with his granddam being a half sister to Gr1 winning sprinter and world
ALADO (Danzig) (100) Calypso Star (Al Mufti: 1r/1w) (109) Carolina Moon (Cadeaux Genereux: 3r/1w) (229) Our Princess (Western Winter: 2r/2w) ANTONIUS PIUS (Danzig) (25) Silver Tree (Fort Wood: 3r/2w) (51) U Aintseenothinyet (Goldmark: 2r/1w) (203) Medica (Goldmark: 2r/1w) (207) Minski (Jallad: 10r/7w/1sw) (31) Space Odyssey (Jet Master: 4r/3w) (182) Lavender Lake (Lear Fan: 3r/1w) ASHAAWES (Kingmambo) (11) Roman Moser (Caesour: 4r/4w) (127) Duchess Delight (Fort Wood: 6r/4w) (97) Bright Thing (Lizard Island: 1r/1w) BLACK MINNALOUSHE (Storm Cat) (239) Purple Peony (West Man: 8r/5w) BOLD SILVANO (Silvano) (113) Charming Chestnut (National Assembly: 1r/1w) CAPTAIN AL (Al Mufti) (8) Rock’s Broad (Rock of Gibraltar: 5r/3w) COUNT DUBOIS (Zafonic) (107) Captain’s Emblem (Captain Al: 2r/2w/1sw) (144) Flaming Alice (Captain Al: 2r/2w/1sw) (102) Cantabria (Fort Wood: 12r/7w/1sw) (218) Mountain Of Light (Royal Academy: 2r/1w) ELUSIVE FORT (Fort Wood) (39) Taking It Deep (Bushmanland: 1r/1w) (75) Allagain (Captain Al: 2r/1w/1sw) GREAT BRITAIN (Green Desert) (221) National Fate (National Assembly: 2r/2w) GREYS INN (Zabeel) (50) Two Cities (Fort Wood: 16r/10w) (191) Love Or Money (Rich Man’s Gold: 4r/3w/1sw)
leading sire Pivotal. To date, the latter is the sire of over 100 stakes winners, with more than 20 of these having won at Gr1 level Lot 66 – inbred to the great Triple Crown winner Secretariat, this colt is a half brother to four winners, including a stakes performer, and is from the family of top class performers Colonial Affair, Declaration Of War and Union Rags, among others Lot 161 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a four time winner, who shares her sire with broodmare of the year Si Senorita, and this is the family of top speedster Wexford Boy
NOORDHOEK FLYER
A dual Guineas winning son of the top sire Pivotal (whose sire sons include the successful sires Kyllachy and Siyouni), Noordhoek Flyer hails from a red hot family. The handsome chestnut is a regular producer of winners, and is also the sire of this season’s promising 2yo filly Felicity Flyer. He has 3 lots on sale: Lot 32 – out of a mare by world leading broodmare sire Spectrum (whose daughters have produced the likes of Dutch Art and Moonlight Cloud), this filly traces back to the Gr1 winning mare Enchanting and this is the family of star female athletes Enchantress, Harry’s Charm, and Laverna Lot 42 – a full brother to the talented feature race contender Felicity Flyer, this colt is out of a winning half sister to 3 stakes horses – including Gr3 Cape Nursery winner Empress Crown, who, like the colt on sale, is by a Nureyev line horse Lot 183 – a half brother to five winners, this colt is out of a five time winning granddaughter of Oaks winner Serena, whose son, Broadway Flyer (by Nureyev son Theatrical) won the Gr1 Sword Dancer Handicap
HORSE CHESTNUT (Fort Wood) (145) Free Fall (Captain Al: 2r/1w) (237) Plea Bargain (Goldkeeper: 6r/3w/1sw) (154) Haizi (Kahal: 2r/1w) (197) Manyano (Kahal: 2r/1w) JAY PEG (Camden Park) (76) Alpha Lady (Captain Al: 9r/5w/2sw) (206) Mile High (Captain Al: 9r/5w/2sw) (18) Selika (National Emblem: 4r/2w) (65) Wintie (Windrush: 4r/2w) JUDPOT (A P Indy) (78) Arabian Story (Al Mufti: 11r/7w) (232) Pacific Lights (Al Mufti: 11r/7w) (34) Sue For Peace (Western Winter: 3r/3w) (62) Westerns (Western Winter: 3r/3w) (223) Nova Zembla (Western Winter: 3r/3w) KING’S APOSTLE (King’s Best) (73) Adorable (Captain Al: 4r/3w) MAMBO IN SEATTLE (Kingmambo) (156) Hard At Play (Captain Al: 2r/1w/1sw) NOORDHOEK FLYER (Pivotal) (42) The Zone (Restructure: 1r/1w) QUERARI (Oasis Dream) (174) Julila (Silvano: 1r/1w/1sw) (147) Gamma Ray (Victory Moon: 1r/1w) (193) Madya (Western Winter: 2r/1w) REBEL KING (National Emblem) (140) Fiery Spirit (Goldmark: 4r/3w) (79) Ardent Lady (Rakeen: 1r/1w) (15) Ruby Heart (Western Winter: 9r/5w) RIGHT APPROACH (Machiavellian) (12) Rose Model (Model Man: 8r/4w/2sw)
ORATORIO
A triple Group 1 winning son of the great Danehill, Oratorio is a world class sire, whose 40 odd stakes winners include no fewer than 8 Gr1 winners. The former European champion, already twice a champion sire in Italy, is the sire of such champions as Beethoven, Banchee and Horse Of The Year Military Attack, among others. He has one yearling here: Lot 209 – this colt is out of a four time winning daughter of top sire Var and is from a top class family, whose members include the hugely influential sire War Relic as well as former champion, and exciting local stallion, Querari
PATHFORK
Unbeaten at two, Pathfork won the Gr1 National Stakes at two –a race won previously by sire greats Sir Ivor, Roberto, El Prado and Dubawi –to name a few. A son of former US champion sire Distorted Humor, the blue blooded Pathfork hails from the great Best In Show family, responsible for breed shaping sires El Gran Senor, Try My Best and Redoute’s Choice. The former champion 2yo has made the ideal start to his stud career, with Parkfork’s first crop having already yielded an impressive winner in the former of Corker. He has four on sale: Lot 121 – out of a half sister to stakes performers, including the dam of useful galloper Smart Mart, this colt is from the family of classic winners Grande Jete and Joshua’s Princess as well as Gr1 star Floating Casino Lot 185 – a half sister to six winners, including the Gr1 filly Ladoona, this filly is out of mare by outstanding broodmare sire Woodman and is from the same family as important sire War Relic and Gr1 winnerand exciting young SA sire Querari
ROCK OF ROCHELLE (Rock of Gibraltar) ((180) Lady Tibbs (Casey Tibbs: 2r/1w) ROYAL AIR FORCE (Jet Master) (137) Faithful Spirit (Phantom Earl: 3r/1w) (88) Baltic Fury (Qui Danzig: 1r/1w) (136) Faithful Olga (Spectrum: 2r/1w) SAIL FROM SEATTLE (Gone West) (224) Nunavik (Fort Wood: 6r/4w) (74) Alaya (Jallad: 2r/2w) SEUL AMOUR (Zabeel) (119) Crescent Lily (Counter Action: 1r/1w/1sw) SEVENTH ROCK (Rock of Gibraltar) (21) Silver Candle (Al Mufti: 11r/5w) (211) Miss Congeniality (Fort Wood: 4r/3w) (175) Justylish (Model Man: 4r/3w) (13) Rosette (National Emblem: 7r/1w/1sw) (80) Argent (National Emblem: 7r/1w/1sw) STAGELIGHT (Montjeu) (95) Blackshot Burgundy (Jallad: 2r/2w) TIGER DANCE (Storm Cat) (226) Old Heritage (Western Winter: 4r/2w) TRIPPI (End Sweep) (64) Winter Mist (Western Winter: 9r/8w) VAR (Forest Wildcat) (14) Royal Fox (Dominion Royale: 5r/3w) (118) Count the Cash (Western Winter: 22r/13w/2sw) WARM WHITE NIGHT (Western Winter) (77) Angel Cake (Kabool: 1r/1w) (216) Money Tree (Var: 1r/1w) WINDRUSH (Seeking The Gold) (106) Captain’s Catch (Captain Al: 2r/2w) (59) Vintage Green (Model Man: 15r/9w/2sw)
Lot 188 – a half sister to 2 winners, and inbred to Danzig, this filly’s dam is by Epsom Derby winner Sinndar (damsire of classic winners Encke,Flotilla, and Trading Leather) and she is a half sister to a champion and from the same family as the multiple Gr1 winner Linngari, currently standing at Summerhill Stud in KZN Lot 228 – another inbred to the great sire Danzig, this filly’s dam is a full sister to talented Gr3 winning 2yo Swingtime and she is out of the very speedy Comique
PHILANTHROPIST
A talented racehorse from the Roberto male line, and closely related to top sires National Assembly and What A Pleasure, Philanthropist is a proven sire who was North America’s Leading Sire on Synthetics in 2014. From a very small first crop, the chestnut came up with a pair of champions in Phil’s Dream and Pender Harbour, with the latter winning no fewer than 10 stakes races. He has 11 lots on offer: Lot 49 – this filly has an interesting pedigree. Out of a mare by champion sire and broodmare sire Fort Wood, she from the same family as Fort Wood himself, as well as his top class siblings Hamas, Northern Aspen and Timber Country – among many other notable performers Lot 58 – from a happening family,this colt is out of a three time winning own sister to a stakes winner and a half sister to Gr1 performer Rushing Wind. Western Winter is broodmare sire of Gr1 star Carry On Alice to the cover of another Roberto line horse – Captain Al. Lot 69 – out of a winning daughter of Trippi (damsire of Breeders’ Cup winner Liam’s Map), this filly is from the family of ten time Gr2 winner Great Gusto
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CTS March Yearling Sale - Durbanville Lot 82 – out of a Rock Of Gibraltar half sister to an Australian stakes winner, this filly is from the same family as international Gr1 winning females Angara, Aquarelliste and Cape Verdi Lot 96 – this well bred colt is out of a Trippi half sister to Gr3 Champagne Stakes winner State Blue. The latter is by National Assembly – a very close relative of the colt on sale’s sire, Philanthropist. Lot 99 – a half brother to four winners, this colt (also inbred to Roberto) has a superb family –he hails from the same family of Philanthropist himself, and this family is also responsible for champion filly Majmu, US legend Native Dancer and champions Misty Morn and Bold Lad, as well as leading sires Sovereign Dancer and What A Pleasure Lot 126 – a half brother to four winners, this colt is out of a half sister to stakes performer Shop Wise as well as the dam of Gr3 winning speedster Fanzene. The family of Gr1 winner African Appeal. Lot 130 – inbred to the great sire Roberto, this filly’s dam is a full sister to a stakes winner of six and is from the same family as Sophomore Sprint winner Bulldozer among others Lot 134 – inbred to mighty matron Grey Flight, this colt’s dam (by emerging broodmare sire National Emblem) is closely related to champion miler and successful sire Polish Precedent, and is also related to once beaten superstar Zilzal and champion Intikhb (like the colt on offer by a Roberto line horse)– among many others Lot 149 – a half sister to 2 winners, this well bred filly is out of a daughter of champion sire Giant’s Causeway and Golden Slipper winner Burst, with the latter being sired by yet another Golden Slipper winner in the form of Marauding. Another inbred to Epsom Derby winner and outstanding sire Roberto. Lot 151 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly is from the famed Let Kiss family, with her relatives including champions Jay Peg and Kochka as well as top females Cat And The Moon and Dash For Gretna
QUERARI
A Gr1 winning champion on the track, Querari is one of 100 stakes winners for champion sprinter Oasis Dream and hails from the red hot Green Desert male line. He has gotten off to an exceptional start at stud with his first crop including the likes of Gr2 winner Cosmic Light and Gr1 performer Melliflora. He has 7 yearlings on offer: Lot 5 – a half sister to smart, stakes placed filly Jeweller’s Joy, this filly’s dam, by champion sire Badger Land, is a half sister to a stakes winner and is from the family of former champion filly Breyani Lot 6 – out of a winning daughter of Eclipse winner and top class sire Medicean, this colt hails from the same family as Irish 2000 Guineas winner Indian Haven, successful local sire Count Dubois and champions Diesis and Kris Lot 23 – out of a mare by Gr1 winning 2yo Fard (damsire of Gr1 winners Captain Of All and Rabada), this colt is from the mighty Soho Secret family and his relatives include champions Kings Gambit, London News and Promisefrommyheart Lot 147 – out of a half sister to a stakes winning 2yo, this filly’s relatives include former Fillies Guineas winner American Connection and high class sprinter Speaking Oak, among others
Lot 174 – bred on the same cross as Gr2 winner Cosmic Light, this colt’s dam is a half brother to Gr2 performer Real Red and from the family of champion Politician as well as Gr1 winning siblings Al Nitak and The Sheik Lot 193 – out of a half sister to Gr3 performer My World, this filly’s second dam is a three parts sister to French Gr1 winning sprinter Imperial Beauty and is also closely related to the Gr1 winning half siblings Jan Vermeer and Together Lot 200 – out of a winning daughter of Hard Up (damsire of Gr1 winners Badger’s Gift and Legally Blonde), this colt’s dam is a half sister to Gr3 winning 2yo Ethics and out of the stakes winner Family Code
REBEL KING
A champion sprinter, who emulated champion sire Jet Master in landing the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship, Rebel King has made a name for himself as a sire of fast, precocious stock, with his top runners including graded winners Prince Of Thieves and Royal Dreamer as well as East Cape champion La Rebel. He has seven on sale: Lot 15 – a half sister to 3 winners, this filly’s dam is a Western Winter half sister to millionaire and July runner up Run For It, and this is the family of former Horse Of The Year Free My Heart. Her first four dams are by Western Winter, Jallad, Topsider and Dancing Champ. Lot 20 – by a Cape Flying Championship winner out of a mare by another, this filly is out of a daughter of Jet Master and outstanding racefilly Joshua’s Princess. Inbred to Danzig, this filly’s other relatives include former Cape Derby hero Grande Jete Lot 22 – this filly is out of a four time winning half sister to a graded performer, and her second dam is a half sister to none other than multiple Gr1 winner and sire Jungle Rock Lot 79 – out of a half sister to stakes winner Saintly Soul, this colt’s second dam is former Gr1 winner Saintly Lady. Interestingly enough, he is from the same female line as former champion and successful sire National Emblem – the sire of Rebel King Lot 140 – by a champion sprinter out of a daughter of a champion sprinter, this filly is a half sister to five winners including Gr3 winning 2yo Cree Lodge and smart stakes performer Orchard House, while her second dam is a half sister to Gr1 winners Hidden Fortune and Stateway Lot 142 – a half sister to 2 winners, and very closely related to talented stakes winner Sarve, this filly is bred to be quick, being out of the high class stakes winning sprinter First Wave Lot 170 – a half brother to 3 winners, this colt (whose dam is by top class broodmare sire Sportsworld) is from an outstanding family and he is closely related to the Danzig line Gr1 winner Shoe Express, with other relatives including the Gr1 winning siblings Al Nitak and The Sheik
RIGHT APPROACH
Like leading sires Street Cry and Medicean, Right Approach is a Gr1 winning son of Machiavellian. From the family of Deep Impact and Round Table, Right Approach has been represented by a number of talented graded winners including Whiteline Fever, Halve The Deficit, Eventual Angel and Fantastic Mr Fox. He has one on sale: Lot 12 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a Model Man half sister to Gr1 2yo Infinite Spirit and from the family of US champion and dual classic winner Little Current.
ROCK OF ROCHELLE
A son of Horse Of The Year and top class sire Rock Of Gibraltar (also sire of successful local sire Seventh Rock), Rock Of Rochelle was a Gr3 winning sprinter in Ireland and he hails from the family of outstanding sires Dynaformer and Brian’s Time as well as Breeders’ Cup sire Offlee Wild. Has produced eight winners from a small first crop of runners. He has six lots on sale: Lot 1 – a half sister to four winners including Gr2 performer Legislature, this filly is out of a classic placed Rakeen half sister to Gr1 2yo Noble Knight. Her second dam is a half sister to outstanding filly Happyanunoit, a Gr1 winner in both New Zealand and the USA Lot 17 – out of a winning half sister to four stakes horses, this colt is from the immediate family of sensational filly Cold As Ice, winner of the Gr2 Choice Carriers Fillies Championship and a smart recent winner in the UK Lot 124 – a half sister to a useful winner, this filly’s dam is a half sister to two stakes horses and from the family of 2000 Guineas winner Mystiko and outstanding broodmare Mystic Spring, dam of champion Rabiya and the very promising Bela-Bela and second dam of uber promising 2yo The Secret Is Out Lot 180 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt’s dam is a winning daughter of the stakes performer Lady Be Mine Lot 187 – from the mighty Drohsky family, this colt is out of a full sister to ten time stakes performer Eastern Cobbler and from the same family as multiple Gr1 winner Ingleside Lot 212 – a half brother to talented stakes winner and Gr2 performer Easy Lover, this colt’s first two dams are stakes performers and his fourth dam is US champion Revidere, and this is the same family as Canadian champion Marchfield, top sires Cryptoclearance and Harlan’s Holiday, and Ride The Rails – sire of the sensational sire Candy Ride
ROYAL AIR FORCE
sister to Gr2 winner Oda and a half sister to Gr1 winner Onward
SAIL FROM SEATTLE
A very close relative of champion sire Smart Strike, the sadly now deceased Sail From Seattle (by Gone West) left a considerable mark on South Africa during a short innings at stud. His top performers include Gr1 winners Elusive Gold and Gulf Storm, millionaire Tommy Gun and the very promising 2yo Pacific Spirit. He has 3 on sale: Lot 74 – from the mighty Drohsky family, this filly is out of a half sister to a 13 time winner and is related to champion 2yo filly Warning Zone, dam of top class Australian group winner Pittsburgh Flyer. Also the family of Gr1 winning siblings Golden Peak and Record Edge, while Gr3 winner Magico (like the filly on offer by a Gone West line horse) is another from this female line Lot 224 – out of a winning daughter of champion broodmare sire Fort Wood, this colt’s dam is a three parts sister to Horse Of The Year Celtic Grove, and this is also the family of current high class 3yo Marinaresco Lot 236 – out of a winning daughter of US champ Dehere, this colt (who traces back to a full sister to breed shaping sire Raise A Native) is from a top class family with his relatives including Gr3 winning Dubai campaigner Confrontation
SEUL AMOUR
A stakes winning son of two champions, Zabeel’s son Seul Amour is a proven stakes sire – from very limited opportunities. His top performer in South Africa is talented Gr2 winner Heart Of A Lion, while his Australian stakes horses include the Gr2 performer Coldens Choice and smart stakes winner Black Tomahawk. He has 2 yearlings on offer: Lot 16 – a half sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a winning daughter of emerging broodmare sire Casey Tibbs (damsire of the likes of Do You Remember, Strongman etc). The filly’s dam is out of a half sister to Gr3 winner The Badger and from the family of top fillies Blushing Dove and Cosmic Light. Lot 119 – bred on the same Seul Amour/Counter Action cross as R760 000 earner Heart Of A Lion, this filly is out of a stakes winning mare from the family of champion Heavy Metal and Gr1 winners Drum Star, For The Lads and Planetary Music
A Jet Master half brother to Met winning champion Imperious Sue, Royal Air Force was a top class performer whose wins included a score in the Gr2 Astrapak 1900. Closely related to champion and Gr1 sire Victory Moon, Royal Air Force has sired the likes of Petty Officer and Riff Raf from limited opportunities. He has four yearlings on sale: Lot 88 – out of a four time winning daughter of successful broodmare sire Qui Danzig, this colt’s second dam is former East Cape champion SEVENTH ROCK A Gr1 winning son of chamSpring Storm and this is also the pions Rock Of Gibraltar and family of Gr1 winner Cool Success Ruby Clipper, Seventh Rock and champion 2yo Argonaut is more than living up to Lot 136 – a full brother to a winner, expectations at stud. His first this colt is closely inbred to former two crops have produced Gr1 champion sire Royal Prerogative, as winner Guiness and Equus his third dam is none other than RoyChampion Seventh Plain, with al Prerogative sired Gr1 winner Mill the latter a former graduate Hill of the March Sale. Talented Lot 137 – a half brother to 6 winGr3 Algoa Cup winner Stoneners, this colt, a three parts brothhenge is another top class er to Guineas contender Riff Raf, is runner sired by Seventh Rock, out of a half sister to Gr3 winner The who has 10 on offer: Badger and from the family of current Lot 13 – bred on the same Sevhigh class 3yo Cosmic Light Lot 227 – a half sister to five win- enth Rock/National Emblem cross ners, this filly is out of a useful full as champion Seventh Plain, this filly’s five time winning dam is a half
sister to Gr1 performer Rudi Rocks, and her second dam is Gr3 Final Fling winner Rosey Rapids Lot 21 – this beautifully bred filly is out of a winning Al Mufti half sister to former Horse Of The Year National Colour – who, like the filly on offer, is by a Danzig line stallion Lot 24 – from one of the best families in the stud book (and a descendant of great racemare and producer Pretty Polly), this filly traces back directly to Irish Oaks winner Alydaress – an Alydar half sister to champion filly Park Appeal (dam of Gr1 winning miler and champion sire Cape Cross), also the family of Danzig line Gr1 winner Hot Snitzel and 1000 Guineas heroine Shadayid Lot 80 – another out of a National Emblem mare, this filly is a half sister to 3 winners including the useful Free Agent, and her dam is a half sister to an Oaks placed stakes winner Lot 125 – another from a magnificent female line, this filly (whose dam is by champion sire and broodmare sire Zabeel) is a direct descendant of Gr1 winner Diamond Lover (dam of Zabeel’s Gr1 winner Don Eduardo), and this is also the family of one of Zabeel’s greatest sons – Octagonal, a former Horse Of The Year and sire of champion sire Lonhro Lot 160 – out of a mare by champion 2yo Johannesburg (dam of Gr1 winner and sire Crusade), this filly is from the same family as champion sire Saint Ballado, champions Devil’s Bag, Glorious Song and Singspiel, and top sires Rahy and Rakeen, as well as champion filly Wavering Girl. The latter is the dam of Danzig’s Gr1 winning son and Gr1 sire Military Lot 175 – a sister to two winners, this filly’s dam, by top class broodmare sire Model Man, is a half sister to 2 stakes horses and her second dam is a full sister to Gr1 Cape Derby winner Western Rocket Lot 199 – bred on the potent Danehill/Sadler’s Wells cross, this filly is out of a five time winning daughter of emerging broodmare sire Casey Tibbs and her third dam is an own sister to Gr3 winning speedster Old Acquaintance Lot 201 – out of a mare by champion Daylami (broodmare sire of Aus champion Pierro), this colt’s second dam is former SA champion Kundalini and this is the family of classic winners Kooyonga and Roland Gardens among others Lot 211 – out of a winning daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Fort Wood, this colt’s dam is a three parts sister to Gr3 winner Over Bearing and also closely related to Gr1 winning half siblings Alpha Omega and Final Claim
STAGELIGHT
Sadly now deceased, former Gr3 UAE 2000 Guineas Stagelight is the only son of the great racehorse and sire Montjeu ever to stand at stud in South Africa. From the same family as Gr1 winners Ectot and Most Improved, Stagelight sired the smart fillies Margot On Stage and Nonki Poo from limited opportunities. He has 3 lots on sale: Lot 95 – a half sister to two winners, this filly is out of a Jallad half sister to a stakes winner as well as Little Erna (like the filly on offer by a Sadler’s Wells line horse) – whose descendants include the likes of Pay The Piper, Gr1 performer Lucky Find and
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CTS M arch Yearling Sale - Durbanville current classy Gr3 winner Cat And The Moon Lot 194 – a half sister to two winners, this filly is out of a three time winning mare from the family of classic winner Good Times as well as versatile Gr1 winner Einstein and the former hugely successful South African sire Hobnob, as well as Epsom Derby winners Teenoso and Sir Percy Lot 230 – this filly’s four time winning dam is a half sister to top class 2yo stakes winner Jimmi Choo and this is also the family of French Gr1 winners Al Nasr and Kebah
TIGER DANCE
A full brother to Horse Of The Year and triple US champion sire Giant’s Causeway, the now deceased Tiger Dance’s offspring include top class Gr1 performer Tribal Dance and classy stakes winner Kitti Cat. From one of the hottest families around (his full sister is the dam of 2 classic winners including Gleneagles), Tiger Dance has 3 lots on sale: Lot 90 – from the family of SA Oaks winner Haute Cuisine, this filly (bred on the potent Storm Cat/Mr Prospector cross) is out of a four time winning daughter of successful sire Muhtafal Lot 162 – out of a high class racemare who was second in the Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery, this colt is from the great Enchanting family responsible for such Gr1 stars as Enchantress, Harry’s Charm, Laverna and ill-fated National Currency Lot 226 – out of a full sister (by Western Winter) to a Derby winner, this filly is from the wonderful Party Time family, which has produced such outstanding fillies as champion In The Fast Lane, last season’s Gr1 winning 2yo Chestnuts N Pearls, Guineas winner Sally Bowles, and US graded winner Consumer Credit
TRIPPI
One of South Africa’s elite stallions, Trippi’s progeny shine year in and year out. Trippi, whose runners have earned over $50 000 000, has had another tremendous season highlighted by the deeds of such as Gr1 winner Inara, R8 000 000 earner Illuminator, Summer Cup runner up Deo Juvente and top class speedballs Trip To Heaven and Triptique, as well as impressive recent Storm Bird Stakes hero Flying Myth. He has just one yearling on offer: Lot 64 –from a red hot family, this filly is out of a winning Western Winter three parts sister to former Horse Of The Year and five time Gr1 winner Yard-Arm, and this filly’s relatives also include this season’s star 3yo Abashiri, winner of the recent Gr2 Betting World Gauteng Guineas
TWICE OVER
A four time Gr1 winner and multiple European champion Twice Over is one of the best performed horses ever to retire to stud in South Africa. From the family of champion and leading sire Damascus, Twice Over (whose first yearlings have already fetched up to R1 000 000) scored back to back wins in the Gr1 Champion Stakes and also won both the Gr1 Juddmonte International and Gr1 Eclipse
Stakes. He has nine yearlings on offer: Lot 37 – a half sister to a winner, this filly (whose dam is a half sister to two stakes horses) is from the family of Horse Of The Year and outstanding sire Dynasty and traces back to the great broodmare Source Sucree (whose son Turn-To is the male line ancestor of the likes of Roberto and Sunday Silence) Lot 116 – a half sister to a winner, this blue blooded filly is out of Gr3 Champagne Stakes winner Countess Corlia, a full sister to millionaire and promising young sire Biarritz and a three parts sister to high class speedster Comtesse Dubois Lot 150 – out of a Rock Of Gibraltar winning half sister to a Gr2 winner and closely related to Australian Gr1 winner Escado, this filly is from a great family whose members include Gr1 Irish St Leger winner Dark Lomond, champion US sire Elusive Quality and champion Vagrancy Lot 152 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Jallad three time winning half sister to a stakes winner and from the family of this season’s Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Legal Eagle. Like unbeaten 2000 Guineas winner Footstepsinthesand, he is inbred to Blushing Groom Lot 171 – this colt, whose first two dams are winners, hails from the family of Gr3 winning 2yo Charming Chestnut, as well as the likes of Gr1 Paddock Stakes heroine Double D’or Lot 181 – another inbred to the great miler and sire Blushing Groom, this colt is from a tremendous family with his relatives including the likes of champions Ice Cube, Grand Emporium and Whistling Dixie Lot 190 – a half brother to 2 winners (including speedy filly House Of Lorraine), this colt (inbred to the great Nijinsky II) is out of a daughter of Dancing Champ’s Gr3 winning daughter Popular Girl and is from the same family as champions In The Fast Lane and Trademark Lot 204 – a half sister to the stakes winning 2yo My Emblem, this filly is out of a stakes winning daughter of champion sire and hugely promising young broodmare sire Captain Al, and she is inbred to Epsom Derby winner and outstanding sire and sire of sires Roberto Lot 231 – out of a high class stakes winner of four, this filly is from the family of numerous champions including Devil’s Bag, Glorious Song, Singspiel, Soaring Softly and Wavering Girl, as well as local sires Parade Leader and Rakeen
