8-10 Dec #2415 Sporting Post

No. 2415 ISSN 1023 / 6996

FRIDAY 8th - SUNDAY 10th DECEMBER 2017

FAIRVIEW ...................... 12.10pm (Friday) p.19 GREYVILLE POLY NIGHT ..... 4.40pm (Friday) p.28 KENILWORTH .............. ..1.20pm (Saturday) p.51 VAAL CLASSIC ...................12.00pm (Saturday) p.41 GREYVILLE .................... 12.30pm (Sunday) p.58

Sun Met Betting

The Early Value ...........................................page 10

Ferraris Flying

The 3rd Generation…................................page 15

Marinaresco Magic

On The Right Royal Road .........................page 9

The Var Flyer Sommerlied bids for a career peak on Saturday

R400 000 Gr2 SOUTHERN CROSS STAKES (F&M) at Kenilworth this Saturday

CAPE PREMIER YEARLING SALE 2018 20 & 21 JANUARY 2018, CTICC

14 TOP LOTS BY 14 TOP SIRES FROM TOP STUD FARM

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Leading BREEDERS by Stakes

Leading trainers by stakes

season 2017/2018 * 1 August - 3 December 2017

Stakes Breeder rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/

rnr%

7,542,225 6,229,825 5,971,525 4,169,625 3,459,525 2,860,725 2,712,700 2,648,213 2,579,025 2,572,400 2,427,825 1,887,525 1,609,000 1,535,550 1,464,500 1,438,525 1,419,875 1,374,225 1,361,025 1,309,750 1,303,575 1,291,700 1,246,150 1,197,750 1,197,150 1,195,675

Summerhill Stud 243 Klawervlei Stud 251 Maine Chance 125 Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 138 Highlands 112 Ascot Stud 65 Scott Bros 117 Varsfontein Stud 80 Moutonshoek 92 Drakenstein Stud 81 Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud 89 Cheveley Stud 48 Drakenstein Stud & Team Valor Int 2 Gary Player Stud 62 Oldlands Stud 30 La Plaisance Stud 61 GJ Armitage 60 IR Heyns 39 Favour Stud 50 The Alchemy 54 Lammerskraal Stud 50 Avontuur Farm 47 Wilgerbosdrift 26 Mauritzfontein Stud 30 Nadeson Park Stud 46 PG de Beyer 28

31,038 24,820 47,772 30,215 30,889 44,011 23,185 33,103 28,033 31,758 27,279 39,323 804,500 24,767 48,817 23,582 23,665 35,237 27,221 24,255 26,072 27,483 47,929 39,925 26,025 42,703

815 764 346 347 358 181 362 233 276 219 292 136 5 185 93 136 187 118 204 163 122 125 79 110 138 81

56 51 37 37 39 19 24 21 18 28 23 10 1 17 7 17 13 13 14 14 13 9 7 10 15 10

73 61 47 44 44 23 29 26 25 32 30 12 1 23 9 21 14 17 16 17 14 10 8 13 16 11

23% 20% 30% 27% 35% 29% 21% 26% 20% 35% 26% 21% 50% 27% 23% 28% 22% 33% 28% 26% 26% 19% 27% 33% 33% 36%

season 2017/2018 * 1 August - 3 December 2017

SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP wnrs wns wnr% rns% 1 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0

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

2% 6% 11% 5% 5% 5% 0% 5% 6% 0% 0% 20% 0% 0% 14% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 11% 29% 0% 0% 0%

194 236 98 102 80 59 111 76 72 72 82 42 3 49 18 49 50 35 65 33 35 41 27 42 29 26

24% 31% 28% 29% 22% 33% 31% 33% 26% 33% 28% 31% 60% 26% 19% 36% 27% 30% 32% 20% 29% 33% 34% 38% 21% 32%

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

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes Big Bear Silicone Valley Liege Zen Arcade My Friend Lee Bold Respect Movie Show Surcharge Broadway Trip Fresnaye Tommy Waterdevil Snowdance Miss Katalin Sleepinseattle Fullfillyourdream Know The Ropes French Navy Cloud Atlas What A Winner Dan The Lad Starrett City Legal Eagle Nother Russia Haddington Mrs O Forest Fox

1,312,500 278,000 1,203,250 484,375 269,800 528,750 166,250 288,750 715,000 220,600 150,100 891,000 1,562,500 215,250 628,000 156,750 115,000 163,850 132,000 252,650 139,400 263,000 331,250 149,025 121,250 409,050

Trainer runs wins win fav % 17% 4% 20% 12% 8% 18% 6% 11% 28% 9% 6% 47% 97% 14% 43% 11% 8% 12% 10% 19% 11% 20% 27% 12% 10% 34%

Leading sires by Stakes

season 2017/2018 * 1 August - 3 December 2017

Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/

rnr%

SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP wnrs wns wnr% rns%

5,709,450 5,665,675 4,651,175 4,548,463 3,976,163 3,381,050 3,060,750 2,893,975 2,592,475 2,310,325 2,243,425 2,237,825 2,152,575 2,130,250 2,034,350 2,023,200 1,926,175 1,915,925 1,812,950 1,772,625 1,731,350 1,705,900 1,555,175 1,532,563 1,500,550 1,485,226 1,388,200

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

Silvano Trippi Dynasty *Captain Al Var *Kahal Querari *Sail From Seattle Gimmethegreenlight Elusive Fort Jay Peg Await The Dawn Ideal World Mambo In Seattle Judpot Philanthropist Visionaire Pathfork *Antonius Pius *Western Winter *Tiger Ridge Mogok Brave Tin Soldier What A Winter *Horse Chestnut *Rebel King Bold Silvano

177 106 105 123 161 102 86 86 105 68 79 27 69 99 96 75 80 63 66 59 52 82 54 55 76 75 45

32,257 53,450 44,297 36,979 24,697 33,148 35,590 33,651 24,690 33,975 28,398 82,882 31,197 21,518 21,191 26,976 24,077 30,412 27,469 30,044 33,295 20,804 28,800 27,865 19,744 19,803 30,849

433 286 267 325 474 337 226 262 294 215 237 99 199 318 278 216 227 187 226 190 178 255 171 141 208 270 144

49 37 39 34 31 35 24 30 26 22 19 11 16 16 17 20 15 16 22 15 13 15 11 17 17 10 8

60 46 46 39 39 43 27 40 30 23 25 15 21 23 17 24 18 20 24 17 17 16 11 18 18 11 11

28% 35% 37% 28% 19% 34% 28% 35% 25% 32% 24% 41% 23% 16% 18% 27% 19% 25% 33% 25% 25% 18% 20% 31% 22% 13% 18%

5 8% 2 3% 4 10% 3 6% 1 3% 0 0% 2 8% 2 3% 1 4% 0 0% 1 5% 0 0% 2 6% 1 6% 0 0% 0 0% 1 7% 1 6% 0 0% 1 7% 2 15% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

134 31% 5 108 38% 2 67 25% 2 115 35% 5 153 32% 1 100 30% 1 68 30% 0 67 26% 0 67 23% 2 72 33% 2 73 31% 1 23 23% 0 64 32% 3 89 28% 0 80 29% 3 51 24% 1 53 23% 0 64 34% 1 60 27% 0 63 33% 1 48 27% 1 76 30% 1 50 29% 0 43 30% 2 55 26% 0 95 35% 1 50 35% 0

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes Girl On The Run Miss Katalin Liege Snowdance Sommerlied Wynkelder Wonderwall Via Seattle Surcharge Fort Ember Silicone Valley Big Bear Zen Arcade Sleepinseattle Coral Fever Pack Leader The Thinker My Friend Lee Saint Marco Fresnaye Nother Russia Curbstone Shuffle Brave Mary Magical Wonderland Bernie Secret Name Bold Respect

381,250 7% 1,562,500 28% 1,203,250 26% 891,000 20% 168,750 4% 202,375 6% 400,000 13% 203,750 7% 288,750 11% 432,400 19% 278,000 12% 1,312,500 59% 484,375 23% 215,250 10% 280,000 14% 343,750 17% 394,750 20% 269,800 14% 155,100 9% 220,600 12% 331,250 19% 138,950 8% 552,000 35% 164,375 11% 151,750 10% 94,000 6% 528,750 38%

Leading sire OF 3YO’S by Stakes season 2017/2018 * 1 August - 3 December 2017

Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/

rnr%

SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP wnrs wns wnr% rns%

3,279,750 Trippi 2,618,188 *Captain Al 2,237,825 Await The Dawn 1,938,775 Querari 1,887,975 Silvano 1,844,188 Var 1,829,800 *Sail From Seattle 1,646,850 Gimmethegreenlight 1,470,063 What A Winter 1,324,125 *Antonius Pius 1,300,325 Dynasty 1,179,225 Philanthropist 1,147,050 Oratorio 1,138,525 Judpot 1,130,200 Crusade 1,037,700 Brave Tin Soldier 1,023,475 Twice Over

996,675 Pathfork

944,900 Ideal World

930,425 *Kahal

853,725 Jay Peg

819,175 *Horse Chestnut

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

34 45 27 42 61 64 50 62 54 53 40 44 53 61 48 22 45 36 19 26 37 37

96,463 58,182 82,882 46,161 30,950 28,815 36,596 26,562 27,223 24,983 32,508 26,801 21,642 18,664 23,546 47,168 22,744 27,685 49,732 35,786 23,074 22,140

83 125 99 100 138 175 147 163 140 170 92 126 160 155 148 68 124 105 50 79 105 97

12 17 11 13 20 17 20 16 16 16 14 10 13 12 12 5 13 9 5 11 9 10

14 21 15 13 24 18 26 18 17 17 17 12 13 12 13 5 13 10 8 12 10 11

35% 38% 41% 31% 33% 27% 40% 26% 30% 30% 35% 23% 25% 20% 25% 23% 29% 25% 26% 42% 24% 27%

