No. 2270
MONDAY 18th - THURSDAY 21st JULY 2016
FLAMINGO PARK 12:15pm (Monday)
VAAL
12:45pm (Tuesday) Decent 5yo Master Archer makes his Northern Cape debut
GREYVILLE poly
12:00pm (Wednesday)
VAAL classic 1:00pm (Thursday) Sporting Post
ROVING BANKER Likeness 60
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With only two Flamingo Park racemeetings left this season, the race for Northern Cape champion trainer is heating up and has developed into a three cornered tussle. Defending champion Bill Human finds himself the ham on the sandwich between Tienie Prinsloo and Corrie Lensley, at the top of the log. uman walked away with the title last year with gross stakes of R2 576 288, beating Prinsloo by over R300 000. If one considers that an average first cheque in this region is just over R30 000, then we can understand how close things
can get. Prinsloo (392 runners) currently leads the charge with stakes of R2 380 100, marginally ahead of Human (533 runners) on R2 214 425, with Lensley (411 runners) still rating an outside chance on R2 156 452. Between the three they saddle 47 runners on Monday’s ten race programme, which is headed by a 1400m R69 000 Pinnacle Stakes.
MR 124 Dynasty – Moonlit Prairie by Cozzene
Triple Gr1 winner
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The meeting could go a long way to deciding who will walk up to collect the trophy at a gala event on 5 August.
Competitive
A competitive field of ten will face the starter in the topliner, with recent Michael Holmes Bloodstock Super Sale graduate Master Archer, an interesting Kimberley first-timer for Corrie Lensley. Formerly raced by the Michaels for Sean Tarry, Master Archer was original acquired for R1 million but failed to produce any
genuine fireworks with 4 wins from 30 starts for stakes of R270 000. He was purchased second hand off the value sale for just R35 000 and though winless in close on a year, his form could be good enough to rattle this lot. While a tardy starter, he will be ridden by JP van der Merwe from a decent draw and will not lack for race fitness, having run as recently as Vodacom Durban July day. Cliffie Miller runner Devon Gold has decent form and has been rested ten weeks. The
RES HIGHLANDS SI 16 20 r fo Dynasty Jackson Pathfork Potala Palace Antonius Pius Great Britain Windrush
Son of 3x Equus Outstanding Sire Dynasty
8yo could win this at best and has a decent turn of foot.
Surprise
Bill Human-trained Yesan Star was a shock course and distance winner last time and enjoys a 1,5kg claim courtesy of apprentice Calvin Ngcobo. That was a major turnaround from his two previous efforts and he must be watched for consistency. Tienie Prinsloo saddles the Australian-bred Samogan, another former KZN galloper who has his fourth run here. Cont. p.2
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