VAR
One of South Africa’s top sires and a proven sire of champions, Var is enjoying a superb run of success with his 2yos this season. The sire of superstars Variety Club, Val De Ra and Via Africa, Var has 17 individual Gr1 horses to his credit thus far, and his yearlings have fetched up to R4 000 000 in the sales ring. South Africa’s indisputable speed king, Var has 3 on sale: Lot 14 – a half brother to a stakes placed 2yo, this colt is from an outstanding female line with his relatives including such high class performers as Cover Look, Fanciful and School Assembly
A multiple Gr1 winning horse from the magnificent Gone West male line, Warm White Night has made a top class start to his stud career, with his first crop having produced the likes of Gr2 Selangor Cup hero Hard Day’s Night as well as the likes of stakes horses Harlem Shake and Kemal Kavur. With a number of lightly raced 3yos of promise also to his credit, Warm White Night looks to be a young sire with a bright future. He has four on sale here: Lot 77 – a half sister to three winners, this chestnut filly is from the immediate family of November Handicap winner Swartland. The latter, by Warm White Night’s sire Western Winter, is a three parts brother to this filly here. Lot 112 – a half sister to three winners, this filly, whose Jet Master dam is a half sister to a Gr1 2yo, is from the great Sister Sublime family, responsible for such champions as Roland’s Song, Mazarin and National Emblem Lot 195 – this well bred colt, who hails from the same family as the Western Winter sired champion Argonaut, is out of stakes placed winner of seven, and his second dam was a stakes placed daughter of successful broodmare sire Complete Warrior Lot 216 – bred to be very speedy, this filly is out of a Var mare who won over 1000m. This is a top class filly family, whose members include champion and Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Royal Heroine and ill-fated French Gr1 winner Carmine Lake
stakes winner Orange Alert, and her dam is also a three parts sister to top filly Cover Look, with the latter also dam of British Gr3 winner Shipmaster Lot 53 – out of a Gr1 daughter of leading sire and promising broodmare sire Count Dubois, this filly is inbred to the great sire, and sire of sires Gone West, and she is from the family of five time Gr1 winner and champion sprinter Dream Ahead, among others Lot 54 – out of a mare who won five from 1000 to 1600m, this colt is from the family of Gr1 winners Captain’s Gal and Yqem and is also closely related to the Western Winter sired stakes winner Ice Wine Lot 91 – a half brother to a stakes placed winner of five, this colt is out of a three time winner from the family of stakes winners Nicklemaid and current high class sprinter Viking Hero, winner of the recent Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Hcp Lot 176 – like graded winners Diamond Diva and Vengence, this filly is out of a daughter of El Gran Senor’s Gr1 Bloodline Classic winning champion Kundalini Lot 179 – this filly is another bred to be quick – she is out of a National Emblem half sister to Gr3 winner Nocturnal Affair, who also won big races in Ireland and Britain, and from the family of stakes winning sprinter Moonlight Gambler Lot 205 – out of a three time winning daughter of champion, and promising broodmare sire, National Emblem, this colt’s third dam is champion Up The Creek and this is also the family of champion 2yo and local sire Ribofilio Lot 213 – a half sister to a seven time winner, this filly is out of a half sister to two black type performers and is from the same family as Gr1 Fillies Guineas winner Allure Lot 215 – a half brother to four winners, this colt’s dam is a daughter of champion Model Man and stakes winning 2yo Ragusa Abbess and this is the family of top sprinter Dambuster Lot 220 – closely related to champion 2yo Argonaut, this colt’s third dam is the mighty and sadly now deceased Aquasarto, whose five stakes winners include no only Argonaut but also Gr1 SA Fillies Guineas winner Finest View
WHAT A WINTER
WINDRUSH
Lot 118 – bred on the increasingly successful Var/Western Winter cross, this filly (a full sister to the very useful Raconteur) is out of a daughter of Gr1 performer Shoot The Booze and is from the family of high class performers Cat And The Moon and Kochka, who, like the filly on sale, are sired by a Storm Cat line horse Lot 234 – a half sister to a winner, this filly is out of a winning half sister to a Gr2 winner in Argentina and hails from a prolific black type South American family
WARM WHITE NIGHT
A son of triple champion sire Western Winter, multiple Equus Champion What A Winter is one of the finest sprinters to have raced in South Africa in many a year. The champ, who is from the same family as outstanding sires Hyperion, Mossborough, Sickle and Sir Tristram, won 15 times and earned more than R3 000 000 in stakes, with his wins included four at Gr1 level. He has 11 lots on offer: Lot 29 – bred to be speedy, this filly’s dam, by speed influence National Assembly, is very closely related to champion sprinter and graded sire Rebel King – a son of National Assembly’s son National Emblem Lot 45 – bred on the very successful Gone West/Sadler’s Wells cross, this filly is out of a winning half sister to high class
A Gr3 winning son of Seeking The Gold (whose grandson Dubawi is one of the world’s top stallions), Windrush has been a consistent sire of high class performers. His top runners include champion Mother Russia, flying machine Diana’s Choice, Gr1 sprinter Rushing Wind, millionaire In A Rush and current stakes winners Doing It For Dan and Roman Carnival. He has 2 on sale: Lot 59 – a half brother to 2 winners, one of whom winning five, this colt’s dam is a Model Man half sister to Gr1 winning sprinter Young Harvest Lot 106 – this filly is out of a useful daughter of champion sire and hot broodmare sire Captain Al, who finished fourth in the Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery.
Rosedene's Choice Picks Graeme Koster’s Rosedene Stud is well represented with 16 foals from the Karoo farm to go through the auction ring at the CTS March 2016 Yearling Sale.
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mong them is Lot 50, an unnamed bay filly considered one of the best-bred yearlings at the sale. She is by Rosedene’s resident stallion Grey’s Inn from Two Cities, a three-quarter sister to a league of stars including Triple Crown winner Horse Chestnut, dual Oaks winner Monyela and Emerald Cup winner Iron Curtain. Two Cities herself won one race over 1400m and this is a first foal Koster describes as “nice and neat, a quality specimen with a good head and eye. She walks well.” Koster mentioned two others from his consignment: Lots 3 and 46. Lot 3 (Unnamed) is a grey colt by Grey’s Inn from Red Caviar, by Russian Revival. He hails from the immediate family of Wolf Whistle and according to his breeder is “one I like, a very nice colt!” Lot 46 is another yet to be named chestnut filly by Biarritz, who has sired a stakes-winning filly from his second crop, from Tin Legs (x Western Winter), a graded-placed four-time winner from a good extended family of sprinter-milers. “She’s well worth a look,” Koster said.
Saffers Active Down Under Phillipi trainer Brett Crawford travelled to Melbourne to buy one horse at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale for the second successive year, writes Michael Clower.
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welve months ago he bought the AUS $560 000 sale-topper for Ridgemont Stud and this time he picked up a Fastnet Rock filly out of a full sister to Holy Roman Emperor for AUS$ 300 000 for the same operation. Mike De Kock, Joey Ramsden, Johan Janse van Vuuren, Candice Robinson and Derek Brugman were also in action. Ramsden will train two of the three Brugman purchased on behalf of Markus Jooste and Mrs Robinson the third. She bought two others and was also acting for Marsh Shirtliff, Bryn Ressell, James Drew and Mike Fullard. Jooste, for whom Brugman also bought two to stay in Australia, was among the sellers as well and sold four by the 2012 Golden Horse winner Delago Deluxe who was bred in Australia and stands at the Newhaven Park Stud in New South Wales. Brugman said: “Delago Deluxe has been very well received in Australia and his yearlings are selling fantastically well.” Delago Deluxe a $550,000 yearling consigned from Baramul Stud at the 2010 Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale stands in partnership with Nordic Racing and Breeding. On the track the handsome Delago Deluxe was crowned South Africa’s undefeated Champion 2YO in a season that included victory in the Gr1 Gold Medallion (1200m) at Scottsville. He returned at three to score a 1.25-lengths victory over his older rivals in the Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint (1200m) at the same track Markus Jooste, the leading owner in South Africa for each of the last eight seasons, is now part-owner of a significant number of horses with the great Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien at Ballydoyle, one of the most impressive and most successful training establishments in the world. www.goldcircle.co.za
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Cheltenham Talking Point
Importance of horseracing to Britain is highlighted In an announcement described as “truly historic” by the British Horseracing Authority’s Chief Executive Nick Rust, British racing will receive a new funding system from next April after the government confirmed its intention to replace the current Horserace Betting Levy.
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nder the new model, racing will benefit by being able to recoup charges from bookmaking firms for all bets on the sport, thus closing the loophole which currently exists for operators based offshore and for remote betting through online devices, which accounts for almost 50% of bets placed on horseracing. “Today’s announcement is one that should prove truly historic,” said Rust. “The new funding model will ensure a fair transfer of funding to British racing based on all betting activity on the sport–a link that was first established in law in 1961. It meets all of racing’s requirements for a new funding model and can bear fruit in 2017, which is crucial given the significant Levy cliff we face.” The BHA has indicated it will continue with its Authorised Betting Partner scheme in the short term until the new funding mechanism is in place and is set to announce that another major firm has signed up to the scheme in addition to Betfair, Bet365, 32Red and recent signing BetVictor. Rust continued, “In the longer term, this means greater financial security for the sport, a platform for growth, a huge boost to our participants and more certainty for the tens of thousands of people who rely on racing for their livelihoods. “We look forward to working with government on the details of these proposals and to make sure
the implementation timetable they have announced today is achieved.” The Conservative MP Chris Green, whose Bolton West constituency includes Aintree and Haydock racecourses, lodged a question during Thursday morning’s parliamentary session asking when offshore bookmakers would be required to make a financial contribution to British racing. The horseracing and breeding industry in the UK is estimated to have an annual economic impact of £3.5 billion with around 85,000 people earning their living from the sport. John Whittingdale MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport responded, “My honourable friend is absolutely right to draw attention to the importance of horseracing to this country. I can tell him that our aim is to introduce a new funding arrangement for British Racing by April 2017.” He added, “We will create a level playing field for British-based and offshore gambling operators and ensure a fair return from all bookmakers to racing, including those based offshore. Racing will be responsible for making decisions on spending the new fund and we will be making further announcements shortly.” The new legislation will be subject to state aid approval but the BHA has signaled its confidence in gaining this, citing the European Commission’s approval for a French levy on online betting which was granted in 2013. Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock, who has the key racing
town of Newmarket within his West Suffolk constituency, added his support to the announcement, saying, “I am delighted progress has been made on sustainable funding for the horseracing industry. Racing touches the lives of millions, is the nation’s second most watched sport, supports over 85,000 jobs, including many in Newmarket, and has a huge impact on our economy and trade. Yet its finances have been hampered by an outdated levy system for some time. Today’s news is a big step forward, and we need to make progress fast in obtaining European clearance and in restoring the yield to sustainable levels soon.” Classic-winning trainer William Haggas was another to voice his approval, and commented, “I am delighted with this news, which will help secure the future of our sport and the many jobs within it. Horsemen know that many bookmakers want to grow the sport in collaboration with racing, and I would urge those parties that are still wavering, for example in becoming an ABP, to get on the train fast.” www.thoroughbreddailynews.com
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Mike At Meydan Not Every Saturday Is Super…
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The Irish-bred-star Tryster, racing for the Godolphin team, recorded his ninth win at the expense of Farrier and Mike de Kock’s Ertijaal, in Saturday’s Gr1 Jebel Hatta run over 1800m on turf at Meydan.
rtijaal’s third sport was the bestplaced for the De Kock stable on a disappointing afternoon, a meeting Mike described as “one of those tough days at the office”.
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t was like suggesting someone who had just passed their driving test could take on the Le Mans 24-hour race. Or a non-swimmer could enter the Olympic high diving competition. So when it was announced last February that Victoria Pendleton was going to try to ride in this month’s event, there cannot have been many who thought it could happen. Pendleton may have been a serial accumulator of Olympic bullion, the most successful British female cyclist in history, but she had never ridden a horse. This was a beginner in every sense of the word. And here she was thinking she could take on the most taxing National Hunt circuit in the world. How laughable was that? Except this was Victoria Pendleton, a woman who does not do messing about. To suggest the challenge was beyond her capabilities is hugely to underestimate the nature of the competitor; the truth is, this is a sportswoman who does not do things by halves. That was obvious from the start of her campaign. This may have been an exercise driven by marketing, swathed in hashtags, with its perky Switching Saddles title and Support VP scarves handed out free at the press launch. It may, too, have been a lucrative year’s employment for the former cyclist, said to be netting her somewhere close to £250,000 for 12 months’ worth of bruises and saddle sores.
Cycle Of Life
But there could be no gainsaying her determination. Anyone who saw her on the velodrome track, lining up before an Olympic sprint, her jaw set, her eyes trained to the middle distance, her
Disappointing He got within three lengths of the winner but whether that will be good enough to get into the Dubai Turf, which will be an even stronger race, we’ll have to see.” Mubtaahij
was beaten 7.50-lengths into fourth behind surprise winner Special Fighter in the Gr1 Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3 over 2000m on dirt. Wellfancied, he appeared to be
focus absolute and total, will not have been surprised by the manner in which she has thrown herself into this. Her commitment is frankly terrifying. And it was there the first time she sat on a horse at the National Racing School last May: the same look, the same jawline, the same determination. It is that competitive insistence which has driven her this past year, that has taken her to Lawney and Alan Hill’s Oxfordshire yard at six every morning for her training. Those involved with her racing education have been astonished at her steadfastness, her enthusiasm, at the way she has used the disciplines of her sport in a new one; the manner in which she has taken on new information, dealt with new concepts, learnt to adapt to a new world, has been breathtaking. Her bookmaker backer, Betfair, must have been delighted at the lynx-eyed ferocity she has applied at every stage of her development. It cannot have been expecting that. That this has not been without criticism is not surprising. Such has been the speed of Pendleton’s assimilation it has unintentionally undermined the processes of those who
have spent a lifetime in the sport. Here she is, a year on from sitting on a horse for the first time, about to participate in the most challenge racing in the world.
Astonishing
There are hundreds who ride for years and never get a chance like that; hundreds too who would relish the chance to work with people such as Paul Nicholls and Hill, who have been recruited to Pendleton’s cause via Betfair’s unfathomably deep pockets. But if anything, the speed of her acclimatisation makes it all the more admirable. Besides, she is not claiming that after a year she should be capable of starting alongside Ruby Walsh. She is entered in an amateur race, up against the best of the country’s part-time riders. The chances are she has done as much preparation in a year as several of them have done in a lifetime on the gallops. Indeed, rather than carping, we should be celebrating Pendleton’s effort, relishing her chutzpah. Though it is probably wise not to get carried away and back her. Her goal is simply to get round still in control of her horse. Setting out to win on Friday next week really would be ridiculous. Wouldn’t it? www.telegraph.co.uk
The final countdown to the Cheltenham Festival is upon us with the Prestbury Park spectacular being held from 15 to 18 March. Tuesday is always the most eagerly awaited with the Supreme Novices Hurdle, Arkle Chase and Champion Hurdle the three big races.
travelling smoothly under Christophe Soumillon in third, a few lengths off the pace, but the leaders bounced away with surprising ease as they straightened and nothing ran on to challenge them.
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While he was pleased with Ertijaal’s run, he noted that it may not have been good enough to guarantee the fouryear-old a berth in the Gr1 Dubai Turf on World Cup night. “One has to be realistic. Ertijaal ran a good race, he couldn’t do better. He is probably not good enough to have beaten a horse like Tryster.
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As publicity stunts go, the idea of putting a novice jockey into the Cheltenham Festival after barely a year’s training was a challenging one, suggests Jim White.
Mike commented: “We expected to fight out the finish with Mubtaahij today, to get into the first three at the very least, so this was disappointing. He was moving well in the race and then appeared to hit a
flat spot after the bend, before staying on again late. “I have to say though, that runners drawn off the rail today had little chance of winning. Whatever turned on the lead or handy got away to win, unchallenged. Arguably, the first two past the post in the Maktoum Round 3 didn’t have the exposed quality of form to be considered as dangers before the race, yet they beat us comfortably. There was a clear track bias which makes it really hard for me to make an accurate assessment of this result.”
Mike concluded: “Make no mistake, Mubtaahij didn’t perform as we expected him to perform, but there is still room for improvement. He will need to improve a lot before 26 March, but I still believe he will be in the first four in the Dubai World Cup, he is better than this. What happens on Super Saturday is not guaranteed to be repeated on World Cup night. We have a few weeks to go, we’ll knuckle down and do the work that has to be done.” www.mikedekockracing.com
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On Saturday, 5 March 2016, America’s sweetheart Songbird won her 6th career start and her 6th on the trot. Michael Wrona called her home:
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And so it was that I was on a completely different tangent, when, as the current social media moniker goes, ‘this happened’. A bay filly with an irregular blaze named Songbird appeared on my screen. When I say appeared, I should say ‘appeared again’ because unbeaten champion 2yo fillies have a habit of making headlines. In case you’re scratching your head a bit, I’m looking across the Atlantic again to North America. There are various racing festivals on the international racing calendar, but few as hotly anticipated as the annual running of the Kentucky Oaks and Derby. According to press reports, tickets are nearly sold out already. That’s crazy, considering the races aren’t till the first weekend in May, but it shows that if you build it (as in a good race day) and provide the champions, then the crowds will still come. While I was on the California Chrome boat two years ago and American Pharoah was impossible to ignore last season, this year there’s a filly we should be keeping an eye on for the Kentucky Oaks. Her name is Songbird.
Breeding Songbird is by Medaglia d’Oro (perhaps most famous for being the sire of Rachel Alexandra) out of the 6-time winning West Acre mare, Ivanavinalot. Songbird was bred in Kentucky by John Antonelli who recently commented on a Bloodhorse chat that “she looked special one hour after she was birthed and grew more and more special everday I saw her. She has a very similar look to Rachel Alexandra
and bred on a similar cross.” Antonelli offered Songbird as hip no 28 on the 4 August 2014 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale. She was consigned by John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale as agent and selected by bloodstock agent Tom McGreevy for longstanding client, Rick Porter. McGreevy commented, “I’ll often say that I see horses that remind me of one of those drawings a 7-year-old does, where they’re just not put together right, and then at the other end are the horses that look like they’ve been painted by the best artist in the world. Songbird fits into that category.” The hammer fell at $400,000.
Owner Rick Porter, who races Songbird in his distinctive red and white Fox Hill Farms colours, has been associated with horses such as Eight Belles and 2011 Horse of the Year, Havre de Grace. Porter named the filly in honour of the late singer Eva Cassidy, after her compilation album titled “Songbird,” with the Fleetwood Mac song of the same name.
Trainer Songbird is trained by Hall of Fame trainer, Jerry Hollendorfer, who has been in the business of training racehorses since 1979. Interviews with Hollendorfer, who turns 70 on 18 June, depict a considered, gracious and humble human being. Racehorse training seems an odd choice for someone who studied marketing and asked how he got started in racing, he answered “That didn’t interest me enough, but the horses did. I was interested in finding out what was going on on the backstretch. After college, I visited a friend in San Francisco. I liked the climate right away. I went back, packed the car and drove out.” Hollendorfer (known as ‘The Dorf ’) first found prominence with Hollywood Futurity and Haskell Stakes winner, King Glorious, but has subsequently produced Gr1 Kentucky Oaks winners Lite Light (owned by rap star, MC Hammer), Pike Place Dancer and Blind Luck. Local readers will associate him with the ill-
Porter is a fairly new client in the Hollendorfer yard, explaining, “I like Jerry. He’s a Hall of Famer. He’s the real deal. His whole life is the horse.” A 2013 interview with Hollendorfer bears this out. Asked whether he has any hobbies, he answered, “I’m just a horse trainer. That’s all I do.” The trainer isn’t quite sure how Songbird ended up being sent his way, saying, “I looked at all the horses before they decided which ones were going where, and, not only did I think she was special, but about seven or eight other ones (too). I’m grateful they picked (me). I don’t know if they flipped any coins or anything. But I’m glad we got her.”
2yo career Songbird broke her maiden on debut over 6 furlongs at Del Mar on 27 July 2015. Right from the start, she’s stamped her personality on her runs. She likes to take the lead and stay there and won her first start by six and a half lengths under Hall of Fame jockey, Mike Smith. She stepped up to Gr1 company second time out in the 5 September 2015 Debutante Stakes over 7 furlongs at Del Mar, starting 11/10 favourite in a tenrunner field. From an outside draw, Songbird went to the front, duelling with Bob
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fated 2013 Eclipse Champion 2yo Colt, Shared Belief, who succumbed to colic in December last year. Although Hollendorfer doesn’t splash headlines the way some of his contemporaries do, he has been a dominant force on the Northern California racing circuit, topping the trainers log for 37 consecutive years at Bay Meadows and 32 years at Golden Gate Fields. Together with North America’s winningmost jockey, Russell Baze, he saddled 2,500 winners. Hollendorfer reached the incredible career milestone of saddling his 7000th career winner at Golden Gate Fields on 26 November 2015 with Kiss “N Scat. He currently occupies third spot on the alltime list of trainers by wins, behind the late Dale Baird (9,379 career wins) and Steve Asmussen. He was inducted into the US Racing Hall of Fame in May 2011.
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debut followed pretty much the same script as the rest of her starts – straight to the lead, setting a comfortable early pace and then drawing away from the field to win by 6 ½ lengths. “Same old, same old”, wrote Jeremy Balan for the Blood Horse, “and impressive nonetheless.”