0 0% 3 12% 0 0% 2 15% 0 0% 0 0% 2 5% 1 6% 0 0% 0 0% 1 7% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 20% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

Leading sires by AEPR

40 48% 2 47 38% 1 23 23% 0 30 30% 0 40 29% 2 66 38% 1 41 28% 0 36 22% 1 43 31% 2 46 27% 0 18 20% 0 25 20% 0 40 25% 1 42 27% 0 44 30% 0 22 32% 0 32 26% 2 36 34% 1 12 24% 1 25 32% 1 31 30% 0 24 25% 0

season 2017/2018 * 1 August - 3 December 2017

Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/

rnr% 2,237,825 Await The Dawn

861,925 Indigo Magic

863,000 Alado

706,188 Dupont 5,665,675 Trippi

645,050 Imperial Stride 4,651,175 Dynasty

401,963 Call To Combat

860,150 *Jet Master 4,548,463 *Captain Al 3,060,750 Querari

624,550 Dan De Lago

27 11 15 13 106 14 105 10 22 123 86 18

82,882 78,357 57,533 54,322 53,450 46,075 44,297 40,196 39,098 36,979 35,590 34,697

99 38 52 35 286 49 267 43 73 325 226 53

11 4 6 6 37 6 39 4 9 34 24 5

15 4 9 6 46 7 46 5 11 39 27 7

41% 36% 40% 46% 35% 43% 37% 40% 41% 28% 28% 28%

0 0% 0 0% 1 17% 0 0% 2 3% 1 17% 4 10% 0 0% 0 0% 3 6% 2 8% 0 0%

Miss Katalin Snowdance Big Bear Wonderwall Vacquero Woodstock Fairy Via Seattle Surcharge Magical Wonderland Sassy Lady Sir David Baird Pack Leader Mrs O Ostinato Covered In Snow Brave Mary Draugluin Harlan County Zen Arcade She’s A Dream Serendipity Bernie

1,562,500 48% 891,000 34% 1,312,500 59% 400,000 21% 175,000 9% 99,000 5% 203,750 11% 288,750 18% 164,375 11% 117,350 9% 181,325 14% 343,750 29% 121,250 11% 117,600 10% 127,625 11% 552,000 53% 93,625 9% 127,375 13% 484,375 51% 117,875 13% 121,375 14% 151,750 19%

with 10 or m

SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP wnrs wns wnr% rns% 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 2 0

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes

23 23% 0 6 16% 0 17 33% 0 12 34% 0 108 38% 2 15 31% 1 67 25% 2 8 19% 0 24 33% 2 115 35% 5 68 30% 0 10 19% 0

ore runners

top earner with stakes & % of total stakes Big Bear Fullfillyourdream Rocket Countdown Forest Fox Miss Katalin Will Pays Liege Dawn Assault Master’s Spirit Snowdance Wonderwall Dan The Lad

1,312,500 59% 628,000 73% 350,000 41% 409,050 58% 1,562,500 28% 208,450 32% 1,203,250 26% 146,875 37% 129,350 15% 891,000 20% 400,000 13% 252,650 40%

J Snaith SG Tarry MF de Kock PA Peter C Bass-Robinson BJ Crawford AC Greeff MG & AA Azzie AG Laird GS Kotzen DC Howells DR Drier JAJ v Vuuren D Kannemeyer Y Bremner GV Woodruff VH Marshall GD Smith DA Sham G v Zyl M Houdalakis J Ramsden T Laing SD Gray GM Alexander C Lensley A Nel LW Goosen PF Matchett RR Magner S Miller C Spies M Dixon RR Sage ST Pettigrew LJ Erasmus DS Bosch JA Soma GB Puller GR Puller KG Naidoo G Maroun AJ Wright CS Laird ML Roberts S Ferreira C Dawson T Prinsloo WGC Miller D Nieuwenhuizen SW Kenny R Hill

440 330 219 221 326 218 325 177 152 284 196 180 145 149 255 143 192 388 223 130 172 179 146 188 155 248 150 79 89 174 228 260 77 50 73 285 93 94 102 94 193 132 99 100 90 84 61 138 111 78 89 33

57 25 47 39 34 25 43 21 23 27 24 24 15 25 29 19 26 20 26 19 18 17 24 17 17 30 19 14 6 11 20 11 13 10 11 6 11 10 11 10 12 11 11 11 12 7 10 13 13 9 6 2

13% 8% 21% 18% 10% 11% 13% 12% 15% 10% 12% 13% 10% 17% 11% 13% 14% 5% 12% 15% 10% 9% 16% 9% 11% 12% 13% 18% 7% 6% 9% 4% 17% 20% 15% 2% 12% 11% 11% 11% 6% 8% 11% 11% 13% 8% 16% 9% 12% 12% 7% 6%

74 49 85 39 39 36 67 32 31 23 31 35 24 26 27 33 22 22 15 19 22 30 22 10 11 59 23 21 9 17 17 13 10 7 11 8 17 9 7 4 10 5 9 16 6 8 13 8 12 3 5 0

fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ % % % four four% runs 17% 15% 39% 18% 12% 17% 21% 18% 20% 8% 16% 19% 17% 17% 11% 23% 11% 6% 7% 15% 13% 17% 15% 5% 7% 24% 15% 27% 10% 10% 7% 5% 13% 14% 15% 3% 18% 10% 7% 4% 5% 4% 9% 16% 7% 10% 21% 6% 11% 4% 6% 0%

31% 24% 38% 28% 26% 22% 33% 22% 45% 35% 35% 40% 17% 50% 19% 33% 45% 32% 33% 42% 32% 20% 36% 20% 36% 22% 35% 29% 11% 12% 18% 8% 50% 71% 45% 13% 24% 33% 43% 0% 30% 40% 44% 19% 17% 0% 31% 13% 17% 67% 40% 0%

49 30 30 22 24 32 46 26 17 25 21 21 26 14 18 19 19 39 24 18 15 24 16 15 16 26 17 10 10 19 23 23 10 4 9 17 16 6 11 6 10 6 9 7 4 8 6 15 10 5 8 3

11% 9% 14% 10% 7% 15% 14% 15% 11% 9% 11% 12% 18% 9% 7% 13% 10% 10% 11% 14% 9% 13% 11% 8% 10% 10% 11% 13% 11% 11% 10% 9% 13% 8% 12% 6% 17% 6% 11% 6% 5% 5% 9% 7% 4% 10% 10% 11% 9% 6% 9% 9%

190 107 127 104 138 99 155 72 71 95 85 83 66 64 106 67 83 125 87 59 72 74 74 68 59 111 74 42 34 72 95 77 42 23 35 73 46 30 36 38 41 37 43 38 31 46 26 52 47 34 30 8

43% 32% 58% 47% 42% 45% 48% 41% 47% 33% 43% 46% 46% 43% 42% 47% 43% 32% 39% 45% 42% 41% 51% 36% 38% 45% 49% 53% 38% 41% 42% 30% 55% 46% 48% 26% 49% 32% 35% 40% 21% 28% 43% 38% 34% 55% 43% 38% 42% 44% 34% 24%

7,271,900 5,826,475 4,614,400 3,990,463 3,301,250 2,970,950 2,953,675 2,818,100 2,665,475 2,358,050 2,347,100 2,195,888 2,186,725 2,074,050 2,027,075 1,994,600 1,957,975 1,926,450 1,926,150 1,862,125 1,731,038 1,693,475 1,633,700 1,613,376 1,581,150 1,564,051 1,454,550 1,393,675 1,273,900 1,265,063 1,191,650 1,151,450 1,134,150 1,128,425 1,098,400 1,038,464 1,021,900 988,975 963,375 933,750 906,000 898,150 879,300 871,388 830,800 816,425 778,775 752,625 728,350 727,775 699,975 693,225

16,527 17,656 21,070 18,056 10,127 13,628 9,088 15,921 17,536 8,303 11,975 12,199 15,081 13,920 7,949 13,948 10,198 4,965 8,637 14,324 10,064 9,461 11,190 8,582 10,201 6,307 9,697 17,641 14,313 7,270 5,227 4,429 14,729 22,569 15,047 3,644 10,988 10,521 9,445 9,934 4,694 6,804 8,882 8,714 9,231 9,719 12,767 5,454 6,562 9,330 7,865 21,007

Leading Jockeys by wins

season 2017/2018 * 1 August - 3 December 2017 Jockey r ides wins win fav %

A Delpech L Hewitson C Murray M Yeni G Lerena A Domeyer K De Melo A Marcus G Wrogemann R Fourie G v Niekerk K Zechner C Zackey G Cheyne B Fayd’herbe R Danielson J Penny JP vd Merwe P Strydom R Munger W Kennedy A Arries M Byleveld M Thackeray S Khumalo C Maujean S Veale R Simons C Orffer L Mxothwa M v Rensburg Wei Marwing C Storey S Moodley D Schwarz D Mansour S Fortune A Balloo T Gould C Habib S Brown X Ndlovu S Randolph M Winnaar B Lerena A Mgudlwa D Dillon D De Gouveia W Agrella M Khan G Wright

226 466 336 374 222 244 374 144 308 229 189 316 399 220 153 233 352 331 167 431 224 132 137 325 196 301 207 140 174 151 215 152 106 170 146 146 84 143 142 82 168 105 160 89 87 99 91 100 58 87 91

53 51 51 46 45 44 42 38 38 36 36 32 32 31 30 28 26 25 24 24 22 21 20 20 19 19 19 18 16 16 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 10 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6

23% 11% 15% 12% 20% 18% 11% 26% 12% 16% 19% 10% 8% 14% 20% 12% 7% 8% 14% 6% 10% 16% 15% 6% 10% 6% 9% 13% 9% 11% 7% 9% 11% 7% 8% 7% 12% 7% 6% 10% 4% 7% 4% 8% 8% 7% 8% 7% 10% 7% 7%

