MONDAY 12th - THURSDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2016
No. 2286
FLAMINGO PARK 12:20pm (Monday)
VAAL
1:05pm (Tuesday)
DURBANVILLE
1:45pm (Wednesday)
VAAL classic 1:00pm (Thursday)
The Best Bet Racecards & Selections
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The classy Australian-bred Buckinghampshire is worth including
Take your pick
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MR96 HANDICAP
at Durbanville on Wednesday
Work will commence on the Durbanville Racecourse track upgrade project on 22 October and listening to Kenilworth Racing GM Dean Diedericks talk about the plans in place, it is clear it is going to be one helluva better and fairer place to race.
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he 2000m anticclockwise nearoval circuit in Cape Town’s upmarket Northern leafy suburb has not exactly grabbed the imagination of many local trainers over the years.
MR 124 Dynasty – Moonlit Prairie by Cozzene
Triple Gr1 winner
Draws
An undulating, or call it corrugated surface, has made it suitable to only certain styles of equine athletes and the tight corners have given it a draw sensitivity - to a point of crying. Then years ago, the hedges that lined the rail made
visibility a bit of an issue – even if they did give the ‘Big D’ a unique character. In recent years the country course has managed to attract horses of the calibre of Variety Club, Capetown Noir and Act Of War – plus Ebony Flyer and Inara – but many trainers have been reluctant
RES HIGHLANDS SI 16 20 r fo Dynasty Jackson Pathfork Potala Palace Antonius Pius Great Britain Windrush
• Son of x3 Equus Outstanding Sire Dynasty
to run good horses there for risk of damaging them on the ridge and furrow, particularly when the ground is firm. Let’s face it – it has always been the kind of track to provide a ready list of excuses for jockeys and trainers and a wide range of hard-luck stories. Cont. p.2
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