“It’s all Songbird. She’s got them beaten to a frazzle. How’d you like to earn 60 grand as easily as this? Songbird wins by, well, whatever she felt like!”
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Songbird Baffert’s Pretty N Cool for the first 5 furlongs, before coming under a ride from Mike Smith to win by 5 ¼ lengths in a time of 1:22:65. Next she cantered down odds-on favourite in a 7 horse field for the Gr1 Chandelier over 1 1/16 mile at Santa Anita on 26 September. Regular jockey Smith sent Songbird into the lead from the start and the she never looked in any danger, coming home four and a half lengths clear of Land Over Sea. The Chandelier Stakes was a Win and You’re In Challenge Race for the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, taking care of her pre-entry and entry fees, along with $10,000 in travel expenses, although Porter had to stretch to a $100,000 nomination fee, as Songbird was not nominated to the Breeders’ Cup as a foal by breeder John Antonelli. With 3 from 3, the undefeated Songbird started one of the heaviest favourites of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup meeting on the 31 October Gr1 14 Hands Winery Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies over Keeneland’s 1 1/16 mile trip. Speaking ahead of the race, Hollendorfer commented, “We’ve liked her from the very beginning. You know you don’t really expect to get horses that win easily, or that win by a lot, but in this case we did. And we’re just going with her, and she’s given us her best. And they’re all going to have to step it up a notch to win that filly race, so we have to step up too. We hope that we can.” They did. While her outside draw posed mild concerns, she delivered an accomplished
performance, drawing off to win by 5 ¾ lengths over fellow Gr1 winner, Rachel’s Valentina (Rachel Alexandra’s Bernardini filly). The win was a memorable one for jockey Mike Smith, who is Breeders’ Cup’s all-time winningmost rider with 22 wins. “Once we jumped out the gate, it was just a matter of me staying on,” said Smith. “She’s so talented and she gives you so much confidence. I almost felt like yawning as we went along. I don’t mean that in a bragging way. She just gives me that much confidence. I’m really blessed to be a part of this great team.” With 4 wins from 4 starts, including three Gr1’s and winning margins of 6 ½, 5 ¼, 4 ½ and 5 ¾ lengths, Songbird was presented with the Champion 2 Year Old Filly title at the Eclipse Awards on 16 January 2016. The DRF stated, “we know she’s special, we still don’t have any clue as to just how special she really is.” While there has been considerable talk about the filly contesting the 2016 Kentucky Derby, owner Porter has been quick to quash the idea, saying the Derby has been ‘ruled out’, instead mapping a course of prep runs leading into the 2016 Kentucky Oaks.
3yo Campaign After a brief rest at WinStar Farm in Kentucky, Songbird returned to training in December last year, posting bullet work-outs at Santa Anita. She cantered down to the start of the Gr2 La Virgenes over the Santa Anita mile and her three-year-old
It was Songbird’s fourth straight graded win and her fifth overall for Jerry Hollendorfer, who was characteristically cautious in his post race commentary. “I was so pleased to see her way out there and cruising along pretty easy. At least now we got a race in her and we can try to make some more plans. We want to run here at Santa Anita. What we do in between now and the Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I), I don’t know.” What they did was line her up for last weekend’s Gr3 Santa Ysabel Stakes over 1 1/16th mile. Without any asking at all, Songbird annihilated the field of 9, cruising to the wire in 1:43.02 to win by 3 ¾ lengths. “It’s such a fantastic feeling when you get a horse like this,” said owner Rick Porter, owner of Fox Hill Farms. “I’ve had some good ones, but I’m not sure I’ve ever had one this good.” “We just keep doing our job and hope she keeps doing her job and we might end up in some good places with her,” said Hollendorfer. “We’ve already been to good places with her but we could get to more.” Hollendorfer’s assistant since 2007 is Dan Ward, who worked for the legendary Bobby Frankel and helped handle fillies like Wandesta, Possibly Perfect and Toussaud. Commenting after her Santa Ysabel win he said, “When good fillies get running good, like Blind Luck did for so long, they’re very, very reliable. They fire every time.” At this stage, it looks likely that Songbird will step out in the $400,000 Gr1 Santa Anita Oaks on 9 April with the longer term goal being the 6 May Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. But with what she’s got going, in the words of Michael Wrona, it seems Songbird could do ‘whatever she likes, really!’
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COSTLY VETS
It is not only owners who fear Vets – punters are not far behind. If you backed Radisha at Fairview last Tuesday you did your cash in cold blood. She broke loose from the start, spread both hind shoes, was caught, returned to the start sweating like crazy - and cleared fit to race by the Vet with no hind shoes . She was last throughout. Her jockey was then questioned regarding his riding and explained, as we all clearly saw, that she did not raise a gallop. That is bizarre – point fingers at the jockey – but what about the Vet?
Only Human
Five winners on Monday’s Flamingo Park ten-race programme is no mean feat and congratulations are due to trainer Bill Human and his front man Zietsman Oosthuizen, who dominated the meeting. The tribute list and thanks from these colourful and passionate racing folk included Tanie Sarie, the sandwich lady. It is a different world and despite the difficulty of finding a winner in the Diamond Dustbowl, the racing is so entertaining.
Reigning champion sire Captain Al had yet another great run of success this weekend. The seven times champion sire of 2yos was represented by no fewer than five individual winners, with this tally including a treble at Kenilworth, as well as a smart looking 3yo feature race winner at Turffontein. In the form of the Avontuur-bred Val Et Al.
Captain Returns
Captain America will have his first race since finishing third in the J & B Met in a pinnacle at Turffontein this Saturday as he bids to repeat last year’s HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut win. Brett Crawford told Michael Clower: “He is with the Mike de Kock yard in Jo’burg at the moment and goes in a 1 450m race on Saturday before running in the Horse Chestnut on April 2.”
Gold Circle’s Jay Harrielall has been appointed General Manager: Racing Division of Phumelela Gaming & Leisure Limited with effect from 1 March 2016. This appointment was made in light of the imminent retirement of current General Manager: Racing Operations, Stan Diesel at the end of March. Jay has been around forever and and as a true Durbanite, his biggest issue is probably going to be adjusting to Joburg. We wish him well.
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Life Of O’Brien Irish jockey Joseph O’Brien will retire from riding to focus on a training career. The 23 year old son of famed trainer Aidan O’Brien was easing out of his role as a prominent jockey for Ballydoyle last year. He was twice the leading rider in Ireland and in 2013 he set a record for wins in a single season with 126. He is on target to receive his trainer’s license next month and is already set up with a large string of horses under his care in Ireland.
The mini social media storm that erupted after suggestions of Kamikaze type riding at the Fairview meeting on 1 March appears to have abated. Collen Thabana fell off Knockout Johnny, while the only jockeys that were mentioned in the subsequent Stipes Report were the 7 day sanctioned Eldin Webber and Jason Smitsdorff. Let’s wait and see what is done about it.
NEAR MISS FOR CHRIS Christophe Soumillon has narrowly avoided a ban covering the Dubai World Cup meeting after pleading guilty to attempting to weigh out with a non-approved safety vest at Meydan’s Super Saturday fixture. The jockey’s three-race meeting suspension covers Jebel Ali, Al Ain and Abu Dhabi between 18 and 20 March, meaning he is free to ride on the world’s richest card on 26 March.
Leader Of The Pack
What is the first thing that came into your head when you heard the recently announced Durban July fashion theme? For mature racegoers it could mean wearing motorbike leathers, rather than anything elegant. ‘Leader of the Pack’ was an iconic 1964 hit song for the girl group The Shangri-Las and was a popular cultural example of a ‘teenage tragedy song’. It was refused airplay by the BBC due to its theme and some have speculated that it was considered likely to encourage violence between mods and rockers.
Stop That Horse!
English jockey Paul John has told a disciplinary panel that his former boss, trainer Jim Best, instructed him to pull up two horses in the space of four days. This follows an investigation into John’s ride on Missile Man at Towcester on December 17 last year. The jock stated that he had deliberately gone wide to “lose as much ground as possible” and both he and his mount “finished full of running and energy.” He also said that the trainer was angry with him post-race because he had “made it too obvious I was stopping the horse”.
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Paul Lafferty is one of the great and vibrant colours on South Africa’s racing scene – whether through his on course presenting, his position as co-anchor of the popular Winning Ways show or now, as a South African ambassador and competitor on the international stage. He is currently campaigning Harry’s Son in the 2016 Dubai World Cup Carnival and has just been pronounced in remission after a battle with cancer. We catch up with him and chat about the roller coaster that has been that last 2 years.
On Harry’s Son Like many popular public figures, Paul Lafferty has been elevated to single name status and when we chat, the man everyone knows as ‘Laff’ is characteristically energetic and chats with his trademark enthusiasm. We start off discussing his stable star, Harry’s Son, who is fresh from running 4th in the 2016 Gr1 Jebel Hatta at Dubai’s Super Saturday meeting. “I’m an agent for Magic Millions and was over in Australia for their June sale. One of my great mates is a guy called James Bester - he is one of the world’s great bloodstock agents who I’ve known for many, many years. He’s based in Australia and buys for Coolmore and a lot of great clients. Phil Georgiou was with me that year and James approached us at the sale and said ‘I’ve found a very nice horse I want you to look at.’ He took us right to the bottom of the sale ground and showed us Harry’s Son.” “Of course we loved him immediately. Phil said we had to have him and he bought him for AUD$60,000, but make no bones about it, James was the one who found him. I then had the unenviable task of putting him together. Let me tell you, it was a nightmare! I touted this horse to the bulk of the major players in South Africa and no-one wanted to come forward. I was getting pretty frustrated, but at the death Roy Moodley took the last portion. I must say there are a few people who must be looking back and think they missed out on a super star. Anyway, thank goodness for Phil having the tenacity to bang on doors and Roy for showing up at the right time.” “Right from day one Harry showed that he’s a fabulous horse and when we started working with him, we realised sjoe, this is a very decent horse.” ‘Harry’ debuted over 1000m at Scottsville on 12 January 2014 with Stuart Randolph in the saddle and delivered by 2.25 lengths. “We ran him a bit early. I was at a Magic Millions sale in Australia and listened to his debut run. He walked out of the gate and lost lengths, but still managed to win with his ears pricked and I knew we had a superstar in the making.”
“People forget – he ran his first Gr1 in the 2014 Gold Medallion. If you look at that race, you’ll see he was the most unlucky horse in it – with 200m to go, he was 3rd behind Guinness and Carry On Alice – both Gr1 horses – and he should have won that race. Guiness took him out at his next start (the 2014 Golden Horseshoe) and he then won the Gr1 Premiers Champion Stakes which earned him the Equus Champion 2yo Colt Award.”
Grade 1 “Your first Grade 1 is very special. I’d had a Gr1 in the SA Classic with Love Struck for Alesh Naidoo and I’m often asked to compare Love Struck and Harry’s Son, and I always say there’s a cricket pitch between them! Harry went to Joburg and had to give away between 4 and 5 kgs to most of them and still beat them without taking a breath.” “He then got beaten twice because he ran in the bog in the Dingaans when we got beaten by Unparalleled, but we turned that around when he won the Gauteng Guineas when he beat French Navy into second and Unparalleled into 4th and we decided then and there he was good enough to run anywhere in the world. His run in the SA Classic 1800 is beyond me. It’s the only time he hasn’t got in the first four. We really thought he had the SA Guineas field at his mercy, but three days before the race he jarred himself and that was that.” “I omit to tell you – we haven’t shirked any responsibilities: we flew him down for the Cape Guineas. Our plane was delayed for 3 hours, so he stood on tarmac for 3 hours, took off, landed in PE (we didn’t even know we were going to PE!), and then finally got to Kenilworth racecourse at 10am on the Saturday morning and he still ran 2nd behind Act of War. It was an extremely arduous journey and took tenacity and a great attitude. It showed what a class horse he is.” “I also take my hat off to Piere Strydom, who has a great interest in Harry’s Son. He rode his 5000th winner on Act of War and was offered the ride on him in the Guineas. However, he said no and chose to stand by me which cost
him the Guineas, so the ride on Harry is his whenever he wants. He’s part of the programme and he speaks to Phil and I twice a week. He’s doing everything he can to speed up his recovery to try and ride him on the big night. At this stage he’s ahead of the clock and he’s hoping to be back in the saddle before the World Cup. He’ll try and get a couple of race meetings in beforehand, which would be great. But anytime he wants, this horse will be there for him.”
International campaign “I’ve always been looking to get out there and mainly for the stake money and the owners have been great sports. I remember a good friend of mine, Herman Brown jnr saying to me that in 30 years of training he hadn’t made what he did abroad in 2 years and we’ve just seen that. Just by running 3 places we’ve already recovered our costs and we’re in front. “But let me tell you, this business of getting horses out of the country is more costly and protracted than the Second World War! We did a month in Johannesburg, then flew to Mauritius. In Mauritius he had to do 3 months quarantine of which the last month was in total lock down, then he flew to France and from there to one of my great mates, Jim Boyle, in Epsom. From there he went to Dubai where he ran 2nd three weeks later.” A lot of people have asked why we didn’t just send the horse to Mike, but if we did that would never get started and expand in our own right. Mike is a legend in my eyes, make no mistake, but it was a matter of us saying ‘we’ve got to get our feet in the water.’ The more horses you can have, the better for the string, so we’re definitely looking for more horses and would like to build a stable. Roy Moodley has bought another horse from Coolmore called Royal Navy Ship by War Front. He’s a bit of a staying galumph and probably wants a mile and a half. He came to us with feet problems, so we’ve had to nurse him along, but as he’s got sounder, he’s got better. He’s still a colt and it would probably be my idea to geld him, but Roy’s a breeder and has his own plans, so we’ll see. ”
Future prospects “Harry’s doing very well. He’s now had three runs back after a 10 month break and earned well over R1 million which has covered all our costs and was the bottom line of the exercise. In the Jebel Hatta he was just hampered in the straight, which cost him third place, but he ran a good race and he earned a cheque – as I said, he’s never out of the money. He’s come out of the race fine and we hope he’s done enough to qualify for the US$6 million Dubai Turf (previously named the Dubai Duty Free) on World Cup night. They’re going strictly on Merit Ratings and there will be a lot of horses from Europe trying to get in, so I think we’ve only got a very small chance of getting in. “We always knew it would be a tough call, but he’s done us proud and we will roll on. Either way he will have an international campaign because he’s been invited to run in the Hong Kong Mile. It’s on a right hand bend (the same as he won his Gr1 on) and Piere will be back by then. The idea would be to train in Dubai and fly out from there. But we should know one way or another later this week. Harry’s Son is also still entire and he’s an absolute gentleman, so he’ll always remain an entire. He’s one of those laid back horses and he’s enjoying himself, so we’ve got a lot of options.
Cancer battle A little over a year ago, Paul shared the news that he’d been diagnosed with non Hodgkins Lymphoma and after a brief, but spirited battle, he was given the all clear late last week. “After my last chemo session, we did a PET scan. My oncologist called me in and said I’m completely in remission and we’ll do anther PET scan in 6 months. It’s a big weight off my shoulders,” he says in typical understated Laff fashion. He continues, “When my daughter put out the message that I’d beaten cancer, I’ve just been overwhelmed,” and in fact we have to take several breaks during our chat for him to answer phone calls from people ringing up to wish him well. “The way I found out was that I’d just finished one of the Australian horse sales and was going for a beer with Steve Davis and Grant Burns and didn’t feel well. I still remember saying to them I felt like I was wearing a
corset. I went to the doc and they took 7 vials of blood and urine and came back and said ‘your blood picture is perfect, it’s just a sore stomach’. Even though I don’t smoke, they did a chest x-ray and found that it could be cancer, so they went and cut me open and took biopsies of my liver and kidneys. I woke up in pain with all these staples in my stomach. The found I had stage 2 lymphoma and it all came as a big jolt, I can tell you. I got a second opinion from a professor at the Royal Marsden in the UK who confirmed the diagnosis. He said that South Africa uses the same treatment as the rest of the world and not to worry, but I had to go through the chemo and all that.” “That’s when the weight just started falling off me. I’ve had a few new nicknames as I went through the process. First it was Lester Piggott, then Mahatma Ghandi, then when my hair started going it was Jack Nicholson and Bruce Willis!” he laughs. “I got down to 88 kilos, but I’m 110kgs as I talk to you now. Strangely, the chemo never affected me and I never had to take a nausea tablet or a pain killer. Chemo sessions were 15 hours a day, Monday to Friday, of putting stuff in through a port in my chest. I’d come home a little tired and probably not watch Friday racing, but I’d be up for a bit of racing on Saturday
and by Monday I’d be back to normal again. “I had to have six sessions in total and just after the second session, my daughter and assistant Roy Waugh said they’d found this breakthrough product which came onto the market last September called Fucoidan. It’s part seaweed and part mushroom, but apparently it pumps your immune system. We got it off the net and I started taking it as per instructions from Roy. From then on, I could go and have a chemo session and come out and play a round of golf - I couldn’t believe it”! My hair started growing back, I was gaining weight and everyone started saying how good I was looking.” “Right from the start I decided that I’m going to stay positive and just attack it head on and I have to say a huge thanks for the overwhelming support I’ve received from the racing industry. I could not have been this confident without the help and messages of goodwill I’ve had. It’s been unbelievable. Every major player in the industry came forward and offered support – there wasn’t one who didn’t pick up the phone. It’s been extremely heart-warming. I’ve always had the attitude of never look in the rear view mirror – only through the front windscreen, but I’m very chuffed.”
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with Steve Furnish
On The Road Again
A review of the week's best SPEEDRATINGS
New Course Record
Scottsville 28th February Somewhat surprisingly, as the going was posted as Good to Soft, MUSCATT broke the course record over 1000m at Scottsville on Sunday when winning the pinnacle stakes. On leaving the stalls it was TONTO (reported lame near fore) who elected to make the running whilst Michael Roberts’ charge raced close up in second. He put his head in front approaching the 200m marker and drew clear easily in the closing stages of the race to score by three and a half. Four of the afternoon’s eight races were run over 1400m and quickest home amongst these was SEYMOUR when registering his second career victory in the MR72 Handicap. Not the quickest into stride, the son of Count Dubois was positioned in the backend of midfield during the early part of the race. He quickened best of all in the straight and in what proved to be a real thriller he got up in the very last stride to deny HOLD THE LINE (raced in rear – led 100m). The non-black type Unsinzi Handicap over 1600m topped the bill and here victory went to one of the three co-second favourites MAMASITA. She got away well when the gates opened and taken straight to the front by Anthony Delpech, led throughout. She was always a length and a quarter clear and won without any anxious moments. TITBITS
Notebook
Horses worth following at their next few starts... FASHION SCOUT (Y Bremner, E-Cape) NOTHER RUSSIA (M De Kock, Gauteng) SEYMOUR (D Drier, KZN)
The strongly fancied newcomer BOLD REX (even money favourite) won going away after making all in the maiden juvenile plate over 1000m.
FASTEST TIMES (The number of races run in each category shown in brackets) *Denotes - Times taken by Clockwatcher • T = Turf • P = Poly
SCOTTSVILLE (STAND SIDE) 28TH FEBURARY Penetrometer 24 – Going G/Soft 1000m (2) Muscatt 55,81 1400m (4) Seymour 85,39 1800m (1) Mamasita 114,10 2400m (1) Rio De La Plata 154,84 FAIRVIEW (POLY) 1ST MARCH Going Standard 1200m (2) Silvan Jazz 1300m (4) Fashion Scout 1600m (1) Buenos Aires 1900m (1) King Of The Castle
d ’s Top Rate Last Week 'S winners incl. ATING SPEED R WON 8/1
70,66 75,56 97,48 116,12
TURFFONTEIN (OLD) 1ST MARCH Penetrometer 21 – Going Good 1000m (1) Leroy 1160m (1) Ribovar 1400m (1) Coptic Cross
57,19 67,92 87,74
GREYVILLE (POLY) 2ND MARCH Going Standard 1200m (3) Peter Piper 1400m (1) Diamond League 1600m (5) Blue Beach
69,85 84,51 96,13
VAAL (OUTSIDE) 3RD MARCH Penetrometer 20 – Going Good 1000m (1) Led Zeppelin 1200m (3) Hidden Agenda 1400m (3) Fareeq 1600m (2) Nother Russia
57,14 70,49 81,97 95,39
Weather Claims Five
Always In Fashion
Turffontein 1st March
Fairview 1st March A maiden plate over 1600m got proceedings underway at Tuesday’s poly track meeting and here victory went to the second favourite BUENOS AIRES. On leaving the stalls it was the limited MESSAGEINABOTTLE who somewhat predictably set the pace, whilst Tara Laing’s charge raced close up in third. He ran on strongly in the short home straight and got up nicely late to score by three quarters. Four of the afternoon’s eight races were run over 1300m and quickest home amongst these was FASHION SCOUT in the MR72 Handicap. Sent off joint second favourite at 11/2, Yvette Bremner’s charge raced in midfield for most of the journey. He ran on best of all in the straight and got up late to deny the well supported ON MY WITS ALONE. The faster of the two 1200m races was the MR70 Handicap won by SILVAN JAZZ. Always handy, the top weight got the verdict by a half in a blanket finish. TITBITS Although never a threat to the winner, FACEBOOK was flying at the finish when third in the MR66 Handicap over 1900m.
They raced on the old stand side track on Tuesday evening where because of a severe electrical storm the meeting had to be abandoned after just three races. A maiden juvenile plate over 1160m was first up and here victory went to the favourite RIBOVAR. Fourth beaten six lengths in what looks to have been a very useful field in his only previous start, Sean Tarry’s charge raced second. He moved up to tackle the front running second favourite as they approached the 100m marker and with the rest some five and a half lengths adrift he went on to score easing down by a half. A maiden plate over 1000m was next up and here the 8/1 shot LEROY got off the mark. Soon up handy despite taking a bump at the start, the Rebel King gelding raced prominent throughout. He was ridden to lead passing the halfway mark and just had enough in hand to hold off the running on HEVER CASTLE by a neck. What proved to be the lucky last was a maiden plate over 1400m and here the well supported COPTIC
A Merry Tune Greyville 2nd March They raced on the poly track on Wednesday afternoon where five of the nine races were run over 1600m. The fastest of these was the MR70 Handicap won by BLUE BEACH. Freely available at 12/1 on the off, Craig Eudey’s charge was positioned in the backend of midfield during the early part of the race. She ran on best of all in the straight and despite not finding the clearest of passages, she got up in the dying strides. Quickest home in the three 1200m events was PETER PIPER when completing a double in the MR82 Handicap. Always handy, the son of Jet Master ran on strongly over the final 400m
and only got the better of the front running BENGAL BOY close home. The one remaining race was the opening maiden plate over 1400m in which DIAMOND LEAGUE got off the mark. Pitched in against what has to be said was a very moderate bunch, the 1/3 favourite sat on the heels of the pacemaker during the early part of the race. She put her head in front early in the straight and went on to score very easily by two. TITBITS GUN SLINGER was always a length and a quarter clear when winning the maiden plate over 1600m.
From Russia With Love Vaal 3rd March The best bet on the card for most at Thursday’s outside track meeting was NOTHER RUSSIA, and in what proved to be the faster of the two 1600m maiden events, the well-bred daughter of Tiger Ridge didn’t let down her supporters. On leaving the stalls it was TRICIA DUPONT who elected to make the running whilst Mike De Kock’s charge was content to amble along in midfield. She quickened well when given rein and won going away by five and a half after striking the
.. .................. LEROY ...... . WON 7/1 .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... N 28/10 ALL MAGIC ........... WO Y D A L E IN N 1/1 SUNSH N ......... WO /10 A M Y E N O THE M . WON 7 DUP .......... ON 7/10 ALLDRESSE ............. W .. S U T C E P ON 1/3 PROS GUE........ W A E L D N O N 3/10 DIAM ........... WO IA S S U R R E NOTH
front 150m from home. Three of the afternoon’s nine races were run over 1400m and quickest home amongst these was FAREEQ in the second division of the MR72 Handicap. Freely available at 12/1 on the off, Nother Russia’s stable companion also came from midfield. He struck the front going through the 200m, and did have the running on HAWAIIAN SUN (came from the rear) held by a length and a quarter at the wire.
CROSS did the business. Backed all the way in to 15/10 from 33/10, Alec Laird’s charge was soon at the head of affairs. He answered every call over the final 400m and beat the deposed favourite ODD ROB fair and square by a length and a half. TITBITS Prior to the abandonment WINTER SOLDIER had been scratched from the fourth race lame near fore, and MOMBELA the seventh with urticaria.