92 54 76 73 83 78 47 62 32 43 35 24 37 48 35 17 8 25 30 9 25 10 18 7 43 10 28 25 27 8 21 12 2 5 8 12 6 2 2 5 3 2 9 2 6 1 11 11 12 4 6

fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ % % % four four% rides 41% 12% 23% 20% 37% 32% 13% 43% 10% 19% 19% 8% 9% 22% 23% 7% 2% 8% 18% 2% 11% 8% 13% 2% 22% 3% 14% 18% 16% 5% 10% 8% 2% 3% 5% 8% 7% 1% 1% 6% 2% 2% 6% 2% 7% 1% 12% 11% 21% 5% 7%

37% 24% 36% 25% 33% 31% 32% 39% 31% 33% 23% 21% 19% 31% 29% 29% 13% 36% 23% 22% 32% 40% 56% 14% 28% 10% 29% 40% 19% 25% 14% 17% 50% 20% 25% 17% 17% 0% 0% 20% 33% 50% 0% 0% 33% 0% 18% 18% 25% 25% 33%

36 50 41 40 43 30 47 22 30 29 26 36 36 38 17 19 18 22 25 21 30 13 19 19 22 22 28 16 22 14 30 14 9 7 13 20 7 11 6 8 13 11 17 9 8 4 11 8 8 9 8

16% 11% 12% 11% 19% 12% 13% 15% 10% 13% 14% 11% 9% 17% 11% 8% 5% 7% 15% 5% 13% 10% 14% 6% 11% 7% 14% 11% 13% 9% 14% 9% 8% 4% 9% 14% 8% 8% 4% 10% 8% 10% 11% 10% 9% 4% 12% 8% 14% 10% 9%

137 194 147 182 131 145 179 87 137 111 112 136 146 122 77 92 95 108 74 125 90 64 65 100 81 87 98 61 79 59 89 61 40 47 56 54 29 49 36 25 52 33 58 27 30 27 41 29 31 35 29

61% 42% 44% 49% 59% 59% 48% 60% 44% 48% 59% 43% 37% 55% 50% 39% 27% 33% 44% 29% 40% 48% 47% 31% 41% 29% 47% 44% 45% 39% 41% 40% 38% 28% 38% 37% 35% 34% 25% 30% 31% 31% 36% 30% 34% 27% 45% 29% 53% 40% 32%

5,075,413 4,893,125 3,964,375 3,970,238 4,473,413 3,500,475 4,445,500 3,141,338 4,539,363 3,052,100 5,055,150 2,854,488 3,232,113 2,550,025 3,209,775 3,341,650 1,678,900 2,266,288 2,336,675 2,160,575 2,074,450 1,602,925 1,623,850 1,357,276 3,133,425 1,715,550 2,638,950 2,223,000 2,001,025 1,189,475 1,602,625 1,418,775 685,525 877,325 952,000 1,720,075 461,800 865,275 563,925 644,225 867,850 613,000 911,625 571,600 740,500 543,450 923,275 549,450 380,875 672,800 487,625

22,458 10,500 11,799 10,616 20,151 14,346 11,886 21,815 14,738 13,328 26,747 9,033 8,101 11,591 20,979 14,342 4,770 6,847 13,992 5,013 9,261 12,143 11,853 4,176 15,987 5,700 12,749 15,879 11,500 7,877 7,454 9,334 6,467 5,161 6,521 11,781 5,498 6,051 3,971 7,856 5,166 5,838 5,698 6,422 8,511 5,489 10,146 5,495 6,567 7,733 5,359

The FULL Statistics ONLINE http://www.sportingpost.co.za/horse-racing-statistics/ *Stallion dead or Retired **Stallion Not Standing in RSA **Breeding operations not based in RSA - Statistics for Breeders & Sires reflect all earnings, incl. restricted races & handicap races

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POTALA PALACE (SINGSPIEL - ALIGNMENT)

never in doubt, first runner a winner!

WATSONIA (POTALA PALACE - CAPE FLORAL)

CONGRATULATIONS

to winning Trainer Alan Greeff, Jockey Greg Cheyne and Owners Messrs H.N. Yutar, D.Yutar, GL Blank, GD Tooch, Mr & Mrs AC Greeff & Brooklyn Bullet Trust (Nom Mr AJ Joseph) and Breeder Daytona Stud.

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Just Sensual gets the blinkers fitted for Saturday's sprint

GOLD CIRCLE

Var Flyer Again?

Gr2 SOUTHERN CROSS STAKES at Kenilworth this Saturday

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The R400 000 Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes heads the Cape Summer Season feature billing at Kenilworth on Saturday and the 1000m sprint at weight-for-age plus penalties has attracted a high quality field.

he rampant Justin Snaith outfit will be keen to repeat their five win feat of last weekend at the same venue, and their powerful quartet of runners is headed by last year’s gutsy winner Jo’s Bond.

Basic weight-for–age applies, with winners of Gr1 races picking up a 2kg premium and Gr2 winners just 1kg.

Sensual Topping the weights, and getting the blinkers fitted to sharpen her over the quicker trip, is Joey Ramsden’s Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Just Sensual, who jumps fresh after a 23 week break. The daughter of Dynasty is probably best at 1400m but showed her sprinting class when getting to within a length of champion Carry On Alice in the SA Fillies Sprint last term. Anton Marcus, who piloted Legal Eagle to win in the same silks last Saturday, gets the ride.

Dennis Drier’s smashing Listed Laisserfaire Stakes winner Sommerlied is bang in-form and this high-class course-and-distance winning daughter of Var has won 5 of her 6 starts - and could be a late maturing successor to the mantle

of champion Carry On Alice. She looks to hold Casual Diamond, who chased her home in the Laisserfaire Stakes, and meets the Snaith 3yo on 4kgs better terms. Natural fitness and improvement makes her a serious top contender.

Last year’s winner Jo’s Bond has not run in 28 weeks since running on for fourth in the SA Fillies Sprint.

She must have a chance of repeating the win, but her programme does not mirror that of 2016.

Life Is Life The top-class Live Life was in desperate need of the run when beaten 6 lengths by Sommerlied in the Laisserfaire Stakes. On her best form she rates a major threat.

Gold Image was beaten 5,35 lengths by Sommerlied in the Southern Cross Stakes and looks held on her best form.

A 3yo who stands out is Sean Tarry’s Protea Stakes winner Green Plains. The daughter of Gimmethegreenlight was just beaten by local star Power Grid in her first run since going second to Brave Mary in the Allan Robertson Championship. A fitter Green Plains cannot be ignored.

Grant Maroun is a rare but

Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes

welcome visitor to the Cape and he saddles the super-quick Wrecking Ball, who comes off an unplaced effort behind My Friend Lee in the Magnolia Handicap on Summer Cup day. The testing 1000m may not be up her street.

A Gem Justin Snaith 3yo Casual Diamond has a tough ask beating Sommerlied after going down to the Drier filly in the Laisserfaire Stakes. That said she will strip fitter and her course and distance form speaks for itself.

Yvette Bremner had no luck with Via Seattle in the Cape Fillies Guineas last Saturday, but travels from the Eastern Cape with Elusivenchantment. The former Duncan Howells-trained filly is not far behind Jo’s Bond at best and her 7 wins from 18 starts tell the story.

Mike de Kock has not quite clicked into top gear in the Cape this summer and he throws the Australian-bred debut winner Shufoog into the deep end. She won well at Turffontein and could be anything.

Queen Laurie is the second of the Maroun duo. She showed plenty of pace in the Magnolia Handicap but was well beaten and faces stronger here.

Angel’s Trumpet was well beaten by her subsequent Cape Fillies Guineas winning stablemate Snowdance in the Western Cape Fillies Championship.

The balance of Nordic Breeze, Anneline, Scandola and Hoist The Mast are all talented sorts on their day but have some ground to make

PAST WINNERS

up on the top-rated group.

Speed Sommerlied has done little wrong and her match with Just Sensual will make for a highlight in a race packed with speed. Casual Diamond and Live Life are both very smart, while Green Plains ran a cracker at her opening start here three weeks ago.

2014

1 Fly By Night 2 Alboran Sea 3 Savannah Song

60.0 ( 1) 3/1 56.0 ( 2) 11/10 60.0 ( 3) 25/1

1 Carry On Alice 2 Cuvee Brut 3 Real Princess

60.0 ( 1) 2/1 58.0 ( 8) 14/1 58.0 (12) 20/1

1 Jo's Bond 2 Carry On Alice 3 Scandal

58.0 ( 7) 22/1 60.0 ( 9) 15/10 58.0 (10) 8/1

2015

2016

Carrying On The Tradition

The quality of past performers in the Southern Cross Stakes is highlighted by Equus Champion Sprinter Carry On Alice, who retired to stud in Australia after winning the 2017 Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint.

The daughter of Captain Al won the Southern Cross Stake in 2015 and was narrowly beaten by Jo’s Bond last year.

Her 11 career wins, with 13 places from 29 runs, included Gr1 successes in her 2,3,4 and 5-year-old seasons for owners Klawervlei Stud, Chris van Niekerk and Dr John and Mrs Jill Warner.

Sean Tarry, who trained Carry On Alice and saddles Green Plains in Saturday’s feature, said that he had been privileged to work with a mare of Carry On Alice’s talent.

He is on record with an interesting philosophy about his approach to training: “There are trainers who prefer to race their fillies lightly for black type and early retirement, I like them workmanlike and battle-hardened. For example the mare Grecian Gale raced just about every second week until she was seven, for the late Buddy Maroun. She produced a top filly for us in Wendywood. Our champion sprinter National Colour didn’t race as often as that, but she was active and racing all over the world nearing six years of age and she’s been an absolute star at stud in Australia.”

Carry On Alice’s top-level wins included the 2014 Gr1 SA Nursery, the 2015 and 2017 renewals of the prestigious Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint, the 2016 Gr1 Computaform Sprint and the 2017 Gr1 Cape Flying Championship.