TOP SPEED RATINGS for this WEEKEND (Ratings shown have already been adjusted to allocated weights)
FAIRVIEW (FRI) Race 1: (9) Madiba Dance 6 Race 2: (4) Istas 8 Race 3: (7) Night Fall 63 Race 4: (4) Minnakuta 8 Race 5: (3) Copper Parade 85 Race 6: (5) Agterskot 47 Race 7: (6) Apoc 54 Race 8: (14) Stone Town 57 Race 9: (10) Mambo Italiano 47 GREYVILLE (FRI) Race 1: (4) Protea Power 32 Race 2: (6) Royalsecuritypower 87 Race 3: (1) Honeysuckle Rose 6 Race 4: (6) Sensible Lover 81 Race 5: (7) Strategic’s Pride 42 Race 6: (10) Marchant 96 (EW) Race 7: (2) Koncealed 16 Race 8: (12) Bermuda 48 TURFFONTEIN (SAT) Race 1: (1) Approval Mode 23 Race 2: (2) Cyber Magic 8 Race 3: (7) Mamdooha 20 Race 4: (7) Aldiara 67 Race 5: (1) Captain America 91 (NAP*) Race 6: (8) First Sign 44 Race 7: (10) Stavinsky 91 Race 8: (2) Chinawhite 11 Race 9: (12) Elen Luyddog 55 KENILWORTH (SAT) Race 1: (6) Moulina 7 Race 2: (2) Dancer 14 Race 3: (1) Honest Ally 20 Race 4: (1) Arctic Blast 23 Race 5: (4) Ntombi 57 Race 6: (1) Eastern Front 44 Race 7: (1) Daring Dave 90 (NAP*) Race 8: (1) Variance 17 GREYVILLE (SUN) Race 1: (6) Ocean Drive South 10 Race 2: (6) She Done Good 5 Race 3: (4) Royalsecuritypower 73 Race 4: (1) Augustina 5 Race 5: (1) Imbali 12 Race 6: (7) Likeness 45 Race 7: (5) French Lass 43 Race 8: (3) Majix 15 NAP BETS * Fancied ** Strongly fancied *** Very strongly fancied
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Youngsters Continue To Excel
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Former Champion 2YO Teofilo (Galileo) had a notable Gr1 double this past Saturday, when his son, Special Fighter, won the Gr1 Maktoum Challenge in Dubai and another son, Palentino, landed the Gr1 Australian Guineas at Flemington, writes Sarah Whitelaw.
alileo’s most successful sire son to date, Teofilo stands at €50,000, with his previous top performers including illfated Irish Derby winner, Trading Leather, Gr1 Irish St Leger winner, Voleuse De
Coeurs and last season’s dual G1 winning filly, Pleascach. He looks on course to enjoy another cracking season in both hemispheres in 2016, with Teofilo’s 2yos of last season including Gr3 Tattersalls Somerville Stakes hero Sanus Per Aquam, Gr1 Dewhurst runner up Massaat and Gr3 Oh So Sharp Stakes
winner First Victory. Now the sire of nine individual Gr1 winners, as well as this season’s dual Cape classic runner up, Brazuca, Teofilo won all five starts at two, including both the Gr1 National Stakes and Gr1 Dewhurst Stakes. Regarded as a bright classic hope, Teofilo, however, never started after his juvenile
campaign –a tendon problem occurred while the colt was being prepared for a start in the 2000 Guineas, and he was officially retired in August of his 3yo campaign.
Teofilo Ironically enough, the colt Teofilo beat into second in both the National and Dewhurst Stakes, Holy Roman Emperor, was another colt destined not to see a racecourse after his two-yearold career. The son of Danehill was rushed off to stud, when it was discovered that his former stablemate, and fellow son of Danehill, George
Exquisite Touch streaks to a convincing win
Washington, was subfertile. While neitherTeofilo or Holy Roman Emperor have headed the general sires list (and neither look likely at this stage to challenge the likes of Galileo or Dubawi), both stallions have enjoyed a solid level of success. Teofilo, who stands for nearly three times that of his former rival, has been the more successful in terms of Gr1 winners, the son of Galileo outdistancing his Danehill sired rival by 9 Gr1 winners to six at this stage. To date, Teofilo has over 50 stakes winners (from 565 runners) to his credit, whereas former dual G1 winning 2yo Holy Roman Emperor is the sire of 53 stakes winners from 846 runners to date. Teofilo is out of a mare by multiple champion sire, Danehill, also broodmare sire of successful SA sire, Ideal World (sire of Met winner Smart Call), promising young sire Roderic O’Connor (Galileo) and French sensation, Siyouni (Pivotal).
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Avontuur’s red hot sire Var, who currently leads South Africa’s 2yo’s sire log, was represented by his eighth individual juvenile winner this season on Tuesday evening - and rounded off a good week in style when his daughter Exquisite Touch maintained her unbeaten record when winning the Listed Ruffian Stakes on Saturday. The Ruffian Stakes review is carried in our feature flash on page 8.
ast Tuesday at Turffontein, Var’s son Ribovar, making just his second outing for champion trainer Sean Tarry, proved too strong for ten other juveniles in a maiden juvenile plate over 1160m. Despite hanging in the closing stages, and racing green throughout, the colt
powered home to score a convincing half a length victory at Turffontein. Bred by the Gold Star Stud, Ribovar was a R550 000 buy from the 2015 March Yearling Sale. His sire Var (who had a double on Tuesday with his son Buenos Aires also scoring on the day) has some very exciting juveniles representing him this season.
This was clearly demonstrated by the fact that Var had the runner-up Rivarine in Saturday’s Listed Storm Bird Stakes for 2yos and three runners in the Listed Ruffian Stakes (for 2yo fillies) –notably winner Exquisite Touch as well as Hamunaptra and Star Burst Galaxy. Var, whose yearlings have fetched up to R4 000 000, has 3 lots on offer at the
upcoming March Yearling Sale –they include a full sister to the smart Raconteur whose relatives include champion Kochka (Lot 118) and a filly whose dam is a winning half sister to a G2 winner in South America (Lot 234). The sire of 17 G1 horses and counting, Var also has a strong draft on offer at April’s National Yearling Sale. His 28 lots on offer include a colt out of SA Oaks winner Bedloe’s Island (Lot 7), a colt out of a G1 winner Covenant (Lot 53), a filly out of Cape Fillies Guineas winner Field Flower (Lot87) and a half brother to Equus Champion Rabiya and the hugely promising 3yo Bela-Bela (Lot 230).
Danehill’s influence through his daughters and their sons at stud could well be further emphasized in the future as undefeated champion, Frankel, bred, (like Teofilo) on the famed Galileo/ Danehill cross, has his first runners this year. In contrast to Teofilo and Holy Roman Emperor, one of Europe’s most fashionable sprint sires, Dark Angel (Acclamation), was retired at the end of his 2yo campaign, when connections stated that he was not a classic horse and would have found life tough competing in top class sprints. Winner of the Gr1 Middle Park Stakes, Dark Angel has had burgeoning success at stud, as seen in his rising stud fee, from €10 000 to €60,000 in 2016, and his yearlings have sold for up to 825,000 guineas. His has been a genuine success story, with Dark Angel upgrading his mares, and his top performers including Gr1 winning sprinters, Lethal Force and Mecca’s Angel, as well as last year’s Gr1 2yo, Birchwood. Dark Angel’s popularity can also be gauged by the fact that he has four notable sons at stud –including the above mentioned Lethal Force, who
Seattle Singer placed 2nd in th
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LISTED RUFFIA N STAKES
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stands at Cheveley Park Stud for £10 000. This year, Dark Angel’s son, Gutaifan, winner of both the Gr2 Flying Childers Stakes and Gr2 Prix Robert Papin, follows in his sire’s footsteps and retires to stud having raced solely at two. Other sires retired to stud in recent times at the end of their 2yo campaigns include Approve (Oasis Dream), Lilbourne Lad (Acclamation), Sir Prancealot (Tamayuz), and Zebedee (Invincible Spirit). While Dark Angel, and the above mentioned pair of Holy Roman Emperor and Teofilo have undoubtedly enjoyed success, it remains to be seen quite how many precocious, speed orientated young sires the market will accept –or how many of these will enjoy any notable success. Certainly, it is hard to imagine many of these stallions, who stand for relatively low stud fees, making a consistent mark on the world’s great classic races.
Nothing New The trend of retiring horses at the end of their 2yo campaigns to stud is by no means a new one, however. One of the greatest 2yos of all time, The Tetrarch, became an outstanding sire, despite proving a shy breeder, from a brief stud career, while neither of the breed shaping stallions, Hail To Reason and Raise A Native, raced after their juvenile campaigns. However, the three sires mentioned above were exceptional racehorses, with both Raise A Native and The Tetrarch retiring to stud undefeated, and Hail To Reason (subsequently the sire of Halo and Roberto) making 18 starts as a juvenile, with his nine wins including the now Gr1 Hopeful Stakes, as well as the once major stakes races the Youthful Stakes, Sapling Stakes and Sanford Stakes. While precocity certainly adds to a sire’s commercial appeal, even today, it is clearly not essential for a top sire to have been a top 2yo –the world’s leading sire Galileo, having made just one start at two (which he won), while other outstanding sires such as Bernardini, Candy Ride and Medaglia D’Oro having made a combined total of 1 start at two.
Sail Intotheclouds WON at Fairview on 1 March 2016 Congratulations to T: Y Bremner J: K De Melo O: Messrs F H McGrath, A J van Huyssteen & M C Wright B: Milkwood Stud
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LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Race 5 (179)
Backed & Pre-Trained
Race 6 (180)
Turffontein Standside 27th February
3rd DIESEL JET Flamingo Park 29th February
Race 6 MR 72 Handicap
2nd YESAN STAR Scottsville 6th March
Race 2 MR 69 Apprentice Handicap
WON DREYA’S GOLD
Race 7 (181)
Bred & Pre-Trained Borrowdale 28th February
Race 5 MR 60 Handicap
3rd AL COBALENA Contact Jill Fox
PO Box 227, Nottingham Road, 3280 Cell: 072 289 8471 Fax: 086 242 3562 • thefortstud@bundunet.com
www.thefortstud.co.za
FLAMINGO PARK Monday 29 February Going: good
Flamingo Park Maiden Plate
Q 167 1 0.00 True Valour (3) 60.0 3 ch g Daring Bid - Atraab (Fahal) (13) 60.0 Q 167 2 3.00 Thiel 3 b g Visionaire - Tialata (Requiem) (1) 60.0 Q 142 3 4.00 Bow ‘N Arrow 5 b h A P Arrow - Apple Valley (Val des Bois) (10) 60.0 Q 142 4 9.00 Eagle’s Call (8) 60.0 Q 150 5 9.50 Winter Axe (5) 60.0 Q 150 6 13.75 Show Me Seattle (4) 60.0 7 18.00 Cheval Noir (9) 56.5 Q 157 8 18.05 Royal Drive (12) 60.0 Q 167 9 18.25 Leadpipe Joe (7) 60.0 T 615 10 21.00 Red River Blue (11) 60.0 Q 167 11 26.00 Chilapa Lapa (6) 60.0 Q 167 12 34.00 Egocentric (2) 60.0 Q 148 13 99.99 Goldone Time: 115.73s (64.29s avg/1000m, or 56km/h) 1st T:C Lensley O:Mr G R Sadleir B:The Flying Stud
Race 2 (176)
Flamingo Park Maiden Plate (F&M)
1800m R50,000
JP vd Merwe N Patel
4/1
15/2
S Khumalo
5/2
G Wrogemann 25/1 K Zechner 33/1 T Pretorius 25/1 A Fortune 4/1 C Zackey 12/1 J Penny 45/1 C Murray 7/1 M v Rensburg 66/1 C Ngcobo 33/1 M Thackeray 66/1 SP Total %: 119%
1200m R50,000
Q 157 1 0.00 Maya The Bee (7) 60.0 S Khumalo 16/10 4 b f Miesque’s Approval - Little Jet (Jet Master) (5) 60.0 M Yeni 20/1 Q 167 2 4.50 Ms Holly Golightly 3 b f Spectrum - Socialite (Rocky Marriage) (8) 60.0 G Wrogemann 9/2 V 746 3 5.50 Pippi Shortsock 3 b f Colchium - Colchium(IRE) (Elnadim) (3) 60.0 M v Rensburg 45/1 Q 160 4 8.00 Antarctica (2) 60.0 C Murray 45/1 5 10.25 Rock Of Fire (11) 60.0 R Munger 45/1 Q 167 6 10.50 Switched On (6) 60.0 A Fortune 13/2 Q 160 7 11.00 Calamity Annie (12) 60.0 S Brown 55/1 Q 160 8 13.50 Bay Of Rochelle (10) 60.0 J Penny 30/1 K 187 9 14.00 Felina (9) 60.0 S Chambers 16/1 V 674 10 16.00 Raving Jewel (1) 60.0 K Zechner 55/1 Q 157 11 19.00 Pink Ticket (4) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 10/1 Q 160 12 20.00 Kim’s Approval Time: 74.2s (61.83s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 103% 1st T:LJ Human O:Mayesh Chetty & R R Naidoo & B Kalian B:M Chetty
Race 3 (177)
Flamingo Park Maiden Plate
Flamingo Park MR 84 Handicap
Flamingo Park MR 72 Handicap
1200m R48,000
Flamingo Park MR 70 Handicap
Q 135 1 0.00 Down Mexico Way (9) 55.0 6 b g Albert Hall - Dagupan (Scuffleburg) (7) 57.0 Q 154 2 3.00 Country Gent 3 b g Kahal - Maphiko (Al Mufti) (5) 54.5 Q 153 3 6.00 Misty Power 5 b g St Petersburg - Show Girl (Rocky Marriage) (11) 56.5 Q 158 4 9.50 Rock Country (12) 57.5 T 743 5 14.00 King’s Drive (10) 52.0 Q 162 6 16.00 Waterways (8) 55.0 Q 150 7 20.00 Le Gray (2) 60.0 Q 158 8 20.75 Steady As A Rock (4) 59.0 Q 153 9 23.00 Ponoka (1) 60.0 Q 152 10 26.00 Bodega (13) 58.5 Q 152 11 30.00 Wimoweh (3) 60.0 Q 153 12 32.00 Ford Country (6) 58.5 Q 144 13 33.00 Seven Kings (14) 54.0 Q 161 14 99.99 Sounds Of Tigers Time: 114.57s (63.65s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) 1st T:S von W Smit O:Mr A Baum B:A Baum
Race 8 (182)
1800m R48,000
C Ngcobo
14/1
M Thackeray
16/1
R Munger
10/1
G Wrogemann 14/1 S Brown 16/1 C Murray 110/1 S Khumalo 5/1 JP vd Merwe 8/1 A Fortune 7/1 K Zechner 16/1 M v Rensburg 66/1 M Yeni 2/1 F Herholdt 20/1 J Greyling 110/1 SP Total %: 122%
Flamingo Park Kimberley 1400 (Non-Blacktype)
1400m R100,000
Q 163 1 0.00 Taso The Sailor (9) 52.0 R Munger 25/1 4 ch g Muhtafal - Mediterranean (Saumarez) (8) 52.5 F Herholdt 8/1 Q 163 2 0.05 Emerald Mackay 4 g Right Approach - Emerald Beauty(ARG) (Equalize) 3 3.00 Jaguar (10) 58.5 JP vd Merwe 5/1 Q 154 5 b g Tiger Ridge - Chinchuna (Fort Wood) (3) 52.5 K Zechner 4/1 Q 154 4 4.25 Just A Jag (6) 55.5 G Wrogemann 10/1 Q 92 5 4.35 Kent Rock (13) 53.5 J Penny 45/1 T 743 6 6.00 Son Of Approval (12) 52.0 M Thackeray 70/1 Q 163 7 8.25 Secret Delight (4) 53.0 C Murray 28/1 V 725 8 8.50 Night Editor (5) 61.0 A Fortune 4/1 Q 143 9 8.60 Quid Rides (7) 57.5 M Yeni 16/1 Q 158 10 8.85 Lebeoana (11) 55.5 M v Rensburg 70/1 Q 154 11 9.50 La Tourelle (1) 56.0 S Khumalo 13/2 Q 123 12 13.00 Jack Friday (2) 54.0 J Sampson 8/1 V 591 13 17.50 Move Like Jagger Time: 85.5s (61.07s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:LJ Human O:Mr L J Human B:Summerhill Stud
Race 9 (183)
Flamingo Park MR 79 Handicap (F&M)
1400m R58,000
Q 161 1 0.00 Heart Flower (10) 52.5 M Thackeray 30/1 4 ch f Go Deputy - Flaming Flower (Western Winter) (2) 59.0 M Yeni 5/2 Q 164 2 0.25 Razzle My Tazzle 4 b f Carpocrates - Countess Andora (Count Dubois) (8) 53.0 C Murray 25/1 V 653 3 3.50 Night Moves 4 b f Mambo In Seattle - Deadly Catch (Windrush) (6) 54.0 R Munger 10/1 Q 161 4 4.00 Pena Palace (3) 54.5 M v Rensburg 11/2 Q 164 5 4.25 Dukes Idol (9) 52.0 J Penny 15/2 Q 157 6 6.50 Fountain Of News (7) 52.5 N Patel 8/1 Q 156 7 6.75 Take Two Turns (11) 58.5 C Ngcobo 11/2 Q 161 8 6.80 Siena’s Star (12) 59.0 J Greyling 35/1 Q 105 9 7.75 Cristal Arrow (13) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 25/1 Q 149 10 14.00 Lady Duchess (5) 58.0 S Khumalo 20/1 Q 164 11 16.00 Rainbow Arrow (1) 52.0 T Pretorius 70/1 Q 117 12 18.00 Red Lunar (4) 52.5 F Herholdt 14/1 V 654 13 20.00 Patrina Time: 85.35s (60.96s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:S Miller O:Ourfriendsinthenorth Syndicate (Nom: Mrs S Miller) B:Lammerskraal Stud
Race 10 Abandoned
1000m R50,000
Q 160 1 0.00 Heart Of Christmas (5) 57.5 JP vd Merwe 33/10 3 b f Var - Kumba Mela (Badger Land) (9) 57.5 A Fortune 12/1 2 1.25 Rhythm In Red 3 b f Overlord - African Rhythm (Count Dubois) (4) 60.0 M v Rensburg 14/1 Q 140 3 3.75 Morrie 3 ch c Visionaire - Chestnut Lodge (Fort Wood) (10) 57.5 J Sampson 4/1 T 414 4 5.25 Perfect Dream (3) 60.0 G Wrogemann 15/2 Q 159 5 5.50 Happy Gun (13) 60.0 F Herholdt 4/1 Q 167 6 5.75 King Of The North (11) 60.0 N Patel 10/1 Q 159 7 6.00 Walkabout 10/1 Q 159 8 7.50 Jamaicanminaloushe (12) 60.0 C Zackey (6) 57.5 R Munger 25/1 S 469 9 14.75 Ding Ding (7) 60.0 M Thackeray 55/1 Q 159 10 15.00 Internationalfling (2) 60.0 S Chambers 30/1 D 53 11 17.00 Beanstalk (1) 60.0 C Ngcobo 100/1 Q 120 12 18.50 Bridgebuilder (8) 57.5 S Brown 100/1 Q 75 13 39.00 Art Vague Time: 58.71s (58.71s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:C Lensley O:Messrs Kashmeel Sukhraj & Saien Sukhraj & K G Naidoo B:GAR Sturlese & P de Marigny
Race 4 (178)
1000m R48,000
Q 165 1 0.00 Triple A (6) 52.0 N Patel 14/1 4 b g A P Answer - Admirer (Capture Him) (1) 60.5 R Munger 7/2 Q 144 2 1.50 Yesan Star 5 b g Miesque’s Approval - Sky Gazer (Shoe Danzig) (10) 54.5 M Thackeray 12/1 Q 165 3 3.00 Pegged For Glory 5 b g Jay Peg - Bound For Glory(ANY) (Casey Tibbs) (4) 56.5 S Chambers 10/1 Q 165 4 4.00 Al Lunam (9) 55.5 M Yeni 4/1 V 99 5 4.10 Run For Roses (12) 54.5 M v Rensburg 70/1 Q 165 6 4.50 Triumvirate (11) 60.5 C Ngcobo 13/1 Q 163 7 5.50 Sussudio (7) 58.0 A Fortune 4/1 K 342 8 8.00 On The Side (3) 59.5 G Wrogemann 16/1 Q 79 9 12.00 King Olaf (8) 52.0 C Murray 70/1 Q 146 10 12.75 First Law (5) 61.5 JP vd Merwe 20/1 Q 154 11 15.00 First Answer (2) 58.0 F Herholdt 8/1 V 729 12 15.50 Over Budget (13) 52.0 J Penny 100/1 F 96 13 21.50 Danzey Green Time: 73.17s (60.98s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:S von W Smit O:Mr Sarel Smit B:T Armitage
Race 4 Pinnacle Stakes
Race 1 (175)
Flamingo Park MR 68 Handicap (F&M)
Q 165 1 0.00 Here We Are (6) 58.5 M Yeni 11/2 6 b m Muhtafal - West Coast Way (Fort Wood) (5) 53.5 N Patel 25/1 Q 147 2 0.20 Zilnox 3 b f Warm White Night - Zili (Parade Leader) (4) 56.5 C Zackey 11/2 T 364 3 0.70 Imperial Party 3 ch f Trippi - Imperial Ice (Western Winter) (9) 59.0 G Wrogemann 6/1 T 741 4 3.50 Delighted (1) 52.0 C Murray 30/1 V 731 5 4.25 Fiesta De Espana (12) 62.0 JP vd Merwe 4/1 Q 164 6 4.75 The Berry Lady (11) 55.0 M Thackeray 20/1 Q 152 7 4.85 Cape Grey (2) 60.5 A Fortune 9/2 V 732 8 5.25 Ballerini (8) 53.5 K Zechner 20/1 F 171 9 5.50 Slip Stream Queen (13) 53.5 M v Rensburg 30/1 Q 156 10 8.75 Island In The Sun (7) 61.0 S Khumalo 11/2 Q 164 11 10.00 Fiery Goddess (3) 52.5 F Herholdt 100/1 Q 147 12 10.25 Ice In Seattle (10) 53.5 C Ngcobo 100/1 Q 114 13 22.00 Up To Ones Neck Time: 58.36s (58.36s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:C Lensley O:Shanil Singh & L Subramoney B:Summerhill Stud