Out of the Western Winter mare, Carry On Katie, she was a R475 000 buy from the CTS Premier Yearling Sale and went to stud with a bankroll of R4,6 million.

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Anton Marcus gets Legal Eagle home ahead of Edict Of Nantes (Piere Strydom) & Captain America (Corne Orffer) in a great finish

Gr1 CAPE FILLIES GUINEAS at Kenilworth last Saturday

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Dual SA Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle registered a double in Saturday’s R400 000 Gr2 Green Point Stakes at Kenilworth and set himself up for a possible recordequalling third successive L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate victory on 6 January.

he last horse to achieve the notable feat in South Africa’s premier weight-for-age mile was Pocket Power, back in 2010.

The Sean Tarry-trained superstar son of Greys Inn, Legal Eagle made it seven wins from seven starts over 1600m and, as if we doubted it, once again confirmed his ranking as our champion miler.

In typical Legal Eagle fashion, his win was workmanlike – but who needs flash when your horse has earned close on R10 million in 20 starts? And the Avontuur-bred 6yo has accumulated his cash the hard way – no sales races on this cv!

Tellytrack on-course presenter Stan Elley,

coincidentally the trainer of Kapil, who chased Pocket Power home on that historic day seven years ago, summed up the quality afternoon of racing well – suggesting that he and some ‘old salts’ – no names, no pack drill – had the hair standing up on their arms recalling some of the glory days of the game as they watched the likes of Legal Eagle and Snowdance go through their paces.

While the on-course crowds appear to have been lost forever – beyond the Peninsula Room Ladies Day function, there was no life on course – it is great to see that we can still produce champions on the track – even if we can’t find any in the marketing arena!

Jumping in a seven horse field, Anton

Marcus allowed Legal Eagle to track Captain America all the way around, before making his move halfway down the straight.

With the gutsy Captain America refusing to throw in the towel, it was left to the Daily News 2000 winner Edict Of Nantes to sneak through down the rail and keep Legal Eagle honest.

A half length separated the 15-10 Legal Eagle and Edict Of Nantes at the line, with the winner clocking 97,45 secs.

Captain America was not disgraced a further half length back, with Gold Standard failing to fire and finishing 2 lengths further back to round off the quartet.

The rest didn’t feature.

A visibly emotional Anton Marcus was thrilled with the win by one of his favourite horses.

‘I have plenty of respect for Captain America so I didn’t want to get into a dogfight. I must add that Edict Of Nantes will be the improver out of the race in my opinion,” he said.

Sean Tarry, who missed his wife’s birthday to

supervise the victory, said that he was pleased by the star’s performance.

“I am always mindful not to overcook him as he cannot be at his peak yet. I just want to thank Monique Mansour, who is ably assisted by a strong team down here. They have done a great job. I am very proud today – and can I just wish my wife a happy birthday? Legal Eagle needed my attention more – I am not sure if that is good or bad!” he laughed.

Legal Eagle, who has won 11 races with 7 places from 20 starts for stakes of an extraordinary bank of R9 710 875, was bought by Sean Tarry on behalf of top owner Markus Jooste for R425 000 at the 2013 BSA National Yearling Sale.

Bred by Avontuur, he is a son of Vodacom Durban July winner Greys Inn (Zabeel) and is out of the six-time winning Young Sensation (National Emblem)- who was also trained by Sean Tarry.

Next stop, the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate.

Gr2 CAPE MERCHANTS at Kenilworth last Saturday

Puller’s Merchants Strike Jay Peg’s hardknocking 7yo son Silicone Valley scored a long overdue first feature success when he came from off the pace to win the R400 000 World Sports Betting Gr2 Cape Merchants at Kenilworth on Saturday.

Donovan Dillon has Silicone Valley in full flight to beat Dutch Philip (obscured) and Always In Charge

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A runner-up to Search Party in the same race last year, Silicone Valley built on his storming recent third behind Our Mate Art in the Matchem Stakes and took full advantage of a substantial swing in the weights to pick up the biggest cheque of his career in the first of the Cape Summer Season’s trio of sprints – the Diadem Stakes is next on 13 January and then the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship is the big one on Met day.

Being a handicap, the Merchants often dishes up a surprise result and the 2017 renewal looked particularly open – with Gr1 winner Always In Charge and last year’s winner Search Party at the top of the boards.

Anthony Delpech being medically indisposed, the Silicone Valley ride fell to Donovan Dillon and the young rider rode the perfect race on the 8-1 shot.

With the race initially run in two groups after Bishop’s Bounty lost many lengths at the jump, the outside bunch eventually joined forces with the inside stream at about the 700m marker. Dillon had Silicone Valley well back as Sergeant Hardy and Al Mariachi showed the way.

At the 350m Silicone Valley was

switched out for his run with the 3yo Dutch Philip taking off at the same time – Lyle Hewitson opting to take the latter sneakily between runners.

Despite Dutch Philip taking the shorter route, it was the Glen Pullertrained Silicone Valley who finished best and the 7yo stormed clear to win by three quarters of a length in a time of 71,63 secs.

Dutch Philip proved that the straight course is his forte and ran a cracker, with the tote favourite Always In Charge running a better race to get third.

The 8yo Tevez, a dual past winner of this race, gave signs that he is back to his better form after a disappointing last run to bank the R20 000 fourth cheque.

The Klawervlei Stud-bred Silicone Valley is a son of Jay Peg (Camden Park) out of the one-time winner Prize Collection (Model Man). Jay Peg interestingly campaigned in the same silks as runner-up, Dutch Philip.

A R150 000 Cape Premier Yearling Sale purchase, Silicone Valley has won 6 races with 9 places from 20 starts and took his stakes earnings to R787 925.

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Another Classy Captain Justin Snaith saddled his fifth Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner in the past decade when the Captain Al filly Snowdance stamped herself a leader of her generation with a facile victory in the prestigious Cape classic at Kenilworth on Saturday.

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Bernard Fayd’herbe poses for our photographer as Snowdance wins easily

Gr2 GREEN POINT STAKES at Kenilworth last Saturday and some of the usual doubts that she may have benefitted from a shrewd ride last time.

But Saturday’s great performance proved that Snowdance was definitely not flattered by any deception and luck last time, as Bernard Fayd’herbe set her alight at the 400m and she streaked clear to score an emphatic win by 3,25 lengths after the grey Lanark had made much of the running.

Her unpressured winning time was 98,40 secs.

On a thrilling day at the office, Snaith also saddled the runner-up, the Australian-bred Oh Suzanna, who came from the clouds to grab

second.

Joey Ramsden. who won the race with Just Sensual last year, saddled the 75-1 third placed longshot Fresnaye under visiting German rider, Martin Seidl.

Dennis Drier’s Equus champion Lady In Black, who races in the same silks as the winner, stayed on well to run an improved fourth. She looked outpaced in the straight when taking forever to get going.

Last season’s local fairer sex 2yo champion Magical Wonderland, who had run second to Snowdance last time, was a bit one-paced in fifth and 4,65 lengths off the winner.

PE raider Via Seattle, who won

last Weekend Glendore Sprint

Secretariat Stakes

Fairview Friday

Turffontein Saturday

Tara’s Treble

Genuine Value

The Tara Laing yard have hit a sweet vein of form again and the Mayfair Speculators trainer enjoyed a great afternoon at Fairview on Friday – saddling a genuine hat-trick, including the R110 000 Glendore Sprint winner, Omega Onslaught.

The non black-type feature run over 1000m attracted a field of nine quickies, but it was the underrated Jarryd Penny who showed the way – taking advantage of his 52kgs galloping weight and leading from gun to tape to score an easy win by 3 lengths in a nifty 55,97secs.

The favourite Vous Et Var never got a shout in and finished out of the money – the late chasing left to Vaughan Marshall raider Olympian, who shaded the former Paddy Kruyer-trained Anglet into third.

Bred by Klawervlei Stud, Omega Onslaught is a son of Jay Peg (Camden Park) out of the one-time winner Alpharhythm (Wolfhound).

He has won 5 races with 14 places from his 22 starts for stakes of R292 950.

Callan Murray is another man who has found good form – riding the two other Tara Laing winners.

He steered the talented Dynasty entire Trees Of Green to a deserved win in the MR 80 Handicap over a mile, and then rode a determined finish to get the Lonhro gelding Kimberley Club in a Novice 1200m – the feature win by Omega Onslaught sandwiched between the two.

The Varsfontein Stud bred Gimmethegreenlight colt Surcharge was the talking horse at Saturday’s daynight Turffontein meeting, and he duly delivered – registering his first stakes success with a well taken victory in the R150 000 Listed Secretariat Stakes, run on the standside 1400m.

A wide draw in the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup last month had ruined whatever hope owner Ian Van Schalkwyk and trainer Stuart Pettigrew might have had of picking up a big cheque – but with things going his way on Saturday, the colt proved he could yet train on into something decent.

Going off at 15-10 under top weight in the thirteen horse field, Surcharge came forward strongly at the 350m marker, and even though Harlan County looked to give him cheek late in the race, Gavin Lerena kept his cool on the better horse.

Conceding 8kgs to his closest pursuers, Surcharge went on well to beat the recent maiden winner Harlan County by 0,60 lengths in a time of 86 secs flat.

Longshot King’s County came out of the pack to run third a further 1,50 lengths back, with Flying Winger a well beaten fourth.

A winner of 4 of his 6 starts with 1 place and stakes of R367 125, Surcharge was purchased for R550 000 by Dusty Trail Investments off the 2016 CTS Johannesburg Ready To Run Sale.

Bred by Varsfontein Stud, he is by Gimmethegreenlight (More Than Ready) out of the UK-bred Congestion Charge (Diktat), who was placed over 2300m from just 4 starts.

the Starling Stakes last month in Johannesburg, found this a bridge too far and finished ten lengths back after failing to show.

Winning rider Bernard Fayd’herbe compared Snowdance to the highclass Sun Classique, who won this race under Jeff Lloyd in 2006.

“I have sat on a few good fillies – Snowdance is right up there with the likes of Sun Classique,” he said.

Trainer Justin Snaith said that from the day Snowdance arrived at his yard, every jockey that rode her said she was a superstar.

Snowdance has won 3 races with 1 place from 4 starts and stakes

of R941 000. She also banked the BSA Added Value Stakes Bonus of R154 000.

Bred by Cheveley Stud, Snowdance is yet another top-class filly sired by the late champion sire Captain Al (Al Mufti).

She is a full-sister to the Listed Laisserfaire Stakes and Lady’s Pendant winner Victorian Secret.

Snowdance is out of G3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Spring Lilac (Joshua Dancer) - a half-sister to Equus Champions Bela-Bela and Rabiya.

The sky looks the limit for the Jack Mitchell and Drakenstein Studowned star!

The Sun Sets On Summer Challenge The KZN Summer Challenge Finals were run at Scottsville on Sunday.

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he Snaith machine always kicks into top gear on the big days, and even though Justin found himself wondering about the sparse oncourse attendance, he didn’t let the matters of the wishy washy marketing efforts distract him from saddling five terrific winners on the day – with Bernard Fayd’herbe riding four of them and Workrider Kuse the other.

After her runaway Western Cape Fillies Championship victory at the end of October, Snowdance was a popular choice to register her first Gr1 score. But there were questions

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Wynkelder

his series, which commenced on 5 August 2017, is designed to give the average handicapper a chance to compete for a large stake of R200 000 per final.

All races (excluding Features, Maiden Plates & Maiden Juvenile Plates) run in KwaZulu-Natal between 5 August 2017 and 19 November 2017 have counted as qualifying races to earn points provided that the nett Merit Rating of a horse (after WFA Allowance) may not exceed 94 in the race in

which it participates.

A trainers incentive bonus of R50 000 is paid to those whose pre-entered horses finished in the top 3 positions in the final log on 20 November 2017.

Alyson Wright earned R28 500 for Mumsy’s Jet, Master Of Mischief earned Wendy Whitehead R14 000 and Panza earned new man, Ivan Wyk, R7 500. The cheques were handed over on Sunday.

Louis Goosen’s Haddington finished second on the log, but he failed to qualify through not having been pre-nominated.

On Sunday the individual

finals produced competitive racing.

The R200 000 1200 Final was won by the Kjell Foundation bred chestnut son of Kahal, the aptly named Wynkelder for trainer and part owner Tony Rivalland and owners Messrs G N Cumming, Clint Larsson, Arthur Potts and Mrs Mary Liley.

Wynkelder, out of Al Vino by Al Mufti ran away to a strong one and half length victory, on the same weekend his deceased sire Kahal was crowned KZN Breeders Stallion Of The Year once again.

The Highlands bred Saint Marco, a son of Antonius Pius, registered his 4th win from 17 starts when he stayed on best to win the R200 000 2000 Final – this was run over 1950m. Trained by Garth Puller and owned by the Rousset family, Saint Marco is out of the Saint Ballado mare, The Graceful Saint.

Dennis Drier and Sean Veale teamed up to win the R200 000 1600 Final with the Mambo In Seattle gelding, Seattle Skyline.

The Klawervlei Stud-bred 4yo has threatened to score a second win since cracking his maiden in October 2016 and ran on well to win at 13-1 for owner Bruce Ferreira.

The favourite Zen Arcade found the older horses tough going on handicap terms and he ran a rather disappointing fourth.

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Marinaresco

few years ago, when the mighty mare Zenyatta was retired, her connections arranged a farewell appearance at Keeneland on 6 December 2010.

Over 1,000 fans turned up simply for a glimpse of their hero. They braved snow, freezing temperatures and a 2 hour delay for a 20 minute audience with ‘The Queen’. In her usual style, Zenyatta did not disappoint, doing her trademark high-stepping dance for her fans one last time. Her groom, Mario Espinoza led her around the ring, stopping occasionally to allow a lucky few to reach out and touch that famous mahogany coat. The Daily Racing Form tells of one young woman marvelling “I actually touched her!” as her friends stopped to put their hands in hers, laughing, as if wanting to pick up whatever it is that made Zenyatta special.

"That adoration and childlike wonder made for such a beautiful mental image that it's always stuck with me".

A few weeks ago, I bumped into Candice Robinson ahead of the Durbanville Ready To Run sale.

She was just back from a trip to the UK where she’d met the great dressage rider, Carl Hester and got to pat his wonderful horse Valegro.

As we share a passion for dressage, I rushed up to say hi, demanded to know which hand she’d stroked Valegro with and held my hand up against hers, which made her laugh.

An amazing, amazing little horse I recently dropped by to visit Candice and her ‘little horse that could’, Marinaresco, who swept us all up in 2016 with his Winter Series campaign, that amazing run in the 2016 Vodacom Durban July and that even more amazing Gr1 Mike & Carol Bass Champions Cup win to close the season as well as bring down the curtain on Mike’s career on a high.

This year, the little horse went one better, serving up a racing fairy tale on a shiny silver platter in winning Candice the Vodacom July in her first year of training, at top weight, carrying Pocket Power’s silks, and performing the feat with the same jockey that rode Pocket for so much of his career. When we spoke on 2 July, she said, “He’s just an amazing, amazing little horse.”

Marinaresco closed the 2016/17 season with another tilt at the Gr1 Champion Cup, but the double was not to be and he finished towards the back of the field, although I don’t think anyone minded too much.

Since his Durban campaign, he’s had a good rest at Soetendal spelling farm outside Wellington and has recently re-joined the Bass yard for his Cape summer campaign.

A special visit A visit to the Bass racing stable is always a treat. There are fabulous horses, all in fabulous condition, interesting conversation with any one of the number of interesting and fascinating people who gravitate towards the Bass ring in the morning and you are always welcomed and accepted as part of the bunch.

I arrive in the hiatus between

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strings and find Candice sitting behind her desk in the back office attending to some paperwork.

Although my appointment seems to have gone missing somewhere along the line, Candice is entirely unphased. There’s no racing today, so it’s a good time for a visit, she smiles graciously.

The office has been repainted and rearranged since my last visit and it feels light and airy. The left hand corner of the back office has been turned into a trophy shelf and also boasts a gorgeous vase of white roses. Taking up most of the wall space behind the desk is a huge commemorative frame of Pocket Power’s Queen’s Plate wins and there are more, formal framed shots on the right hand wall, with some other favourite snaps printed out and tucked into some of the other available space.

While Candice attends to a phone call, work rider Belinda Haytread breezes in along with a group of young jockeys, all rosy cheeked from the gallops. As I introduce myself, Belinda also sticks out her hand and teases that it’s been so long between visits that she needs to do the handshake thing.

Then she grabs a seat and joins us with her energy drink.

As she rides Marinaresco most mornings, I jump in and ask how he’s getting on. “Fresh!” she laughs. “But he’s feeling good.”

What’s he like to ride? “Cheeky!” she grins, “You do not canter up behind him, or he’ll squeal and buck. He hates other horses too close. That’s why we ride him in blinkers. But other than that, he’s a lovely ride. He’s a got a stride THIS long,” she flings her arms apart for emphasis.

Candice finishes her call and beams that after months of searching, she's just had an offer accepted on a new house and congratulations are offered all round. She shares a few details and then it's back to business.

Marinaresco Candice confirms that Marinaresco has settled back into his routine well. “Asked if he’s come back any different to last season, she says “no, not really.” He hasn’t grown at all? I tease. “No, still the same,” she smiles. I recount the story Mike told me about finding Marinaresco at the sales, saying he’d been unable to find anything better. “Yes, my dad really liked him,” remembers Candice.

“I arrived in Joburg and he told me he’d found a really nice horse.

Quality, but a bit on the small side.”

The horse’s diminutive size has proved to be an advantage, and Candice confirms he’s been an exceptionally sound horse, progressing through his training with little trouble.

We all automatically touch wood as

soon as she says it.

In terms of his Cape summer season campaign, she confirms that they’re taking a different route this year. “Last year, we ran him in a Pinnacle, the Green Point, Queen’s Plate and then the Met. This year, we opted for the Merchants, simply because we didn’t want to run him in two mile races back to back. He needs to be fresh for the Queen’s Plate.” She confirms that he’s had two gallops – one at Durbanville and one at Kenilworth and that he’s working well as his Merchants run bears out.

Who will be riding him this season? “Aldo,” she confirms.

When I comment that he must be looking forward to that, she shrugs, “With Marinaresco comes pressure.

That's the flip side of the coin, but I think Aldo will suit him.”

Carol’s mum – not looking a day over 70 – pops her head in to see what’s going on and to chat about her forthcoming 90th birthday.

Candice glances out of the window and notices Dutch Philip being taken for a treatment in their new hydrotherapy unit. “Why don’t you go and take a look?” she offers. Mike, having a nap on the new couch, waves as I pass.

It’s not only a great opportunity to see Dutch Philip at close quarters, but also to check out the new Equi-Aid spa equipment which uses chilled, oxygenated saline water therapy, for treating injuries as well as exercise recovery and general maintenance. Along with the hydrotherapy unit, there’s also a solarium installed just outside the office. As I make my way to the next door block, I notice that the stable doors have all been freshly

painted in a cheerful shade of red and everything feels neat and purposeful.

Super string Having watched Dutch Philip enjoy his the spa treatment, I wander back to the office, only to find that the team have decamped to the track, so I make my way over to say my thank yous and goodbyes.

I pass sprint star Tevez gleaming darkly in his stable and halfway down the row, Horizon’s beautiful head with its broad forehead and delicate muzzle greets me over the stable door. Out on the track, the wind has picked up a little and the babies are fresh. The string includes a beautifully balanced Dynasty colt, a half brother to Brutal Force and much to my delight, Unbelievable Chad, who has relocated to the Cape. We watch the horses ring and trot and a few are sent out down the track. Despite my best intentions to leave them in peace, it’s impossible not to get engrossed in the horses and the snippets of conversation, particularly as Mike has come out to join the group and I stay a little longer. Eventually the strings finish and we follow the horses in.