1000m R58,000
Q 164 1 0.00 You Beauty (9) 58.5 F Herholdt 16/1 5 b m Carpocrates - Flying Affair (Allied Flag) (4) 61.5 G Wrogemann 4/1 D 249 2 4.75 Wishful Heart 5 b g Carpocrates - Linsumi (Linney Head) (12) 60.5 C Zackey 8/1 V 749 3 6.00 Fire Horse 4 b g Sail From Seattle - Eastern Glamour (Fort Wood) 4 8.25 Wolverina (11) 62.5 S Chambers 11/2 T 741 (8) 58.0 A Fortune 11/2 F 67 5 8.50 Tour de Var (7) 56.0 JP vd Merwe 16/1 Q 155 6 8.60 Jet On Fire (6) 52.0 J Penny 45/1 Q 118 7 10.25 Iron Dragon (5) 53.5 S Khumalo 20/1 Q 163 8 10.50 Heavenly Express (10) 52.0 M Thackeray 75/1 Q 70 9 10.75 Rebel Assault (13) 54.5 C Ngcobo 13/2 Q 147 10 11.00 Matadoras El Toros (1) 59.0 M Yeni 6/1 Q 155 11 13.00 Atso Fields (14) 60.0 R Munger 40/1 Q7 12 15.50 Caribbean Bay (3) 58.5 N Patel 14/1 F 253 13 15.60 Tetelestai (2) 52.0 C Murray 100/1 Q 165 14 22.00 Blazing Sunset Time: 57.61s (57.61s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:T Prinsloo O:Mr Sean Pillay B:Clifton Stud
FAIRVIEW Tuesday 1 March Going: good
Race 1 (346)
TRIPLE A
2 wins 6 places 13 runs
4 b g A P Answer - Admirer (Capture Him) WON at Flamingo Park - 1200m, 29 February
HANNAH’S ANSWER
2 wins 3 places 9 runs
3 b f A P Answer - Tender Memories (Exclusive Patriot) WON at Greyville - 1600m, 2 March
BECKEDORF
4 b g A P Answer - Countess Kinsky (Kahal) WON at Greyville - 1000m, 4 March
2 wins 5 places 14 runs
. . and placed . . Cutting Edge
Congratulations to the Connections stands at Peter Blyth’s CLIFTON STUD Cell 082 456 3489 • Tel 033 267 7407 blyth@cliftonstud.co.za • www.cliftonstud.co.za
1600m R62,000
T 543 1 0.00 Buenos Aires (2) 60.0 W Agrella 2/1 3 b c Var - Bandera Nativa(ARG) (Bernstein) (4) 60.0 W Kennedy 7/2 F 332 2 0.75 Messageinabottle 5 ch h King of Kings - Pure Sands (Jabal Tarik) (1) 60.0 R Khathi 14/10 F 281 3 1.50 Golden Run 3 ch g Ashaawes - Gold Offer (Goldkeeper) (3) 57.0 T Gould 14/1 F 307 4 2.25 Mystify Me (5) 60.0 S Khathi 12/1 F 314 5 5.00 Elusive Elegance (7) 60.0 S Devoy 40/1 F 332 6 9.25 True As An Arrow (6) 60.0 E Webber 100/1 F 332 7 16.75 Dr Mouse Time: 97.48s (60.93s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:T Laing O:Mrs I Jooste & Mr M J Jooste B:Ridgemont
Race 2 (347)
Fairview Maiden Plate (Polytrack)
1300m R62,000
F 299 1 0.00 Stevedore (1) 60.0 K Ramsamy 9/2 3 b g Dupont - Stevie’s Lass (Silvano) (9) 60.0 W Kennedy 15/10 F 331 2 0.75 Lego House 4 b g Toreador - Bally Tara (Tara’s Halls) (6) 60.0 W Agrella 6/1 K 379 3 1.00 Night Sign 3 b g Lateral - Numancia(IRE) (Alzao) (5) 60.0 E Webber 10/1 F 331 4 6.25 Olimpic Airways (7) 60.0 S Naidoo 10/1 F 331 5 6.50 Q School (8) 60.0 K De Melo 50/1 F 322 6 8.25 Unlikely Story (2) 60.0 C Thabana 20/1 F 305 7 8.75 World Conqueror (3) 60.0 T Gould 7/1 F 248 8 11.50 Thunder Punch (4) 60.0 S Khathi 16/1 F 289 9 12.50 No Reprieve Time: 77.42s (59.55s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:JVA Strydom O:Messrs J V A Strydom & P Cobbold B:Milkwood Stud
Race 3 (348)
Fairview Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack)
1200m R62,000
Fairview MR 70 Handicap (F&M)(Polytrack)
1200m R68,000
F 323 1 0.00 Magic Samba (6) 60.0 S Khathi 18/10 3 b f Judpot - Ballerina (Rambo Dancer) (8) 60.0 M Byleveld 28/10 K 377 2 0.25 Midnight Breeze 3 b f Warm White Night - Swann’s Way (Centenary) (2) 60.0 K De Melo 4/1 F 338 3 5.75 Nakuru 3 b f Tiger Ridge - Sheba (Al Mufti) (7) 60.0 W Kennedy 14/1 F 330 4 7.25 Bitabling (1) 60.0 E Webber 11/2 F 338 5 8.50 Stunning Angel (3) 60.0 K Minnie 22/1 K 343 6 12.50 Pretty And Popular (5) 60.0 J Smitsdorff 50/1 F 306 7 16.75 Big Rich (4) 60.0 W Agrella 20/1 F 338 8 16.85 Grand Christine Time: 71.33s (59.44s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:DA Sham O:Messrs J F & L M F Wernars B:Cheveley Stud
Race 4 (349)
F 345 1 0.00 Silvan Jazz (12) 61.5 T Gould 14/1 3 b f Silvano - Arabian Jazz(IRE) (Danehill Dancer) (5) 59.0 K De Melo 8/1 K 340 2 0.50 Folk Law 4 b f Arcano - Oh Nellie(USA) (Tilt The Stars) (13) 60.0 S Khathi 14/1 F 312 3 1.00 Typhoon Tess 5 b m Sail From Seattle - Typhoon Season (Muhtafal) (9) 56.0 J Smitsdorff 10/1 F 327 4 1.10 Girl In Time (4) 56.0 E Webber 14/1 F 345 5 1.35 Big Bucks (7) 58.5 W Agrella 10/1 F 282 6 2.35 So Suspect (11) 59.0 K Minnie 25/1 F 327 7 2.45 Thembisa (8) 56.0 R Khathi 25/1 F 312 8 2.70 Starstepper (6) 59.5 M Byleveld 2/1 F 277 9 3.20 Natural Tan (10) 61.0 K Ramsamy 20/1 F 251 10 3.70 Stamford Bridge (1) 56.0 S Devoy 40/1 F 327 11 3.80 Red Hot Lady (2) 53.5 W Kennedy 9/2 F 333 12 6.30 Aromatics (3) 52.0 S Naidoo 25/1 F 326 13 10.55 Spiaggia Time: 70.66s (58.88s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:C Spies O:Messrs A J van Huyssteen, F N Englezakis & R P Macnab B:Ascot Stud
Race 5 (350)
Fairview MR 66 Handicap (Polytrack)
1900m R62,000
F 309 1 0.00 King Of The Castle (6) 58.0 K De Melo 14/1 5 b g Rebel King - Morgan Le Fey (West Man) (9) 56.0 R Khathi 20/1 F 309 2 0.10 Kirkby Ninja 5 ch g Dupont - Akasha (National Emblem) T 663 3 2.35 Facebook (5) 57.0 S Naidoo 13/1 5 b h Lundy’s Liability - Oupa’s Honey (Western Winter) (1) 55.5 J Smitsdorff 16/1 F 325 4 3.10 Stir It Up (2) 55.0 E Webber 14/1 F 332 5 3.20 Rhumba Magic (3) 55.5 W Kennedy 25/1 F 325 6 5.20 Olim Dives (13) 59.5 S Khathi 9/2 F 309 7 5.70 Dreamforest (8) 53.5 T Gould 4/1 F 309 8 7.20 Inca Silver (11) 60.5 W Agrella 16/1 F 335 9 9.45 The King’s Hand (12) 54.0 K Minnie 16/1 F 287 10 9.95 Taketotask (7) 59.5 M Byleveld 10/1 F 318 11 10.45 Well Informed (10) 57.0 K Ramsamy 11/2 F 283 12 13.70 King Air (4) 55.0 C Thabana 12/1 F 204 13 99.98 Knockout Johny Time: 116.12s (61.12s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Messrs Greg Bortz & A J van Huyssteen & Miss T Farrell B:Connemara Stud
Race 6 (351)
Fairview MR 72 Handicap (Polytrack)
Fairview MR 63 Handicap (F&M)(Polytrack)
Fairview MR 64 Handicap (F&M)(Polytrack)
5 b g Rebel King - Morgan Le Fey (West Man) 6 wins Won at Fairview, 1900m, 1 March 14 places 40 runs
Congratulations to
Y Bremner, Messrs G Bortz AJ van Huyssteen Congratulations to the& connections & Miss T Farrell, Connemara Stud
Contact: Paul or Lindi Garlicki Tel/Fax (021)863 0197 / 082 920 8112
TURFFONTEIN Tuesday 1 March Going: good
Race 1 (772)
Turffontein Maiden Juvenile Plate
1160m R90,000
Turffontein Maiden Plate
1000m R90,000
Turffontein Maiden Plate
1400m R90,000
T 692 1 0.00 Ribovar (6) 60.0 S Khumalo 15/10 2 b c Var - Vanilla Silk (Al Mufti) (8) 60.0 A Delpech 22/10 T 735 2 0.50 Double Appeal 2 b c Trippi - Imperious Star (Navarone) (4) 60.0 G Wrogemann 110/1 V 745 3 5.60 Master Boulder 2 b c Rock Of Rochelle - Dear Sissy(ARG) (Unknown) (9) 60.0 R Munger 30/1 4 8.70 Laventelhaan (7) 60.0 C Zackey 30/1 5 9.80 Soviet Cosmonaut (1) 60.0 A Fortune 15/2 T 735 6 10.80 Space Tornado (3) 60.0 K Zechner 50/1 V 745 7 10.85 Thewaywemakem (5) 60.0 C Ngcobo 66/1 8 11.25 Dawn Assault (2) 60.0 R Danielson 10/1 T 735 9 11.35 Sundance (10) 60.0 S Brown 30/1 10 14.75 Dancing Rebel (11) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 8/1 11 19.75 Ryder Time: 67.92s (58.55s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Messrs C J H van Niekerk & M J Jooste B:Gold Star Stud
Race 2 (773)
T 736 1 0.00 Leroy (3) 60.0 D Neethling 8/1 4 b g Rebel King - Dad’s Rebel (Rampaging Native) (9) 60.0 R Danielson 8/1 V 729 2 0.30 Hever Castle 3 ch g Visionaire - Treasure (Coastal) (2) 57.5 S Khumalo 5/2 3 1.90 Goodytwoshoes 3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Capitol Steps (National Assembly) (5) 60.0 G Wrogemann 25/1 T 736 4 3.90 Wine Country (8) 60.0 M v Rensburg 14/10 V 649 5 4.30 Rock Solid (4) 60.0 K Zechner 20/1 T 694 6 5.60 Time To Be Great (1) 60.0 C Maujean 66/1 V 729 7 6.40 Presidential (11) 60.0 A Fortune 11/1 8 6.90 Lulu’s Lecture (10) 60.0 S Brown 50/1 V 729 9 10.00 Boulogne (7) 57.5 C Zackey 66/1 V 704 10 13.75 Bryher (6) 57.5 M Thackeray 75/1 V 728 11 13.80 Sophisticated Time: 57.19s (57.19s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:C Binda O:Dreamstar Racing (Nom: Mrs S M Binda) B:Favour Stud
Race 3 (774)
T 695 1 0.00 Coptic Cross (1) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 15/10 3 b g Fort Wood - Lalibela (Silvano) (8) 60.0 C Zackey 2/1 T 1053 2 1.50 Odd Rob 4 b g Mambo In Seattle - National Value (National Assembly) (6) 60.0 C Maujean 11/2 T 559 3 1.60 Trip To Troy 3 ch g Trippi - Helena (Camden Park) (5) 57.0 S Khumalo 11/2 4 3.50 Lady Maher (7) 60.0 N Patel 66/1 V 729 5 6.20 King Of Cloth (4) 60.0 J Mariba 20/1 V 422 6 7.20 Night Raider (2) 60.0 C Murray 125/1 V 675 7 8.40 Trusty Troy (3) 60.0 S Brown 33/1 V 675 8 11.70 Trusty Jim (9) 60.0 C Ngcobo 50/1 9 16.90 Patang Time: 87.74s (62.67s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:AG Laird O:Mr M B Javett B:Mauritzfontein Stud
Race 4 - 8 Abandoned
Gun Slinger
4bg Way West - Just Testing (Fort Wood)
Bred by SR Rosseau & trained by C Scott
Placed
Lemon Lily
Congratulations to Connections Sydney & Shirley Rosseau • PO Box 814, Gillitts 3603 Tel: 031 702 9588 • Cell: 082 469 0999 sthelierstud@telkomsa.net
GREYVILLE Wednesday 2 March
1300m R65,000
F 326 1 0.00 Sail Intotheclouds (4) 55.5 K De Melo 33/10 4 b f Sail From Seattle - Cloud Ten (Jallad) (7) 58.5 M Byleveld 22/10 F 282 2 0.75 Quebiango 4 b f Unknown - Quequena(GB) (Anabaa) (9) 56.0 J Smitsdorff 9/1 F 345 3 0.80 Diamondinthedark 4 b f Indigo Magic - It’s Showtime (Al Mufti) (11) 60.0 K Minnie 20/1 F 327 4 0.90 High Fashion (1) 52.0 S Devoy 16/1 F 326 5 0.95 Bizzy Peg (10) 56.5 W Kennedy 10/1 F 326 6 1.20 Tony The Rebel (8) 58.0 S Khathi 20/1 F 312 6 1.20 Brooke’s Montana (5) 52.0 E Webber 50/1 F 300 8 2.95 Belle Juliette (6) 52.0 S Naidoo 20/1 F 326 9 3.70 Soaring Jet (3) 53.0 T Gould 11/1 F 247 10 5.45 Jaminna (2) 53.0 K Ramsamy 5/1 F 277 11 14.45 In The Know Time: 76.77s (59.05s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Messrs F H McGrath, A J van Huyssteen & M C Wright B:Milkwood Stud
1 win 1 place 4 runs
WON at Greyville, 1600m, 2nd March
1300m R65,000
F 326 1 0.00 Fuhgedaboudit (8) 52.5 K De Melo 6/1 4 b f Right Approach - Castles In The Sky (Rich Man’s Gold) (5) 52.0 E Webber 66/1 F 124 2 0.25 Runaway Time 5 b m Bezrin - It’s Playtime (Camden Park) (3) 56.5 S Naidoo 11/2 F 330 3 0.50 Chasing Angels 4 ch f Western Winter - Angelina (Rakeen) (9) 53.0 S Devoy 45/1 F 335 4 1.00 Gift Of Gold (1) 57.5 W Kennedy 7/1 F 327 5 1.05 Silver Dream (7) 60.0 J Smitsdorff 10/1 F 334 6 1.30 Koldona (2) 55.5 R Khathi 5/1 F 312 7 3.05 Prescient (10) 56.0 K Minnie 25/1 S 155 8 3.15 Sorbonne (4) 56.0 M Byleveld 5/1 F 326 9 3.25 Rose Of Sienna (11) 53.5 K Ramsamy 10/1 F 326 10 5.00 Chelsea (6) 56.5 T Gould 11/2 F 326 11 20.25 Radisha Time: 76.88s (59.14s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Messrs A J van Huyssteen, F H McGrath & M C Wright B:The Alchemy
Race 8 (353)
KING OF THE CASTLE
1300m R68,000
F 310 1 0.00 Fashion Scout (4) 60.5 S Naidoo 11/2 4 b g Toreador - Fashion File (Count Dubois) (6) 54.5 K De Melo 7/1 F 264 2 0.75 On My Wits Alone 4 b g Mambo In Seattle - Hide My Grades(USA) (Honor Grades) (3) 58.5 W Agrella 6/1 F 286 3 1.25 The Captain’s Cat 4 b g Captain Al - Burmese (National Assembly) (1) 56.5 K Minnie 14/1 F 295 4 1.75 Storming Home (10) 58.5 T Gould 5/1 F 329 5 2.25 Velvet Verona (11) 54.0 K Ramsamy 7/1 F 266 6 4.75 Shine Like A Star (2) 56.0 J Smitsdorff 22/1 F 320 7 5.00 Township Talk (7) 61.0 S Khathi 11/2 F 335 8 5.25 Judd’s Joy (8) 52.0 S Devoy 20/1 F 325 9 7.00 Lemon Fizz (5) 59.0 M Byleveld 10/1 F 310 10 9.25 Enkidu (9) 56.5 W Kennedy 16/1 F 335 11 11.75 Roman Garrison Time: 75.56s (58.12s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Mr M E Gelb B:The Alchemy
Race 7 (352)
AP Indy - Pas De Reponse (Danzig)
Fairview Maiden Plate (Polytrack)
Race 1 (573)
Going: good Greyville Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack)
1400m R80,000
D 250 1 0.00 Diamond League (2) 60.0 A Delpech 1/3 3 b f Dynasty - Hockey Corner (Sportsworld) (6) 60.0 M Ntuli 20/1 D 475 2 2.00 Back In Town 4 b f Fanatic Dane - Call To Court (Al Mufti) (3) 60.0 C Habib 16/1 V 181 3 4.25 Totem Beat 3 b f Solskjaer - Painted Drum (Baroon) (8) 60.0 T Godden 11/2 D 527 4 7.00 Roy’s Dollar (5) 60.0 J Jordaan 110/1 D 518 5 9.00 Catherine Seventh (7) 60.0 K De Melo 40/1 T 360 6 10.75 Tabasheer (9) 60.0 S Veale 25/1 D 516 7 12.75 Beretta (4) 60.0 ES Ngwane 14/1 D 408 8 15.75 Main Dimension (1) 60.0 B Nyawo 125/1 D 521 9 17.50 Crown Heritage Time: 84.51s (60.36s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:DR Drier O:Messrs N Jonsson, B Jonsson & Evanstan Investments (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr R D Hamilton) B:Daytona Stud
SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 11th - SUNDAY 13th MARCH 2016
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LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Race 7 (579)
Greyville MR 95 Handicap (Polytrack)
1600m R98,000
Greyville MR 70 Handicap (F&M)(Polytrack)
1600m R75,000
D 480 1 0.00 Mumsy’s Jet (1) 56.0 D De Gouveia 7/2 5 b g Western Winter - Southern forest (Jallad) (3) 54.5 K De Melo 18/10 D 449 2 0.10 Cat In Command 5 ch h Black Minnaloushe - Star Deputy(NZ) (Deputy Governor) (2) 56.0 S Randolph 8/1 T 713 3 0.35 National Key 6 ch g National Assembly - Special Key (Brother Philips) (5) 53.0 A Delpech 17/10 D 528 4 1.10 Do Be Snappy (4) 60.0 M Ntuli 10/1 D 448 5 1.85 Stolen Destiny Time: 96.74s (60.46s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:AJ Wright O:Mr Roy Moodley B:R Moodley
Race 8 (580)
Kingmambo – Banks Hill by Danehill
Blue Beach
D 428 1 0.00 Blue Beach (6) 57.0 T Godden 12/1 3 b f Ideal World - Witsand (Fort Wood) (9) 60.0 S Randolph 6/1 D 450 2 0.25 Swanee River 5 b m Mogok - Mississippi (Rambo Dancer) (1) 59.0 S Veale 5/1 D 490 2 0.25 Sky Castle 4 b f Jet Master - Rei Rei (Doowaley) (12) 55.5 W Kennedy 6/1 D 498 4 0.30 Music World (11) 60.0 K De Melo 11/2 D 506 5 1.55 Beautiful Jet (7) 56.0 A Delpech 15/2 D 521 6 3.55 Scarlet Rivera (5) 59.0 ES Ngwane 20/1 D 394 7 3.80 Bare All (10) 58.5 J Jordaan 6/1 S 538 8 3.85 Queen Justine (4) 52.0 S Cele 110/1 D 481 9 3.90 Jet For Joy (2) 52.0 M Mjoka 55/1 D 529 10 5.40 Field Cat (3) 53.0 DS Lembethe 25/1 D 346 11 10.40 Rio Filo (8) 58.5 C Habib 6/1 D 362 12 10.65 Secret Admirer Time: 96.13s (60.08s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:CG Eudy O:Messrs A Solimene, B M McConnell & J N Roberts B:GJ Armitage
2 wins 2 places 4 runs
3 b f Ideal World - Witsand (Fort Wood) WON at Greyville, 1600, 2 March Congratulations to CG Eudy, Messrs A Solimene, B M McConnell & J N Roberts, GJ Armitage
River Course
1 win 4 places 6 runs 3 b f Ideal World - Oxbow Lake (Fort Wood) WON by 5.50L at Greyville, 1600, 4 March
Race 9 (581)
TIGER RIDGE
. . . and placed . . . For Ever, Irish Pride, Patchit Up Baby Guy Murdoch • Tel: 053 833 7095 Cell: 083 308 4002 • guy@mauritzfontein.co.za Greyville Maiden Plate (Polytrack)
1200m R80,000
S 510 1 0.00 The Money Man (7) 60.0 A Marcus 1/1 3 b g Miesque’s Approval - Shadow Sport (Sportsworld) (8) 60.0 C Habib 55/1 D 493 2 0.75 Wilber 3 ch g A P Arrow - Perfect Lady (Muhtafal) (6) 60.0 S Veale 22/10 D 493 3 3.50 Giveuwings 3 b g Toreador - Port N’ Lemon (Fine Edge) (4) 60.0 K De Melo 20/1 S 426 4 4.00 Manoeuvre (1) 60.0 S Cele 25/1 S 510 5 5.50 Silver Green (2) 60.0 B Nyawo 12/1 D 318 6 5.55 Amadeo (5) 60.0 T Godden 9/2 S 445 7 5.80 Escovitch (3) 60.0 W Kennedy 45/1 S 472 8 8.55 Oracle Kingdom Time: 71.81s (59.84s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:CG Eudy O:Mr K D Young B:Linington & Sons
Race 3 (575)
Greyville Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack)
Race 4 (576)
Greyville MR 82 Handicap (Polytrack)
1200m R87,000
D 523 1 0.00 Peter Piper (1) 60.5 K De Melo 7/2 5 b g Jet Master - Pay The Piper (Saumarez) (7) 59.0 J Jordaan 20/1 S 473 2 0.50 Bengal Boy 4 ch g Tiger Ridge - Thekkady (National Emblem) (2) 55.5 C Habib 12/1 D 484 3 1.00 El Gallo 3 b g Toreador - Timpanist(GB) (Beat Hollow) (5) 65.5 T Godden 30/1 D 367 4 1.75 Tuscan (3) 57.0 A Marcus 19/10 D 523 5 3.00 Ho’Oponopono (6) 56.5 DS Lembethe 11/1 S 511 6 3.25 October Eleventh (8) 54.5 S Veale 8/1 D 483 7 3.75 Ricochet Flyer (11) 58.0 W Kennedy 12/1 D 523 8 4.00 Harrison (10) 57.0 B Jacobson 33/1 D 401 9 5.00 Shap Shap (9) 62.0 ES Ngwane 25/1 S 337 10 5.25 Hunting Owl (4) 58.5 S Randolph 6/1 D 311 11 9.50 Triptronic Time: 69.85s (58.21s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:DS Bosch O:Messrs S M Jerrier & P T Reilly B:Maine Chance
Race 5 (577)
Greyville MR 70 Handicap (F&M)(Polytrack)
1600m R75,000
D 490 1 0.00 Hannah’s Answer (11) 53.5 S Veale 25/1 3 b f A P Answer - Tender Memories (Exclusive Patriot) (3) 58.0 A Delpech 16/10 D 507 2 0.75 Tigeress Dance 5 ch m Tiger Dance - Brown Linnet(IRE) (King of Kings) (5) 61.0 W Kennedy 9/1 D 891 3 2.75 Let It Rip 4 br f Rip Van Winkle - Miss Khaya(IRE) (Danehill Dancer) (6) 52.5 DS Lembethe 55/1 D 507 4 3.00 Rebel Rain (2) 55.0 K De Melo 22/10 D 506 5 3.05 Just Rap (4) 57.0 B Jacobson 13/2 D 531 6 3.30 Academy Princess (8) 52.0 K Jupp 55/1 D 506 7 3.35 Taipai Tigress (10) 55.5 T Godden 13/1 D 518 8 3.85 Roy’s Rakara (1) 52.0 ES Ngwane 25/1 V 682 9 5.85 Wandie’s (7) 52.0 M Ntuli 25/1 D 464 10 10.10 Finding Neverland (9) 54.0 L Mxothwa 25/1 D 443 11 13.10 Airtime Time: 97.36s (60.85s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:W Whitehead O:Mr G S Perkins B:Clifton Stud
Race 6 (578)
Greyville MR 77 Handicap (Polytrack)
3 ch f Tiger Ridge - Mother Russia (Windrush)
WON by 5.40L at Vaal, 1600m, 3 March . . . and placed . . . Bengal Boy, Devious Tiger, Jaguar, Jin-go-lo-ba
Congratulations to Connections
1600m R75,000
D 431 1 0.00 Capel Top (4) 58.5 A Delpech 33/10 5 ch g Giant’s Causeway - Miss Capela(ARG) (Numerous) D 459 2 0.05 Spirit Of Dover (7) 56.5 S Veale 6/1 4 b g Royal Air Force - Calais (Badger Land) (2) 53.0 DS Lembethe 14/1 S 514 3 0.15 Let’s Go West 4 b g Western Winter - Letsimpress(IRE) (Unknown) (11) 59.0 W Kennedy 11/2 D 528 4 1.40 Sovereign Reign (8) 59.0 B Jacobson 8/1 D 501 5 1.45 Emperor Niarchos (6) 56.0 K De Melo 11/2 D 528 6 1.50 Shreya’s Star (5) 57.0 S Randolph 8/1 D 489 7 2.75 Master Of Mischief (3) 55.5 L Mxothwa 33/1 S 423 8 4.50 Legend Fighter (12) 58.5 T Godden 33/1 D 505 9 5.25 Clipperton Island (1) 57.0 B Nyawo 12/1 D 449 10 5.50 It Doesn’t Matter (10) 52.5 M Ntuli 25/1 D 505 11 9.00 Mr Royal (9) 52.5 K Jupp 25/1 S 514 12 10.75 Argyle Bay Time: 96.5s (60.31s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:D Kannemeyer O:Mr D M Kannemeyer B:bred in Argentina
PO BOX 322, PIKETBERG 7320. TEL: 022 942 1266 FAX: 022 942 1755
VAAL Thursday 3 March Going: good
Race 1 (780)
Vaal Work Riders Maiden Plate (F&M)
1200m R90,000
1 0.00 Skimpy Mini (5) 60.0 J Gwingwizha 40/1 4 b f Bezrin - Velvet Dress (West Man) (2) 60.0 G Dabamasi 12/1 T 635 2 0.25 Ribbonofmoonlight 3 ch f Admire Main - Paradise Alley (Muhtafal) (6) 60.0 C Mabaya 15/2 T 685 3 2.75 Lily Love 3 b f Dynasty - Silky Lily (Spectrum) (9) 60.0 P Mlangeni 2/1 V 648 4 3.00 Now You See Her (4) 60.0 T Matsoele 66/1 V 728 5 3.75 Shirley-Kay (3) 60.0 I Lukhele 25/1 T 643 6 4.00 Sister Mary (11) 60.0 M Duba 16/1 V 718 7 4.05 Blue Sage (12) 60.0 S Mosia 11/2 T 712 8 4.30 At Sunset (1) 60.0 P Mongqawa 3/1 T 429 9 4.35 Matilda’s Daughter (10) 60.0 F Dube 110/1 V 115 10 7.25 Gracious Express (13) 60.0 P Jevu 70/1 T 753 11 8.85 Cyber Bell (7) 60.0 J Jonase 66/1 V 208 12 8.95 Attract The Crowd (8) 60.0 J Mphanya 16/1 T 537 13 12.25 Romiella Time: 71.66s (59.72s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:B Warren O:Messrs Brett Warren & Grant Mower & Mrs J A Riskowitz B:Yellow Star Stud
Race 2 (781)
Vaal Maiden Juvenile Plate (F&M)
1200m R90,000
1 0.00 Safe Harbour (4) 60.0 S Khumalo 1/1 2 b f Elusive Fort - Saint Isidore (Rakeen) (3) 60.0 S Brown 11/1 2 1.40 Last Chirp 2 ch f Announce - Wise Wren (Argosy) (6) 60.0 R Munger 20/1 3 3.20 Pool Party 2 b f Kahal - Splash Around (Captain Al) (5) 60.0 K Zechner 28/10 V 744 4 3.80 Beckoning (7) 60.0 R Danielson 20/1 T 693 5 9.30 Sweet Serenade (1) 60.0 M Thackeray 20/1 6 15.50 Osculation (2) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 11/2 7 15.55 Flywithwings Time: 70.99s (59.16s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 114% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Messrs C J H van Niekerk & W Smith B:RJ Antrobus
Race 3 (782)
Vaal Maiden Plate
Race 5 (784)
Race 6 (785)
Vaal Maiden Plate (F&M)
1600m R90,000
Vaal MR 80 Handicap (F&M)
1400m R106,000
T 714 1 0.00 Wukkin’ Up (7) 58.5 S Khumalo 7/2 4 ch f Mullins Bay - Mazisi (Albarahin) (10) 60.0 S Brown 4/1 T 581 2 0.20 Maria Theresa 4 b f Dynasty - A Star For Maria(AUS) (Noverre) (4) 58.0 A Delpech 9/2 T 664 3 2.45 Finding Alice 3 b f Mogok - Hunting For Alice(AUS) (Lion Hunter) (11) 59.0 R Danielson 30/1 V 193 4 2.75 Julie Doolittle (5) 57.5 C Zackey 11/2 V 682 5 3.75 Miracle Rising (2) 59.0 I Sturgeon 10/1 V 722 6 4.25 China Beach (3) 53.0 C Murray 10/1 T 742 7 4.75 Beautiful Shay (9) 54.5 R Munger 55/1 T 714 8 5.75 Nkomo (6) 57.0 K Zechner 30/1 V 722 9 6.15 Shivering Sea (8) 53.5 M Thackeray 14/1 T 555 10 6.35 Elusive Prophecy (1) 53.0 JP vd Merwe 9/1 V 590 11 6.55 Kalanchoe Time: 83.24s (59.46s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Messrs J Shill, M Finlay, L M Nestadt & M Trakman & Sean Tarry Racing C.C. (Nom: S G Tarry) B:Summerhill Stud
Vaal MR 72 Handicap
V 678 1 0.00 Nation Builder (12) 59.0 4 b g Toreador - Frangipani (Model Man) (1) 59.5 V 678 2 0.75 Profit Ratio 3 ch c Dupont - Pudding And Pie (Casey Tibbs) (4) 56.0 T 740 3 1.25 Devious Tiger 5 b g Tiger Ridge - Angel Water (Model Man) (9) 53.0 T 717 4 1.30 Roving Jet (11) 60.0 T 647 5 1.60 Cherokee Grey (13) 59.0 V 566 6 1.85 Analyse This (14) 56.0 T 716 7 2.25 On The Nod (2) 57.0 T 716 8 4.00 Capuche (10) 52.5 V 749 9 4.30 Angelus Bell (7) 54.5 T 743 10 4.70 Rushing Lark (6) 54.0 T 418 11 6.50 Casciano (8) 55.0 V 725 12 7.90 Gullivers Travel (3) 61.0 T 716 13 9.40 Tamarind (5) 53.5 V 592 14 15.25 Strongmind Time: 82.3s (58.79s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) 1st T:E Verdonese O:Mr E Verdonese B:JJ Venter
Vaal MR 72 Handicap
1400m R82,000
R Danielson
14/1
S Khumalo
11/2
C Zackey
16/1
JP vd Merwe 11/1 S Brown 6/1 I Sturgeon 7/2 M v Rensburg 14/1 R Munger 40/1 M Thackeray 25/1 A Delpech 15/2 J Penny 66/1 C Murray 7/1 G Wrogemann 22/1 C Maujean 50/1 SP Total %: 118%
1400m R82,000
D 257 1 0.00 Fareeq (8) 57.5 C Maujean 12/1 3 br g Nadeem - Azwa(AUS) (Haafhd) (5) 61.5 J Penny 14/1 V 721 2 1.40 Hawaiian Sun 5 ch g Zambesi Sun - Hula Queen(USA) (Irish River) (9) 61.5 JP vd Merwe 11/2 V 678 3 2.15 Urgent Fury 5 ch g Rebel King - Karukera (Jallad) (2) 58.5 S Khumalo 12/1 V 680 4 2.40 Woza Madoda (12) 56.5 S Brown 8/1 T 663 5 2.60 King And Empire (7) 60.0 G Wrogemann 12/1 T 640 6 3.40 Street Flyer (13) 55.5 D Neethling 25/1 V 703 7 4.00 De Lujo (1) 54.0 T Pretorius 20/1 T 491 8 6.80 Mr Balboa (10) 59.5 R Danielson 6/1 T 740 9 8.05 Off To Gaul (3) 55.0 A Delpech 6/1 V 651 10 8.45 Regal Force (4) 57.0 M v Rensburg 33/1 T 740 11 8.55 Watabout (6) 52.5 R Munger 25/1 T 740 12 10.00 Triple Apology (11) 58.5 C Zackey 7/1 K 288 13 11.50 Man From Milan (14) 54.0 K Zechner 14/1 V 725 14 99.99 Die Kat Time: 81.97s (58.55s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:MF de Kock O:Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum B:bred in Australia
Race 9 (788)
Vaal MR 71 Handicap
1000m R82,000
V 730 1 0.00 Led Zeppelin (1) 54.5 M v Rensburg 66/1 3 ch g Noordhoek Flyer - Fire Tread (All Fired Up) (11) 60.0 D Habib 33/10 V 724 2 0.05 Turbo Tom 6 b g Toreador - Point Du Hoc (Cordoba) (12) 53.5 R Munger 10/1 V 409 3 0.35 Buster Posy 3 ch g Tamburlaine - Rosy Blush (Jallad) (9) 57.5 JP vd Merwe 11/2 V 724 4 0.45 Magic (2) 59.0 S Brown 20/1 V 724 5 1.00 Dream Leader (5) 60.0 R Danielson 14/1 V 681 6 1.80 Fidelio (3) 54.0 C Maujean 10/1 V 749 7 2.00 Sir Cecil (13) 54.5 N Patel 14/1 V 629 8 2.40 Striking Pose (6) 58.0 G Wrogemann 25/1 V 724 9 3.50 Atso Cool (7) 55.5 S Khumalo 3/1 V 724 10 4.10 Clean Cut (8) 57.5 D Neethling 25/1 V 725 11 4.20 Russian Steward (4) 57.5 C Zackey 18/1 Q 180 12 5.00 Al Lunam (10) 55.5 C Murray 20/1 Q 155 13 6.20 Maji Moto Time: 57.14s (57.14s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:CE Erasmus O:Mrs H Kuhn & Red Jack Trading (Pty) Ltd B:Gary Player Stud
Race 2 (355)
FAIRVIEW Friday 4 March Going: good
Race 1 (354)
Fairview Juvenile Plate (Fillies)(Turf)
1000m R65,000
F 270 1 0.00 Emmypot (5) 60.0 T Gould 6/1 2 b f Soar With Eagles - Jennyanydots (Black Minnaloushe) (7) 60.0 M Byleveld 33/10 F 313 2 1.75 O Tamara 2 b f Argonaut - Syncopate (Spectrum) (8) 60.0 R Khathi 18/10 F 213 3 2.50 Cuveo 2 f Querari - Fairy Song (Almushtarak) (4) 57.0 C Zackey 20/1 F 340 4 2.55 Refrain (3) 57.0 K Minnie 16/1 F 313 5 3.30 Samiam (2) 57.0 JP vd Merwe 25/1 6 3.80 Audrie Do (6) 57.0 K Zechner 25/1 7 5.05 Itsmydarlin (10) 57.0 S Naidoo 25/1 8 7.80 Silva Key (9) 57.0 S Khumalo 4/1 F 230 9 7.90 Nacre (1) 57.0 C Murray 20/1 10 15.90 Jahela Time: 55.92s (55.92s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:AC Greeff O:Milkwood Stud (Nom: Mr I G Robertson) B:Milkwood Stud
Fairview Maiden Plate (Turf)
1000m R62,000
Fairview Maiden Plate (Turf)
1400m R62,000
Fairview Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf)
2000m R62,000
Fairview MR 70 Handicap (Turf)
2400m R68,000
K 363 1 0.00 Thornbird (1) 57.5 S Khumalo 16/10 3 gr f Fort Wood - Rose Gypsy(AUS) (Rory’s Jester) (3) 58.0 R Khathi 22/10 K 383 2 1.75 Fiesty Fiesta 3 b f Toreador - Courteous Guest (Salaadim) (4) 60.0 C Murray 7/1 F 305 3 4.50 Charock 3 b g Seventh Rock - Charming Chestnut (National Assembly) (6) 60.0 K Zechner 7/1 F 255 4 8.75 Emma’s Joy (2) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 11/2 5 11.50 Russian Archer (5) 57.5 C Zackey 16/1 F 348 6 14.75 Grand Christine Time: 56.22s (56.22s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Mr M C Gerber B:Moutonshoek
Race 3 (356)
F 342 1 0.00 Neptune’s Jewel (6) 60.0 R Danielson 13/10 3 b g Rock Of Rochelle - Sea Jewel (Model Man) (7) 60.0 R Munger 7/1 F 346 2 1.50 Messageinabottle 5 ch h King of Kings - Pure Sands (Jabal Tarik) (5) 60.0 S Khathi 30/1 V 600 3 2.75 Incadescence 3 b g Just As Well - Rain And Shine(FR) (Rainbow Quest) (4) 60.0 S Khumalo 16/1 F 299 4 3.50 Quera (1) 60.0 A Andrews 30/1 F 331 5 4.00 Warm Peg (9) 60.0 C Murray 14/1 F 281 6 4.50 Royal Spitfire (3) 60.0 K Zechner 6/1 F 322 7 7.75 Gallactic Thunder (8) 60.0 S Naidoo 55/1 F 322 8 11.25 Occasional Rebel (10) 60.0 S Devoy 75/1 F 346 9 12.50 True As An Arrow (2) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 33/10 F 331 10 15.00 Nirvana Time: 84.68s (60.49s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:T Laing O:Mrs I Jooste & Mr M J Jooste B:E Yates
Race 4 (357)
T 634 1 0.00 Cup Bearer (10) 60.0 K Zechner 9/1 3 b f Announce - Mayreau (Rakeen) (7) 60.0 R Munger 17/10 F 315 2 3.50 Ruby Duchess 3 ch f Express Way - Loving Life (Mellifont) (8) 60.0 S Khathi 9/2 F 332 3 3.60 Lemon Lily 3 b f Seventh Rock - Sierra Lily (National Emblem) (6) 60.0 C Murray 3/1 F 307 4 3.70 La Myst (1) 60.0 R Danielson 14/1 F 307 5 8.95 Three Trees (3) 60.0 C Zackey 20/1 F 346 6 12.70 Mystify Me (5) 60.0 A Andrews 30/1 F 307 7 22.20 Badger’s Belle (4) 60.0 M Byleveld 14/1 F 323 8 22.30 Red Velvet Lounge (9) 60.0 R Khathi 80/1 F 269 9 24.80 Elegant Elle (2) 60.0 C Thabana 12/1 F 307 10 25.30 Jaclyn Jetsetter Time: 126.08s (63.04s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:DA Sham O:Messrs L J Sham, M D Sham, Mrs D A Sham, Mr & Mrs C R Stonebridge B:OA Ferraris
Race 5 (358)
F 260 1 0.00 Valmode (8) 54.0 C Murray 11/1 4 ch g Modus Vivendi - Val Padana (Al Mufti) (7) 58.5 C Zackey 7/1 F 318 2 0.50 Silver Image 5 b g Silvano - Saratoga Shadow (Al Mufti) (2) 59.0 R Khathi 8/1 F 309 3 2.75 The Barbadian 6 b g Mullins Bay - Rambo’s Gem (Rambo Dancer) (3) 54.5 K Zechner 6/1 T 640 4 3.25 Flaming Ace F 283 5 5.75 Dragonstone (5) 57.5 R Munger 15/2 (13) 52.5 C Thabana 75/1 F 317 6 6.50 Mulaazem F 295 7 6.75 Impressionist (12) 54.5 K Minnie 50/1 (11) 59.0 R Danielson 28/10 F 317 8 8.75 Emblem Honour F 318 9 8.85 Familiar Chat (14) 52.0 E Webber 55/1 (6) 52.0 K Ramsamy 16/1 F 317 10 8.90 Dandyman Can F 318 11 10.40 Big Freeze (10) 60.0 M Byleveld 5/1 (4) 52.0 S Khumalo 12/1 F 119 12 12.90 Come Along F 317 13 19.40 Badger’s Trail (1) 52.0 S Devoy 110/1 (9) 58.5 A Andrews 40/1 F 247 14 28.40 Mango Moon Time: 157.31s (65.55s avg/1000m, or 55km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:R du Plessis O:Favour Stud (Nom: Mrs Engelize du Preez) B:HM Muller
Race 6 (359)
Fairview Ibhayi Stakes (3yo’s)(Listed)(Turf)
1400m R150,000
F 301 1 0.00 Memphis Mafia (5) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 9/2 3 b g Lecture - Olympic Special (Special Preview) (1) 57.0 R Danielson 7/2 F 301 2 1.25 Fly Like The Wind 3 b g Windrush - Fly To The Stars (Desert Team) (2) 55.0 M Byleveld 9/1 F 301 3 2.25 Welsh Emperor 3 b c Go Deputy - Welsh Pagan (Al Mufti) (4) 55.0 S Khumalo 1/1 K 354 4 3.50 Fifty Cents (3) 53.0 A Andrews 30/1 F 322 5 4.00 Eviction (9) 53.5 C Zackey 100/1 F 335 6 4.05 Paulus (6) 53.0 K Zechner 66/1 F 329 7 5.05 Slinky Jack (7) 53.0 K Minnie 25/1 F 264 8 6.80 Struben (8) 55.0 S Naidoo 12/1 F 328 9 6.90 Cruzcampo Time: 83.65s (59.75s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:DA Sham O:Mr M D Sham & Mrs D A Sham B:DA Sham
Race 7 (360)
Fairview MR 68 Handicap (F&M)(Turf)
1200m R68,000
Fairview MR 68 Handicap (F&M)(Turf)
1200m R68,000
Fairview MR 72 Handicap (Turf)
1200m R68,000
F 353 1 0.00 Tony The Rebel (4) 56.0 R Khathi 10/1 3 ch f Rebel King - Florida Sun (Royal Flo) (2) 52.0 K Minnie 16/1 F 326 2 3.25 Credibility 5 b m Rebel King - Cornelia (Caesour) (1) 57.5 M Byleveld 10/1 F 304 3 4.50 Unconditional 4 b f Danehill Dancer - Love Unlimited(IRE) (Hawk Wing) (3) 60.0 W Agrella 7/1 F 237 4 4.75 Emerald Rose (9) 59.5 K Zechner 16/1 K 265 5 5.25 First Of May (5) 52.0 S Devoy 20/1 F 353 6 6.00 Bizzy Peg (8) 59.5 S Naidoo 6/1 F 297 7 7.50 Tales Of Silver (6) 58.0 S Khumalo 2/1 F 275 7 7.50 Thrill Factor 70/1 F 218 9 10.00 Mesmerising Melody (7) 52.5 A Andrews (11) 61.5 R Munger 4/1 S 421 10 13.25 Black Velvet (10) 54.0 C Thabana 25/1 S 455 11 14.50 Ninefold Time: 67.45s (56.21s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:GD Smith O:Mr Tony Zackey B:Boland Stud
Race 8 (361)
F 274 1 0.00 Pipette (4) 58.0 S Khumalo 5/2 5 ch m Judpot - Thin Air (Fine Edge) (10) 57.0 T Gould 20/1 F 195 2 1.00 Portrait 4 b f Toreador - Prospect Fever(USA) (Mr Prospector) (6) 56.5 R Danielson 5/1 F 272 3 1.05 The Wild Mistress 3 ch f Rebel King - Who can Tell (Damascus Gate) (13) 54.0 C Murray 8/1 F 300 4 1.10 Haizi’s Daizy (11) 59.5 S Khathi 6/1 F 345 5 1.60 Firing Queen (2) 52.5 A Andrews 14/1 F 319 6 3.60 Flightofthefalcon (9) 56.5 R Munger 20/1 F 211 7 3.85 Diamond Dynasty (3) 60.5 K Zechner 10/1 F 277 8 6.10 Picardi Pink (8) 57.0 S Naidoo 25/1 F 159 9 7.35 Rockabella (12) 52.0 K Ramsamy 20/1 T 550 10 7.85 Shamal (7) 56.5 JP vd Merwe 6/1 F 320 11 11.10 Admire The Persian (1) 53.5 C Zackey 66/1 F 334 12 12.10 Miss Lecture (5) 52.0 K Minnie 100/1 F 337 13 14.85 Countess Bacardi Time: 67.85s (56.54s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Mr & Mrs J Peskens B:Zenzele Stud
Race 9 (362)
1200m R90,000
T 984 1 0.00 Rafeef (1) 60.0 C Murray 18/10 3 br c Redoute’s Choice - National Colour (National Assembly) (9) 60.0 G Wrogemann 20/1 V 1114 1 0.00 Hidden Agenda 4 b g Brave Tin Soldier - Bansela (Malhub) (7) 60.0 C Zackey 8/1 T 641 3 0.40 Mr Rambo 3 b g Toreador - Rambo’s Flirt (Rambo Dancer) (14) 60.0 C Maujean 16/1 T 260 4 1.20 Miracle Bureau (13) 60.0 D Habib 125/1 T 1294 5 2.50 Centerfield (10) 60.0 S Brown 14/1 V 702 6 3.00 Rain Shadow (3) 57.5 A Fortune 9/2 V 729 7 5.00 Movie Show (11) 60.0 S Chambers 15/1 T 683 8 6.50 Justash (5) 60.0 S Khumalo 4/1 T 684 9 8.00 In The Moment (12) 60.0 K Zechner 35/1 T 683 10 13.00 Devious Xandre (6) 60.0 I Sturgeon 20/1 11 14.00 All Over Pawlova (2) 60.0 D Neethling 35/1 V 727 12 15.00 Antagonist (4) 60.0 R Munger 125/1 13 16.40 Guitar Guy (8) 60.0 R Danielson 125/1 14 21.00 Pearly Prince Time: 70.49s (58.74s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:SW Kenny O:Adv B W Maselle & Mr & Mrs S W Kenny B:Summerhill Stud
1600m R90,000
V 677 1 0.00 Nother Russia (1) 60.0 C Zackey 3/10 3 ch f Tiger Ridge - Mother Russia (Windrush) (9) 60.0 A Fortune 14/1 V 718 2 5.40 Tricia Dupont 3 b f Dupont - Tricia’s Spur(AUS) (Flying Spur) (7) 60.0 I Sturgeon 30/1 V 669 3 8.10 Jackie’s Joy 4 b f War Lord - Dove Hunt (Fard) (6) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 16/1 V 726 4 8.40 Isolde (3) 60.0 S Khumalo 10/1 V 625 5 10.50 Cosmo Russe (5) 60.0 S Brown 33/1 T 737 6 10.70 Victory Arrow (8) 60.0 J Penny 40/1 V 726 7 14.00 Lively Debate (2) 60.0 L Bester 125/1 V 669 8 16.00 Oceanview (4) 60.0 D Habib 55/1 9 21.00 Miesque’s Secret (11) 60.0 K Zechner 125/1 V 726 10 24.50 Celtic Made (10) 60.0 G Wrogemann 16/1 T 493 11 99.99 Sylvianna Time: 95.39s (59.62s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:MF de Kock O:Mauritzfontein (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Miss J B Slack) B:Wilgerbosdrift
Race 8 (787)
WILGERBOSDRIFT
Vaal Maiden Plate
V 719 1 0.00 Prospectus (9) 60.0 A Delpech 7/10 3 b g Toreador - Clock The Rock (Flaming Rock) (11) 60.0 C Zackey 14/1 V 727 2 0.40 Quattro 3 b g Judpot - Quatrain (Al Mufti) (3) 60.0 C Maujean 14/1 T 695 3 2.00 Like A Master 3 b g The Sheik - Miss Madam (Dolpour) (8) 60.0 S Chambers 11/2 V 727 4 2.30 Just a Gigolo (7) 60.0 S Brown 55/1 V 720 5 3.60 Yours And Mine (12) 60.0 K Zechner 125/1 V 747 6 3.70 Bubbly Reply (6) 60.0 R Danielson 50/1 V 727 7 4.10 Keep On Flying (1) 60.0 A Fortune 13/2 T 659 8 8.50 Go Fly A Kite (4) 60.0 J Penny 70/1 V 720 9 11.80 Reminiscence (10) 60.0 I Sturgeon 35/1 10 13.20 Star Trek (5) 60.0 D Neethling 14/1 11 13.50 Jamjoom (2) 60.0 M Thackeray 35/1 12 13.75 Salsa Dancing Time: 96.97s (60.61s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:OA Ferraris O:Messrs L M Nestadt, G Barber, A W Bott & M Finlay B:Tawny Syndicate (2)
Race 7 (786)
NOTHER RUSSIA
1200m R80,000
S 471 1 0.00 Alldressedup (7) 60.0 A Marcus 7/10 3 b f Bankable - Lady Supreme (Jet Master) (5) 60.0 B Jacobson 12/1 S 451 2 1.50 Jollerie 3 ch f Judpot - Angel Bells (Labeeb) (9) 60.0 K De Melo 4/1 S 468 3 3.75 Variscite 3 b f Var - Bahama Coral (Model Man) (6) 60.0 K Jupp 12/1 D 516 4 5.75 Fashion Fusion (8) 60.0 J Jordaan 7/1 D 307 5 6.25 Lookamee (2) 60.0 C Habib 22/1 D 516 6 6.75 Supa Dupa Date (4) 60.0 ES Ngwane 66/1 S 339 7 7.75 Bondi Babe (3) 60.0 T Godden 20/1 D 485 8 8.25 Poise (1) 60.0 B Nyawo 66/1 S 454 9 13.00 Mullins Model Time: 71.49s (59.58s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:L Cunha O:Messrs J T Cilliers & L L Cunha B:Summerhill Stud
1600m R80,000
D 500 1 0.00 Gun Slinger (5) 60.0 A Delpech 3/1 4 b g Way West - Just Testing (Fort Wood) (9) 60.0 S Randolph 8/10 D 444 2 1.25 First Apostle 3 b c King’s Apostle - Italian Summer(USA) (Red Ransom) (7) 60.0 K De Melo 16/1 S 331 3 2.00 Roy’s Gale 3 b g Lateral - Northern Gale (Northern Guest) (4) 60.0 S Cele 20/1 D 242 4 2.10 Night Breeze (1) 60.0 T Godden 10/1 D 544 5 6.10 Terra Incognita (6) 60.0 C Storey 66/1 S 333 6 6.60 Kali’s King (11) 60.0 DS Lembethe 30/1 D 476 7 7.10 Strategic Diamond (10) 60.0 C Habib 35/1 S 534 8 8.35 Steeple (2) 60.0 L Mohapi 12/1 D 517 9 8.60 Roy’s Past (12) 60.0 B Jacobson 75/1 S 510 10 10.35 Turf Mover (3) 60.0 M Ntuli 33/1 S 307 11 11.85 Gilded Warrior (8) 60.0 K Jupp 40/1 D 357 12 16.60 Blues King Time: 97.59s (60.99s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:C Scott O:Mr R T Scott B:SR Rosseau