Back in the main yard, we say hello to Our Mate Art, blinking gently and quietly accepting a bit of fuss. “Gentleman,” pronounces Belinda. “Armchair ride.” Our Mate Art was another Mike purchase and Mike’s always had a soft spot for the good-looking bay.

Candice relates that Mike selected the son of Artie Schiller on physical type at the 2015 Inglis Melbourne Yearling Sale. “He started out really well and then got galloped into before the Guineas and fractured a splint bone. He used to lighten up a lot as a 3yo, but he’s a lot easier to train as a 4yo,” she confides. She echoes Belinda’s sentiments that he’s a lovely ride with a beautiful temperament to match.

I say goodbye as Candice pops around the corner to keep an eye on a fractious horse going back to his box and it brings home that all the horses have been specially and painstakingly selected, each one’s history is carefully documented and each one is special. And the horses reflect that.

On my way out (finally!), I find Marinaresco relaxing in his box and stop to admire Candice’s amazing little charge. As Candice said, the break has done him the world of good and he looks fit, strong and glowing with good health. Like all the others, he puts his head over the door to say hello. I can’t resist stretching out my hand to stroke him. Still cooling down from his morning exercise, his neck is slightly damp and pulsing with energy.

Whether I’ve picked up any of what makes him special I don’t know, but my hand seems to stay warm and carry his touch long after I go. An amazing, amazing little horse indeed.

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A Sun Met Bet? South Africa’s leading bookmakers Hollywood led the field and opened the ante-post market for the 2018 Sun Met within hours of the first entries being published last Wednesday.

The race, on 27 January 2018, will be run for the first time in its long history at pure weight-for-age terms and attracted a bigger first entry than last year, with 31 racers stepping up to the prized podium.

The inaugural Sun Met was won by Whisky Baron and the 2018 renewal has attracted a high quality entry, including dual SA Horse Of The Year, Legal Eagle, who beat fellow Met contenders Edict Of Nantes and Captain America in an impressive Cape Summer opener in Saturday’s Gr2 Green Point Stakes.

The traditional stepping stone has had an impact on the opening betting, but Hollywood spokesman Dermot O'Connell said that the shrewd punters had climbed in on the opening call of 7/1 about Investec Derby and Daily News 2000 winner Edict Of Nantest last week already.

“That was some good early value and it was immediately snapped up as was the 11/2 and Edict Of Nantes shortened to 4/1 before the running of the Green Point, where he was strongly supported to beat Legal Eagle.

His cracking second in that race has seen him shorten to 33/10.”

O’Connell added that dual SA Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle proved his well-being in the Green Point and remains the best weighted horse in the Sun Met – he has been trimmed from 5/2 to 22/10.

“I have noted that African Night Sky has found support from 14/1 into 12/1, while Gold Standard has eased from 10/1 out to 12/1 following his prep run in the Green Point. Marinaresco failed to shine in the Merchants and has eased from an opening call of 11/2 to 8/1 as stable companion Horizon, who opened at 25/1, has attracted strong support and is currently trading at 14/1.”

Find the Hollywood Sun Met betting on www.hollywoodbets.net Sun Met – Key Dates First Supplementary Entries Close 11h00 on Tuesday 12 December Final Supplementary Entries Close 11h00 on Monday 8 January Weights published on Monday 8 January Final Declarations due by 11h00 on Monday 15 January

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Time To Take Stock Super Sunday At Sha Tin

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France commingles with TAB and is a significant contributor to betting turnover in South Africa - so it is in the best interests of South African racing to accommodate their demands. That’s the TAB philosophy. This is done by dragging out racemeetings with boring gaps between races, increasing the numbers of races on the card and even running meetings on days that suits the French.

t was WPOTA life Chairman Rodney Dunn who once urged racing authorities to stick to days for venues. If we are used to racing in the Cape on a Wednesday and Saturday, then let’s leave it that way.

Customers are creatures of habit – they tailor their lives around it and know what to expect and when.

But in comes France Galop waving a fat Euro denominated cheque book and turns our lives upside down. It may make business sense to some, but it doesn’t necessarily work for the customer and the man on the ground – right down to the Grooms, most of whom use public transport and don’t always live near their workplaces.

Long Day On Thurdsay, the Kenilworth meeting started at 12h40 and the last race jumped at 18h41.

In order to keep everyone entertained during the gaps, Kenilworth Racing put on Happy Hours and complimentary snacks in the Pocket Power Room. The Paddock Room also held Happy Hours. There were ‘Win if You Lose’

draws in the Pocket Power Room and in the Concourse Betting area.

They also paid a Night Allowance of R120/per runner for the races run after 18h00.

The other date to change at the Cape is the 17 January Kenilworth meeting, which has been delayed a day.

A National Racing Bureau press release justifies the move: While it was intended to stage a function to conduct the barrier draws of the 2018 Sun Met and other feature races on the day of Wednesday 17 January, it was decided to move the Kenilworth race meeting to Thursday 18 January to ensure all stakeholders are able to join us at the event.

Declarations fall due on Monday 15 January and the 24-hour reprieve “will afford the sponsors enough time to invite the connections of the six declared feature races on the day to the afternoon (draw) function.

Solved The principle of solving one problem by creating another smacks of a lack of capacity on the part of

Phumelela.

Getting local customers to the track may not be a priority as pressing as getting those Euro’s out of the French punters. But by making the raceday experience even less appealing, they are only shooting themselves in the foot.

This is not the Sporting Post’s view - it’s the view of their customers, some of their staff and of certain industry professionals - most of whom don’t want to quoted, as that kind of expression only elicits the wrath of the gods.

Simply, nobody was consulted.

They saw numbers and made the decision.

To close. A comparison of Saturday’s Fillies Guineas raceday with the Avontuur sponsored days of just a few years ago tells a bleak story of management horribly out of touch.

It’s time to take stock - or take a fall.

According to www.horseraces. pmu.fr: The French horseracing sector is among the most active and dynamic worldwide. It organizes more than 2000 racemeetings a year with an average of 8 races per meeting, encompassing all disciplines: namely, flat, jump and trotting. 12 000 of these races are open to betting via the PMU. France Galop and Le Trot (Cheval Français) are the racing associations who host these meetings.

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Trainer Tony Millard’s strenuous efforts to get Nassa successfully into the richly endowed Longines Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday have ended in disappointment, with the South African-bred son of Dynasty withdrawn from the race after suffering a tendon injury.

he scratching leaves Millard’s international representation as only Horse Of Fortune and Sichuan Dar in the Hong Kong Mile. Horse Of Fortune raced here as Strongman and the son of Stronghold was a stakes winner in the Cape before pursuing his track career in the East.

South African racing fans will likely be focussing much of their attention on the much loved 2016 J&B Met winner Smart Call, who lines up in the 2400m Hong Kong Vase.

Sir Michael Stoute targetted the Hong Kong International meeting with Smart Call as a long-term goal after deciding not to make the trip to America for the Breeders’ Cup meeting in 2016.

Owned by Jessica Slack Jell, Smart Call has had a tough journey through her long quarantine in Mauritius en route to the UK but has performed with credit in quality races like the Middleton Stakes at York, the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville.

She is the first Gr1 winner for Mauritzfontein stallion Ideal World and carries a complete Mauritzfontein pedigree, being out of a mare by champion Horse Chestnut

(Fort Wood) - the latter stamping himself as a broodmare sire of note in the United States.

Smart Call’s trainer in South Africa, Alec Laird, also took London News to victory in Hong Kong in the 1997 Gr1 QEII Cup. A total stakes package of HK$84.5 million is on offer for the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races.

The LONGINES HKIR comprises the HK$25 million LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m), the HK$23 million LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m), the HK$18.5 million LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) and the HK$18 million LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m).

Follow final fields and news on www. sportingpost.co.za

Breeding Stock Sale 9-12 DECEMBER

DEAUVILLE Top class drafts from the Aga Khan Studs, Wertheimer et Frère, Godolphin, Ecurie des Monceaux etc.

And that unique Deauville factor in the run up to Christmas.

MICK FLANAGAN

Tel: +353(0)866098119 mick@townleyhallbloodstock.com

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MUJAAFY WILL BE BACK Many punters would have bankered Mike de Kock’s Mujaafy to win the first leg of the Jackpot at Kenilworth on Saturday but the champion trainer has said the colt’s followers should not be disappointed - he only ran third. “Mujaafy had to travel and had his first outing at Kenilworth but more importantly he’ll be better over 1200m and his conqueror Kasimir is a good horse in his own right. If you look at Kasimir’s form he was beaten just a length by Dutch Philip, who ran second beaten under a length in Saturday’s Gr2 Merchants.” The stable is fast approaching the 50-winner mark for this season – a Saturday treble boosted their total to 47, representing a 21% winning strike rate and a win/place rate of 66%.

Change Of Direction Snowdance will bid to become the first filly to complete the Fillies Guineas - Klawervlei Majorca double since Sun Classique 11 years ago after she demolished her opposition on Saturday. Justin Snaith told Michael Clower: “She definitely won’t run in the Paddock Stakes - we are being careful in the way we pick our races this season - so she probably won’t race again before the Majorca.”

Owners Targetted Wow - a concerted effort to attract owners! The Australian Turf Club will conduct its annual Introduction to Ownership Forum with a focus on educating new and existing owners about horse ownership and to encourage increased participation. This will be held at the second Chinese Festival of Racing on the day champion Winx could make her autumn return. This will be on the second day of the Lunar New Year on 17 February 2018 and will combine the Apollo Stakes race day with Chinese culture.