Congratulations to ML Roberts, Gary Player Stud Farm (Nom: Mr GJ Player) & Mrs VL Roberts, Mauritzfontein Stud
Race 2 (574)
Greyville Maiden Plate (Polytrack)
Race 4 (783)
F 329 1 0.00 Definitive (10) 53.0 A Andrews 80/1 5 b h Judpot - Final Claim (Proclaim) (1) 52.0 S Khumalo 6/1 F 329 1 0.00 National King 4 b g King’s Apostle - National Delux (National Assembly) (15) 54.5 T Gould 16/1 F 329 3 2.25 Armorial 3 b g Kahal - Touch Of Nobility(AUS) (Elusive Quality) (7) 55.0 JP vd Merwe 20/1 F 320 4 2.35 Island Express (6) 58.0 R Danielson 5/1 F 310 5 3.60 Dynamite (5) 53.0 K Minnie 10/1 F 334 6 4.85 Balletome (8) 58.5 C Zackey 16/1 D 440 7 7.35 Knox (18) 59.5 M Byleveld 8/1 F 351 8 8.35 Velvet Verona (2) 52.0 S Devoy 20/1 F 321 9 8.45 All About The Dash (16) 62.0 W Agrella 9/2 F 329 10 8.95 Peregrine King (3) 57.0 S Naidoo 20/1 F 335 11 9.05 Burlaine Forest F 310 12 9.80 Dr Finley (17) 56.5 C Murray 40/1 (11) 56.5 R Munger 16/1 F 310 13 9.90 Sudden Surprise (9) 55.5 K Ramsamy 33/1 F 320 14 10.65 Ace Antonius (12) 54.0 C Thabana 80/1 F 335 15 11.40 Bishop’s Choice (4) 57.0 R Khathi 20/1 F 294 16 12.15 Capstone Von Kluh (13) 52.0 E Webber 66/1 F 311 17 14.90 Forest View (14) 56.0 K Zechner 20/1 V 473 18 22.65 Fort Navidad Time: 67.47s (56.23s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:JVA Strydom O:Mr J V A Strydom B:Varsfontein Stud
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LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
another winner for
3 more winners for One of SA’s leading sires on polytrack
Maya The Bee
The Money Man
T: LJ Human J: S Khumalo O: Mayesh Chetty & R R Naidoo & B Kalian B: M Chetty
T: CG Eudy J: A Marcus O: Mr K D Young B: Linington & Sons
WON at Flam. Prk, 29 Feb
Race 6 (587)
breeders of 1 win 1 place 7 runs
THORNBIRD
Congratulations to all the connections Chris Gerber & Dr Bennie vd Merwe PO Box 67, Piketberg 7320 Tel (022) 942 1782 or (022) 942 1255 email: namaquas@intekom.co.za
Race 8 (589)
GREYVILLE Friday 4 March Going: good
Greyville Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack)
1600m R80,000
D 518 1 0.00 River Course (2) 60.0 B Lerena 14/10 3 b f Ideal World - Oxbow Lake (Fort Wood) (6) 60.0 S Veale 33/10 D 518 2 5.50 Trevi Fountain 3 b f Imperial Stride - Clover Fountain (Labeeb) (3) 60.0 C Habib 12/1 3 8.50 Black Flower 4 b f Black Minnaloushe - Corn Flower (Centenary) (7) 60.0 K Jupp 40/1 S 540 4 8.55 Rock A Dune (8) 60.0 D De Gouveia 40/1 D 485 5 8.80 Delilah (1) 60.0 ES Ngwane 6/1 D 521 6 9.55 Devon Blue (9) 60.0 S Moodley 7/1 D 518 7 10.55 l’ Attitude (5) 60.0 M Ntuli 25/1 S 419 8 13.80 Free Flyer (10) 60.0 B Jacobson 110/1 D 492 9 15.80 Roy’s Emerald (4) 60.0 K De Melo 16/1 D 521 10 17.05 Hansa The Ansa (11) 60.0 T Godden 55/1 11 24.55 Midnight Monsoon Time: 96.46s (60.29s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:ML Roberts O:Gary Player Stud Farm (Nom: Mr G J Player) & Mrs V L Roberts B:Mauritzfontein Stud
Race 2 (583)
Greyville MR 70 Handicap (Polytrack)
Greyville Maiden Plate (Polytrack)
2000m R80,000
Greyville Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack)
2000m R80,000
D 300 1 0.00 Kings Lady (4) 60.0 K De Melo 9/1 3 ch f King’s Chapel - Lady Gray (Badger Land) (9) 60.0 ES Ngwane 7/1 S 515 2 0.15 Ravishing Romance 4 ch f Ravishing - Gleaming Sovereign (Shalford) (7) 60.0 J Jordaan 7/1 D 541 3 1.65 Avast 3 b f Jay Peg - Tristrams Fortress (Fort Wood) (5) 60.0 S Veale 6/1 D 521 4 3.15 Dellavera (8) 60.0 D De Gouveia 30/1 D 518 5 3.65 Palace Mystery (2) 60.0 C Habib 9/2 S 540 6 5.40 Eternal Blossoms (6) 60.0 S Randolph 12/1 S 540 7 6.90 Causeway Bay (11) 60.0 B Nyawo 10/1 D 541 8 7.05 Scintillation (10) 60.0 B Jacobson 7/2 S 515 9 10.05 Pocahontas Girl (12) 60.0 W Kennedy 33/1 D 475 10 14.30 Investiture (1) 60.0 L Mohapi 50/1 D 518 11 19.05 Roy’s Approval (3) 60.0 T Godden 33/1 D 492 12 25.80 Roy’s Light Time: 125.16s (62.58s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:DC Howells O:Messrs T L V Whittaker, J M Gruft & D C Lyall B:B Le Roux
1400m R68,000
D 447 1 0.00 Keep Your Light On (1) 59.5 J Jordaan 8/1 4 b g Fort Beluga - Hall-Light (Hallgate) (12) 57.0 K De Melo 18/1 D 548 2 0.50 Pyrenees In Spain 3 b g Toreador - Himalaya Mountains(USA) (Lemon Drop Kid) (2) 60.5 B Lerena 3/1 D 523 3 0.65 Winter Auralius 3 b g Antonius Pius - Winter Parade (Western Winter) (4) 57.0 ES Ngwane 11/1 D 548 4 0.70 Chill (5) 59.5 B Jacobson 4/1 S 514 5 0.75 The Gobi (10) 53.5 L Mohapi 16/1 D 487 6 1.00 Poivre (3) 58.0 T Godden 12/1 D 523 7 2.75 Delicious Damowin (9) 55.0 C Storey 25/1 S 539 8 4.50 Diesel Engine (11) 59.5 D De Gouveia 10/1 S 423 9 5.50 Texas Cowboy (8) 54.5 W Kennedy 16/1 D 529 10 10.25 Lady Cougar (7) 52.5 S Veale 33/1 D 489 11 15.50 Tom Ivors (6) 59.5 S Randolph 15/2 D 323 12 21.00 Samovar Time: 82.9s (59.21s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:D Egdes O:Messrs Mervon Pillay & P Pillay, P C Bridglall, D Egdes & Mrs M E Graham B:B & Mrs Le Roux
Race 3 (584)
Greyville MR 76 Handicap (F&M)(Polytrack)
Race 4 (585)
Greyville MR 74 Handicap (Polytrack)
S 511 1 0.00 Beckedorf (3) 55.0 4 b g A P Answer - Countess Kinsky (Kahal) (4) 61.0 S 337 2 0.50 Thunderwood 3 b g Horse Chestnut - Lorraine (Doowaley) (12) 56.5 S 474 3 0.55 Thunder Run 4 ch g Muhtafal - Alkhansaa(IRE) (Peintre Celebre) (6) 57.5 D 526 4 1.30 Kept Secret (7) 60.5 S 457 5 1.45 Vous Et Var (2) 53.5 D 504 6 1.50 Dreamy Forest (8) 56.5 D 549 7 1.75 Winter Darling 8 2.00 King Django (10) 55.0 D 523 (1) 54.5 D 523 9 2.25 Roy’s Power (11) 56.0 D 547 10 3.25 Ilanga (9) 56.0 D 196 11 3.50 Victoria’s Love (5) 52.5 D 547 12 3.60 Threshold Time: 58.36s (58.36s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) 1st T:CM Bestel O:Mr E W Buhr B:Clifton Stud
Race 5 (586)
Greyville MR 66 Handicap (F&M)(Polytrack)
1000m R75,000
ES Ngwane
5/1
K De Melo
11/1
C Habib
33/1
S Veale 11/1 B Lerena 9/1 W Kennedy 4/1 B Nyawo 15/4 T Godden 45/1 M Mjoka 11/1 D Daniels 20/1 S Randolph 10/1 M Ntuli 20/1 SP Total %: 116%
2000m R68,000
D 478 1 0.00 Zavaroni (7) 56.5 S Randolph 18/10 4 b f National Emblem - Lena(USA) (Woodman) (10) 55.0 K De Melo 11/1 D 530 2 3.50 Jet Turbine 5 b m Jet Master - Northern Choice (Northern Guest) (3) 57.0 K Jupp 33/1 D 507 3 4.00 Zilla 3 ch f Judpot - Madame President (National Assembly) (9) 53.5 B Nyawo 4/1 D 464 4 6.25 What Fun (8) 58.0 W Kennedy 14/1 T 739 5 6.30 Super Commuter (5) 52.5 ES Ngwane 16/1 D 530 6 8.30 Spring Flight (6) 54.0 M Ntuli 10/1 S 538 7 8.80 Gavea Girl (11) 59.0 L Mxothwa 11/2 D 532 8 11.55 Ethylene (1) 54.5 S Veale 16/1 D 482 9 14.55 Timeforatiger (2) 55.0 C Storey 40/1 D 530 10 14.60 Princess Beach (4) 60.5 B Lerena 20/1 D 464 11 99.99 Alpeonie Time: 122.85s (61.43s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Messrs D J Michael & L M Michael B:Avontuur Farm
Kingmambo - Weekend In Seattle (Seattle Slew)
TALES OF MAMBO 3bf Mambo In Seattle - Tales Of Magic (Lecture) WON at Greyville 2000m, 4 March
NIGHT MOVES
2 wins 7 places 14 runs
1 win 6 places 16 runs
4bf Mambo In Seattle - Deadly Catch (Windrush) 3rd at Flamingo Park 1400m, 29 February
Bred by Bruce Le Roux
Race 7 (795)
KEEP YOUR LIGHT ON
3 wins 1 place 12 runs
4 b g Fort Beluga - Hall-Light (Hallgate) WON at Greyville 1400m, 4 March
KINGS LADY
1 win 3 runs
3 ch f King’s Chapel - Lady Gray (Badger Land) WON at Greyville 2000m, 4 March ...and placed Ravishing Romance Congratulations to all the connections Bruce le Roux - 082 493 5773 PO Box 501, Mooi River 3300 email: springvalley@lantic.net
Dr Bennie van der Merwe Cell: 083 460 4066 namaquas@intekom.co.za
Turffontein Bauhinia Handicap (F&M)(Listed)
1000m R150,000
V 750 1 0.00 Easy Game (1) 54.0 K Zechner 25/1 5 b m Var - She’s Game(AUS) (Desert King) (4) 52.5 C Murray 12/1 T 664 2 2.20 Spring Wonder 3 b f Querari - Spring Ahead (Joshua Dancer) (3) 55.0 C Zackey 33/10 T 698 3 2.50 Lumya 4 b f Toreador - Kissing Cousin (Captain Al) (5) 54.5 M v Rensburg 8/1 T 711 4 2.70 Drifting Dusk (11) 56.0 G Wrogemann 10/1 V 701 5 4.20 Ha Lucy (12) 54.0 S Khumalo 5/1 K 387 6 5.20 Swift Sarah (6) 53.0 R Munger 10/1 V 631 7 5.80 Sweet Painted Lady (9) 53.5 C Maujean 33/10 V 730 8 6.00 Seattle Lady (8) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 25/1 D 495 9 6.05 Clear Sailing (7) 53.5 F Herholdt 20/1 V 701 10 8.05 Miss December (10) 53.5 B Nyawo 10/1 V 750 11 11.00 Jo Malone (2) 52.0 M Thackeray 40/1 T 741 12 24.75 Twilight Tiger Time: 55.69s (55.69s avg/1000m, or 65km/h) SP Total %: 124% 1st T:MG Azzie O:Messrs A Christoforou, M G Azzie & Mrs S Azzie B:Wilgerbosdrift
TURFFONTEIN Saturday 5 March Going: good
Race 1 (789)
Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)
1 0.00 Never Give In (12) 3 b f Toreador - Hold Fast (Jallad) (11) V 718 2 2.00 Eternal Fire 3 b f Argonaut - Eternal Flame(AUS) (Scenic) (15) V 718 3 5.00 Cherished Gold 4 ch f Argonaut - Cherished Hope (Jallad) (9) V 673 4 6.25 Vargo (2) V 728 5 6.35 Gimmeabreak (3) V 746 6 6.45 Spirit Of Love (10) T 657 7 6.95 Variety Spirit (7) T 1272 8 7.45 Annie Oakley (6) 9 7.55 Wasp (13) V 746 10 8.00 One Love (5) T 1245 11 8.70 Starina (14) 12 8.80 Lovers Answer (4) 13 12.30 Nine O Clock News (8) V 704 14 17.20 Khalette (1) V 728 15 20.80 French Chante Time: 57.13s (57.13s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mrs A Auby B:Highlands
1000m R90,000
60.0
S Khumalo
60.0
M Thackeray
60.0
R Munger
60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0
Turffontein Pinnacle Stakes
14/10 7/1 14/1
S Brown 6/1 K Zechner 22/1 D Neethling 55/1 C Maujean 33/1 C Little 33/1 C Zackey 11/1 B Nyawo 16/1 JP vd Merwe 20/1 M v Rensburg 15/1 F Maleking 14/1 R Danielson 80/1 C Murray 110/1 SP Total %: 121%
Race 3 (791) Turffontein Sun Chariot Handicap (F&M)(Non-Blacktype)
2450m R125,000
V 652 1 0.00 Peggy Jay (1) 52.5 S Khumalo 4/1 3 b f Jay Peg - Colonial Girl (Stage Colony) (2) 52.0 C Murray 11/10 T 580 2 0.50 Zafira 3 b f Silvano - Zahira (Fort Wood) (3) 61.0 K Zechner 33/10 T 715 3 2.80 Patchit Up Baby 4 b f Ideal World - Qui Liz(USA) (Benny the Dip) (5) 54.0 R Danielson 9/2 T 715 4 5.10 Zrinski (4) 52.0 R Munger 25/1 T 739 5 17.75 Susquehanna Time: 155.17s (63.33s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 113% 1st T:M Houdalakis O:Gary Player Stud Farm (Nom: Mr G J Player), Mr M S Jolly, See You Next Tuesday Syndicate (Nom: Mr J W Dewes) & Mr & Mrs R A Wiggill B:DGM Southey
Race 4 (792)
Turffontein
Race 5 (793)
Turffontein Storm Bird Stakes (2yo’s)(Listed)
WON BAUHINIA HCP (F&M)(LISTED)
5 wins 5 places 14 runs
EASY GAME
5 b m Var - She’s Game(AUS) (Desert King) by 2.20L at Turffontein, 1000m, 5 March
1100m R125,000
T 645 1 0.00 Mod Barley (1) 57.0 D Neethling 7/2 5 b g Antonius Pius - Summers Sweet Song (Model Man) (2) 60.0 C Murray 4/1 T 698 2 0.40 Aurum Pot 5 b g Judpot - Gold Class (Lecture) (8) 61.5 C Maujean 5/1 K 395 3 1.10 Belong To Me 4 b g Antonius Pius - Along The Nile(USA) (Belong to Me) (9) 54.5 R Danielson 11/1 V 730 4 1.60 Silver Class (4) 61.5 G Wrogemann 6/1 T 698 5 2.20 Doing It For Dan (7) 58.5 R Munger 50/1 V 748 6 2.25 Greasepaint (5) 60.0 J Mariba 50/1 T 434 7 5.75 Halve The Deficit (6) 57.5 S Khumalo 3/1 K 263 8 6.25 Little Genie (3) 54.0 M v Rensburg 75/1 T 645 9 7.05 Zortziko (10) 58.5 C Zackey 8/1 T 365 10 7.25 Deliver The Power Time: 62.27s (56.61s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:PA Peter O:Mr I Levitan B:The Alchemy
1600m
GOODYTWOSHOES
Mambo In Seattle stands at
1000m R150,000
LEADING SIRE OF 2YO’S
ON MY WITS ALONE
ODD ROB
Turffontein Ruffian Stakes (2yo Fillies)(Listed)
T 693 1 0.00 Exquisite Touch (7) 60.0 S Khumalo 5/10 2 b f Var - Lavender Sky (Elliodor) (1) 57.0 S Chambers 9/1 T 535 2 1.30 Seattle Singer 2 b f Sail From Seattle - Royal Drummer (Kilconnel) (5) 60.0 B Nyawo 7/2 S 418 3 3.60 Intriguing Lady 2 ch f New Approach - Pleats(FR) (Green Desert) (6) 60.0 K Zechner 25/1 T 693 4 3.65 Star Burst Galaxy (3) 57.0 C Murray 15/2 T 693 5 4.45 Fursa (4) 57.0 C Zackey 125/1 T 762 6 9.55 Promise Bay (2) 60.0 R Danielson 50/1 T 484 7 13.80 Hamunaptra Time: 56.36s (56.36s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H Van Niekerk B:Waterford Stud
Egoli Mile (3yo’s)(Non-Blacktype) R125,000 1 win 1 0.00 Val Et Al (7) 58.5 C Maujean 10/1 7 places T 609 17 runs 3 b g Captain Al - Valeta (Var) (4) 60.0 G Wrogemann 5/1 T 716 2 3.25 Kangaroo Jack 4bg Mambo In Seattle - Hide My Grades(USA) (Honor Grades) 3 b g Querari - Rainbow Flag (Model Man) (3) 59.5 C Zackey 28/10 T 716 3 3.50 Irish Pride 3rd at Fairview 1300m, 1 March 3 b g Ideal World - Celtic Cross (Fort Wood) (8) 55.5 S Khumalo 22/10 T 743 4 5.75 Count Tassilo ce 1 pla (2) 57.5 J Mariba 50/1 T 609 5 7.55 Escape Route 1 run (5) 58.0 JP vd Merwe 16/1 T 689 6 7.75 Belenos (6) 57.0 C Murray 10/1 T 743 7 8.85 Elusive Seven 3bf Mambo In Seattle - Capitol Steps (National Assembly) (1) 54.0 M v Rensburg 12/1 T 695 8 11.65 Greatfiveeight 3rd at Turffontein 1000m, 1 March (9) 57.5 K Zechner 7/1 T 662 9 12.85 Wild Brier (10) 55.5 R Danielson 40/1 V 681 10 27.50 Delftshaven Time: 95.49s (59.68s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 123% 5 places 6 runs 1st T:GV Woodruff O:Messrs D Shawe & T J Shawe B:Avontuur Farm
4bg Mambo In Seattle - National Value (National Assembly) 2nd at Turffontein 1400m, 1 March
T: DS Bosch J: K De Melo O: Messrs G N Oldfield, S M Jerrier & P T Reilly B: Scott Bros
T: GB Puller J: ES Ngwane O: Messrs Tony Jelinski & G B Puller B: Bush Hill Stud Race 6 (794)
Race 2 (790)
1200m R82,000
D 524 1 0.00 Time Marches On (3) 59.0 K De Melo 11/1 4 b f Overlord - Timeless Tune (Exclusive Patriot) (4) 57.5 A Marcus 15/20 S 456 2 0.25 Sister Cosmos 3 ch f Visionaire - The Convent (National Emblem) (1) 59.5 J Jordaan 15/2 D 495 3 1.75 Victory Takeover 5 b m St Petersburg - Victory Tale (Jet Master) (6) 60.0 W Kennedy 14/1 D 201 4 2.50 Well Dressed (8) 57.0 C Habib 15/2 D 524 5 3.00 Google Me (2) 58.0 ES Ngwane 20/1 D 402 6 3.75 Royalsecuritybaby (7) 53.0 B Nyawo 75/1 S 509 7 4.25 Villa Floriana (5) 56.0 B Jacobson 20/1 S 469 8 4.30 Camomile 10/1 D 495 9 5.30 Whatawondafulworld (9) 57.5 T Godden (11) 52.0 M Mjoka 100/1 S 455 10 10.80 Sputnik Sweetheart (10) 58.5 B Lerena 75/1 S 421 11 99.99 Lizzie’s Legs Time: 70.12s (58.43s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:DS Bosch O:G N Oldfield, S M Jerrier & P T Reilly B:Scott Bros
WON at Greyville, 4 March
WON at Scottsville, 6 March
2000m R68,000
S 536 1 0.00 Dhaamer (1) 60.0 W Kennedy 22/10 5 ch g Kahal - Mekyaas(GB) (Pivotal) (8) 60.0 D De Gouveia 3/1 D 477 2 1.25 For Ever 4 b g Ideal World - Brides Dream (Strike Smartly) (2) 60.0 L Mxothwa 6/1 D 551 3 1.35 Bank The Cash 3 b g Bankable - Cash Card (National Emblem) (7) 60.0 B Nyawo 10/1 D 554 4 1.85 South Paw (3) 60.0 S Veale 20/1 D 544 5 4.35 Georgie Boy (10) 60.0 B Jacobson 16/1 T 495 6 6.10 Fashion Dancer (12) 60.0 ES Ngwane 70/1 D 554 7 6.60 Righty-Ho (9) 60.0 S Randolph 35/1 D 494 8 7.10 Chilean Dancer (6) 60.0 J Jordaan 66/1 D 477 9 8.60 Sandton Play Boy (4) 60.0 K De Melo 10/1 D 494 10 10.35 Bazoon (5) 60.0 C Storey 45/1 S 536 11 24.35 Roy’s Fly (11) 60.0 B Lerena 12/1 S 536 12 99.99 Sylvan Bay Time: 124.28s (62.14s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:SJ v Rensburg O:Mr O D T Visser & Mrs Kathy Janse van Rensburg B:Shadwell Stud
. . . and placed . . . NIGHT MOVES, SALSA QUEEN, RUBY RUBY, IMPERIAL PARTY
Race 1 (582)
Greyville MR 66 Handicap (F&M)(Polytrack)
T 739 1 0.00 Tales Of Mambo (4) 57.5 ES Ngwane 5/1 3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Tales Of Magic (Lecture) (5) 57.5 W Kennedy 28/10 D 507 2 1.50 Spiritos 3 b f Mogok - Dance for Joy (Comic Blush) (9) 60.0 K De Melo 16/1 D 531 3 1.75 Sword Storm 4 b f Lundy’s Liability - Remarkable (Goldmark) (7) 58.0 S Veale 7/1 D 530 4 2.00 Queen Delta (2) 55.5 M Ntuli 5/1 D 530 5 2.75 Topaz Rain (10) 58.0 C Habib 12/1 D 295 6 2.80 Fashion Talk (6) 57.5 S Randolph 6/1 D 429 7 5.05 Donna Amata (8) 56.5 D De Gouveia 33/1 D 326 8 5.30 Yell (3) 54.0 M Mjoka 6/1 D 532 9 6.30 Likeness (1) 52.0 C Storey 50/1 D 530 10 6.80 Storm Coast Time: 123.76s (61.88s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:A Nassif O:Messrs G, K & M M Nassif B:Nutfield Stud
Race 7 (588)
3 gr f Fort Wood - Rose Gypsy(AUS) (Rory’s Jester) WON at Fairview 1000m, 4 March
WON at Greyville, 2 March
Time Marches On
Dreya’s Gold
1000m R150,000
1 0.00 Flying Myth (7) 57.0 S Khumalo 5/2 2 b c Trippi - Mana Mou (Captain Al) (3) 60.0 K Zechner 11/10 T 692 2 0.30 Rivarine 2 b c Var - River Jetez (Jet Master) (5) 57.5 S Chambers 4/1 T 457 3 1.10 Fresh 2 b f Querari - Fragrant Breeze (Lecture) (6) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 8/1 S 372 4 1.50 Rob’s Jewel (1) 57.0 S Brown 55/1 V 745 5 7.30 Le Tigre (4) 57.5 R Munger 40/1 Q 166 6 10.30 Rasberry Lips (2) 57.0 G Wrogemann 20/1 V 745 7 11.80 Flight Mode Time: 56.43s (56.43s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H Van Niekerk B:Klawervlei Stud
WON RUFFIAN STAKES (2YOF)(LISTED)
2 places 2 runs
EXQUISITE TOUCH 2 b f Var - Lavender Sky (Elliodor) at Turffontein, 1000m, 5 March
2ND STORM BIRD STAKES (2YO’S)(LISTED)
RIVARINE
2 b c Var - River Jetez (Jet Master) at Turffontein, 1000m, 5 March
1 win 2 places 3 runs
HEART OF CHRISTMAS
3 b f Var - Kumba Mela (Badger Land) WON at Flamingo Park, 1000m, 29 February
1 win 1 place 7 runs
BUENOS AIRES
1 win 1 place 3 b c Var - Bandera Nativa(ARG) (Bernstein) 5 runs
WON at Fairview, 1600m, 1 March
RIBOVAR
2 b c Var - Vanilla Silk (Al Mufti) WON at Turffontein, 1160m, 1 March
1 win 1 place 2 runs
& Placed . . .
COSMIC BURST, ISCA, VARISCITE VAR stands at Avontuur Contact Pippa Mickleburgh 021 855 1442 or 083 658 4404 stud@avontuurestate.co.za
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LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
WILGERBOSDRIFT breeders of
Race 3 (465)
Race 4 (466)
WON Bauhinia Hcp
(F&M)(L)
EASY GAME
5 b m Var - She’s Game(AUS) (Desert King) by 2.20L at Turffontein, 1000m, 5 March
NOTHER RUSSIA 3 ch f Tiger Ridge - Mother Russia (Windrush) WON by 5.40L at Vaal, 1600m, 3 March . . . . and placed . . . EMERALD MACKAY, NAKURU
Congratulations to Connections PO BOX 322, PIKETBERG 7320. TEL: 022 942 1266 FAX: 022 942 1755 Race 8 (796)
Turffontein 1100m Gold Rush Sprint (3yo’s)(Non-Blacktype) R150,000
T 619 1 0.00 Buckland (1) 58.0 S Khumalo 14/10 3 b c Western Winter - Inupiat (Fort Wood) (5) 54.5 C Murray 5/2 V 705 2 0.05 Pure Blonde 3 b c Kahal - Legally Blonde (Qui Danzig) (6) 56.0 F Herholdt 5/1 T 438 3 2.05 Isca 3 gr g Var - Jolie Bele(BRZ) (Impression) (2) 52.0 C Maujean 20/1 T 665 4 4.15 Patty Cake (7) 55.5 M v Rensburg 10/1 V 705 5 5.65 Angel’s Power (3) 60.0 R Danielson 7/1 T 689 6 8.75 Lineker (4) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 55/1 V 725 7 9.55 Minnesota Time: 62.43s (56.75s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr & Mrs M L P Rattray B:Lammerskraal Stud
Race 9 (797)
Turffontein MR 76 Handicap (F&M)
1600m R92,000
T 711 1 0.00 Intergalactic (1) 60.0 S Khumalo 5/2 3 ch f Kahal - Nojoom(AUS) (Sadler’s Wells) (8) 53.0 R Munger 8/1 T 764 2 1.50 Ruby Ruby 4 b f Right Approach - Ruby Gift(SNL) (Wolf Power) (3) 56.5 K Zechner 8/1 T 493 3 1.80 Jin-go-lo-ba 4 ch f Tiger Ridge - Queen’s Service (Western Winter) (7) 54.0 M v Rensburg 10/1 T 712 4 4.80 Girl On The Run (5) 56.5 JP vd Merwe 14/1 V 723 5 5.30 Flying Silver (6) 54.5 C Zackey 14/1 T 714 6 7.50 Elusive Spirit (11) 52.0 C Maujean 25/1 T 715 7 10.50 Luala (2) 60.0 C Murray 15/4 T 742 8 11.00 Terepova (9) 56.5 S Brown 18/1 V 625 9 14.10 Gains Tax (10) 53.5 M Thackeray 15/2 T 739 10 15.90 Tobesuretobesure (4) 62.5 J Mariba 16/1 V 722 11 18.20 Eva Tibbs (12) 52.5 F Herholdt 50/1 V 726 12 99.99 Shelly Time: 96.18s (60.11s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H Van Niekerk B:Summerhill Stud
Going: good Kenilworth Maiden Juvenile Plate
Kenilworth Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies)
1000m R75,000
A Domeyer
7/1
C Bantam
8/1
G Behr 30/1 H vd Hoven 8/1 M Byleveld 55/1 C Orffer 19/20 D Dillon 25/1 B May 8/1 S Fortune 14/1 SP Total %: 117%
Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)
Kenilworth MR 72 Handicap
Kenilworth MR 78 Handicap
2nd Storm Bird S. (2yo’s)(L)
RIVARINE 2 b c Var - River Jetez (Jet Master)
1200m R75,000
K 440 1 0.00 Chill Baby Chill (9) 60.0 A Domeyer 12/1 2 ch f Starcraft - Forever The Chill(AUS) (Choisir) (1) 60.0 A Andrews 8/1 K 392 2 0.30 Shizam 2 f Kahal - Border Baby (National Assembly) (6) 60.0 M Byleveld 12/1 3 2.55 Rock On Wood 2 b f Seventh Rock - Wood Manor (Fort Wood) (5) 60.0 K Steyn 40/1 4 3.05 Captain Gambler (11) 60.0 H vd Hoven 75/1 K 423 5 3.25 Ubiquitous Star (3) 60.0 D Dillon 11/2 K 380 6 4.50 Colorado Rose (8) 60.0 G v Niekerk 5/10 K 423 7 5.00 Whose That Girl (10) 60.0 G Behr 55/1 K 440 8 10.75 Flyer’s Girl (7) 60.0 G Wright 110/1 K 423 9 16.00 Baseema (4) 60.0 C Orffer 75/1 K 327 10 24.25 Flash Dance (2) 60.0 L Africa 75/1 11 25.50 Five Times Seven Time: 71.62s (59.68s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:DR Hodgson O:Mr H Adams B:bred in Australia
1200m R77,000
K 411 1 0.00 Mr Bond (2) 60.5 C Orffer 5/2 3 ch g Trippi - Joshua’s Mistress (Joshua Dancer) (8) 60.5 S Fortune 6/1 K 389 2 0.20 Fire Master 4 ch g Jet Master - Fiery Flier (Flaming Rock) (4) 53.5 H vd Hoven 5/1 K 411 3 0.70 Megamind 4 b g Silvano - Captain’s Call (Captain Al) (10) 57.0 C du Plooy 14/1 K 439 4 1.70 Respectable Rebel (3) 57.0 B May 16/1 K 410 5 2.00 Cardinal Call (9) 58.0 G v Niekerk 11/2 K 411 6 2.20 Panga Panga (6) 61.0 R Khathi 14/1 K 428 7 2.25 Peace Pact (7) 61.0 A Domeyer 10/1 K 384 8 2.65 Keep On Chooglin (1) 52.0 XG Carstens 10/1 K 434 9 4.65 Lane Frost (5) 55.5 G Behr 16/1 K 428 10 5.40 London Knight Time: 71.14s (59.28s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Million Dollar Club Syndicate (Nom: Mr J P Koster) B:Ditro Bloodstock
2 ch f New Approach - Pleats(FR) (Green Desert) Turffontein over 1000m, 5 March for trainer MF de Kock
FAREEQ
3 br g Nadeem - Azwa(AUS) (Haafhd) WON at Vaal over 1400m, 3 March for trainer MF de Kock
CHILL BABY CHILL 2 ch f Starcraft - Forever The Chill(AUS) (Choisir)
WON at Kenilworth over 1200m, 5 March for trainer DR Hodgson
MYGIRLDOWNUNDER 2 b f Myboycharlie - Nervate(AUS) (More Than Ready)
WON by 4.75L at Scottsville over 1000m, 6 March for trainer G v Zyl
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1 win 2 places 3 runs
at Turffontein, 1000m, 5 March
ZAVARONI 4 b f National Emblem - Lena(USA) (Woodman)
2 wins 3 places 7 runs
WON by 3.50L at Greyville, 2000m, 4 March
VAL ET AL 3 b g Captain Al - Valeta (Var)
3 wins 1 place 6 runs
WON by 3.25L at Turffontein, 1600m, 5 March
1400m R75,000
K 429 1 0.00 Silver Snaffles (4) 58.0 C Orffer 5/2 4 ch g Silvano - Soft Landing (Jet Master) (8) 54.0 G v Niekerk 7/2 K 436 2 3.50 Harry Da Wheels 4 b g Right Approach - Just Assembly (National Assembly) (3) 57.5 C du Plooy 10/1 K 434 3 3.70 Astrapi 3 b g Mogok - Withstand The Wind (Rakeen) (2) 58.0 H vd Hoven 25/1 K 432 4 3.80 The Best Of Me (11) 58.5 A Andrews 25/1 K 411 5 3.90 Royal Flying Corps (6) 58.0 R Khathi 7/1 K 436 6 4.30 Chestnut Wild (1) 54.5 G Behr 7/1 L 452 7 5.30 Shepherds Purse (9) 60.5 A Domeyer 8/1 K 399 8 5.40 Winter’s Coming (7) 60.0 D Dillon 10/1 K 411 9 5.70 Al Dangeur (5) 55.5 B May 40/1 L 452 10 7.95 Belcourt Castle (10) 58.5 G Wright 33/1 K 422 11 15.45 Cecil John Time: 85.76s (61.26s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Mrs I Jooste & Mr M J Jooste B:PJ Devine
Race 6 (468)
ESTATE BREEDERS OF
1400m R75,000
K 426 1 0.00 Tide Is Turning (2) 60.0 C Orffer 18/10 3 b f Captain Al - Hope Johanna(AUS) (Johannesburg) (5) 60.0 G v Niekerk 8/1 K 426 2 0.50 Garden Tea Party 3 b f Western Winter - Boston Tea Party (Jallad) (6) 60.0 H vd Hoven 16/1 K 415 3 1.00 Aspen Fire 3 ch f Go Deputy - Forty Fires (Western Winter) (4) 60.0 A Domeyer 33/10 K 426 4 2.50 La Flambee (9) 60.0 F Anthony 100/1 K 433 5 3.25 Call Me Darling (8) 60.0 L Africa 4/1 K 364 6 4.50 Oli Miranda (3) 60.0 S Fortune 20/1 K 433 7 7.25 Liberal Sally (1) 60.0 D Dillon 7/1 8 9.00 Icy Spirit (7) 60.0 XG Carstens 33/1 K 259 9 12.25 Miss Jackson Time: 88.47s (63.19s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Mr & Mrs M W Ridley, Messrs M A Currie & G R Sadleir & Messrs S J de Oliveira & V G Koterba B:Klawervlei Stud
Race 5 (467)
Race 3 (592)
20/1
INTRIGUING LADY 1200m R75,000
K 431 1 0.00 Attenborough (2) 60.0 D Dillon 11/20 2 b c Western Winter - In Camera (Caesour) (1) 60.0 M Byleveld 40/1 2 0.50 Cream Soda Green 2 b c Gimmethegreenlight - Winning Archer(USA) (Arch) (6) 60.0 G Wright 14/1 K 392 3 5.00 Rasta Rebel 2 ch g Rebel King - Hope Johanna(AUS) (Johannesburg) (5) 60.0 A Domeyer 20/1 4 5.10 Cat In The Hat (7) 60.0 G Behr 8/1 K 431 5 5.15 Rand Hedge (3) 60.0 G v Niekerk 12/1 K 416 6 6.90 Barak Lavan (4) 60.0 C Orffer 4/1 7 13.90 Gray Frost (8) 60.0 M Winnaar 75/1 K 431 8 20.40 Milky White Time: 70.96s (59.13s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:J Ramsden O:Mrs I Jooste & Mr M J Jooste B:PLV Mickleburgh
Race 2 (464)
G Wright
VAR & ORATORIO stand at Avontuur Contact Pippa Mickleburgh (021) 855 1442 or 083 658 4404 stud@avontuurestate.co.za Race 7 (469)
Kenilworth MR 80 Handicap (F&M)
1600m R86,000
K 368 1 0.00 Sublime Lady (4) 60.0 G v Niekerk 33/10 3 b f Captain Al - Sublimity (Fort Wood) (2) 58.0 H vd Hoven 13/2 K 326 2 0.20 Goodtime Gal 3 b f Royal Air Force - Tirza (Silvano) (3) 58.5 M Byleveld 4/1 K 398 3 1.45 Tonya 3 b f Dynasty - Wintersweet (Western Winter) 9/2 K 275 4 1.95 Captains Companion (1) 57.5 C Orffer (5) 57.5 D Dillon 20/1 K 398 5 2.70 Mulher De Branco (6) 60.0 R Khathi 7/1 K 393 6 3.95 Miss Marker (7) 57.0 A Domeyer 33/10 K 413 7 4.35 Solana Time: 99.86s (62.41s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 115% 1st T:MW Bass O:Mr A R & Mrs A B L Beck B:Normandy Stud
Race 8 (470)
Kenilworth Maiden Plate
1600m R75,000
K 371 1 0.00 Captain Splendid (3) 60.0 C du Plooy 10/1 3 b g Captain Al - Justthewayyouare (Fort Wood) (7) 60.0 G Behr 28/10 K 385 2 0.20 Mega Secret 3 ch g Jay Peg - Secret Of Victoria (Goldkeeper) (1) 60.0 XG Carstens 33/1 K 430 3 1.45 Tropical Heat 3 b c Jay Peg - Cocoa Beach (Windrush) (9) 60.0 M Byleveld 14/1 K 430 4 1.55 Saint Roch (5) 60.0 A Andrews 16/1 K 292 5 2.30 Braaistin (4) 60.0 H vd Hoven 5/2 K 430 6 2.60 Shall Be Free (2) 60.0 F Anthony 125/1 K 425 7 3.35 In The Jungle (6) 60.0 G Wright 20/1 L 404 8 5.35 Megalodon (14) 60.0 J Smitsdorff 75/1 K 439 9 7.10 Heracles (12) 60.0 D Dillon 20/1 K 430 10 8.85 Angkor Wat (8) 60.0 R Khathi 50/1 K 430 11 9.60 Black Rake (10) 60.0 L Africa 70/1 K 432 12 12.85 Declarator (11) 60.0 B May 30/1 K 198 13 14.10 Magical Mountain (13) 60.0 C Orffer 10/1 K 56 14 99.99 Imperial Dancer Time: 101.26s (63.29s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 107% 1st T:J Snaith O:Mr A L A Crabbia B:Varsfontein Stud
SCOTTSVILLE Sunday 6 March
Race 4 (593)
Scottsville Juvenile Plate (Fillies)
1000m R85,000
Scottsville MR 69 Apprentice Handicap (F&M)
1000m R75,000
1 0.00 Mygirldownunder (3) 57.0 A Marcus 9/10 2 b f Myboycharlie - Nervate(AUS) (More Than Ready) (1) 60.0 ES Ngwane 9/10 S 467 2 4.75 Ebtihaal 2 ch f Exchange Rate - Asian Influence(USA) (Pine Bluff) (2) 57.0 C Habib 28/1 3 5.25 Salsa Queen 2 b f Mambo In Seattle - Joyful Dancer (Almushtarak) (4) 57.0 D De Gouveia 20/1 4 5.75 Je Suis Silver (5) 57.0 T Godden 40/1 5 6.50 Winnieshob Time: 57.16s (57.16s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:G v Zyl O:Mr B D Burnard B:bred in Australia
Race 2 (591)
S 424 1 0.00 Dreya’s Gold (6) 57.0 ES Ngwane 6/1 4 ch f Miesque’s Approval - Miss Andrea (Restructure) (11) 59.0 L Mxothwa 1/1 S 471 2 0.50 Cosmic Burst 3 ch f Var - Colour Burst (Lizard Island) (9) 57.5 H vd Hoven 50/1 D 504 3 1.75 Moonlite Mist 4 b f Admire Main - Mistress Morn (Kahal) (7) 52.5 N Patel 40/1 D 442 4 1.90 Grand Fantasy (12) 57.5 M Thackeray 14/1 D 549 5 3.90 Lily Gray (1) 56.0 T Godden 16/1 D 549 6 4.15 Kingsview (10) 57.0 S Moodley 20/1 D 516 7 4.90 Caroline’s Call (5) 59.0 L Hewitson 8/1 S 533 8 4.95 Russian Girl (3) 54.5 C Habib 12/1 D 551 9 6.20 Girl Gone Wild (2) 60.0 C Murray 14/1 D 526 10 6.70 Aznerak (4) 54.0 M Mjoka 12/1 D 549 11 9.20 Girlfriend (8) 58.0 D De Gouveia 75/1 S 935 12 10.20 Midanswer Time: 56.87s (56.87s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:GB Puller O:Messrs Tony Jelinski & G B Puller B:Bush Hill Stud
1200m R85,000
Scottsville Graduation Plate (F&M)
1200m R85,000
Scottsville MR 80 Handicap (Outside)
2000m R82,000
Scottsville MR 80 Handicap (F&M)(Outside)
1600m R92,000
Scottsville Maiden Plate (Outside)
1400m R80,000
Scottsville MR 66 Handicap (F&M)(Outside)
1400m R68,000
T 690 1 0.00 Joan Ranger (2) 57.0 A Delpech 16/10 3 b f Horse Chestnut - Fashion Edition (Rambo Dancer) (6) 57.0 B Lerena 10/1 S 332 2 2.25 Elusivenchantment 3 b f Elusive Fort - Bump ‘n Grind (Qui Danzig) (3) 57.0 K De Melo 8/1 S 377 3 2.50 Isingamoya 3 ch f Muhtafal - Shoot The Breeze (Kahal) (5) 60.0 A Marcus 15/4 D 553 4 4.00 Shezaleader (9) 57.0 B Jacobson 10/1 D 240 5 5.25 Snow Rose (8) 56.5 I Sturgeon 16/1 D 327 6 6.25 Mayfair (7) 60.0 T Godden 7/1 D 526 7 8.25 Timeous (10) 57.0 A Forbes 16/1 D 524 8 8.30 Vampirella (4) 57.0 C Murray 25/1 D 944 9 9.80 Roy’s Goddess (11) 56.5 ES Ngwane 100/1 D 546 10 11.80 Lockheed Star (1) 56.5 L Mohapi 66/1 D 439 11 13.55 Roy’s Queen Time: 68.28s (56.9s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:M Houdalakis O:Mr P U Van Schoor B:PU Van Schoor
D 545 1 0.00 Canigao (8) 58.0 W Kennedy 7/2 3 ch c Western Winter - Astral Athina (Parade Leader) (6) 59.5 A Delpech 18/10 S 514 2 0.50 All Together Now 4 b g Rip Van Winkle - Allegoria(IRE) (Spectrum) (7) 56.0 C Murray 45/1 D 545 3 1.00 Rosslyn Chapel 3 ch g Right Approach - Bint Daha (Al Mufti) (3) 52.0 M Thackeray 8/1 S 512 4 2.00 Taegan’s Jet (5) 60.0 A Marcus 4/1 S 512 5 2.50 Noble Star (1) 55.0 K De Melo 8/1 D 557 6 5.50 Flying Fellow (2) 56.5 S Veale 8/1 D 488 7 5.60 Lighting The Fire (4) 57.5 B Lerena 16/1 D 528 8 5.85 Royal Zulu Guard Time: 121.55s (60.78s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:D Kannemeyer O:Messrs E G Bouwer, Bryn Ressell & N M Shirtliff B:Lammerskraal Stud
Race 6 (595)
S 570 1 0.00 MissMasala (7) 59.5 C Habib 10/1 4 b f Captain Al - Utah Hoo-Ha (Badger Land) (8) 60.0 B Lerena 22/1 D 531 2 0.75 Alpine Ridge 4 ch f Go Deputy - Alpine Carole(USA) (Pulpit) (9) 56.5 A Delpech 6/1 D 450 3 0.80 Alzerra 5 ch m Jay Peg - A J Bear(USA) (Slew City Slew) (1) 57.5 ES Ngwane 14/1 D 531 4 0.95 Royal Tree D 369 5 1.45 Work Ethic (6) 60.0 W Kennedy 10/1 (5) 56.5 A Marcus 1/1 D 527 6 2.95 Mater Familias D 498 7 4.70 Miss Tee (4) 54.0 K De Melo 33/1 (3) 59.0 I Sturgeon 15/2 D 522 8 5.70 Queen’s Advance D 461 9 10.45 Mad Pushpa (2) 56.0 S Veale 30/1 Time: 98.14s (61.34s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 111% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H Van Niekerk B:The Alchemy
Race 7 (596)
S 571 1 0.00 Hanji (7) 60.0 B Lerena 12/1 3 b g Admire Main - Civil Affair (Northern Guest) (4) 60.0 A Delpech 11/10 D 558 2 0.50 Reactive 3 b g Bankable - Four Ladies Wild (Western Winter) (9) 60.0 A Forbes 11/2 D 558 3 1.50 Destined For Dawn 5 b g Lion Tamer - Order The Oscar (What A Prospect) (2) 60.0 C Habib 16/1 S 510 4 4.25 Stormatic (11) 60.0 S Veale 55/1 D 520 5 6.25 Roy’s Dispren (5) 60.0 K De Melo 4/1 S 572 6 9.50 Lateral Dancer (8) 60.0 I Sturgeon 12/1 D 476 7 11.50 Powder Keg (3) 60.0 W Kennedy 125/1 S 572 8 13.25 Kursaal (6) 60.0 H vd Hoven 40/1 S 571 9 14.00 Nutcracker (10) 60.0 H Ramlugaan 50/1 D 309 10 21.00 Roy’s Dream (1) 60.0 C Murray 55/1 D 544 11 23.75 Mr Persuader Time: 86.01s (61.44s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 113% 1st T:PM Gadsby O:Mesdames W A Heyns & B M Gadsby B:Summerhill Stud
Race 8 (597)
Going: good
Race 1 (590)
Scottsville Graduation Plate
S 473 1 0.00 Natal (6) 60.0 B Lerena 12/10 3 ch g Argonaut - Hope Jo’Anna(USA) (Chimes Band) (1) 56.5 A Forbes 5/2 D 319 2 4.00 Bunker Bill 3 b g Dupont - Promise Me (Labeeb) (7) 60.0 I Sturgeon 7/1 S 535 3 4.50 Cutting Edge 3 b g A P Answer - Glitterstone (Secret Prospector) (3) 57.0 S Veale 28/1 S 510 4 8.00 Promissory (8) 55.5 ES Ngwane 75/1 D 104 5 9.25 Roy’s Marciano (2) 59.5 K De Melo 6/1 K 297 6 10.25 Captain Chaos (5) 57.5 C Murray 18/1 D 523 7 11.75 TwentymanJones (4) 57.0 T Godden 14/1 D 962 8 21.25 Singh Is King Time: 68.19s (56.83s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:ML Roberts O:Dr N A Labuschagne & Mr B Jonsson B:Cheveley Stud
Race 5 (594)
3RD Ruffian Stakes (2yoF)(Listed)
KENILWORTH Saturday 5 March
Race 1 (463)
Kenilworth Maiden Plate (F&M)
K 418 1 0.00 Fifty Other Shades (9) 60.0 3 b f Bankable - Dance De Roche (Joshua Dancer) (8) 60.0 K 424 2 1.75 Sharp Peg 3 ch f Jay Peg - Sharaby(IRE) (Cadeaux Genereux) (1) 60.0 K 336 3 2.15 Kwando 3 b f Toreador - Splendid News (London News) (6) 60.0 K 424 4 2.35 Indonesia (10) 60.0 K 424 5 3.10 Helen’s Bay (5) 60.0 6 4.35 Silver Laurel (7) 60.0 K 424 7 5.10 Juba (3) 60.0 K 424 8 5.60 Meritocracy (4) 60.0 9 6.85 Vari Queen (2) 60.0 L 403 10 8.10 Alpine Trip Time: 58.57s (58.57s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) 1st T:PD Reeves O:Andy Elton B:Summerhill Stud
S 540 1 0.00 Roy’s Twilight (9) 53.0 M Thackeray 30/1 4 b f Al Miqdaam - Speedy Moon (Lunar Lumberjack) (15) 58.5 D Daniels 22/1 D 507 2 1.00 Brave And Bold 4 b f Brave Tin Soldier - Forest Edge (Complete Warrior) (14) 58.5 L Mxothwa 22/1 D 412 3 2.75 La Gitano 4 b f Rocky Street - Manzanilla (Martinelli) (7) 53.0 S Veale 16/1 D 433 4 2.85 Roy’s Gold (13) 59.5 C Murray 15/1 D 429 5 4.35 Dizzy Feet (11) 61.0 K De Melo 18/1 D 162 6 4.40 The Morrigan (2) 55.5 W Kennedy 6/1 S 538 7 5.90 Black Cashmere (6) 55.0 H vd Hoven 14/1 S 538 8 6.00 Reconsider Baby (1) 53.5 A Delpech 22/10 D 507 9 6.75 Madame Le Roi (10) 56.5 ES Ngwane 13/1 D 466 10 9.50 Eleven (12) 57.5 C Habib 12/1 S 378 11 9.75 Ravishing Lilly (3) 55.5 B Jacobson 30/1 S 538 12 11.50 Throne (4) 56.0 DS Lembethe 16/1 D 506 13 18.50 Bee My Honey (5) 57.0 C Storey 35/1 D 490 14 19.25 Floral Secret (8) 59.0 I Sturgeon 6/1 D 411 15 45.50 Dark Rose Time: 85.23s (60.88s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:Gary Rich O:Mr Roy Moodley B:RM Smith
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