FOR US? The final field for the alternate first leg of the SA Triple Crown, the R1 million Gr1 Cape Guineas, to be run on Saturday 16 December, will be published on Thursday.

The prestigious classic has a new sponsor – Forus – which we stumbled upon perchance. Comments of concern from longstanding racegoers as to the ghosttown that was Kenilworth on Cape Filliies Guineas Saturday have been raised. Oncourse facility and hospitality management is non-existent

LOCAL LIGHTS Daughters of Canford Cliffs, due to stand at Highlands Stud in 2018, and Drakenstein Stud’s Duke Of Marmalade, fared well in Monday’s first session of trading at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale.

Harlequeen, by five time Gr1 winner Canford Cliffs, was sold to Katsumi Yoshida for 400,000 guineas, making the four-year-old the joint fourth top lot sold on Monday. Harlequeen, consigned by trainer Mick Channon, was a winner at two before training on well to finish third in both the Gr1 Investec Oaks and Gr1 Darley Irish Oaks in 2016. Duke Of Marmalade, damsire of this season’s high class stakes winning 2yo Chilean, is the sire of Madernia who was knocked down to China Horse Club for 340 000 guineas on Monday. Madernia, who sold in foal to Dark Angel, was a stakes placed winner of three who was third in the Listed Prix Dahlia-Fonds Europeen de L’Elevage.

Jockey Willy Twiston-Davies has decided to retire from horse racing at the age of 23, despite being cleared to return to the saddle after injury. Twiston-Davies, who is the son of trainer Nigel, broke two vertebrae and two ribs in a fall on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival in March. He says he will now focus on breeding horses for racing.

Sin & Sun

Jockeys being allowed to pick and choose when they serve their suspensions seems the wrong message that is being sent by the NHA. A young rider recently got seven days for interference on 19 November. He gets to ride here, jets off to an exotic destination for a jockey international - and then his suspension kicks in during his holiday in the sun, the day after the international. So much for the deterrent factor.

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They were very strung out entering the straight in the Maiden F&M 1600m, and the final 600m was noticeably slow.

The two main races are not dissimilar: the Fillies Guineas quicker in the first segment, the Green Point quicker on the bend, giving the same time coming off the false rail.

Fillies Guineas winner SnowDance was eased in the latter stages, so the final segment of that race could have been quicker had she been ridden out.

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As we’re now officially into December and Christmas prep seems to be everywhere you look, I decided to pick something festive for this week. Apparently Love Actually is one of the most popular Christmas films and I confess the intro is still one of my favourites.

or those who don’t know it, it goes like this: “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere.

Often it’s not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it’s always there – fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends.

When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge – they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.”

With their accelerated life cycle and even more accelerated careers, racehorses and the industry they serve provide a high density, intense flavoured, high speed slice of life and the events that play themselves out on a day at the turf, run the gamut of human emotion, endeavour, success and disappointment. As there can only be one winner in any given field of runners, there tends to be a lot of focus on the many disappointments and hard luck stories and one could be forgiven for thinking that the race course is a gloomy place.

Of course, there are the not so good bits, but there are also the most incredibly, heart-stoppingly good bits.

And sometimes the racecourse can be a little like that Heathrow arrivals gate.

Provenance Summer Cup Saturday-turnedSunday was one such day when Alistair Gordon’s lovely Monks Hood, in Mary Slack’s scarlet and black silks, produced a scintillating run to win the Gr2 Dingaans.

One can find lots of different reasons to follow horses (or people) and Monks Hood was pretty hard to miss after his 7,5 length debut victory back in May this year. As I love the Buckpasser line, force of habit means I always give anything wearing Mary Slack’s red and black silks a second glance. While Alistair has trained a number of good horses over the years, including the likes of Mauritzfontein, Extra Cover, Scarlet Lady and Disco Queen, it is the fact that he handled Brer Rabbit that earns him a special place in my heart, as I was lucky enough to ride a Brer Rabbit mare growing up.

As you might guess, I’m not much good when it comes to racing tips, but if you like random stories and connections, I’m definitely your girl.

And on that note, the other rather wonderful thing about Alistair is that he occupies a very special yard in the old part of Summerveld.

“We’re very spoiled to have the yard we have. I think I’m only the third trainer to be here. It was Syd Laird, David Payne and myself. It’s an iconic yard. I think the trees were planted by Syd when he moved in. There have been some serious horses out of the yard. I guess I’ve let the side down a bit, but I think we’ve got some proper horses in this year,” he says with the careful optimism that comes from a lifetime of working with horses.

Special story, special horse Monks Hood comes with a rather special story attached. "Over the years, I’ve trained a couple for Mary with most obviously being homebred horses.

We’ve had some real disasters with horses either getting injured or being no good. Mary went to Jehan at Nationals and said ‘try and find something nice for Alistair’.

Jehan came to me and asked if I’d seen this colt. I said I hadn’t. He told me what Mary had said and when I saw him, I thought he was an exceptional yearling. We managed to buy him and that’s where it started.”

Monks Hood made that eyecatching debut over 1200m at Scottsville on 20 May, following up with a two lengths 3rd to Trojan Harbour in the 1400m Listed Gatecrasher Stakes on 10 June

and a fraction over half a length 4th to Eyes Wide Open in the 1600m Gr1 Premiers Champion Stakes to close out his juvenile campaign on 30 July. As a 3yo, he has had two starts on the poly, starting with a 1200m Graduation where he finished just over a length third to Di Mazzio on 1 October and then just under 1.5 lengths third to Cutting Edge over a 1200m Pinnacle Stakes on 12 November.

Alistair had been weighing the option of campaigning Monks Hood in the Cape Guineas, until fate waved its mischievous wand. “He has suffered from upper airway inflammation from bedding and so on, so on nice days he lives out in the paddock. One morning, when the guy went to fetch him, he freshed and fell over and when he got up he was lame. It was nothing major, but he was sore for a day or two and we had to ease back on him. But things happen for a reason. Maybe he wasn’t meant to go to Cape Town,” he muses. And so Cape Town’s loss was Joburg’s gain.

Temperament While there were a few anxious moments about the Premier’s Champions Stakes form after the recent Selangor and then the bad weather causing the meeting to be postponed by a day, the one thing Alistair didn’t have to worry about was his horse.

“He travelled to Joburg on Friday night.

“We loaded here at 10pm and got of horse and winning races all over in in the morning. He never turned South Africa, when you don’t have a hair, ate all his food – he’s got a those horses, you miss them.”

For whatever reason, you go magic temperament.” Asked about the forced postponement and the through stages where you just don’t track conditions on Sunday, Alistair have those types of horses so it is emotional. I think is diplomatic. “It The racecourse can be a there’s something was the right choice. On Sunday, little like that Heathrow if you don’t get emotional.

Like the sting was out of arrivals gate we discussed, the the ground, but one would love to race on a surface like way he came to me and the fact that all year round. I thought it was that Mary tried to give me a good horse, I think it’s special and you’ve in excellent condition.”

Was it a big day? “I had some got to try to reward someone for friends and family who flew up on what they gave you. To be honest, Saturday morning, but they were I’m an emotional person. When a all booked back on Saturday night, plan comes together, that’s what so I didn’t have anybody there. it’s all about. I’ve never won the Obviously I was in Mary’s box with Dingaans before and to be honest, Jess and everybody on Sunday and if we’d run second by a short head, they had a huge day with Nother we’d still have been happy. If you Russia and a lot of other winners, look at horses that have won the so the box had a great day, which Dingaans, there are some pretty decent horses. Hopefully we can was great.” crack on from there.”

Savouring the moment

Big race debrief

They left Johannesburg at 7pm Having produced some very special horses in his time, Alistair on Sunday evening and got back to has been in the game long enough Durban at 2am on Monday morning. to know that while one should “He ate all his food, he doesn’t not get too far ahead of yourself, care. It makes it a lot easier. He’s a big, strong, nice these little pockets There have been some looking horse and of success and joy serious horses out of has this magnificent are capricious things action on him. It’s and every opportunity the yard very exciting what’s should be savoured.

“I think this is a tough game we’re happened and hopefully for the in. I’ve been in it a long time. I future.”

“He’s a really nice horse. As a haven’t quite had the horses to go into the big races for a long 2yo he had those two runs in those time – I think the last time I features and obviously the Gr1 on ran in the Merchants was Gold Cup day where he was drawn with Disco Queen, so it’s 13 out of 13 and was only beaten tough, you know? When under a length. He’s always shown you’ve had the privilege that he’s a nice horse and since of training that calibre he was gelded he’s improved a lot.

His two runs on the polytrack were indifferent and I think he’s not a great poly horse. He’s got a lovely temperament. The only reason we gelded him was from a timing point of view. It was the right time. Just after the season he was starting to get a little loaded in the shoulder and neck sort of thing, so I thought we’d better do it then. He’s always had a really nice action and it actually improved since the gelding.

He’s lightened up a bit.”

Have there been any thoughts as to his future? “It’s mission accomplished at the moment. We did consider the Cape Guineas, but it’s a bit too close to the Dingaans which was a really hard race.

There’s also been an African Horse Sickness outbreak, so the decision was made for us, but I think it’s the right decision for him and I’m very happy. The main goal will be the Gauteng Guineas on 3 March 2018.

I don’t think he’ll go further than a mile. The dam line is sprinting, so 1400m would be fine, but there aren’t many 1400m feature races, so I think we’ll aim for 1600m in Joburg.”

Next time you get gloomy with the state of the world, why not take a trip to the races. You never know what you might find.

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Luke Ferraris had his first two rides under rules on Sunday, 3 December 2017 and with his parents, David and Pam travelling from Hong Kong and grandfather, Ormond Ferraris making the trip from Johannesburg, the day turned into a landmark event with three generations of Ferraris in the Scottsville parade ring on Sunday.

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rst things first, why Hong Kong training?

“With David relocated to Hong Kong in my father being a the 2003/04 season and has been trainer, I suppose there 14 years now. “It was a good it was a natural move. It was tough in the beginning, progression.

My very tough, but I was fortunate to get two brothers are Vengeance Of Rain in my second intellectual - Paul’s year.” an attorney and “He came to me as a young horse the other one’s in Florida, but I and he’d already won a feature in always wanted to be with horses, it’s Australia. The owners bought him all I wanted to do. When I finished from Crown Casino mogul Lloyd school, I was conscripted into Williams, who was apparently very the army. I was in the air force in upset when the horse ended up Pretoria, which made it very easy for doing so well,” he remembers. “He me to become involved in racing while didn’t show much doing my national on, and then I South African riders have early service. But before think I ran him with that, Mike de Kock a great work ethic Anthony Delpech in and I were in the a mile with bottom same class together in Alberton High. weight and he just romped home.

Mike was very keen on becoming a Then I realised this is a good horse trainer. I brought him round to my and I don’t think he was beaten dad and said we’ve got to have him for the next 5 runs. He went from come and help us. Mike began handicap to group class, won a Gr3 working for us and then he was with and then stepped up to the Derby.”

Ginsberg and when Ginsberg passed “He had a heart condition, so one away, he inherited a big yard.” doesn’t know how good he actually was. His heart used to fibrillate. It Starting out David went out on his own in was a dreadful thing. You’d have to 1995. “When Dad retired, I went to leave him alone and his heart would Cape Town and did OK. Then I came back to Joburg and things just took off. My dad left me some very nice horses which I managed to take and win some big races.” Enough, as it happens, to be named Champion Trainer four times, with some his biggest highlights including horses such as Classic Flag, Super Quality and Celtic Grove.

“Super Quality was 15’3 and the most magnificent little horse. Lionel Cohen bred him and I think Dad bought him and I got him when my dad retired. He won three Derbies in one year – the Computaform, the SA Derby and the Cape Derby. Winning the July with Muis is one of those moments I’ll never forget. It was so emotional, especially for Muis winning after trying for so long."

"Classic Flag was also incredible.

He belonged to Prof Herbst. In those days they had Transvaal breeders premiums. Prof Herbst had R20k of premiums which he exchanged for Classic Flag, so he got him for free. He was also a small little guy – marginally bigger than Super Quality, by about an inch! Both of my best horses have been smaller ones, besides Vengeance Of Rain, who was a huge big horse. I went to visit Classic Flag not so long ago. He’s retired now, but still doing well.”

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come right. When he’d won all those big races, he had a bad fibrillation.

I sent him back to Cambridge Stud where he was born to have a rest. I think I was the first person to do that – send a horse out of Hong Kong and bring it back. But it was what he desperately needed. Sir Patrick Hogan sent photos of him romping in the paddocks. When he got back, he won the Dubai Sheema Classic, which was probably my greatest moment.”

“But you never knew if his heart was going to be OK. I learnt to listen and by putting my hand by his girth, I would feel immediately if his heart was in a rhythm. I became an expert on hearts and potassium level excretions. Fortunately he only did it in work. It happened once in a race, and that was his last race and then he retired. He went back to Cambridge and one morning Sir Patrick phoned to say the big horse had passed away. There weren’t any signs of distress, it seems he just lay down and died, which just shows you he had a weak heart. If things had been different, who knows what he could have done,” he reflects.

Stable challenge

Hong Kong built a brand new set of stables for the equestrian events for the 2008 Olympic games at Sha Tin. “Once the Olympics were over, they said four trainers can go and I put my hand up immediately.”

Unfortunately it wasn’t smooth sailing. “After doing very well, things started to go pear-shaped. The biggest problem was that there was no pool. Anywhere else in the world, you can train in the open and take horses for walks. In Hong Kong, horses get trained and put on the walker. They need something to

Luke, David and Ormond Ferraris

take their minds off the boredom beautiful set-up. It’s based on Sha and they absolutely love to swim.”

Tin, but improved tenfold. It will be Aside from the pool, there were interesting, but we’ll have to watch additional logistical challenges such and see.” as needing extra grooms and work One can’t avoid the obvious riders to get the horses to track and conversation about export and the back. “It took a long time to convince potential opportunities for South them that I couldn’t do the job being Africa. David confirms that matters so far from the main training centre are at an advanced stage and is and that I needed help. Eventually confident that we’ll see direct exports they gave me some extra grooms as early as next December. “Once and work riders and things got better, that’s done, owners will realise the but we still didn’t value they can get in have the pool.”

South Africa and it Winning the July with Fortunately will have a knock on Muis is one of those Hong Kong has effect to Australia, just invested in moments I’ll never forget New Zealand and a multi-million even England. dollar swimming pool and David has SA riders also have a good record seen immediate benefits. “My 16 in Hong Kong and David famously wins jumped to 33. I’m currently on 9 gave Karis Teetan his first Hong wins and we’re only a few months into Kong win. “He’s fantastic. You the season. It’s been a huge asset.” might moan at him when he’s ridden what you perceive to be a bad race Racing in Hong Kong and the next morning, he’s there, With Hong Kong being the envy smiling. South African riders have of most of the rest of the racing a great work ethic and no matter world, David agrees that it’s world what, they’re there in the morning to class. “It gets tremendous publicity gallop the horses.” in English and Chinese newspapers.

Our courses are always packed Luke to capacity and turnover reaches And now his son Luke is learning billions every meeting and it all goes the ropes and put in a commendable back to charity at the end of the day, first outing to finish in the money on so it’s quite a unique organisation. his first day at the office. “We were They do tremendous service and a bit apprehensive at first, but he wherever you go – clinics, schools, kept nagging and eventually I said to universities – you see ‘sponsored Pam, we have to make a decision, by the HKJC’. Our CEO Winfried so we rang the Academy. He was Engelbrecht-Bresges has turned the over the moon.” club around. He’s realised that we “He’s finished Std 8, so he’s got need South African horses here. 9 and 10 left and will finish matric Once they get here, they do well and there. In the old days, kids used they’re very good value for money.” to leave school in Std 6 and 7 and What does he make of the if they got too heavy to ride, it was prospect of Conghua? “I think what difficult for them to do anything else. it will do is give trainers 10 extra But it’s such a good institution and spaces on the Sha Tin side. It’s a Graham Bailey runs it so well, that the academic side is as important as the riding side.”

“Ever since he was a little boy, he was fearless on a horse. I remember him galloping up the beach at Zimbali. I think he must have been 3 or 4 years old and he was going flat out, waving his arms at us,” he chuckles proudly. “He just always wanted to be a jockey. It got so bad, he used to put a saddle on our leather couch.”

David is understandably proud that Luke has made it to his first ride so quickly. “He arrived in January and he’s riding in December – it’s unheard of, really. The instructors said it was obvious he’d had a good background and that’s helped a lot.

I think he’d only been there two weeks and once he finished in the arena, he was riding work. He’s very well mannered, which he got from St Andrews and boarding school, so all the trainers seem to like him.”

In addition to having his parents and grandfather on course, Luke’s godfather, Paul (David’s brother) also flew down for the occasion and Luke did not disappoint. From two carded rides, he finished in the money on Louis Goosen’s Fast Looks in Scottsville’s Race 4.

We wish him all the very best for the future.

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Brave Mary Stars At Awards A Gr1 winning R40 000 purchase was crowned Horse Of The Year at the KZN Breeders Awards held at a black tie affair at Fordoun on Saturday evening.

The high quality Brave Tin Soldier filly Brave Mary, the Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship winner who now races for Team Valor International, was crowned Horse Of The Year and also Champion 2yo Filly on a festive evening in the KZN Midlands.

Another Team Valor filly in Anna Pavlova was crowned Champion3 yo.

Summerhill were again Champion Breeders, while Anton and Judy Procter of Burwell Stud were given a special lifetime achievement award for their service to the industry.

Bruce Le Roux (Chairman of the KZN Breeders Club), Brian Warmback representing Rupert Plersch, & Neil Butcher from Gold Circle (sponsors of the Horse Of The Year trophy).

HORSE OF THE YEAR Brave Mary CHAMPION 2YO FILLY Brave Mary CHAMPION 2YO COLT Zodiac Jack CHAMPION 3YO FILLY Anna Pavlova CHAMPION 3YO COLT Matador Man CHAMPION SPRINTER FEMALE Anna Pavlova CHAMPION SPRINTER MALE Talktothestars CHAMPION MIDDLE DISTANCE FEMALE Intergalactic CHAMPION MIDDLE DISTANCE MALE Matador Man CHAMPION STAYER MALE AND FEMALE The Elmo Effect CHAMPION OLDER FEMALE Intergalactic CHAMPION OLDER MALE Talktothestars BROODMARE OF THE YEAR Mary Lou STALLION PROSPECT OF THE YEAR Crusade STALLION OF THE YEAR Kahal BREEDERS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Bruce Le Roux LEADING BREEDER OF THE YEAR Summerhill Stud SPECIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Mr Anton and Mrs Judy Procter ANITA AKAL INDUSTRY AWARD Greig Muir

Goodbye To A Good Man The total no reserve dispersal sale of Kilimanjaro Racing (Pty) Ltd and partners will be held under the auspices of Bloodstock South Africa at Summerveld on Saturday 16 December 2017 at 10h30.

The event signals the end of a long career for charismatic KZN trainer James Goodman.

The sale includes 25 horses and various stable kit and equipment.

The catalogue is available online at www.bsa.co.za

New Sire Off The Mark

Potala Palace First Runner A Winner

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Highlands Stud stallion Potala Palace got off the mark in the very first juvenile race of the new season at Fairview on Friday when his daughter and first runner Watsonia bounded through late to catch the lightning fast Supa Smart in the last stride of the 800m Maiden Juvenile Plate.

he Gr1 winning son of Singspiel’s first runner got up late for trainer Alan Greeff and HighlandsRidgemont Racing jockey Greg Cheyne to nab her more fancied stablemate Supa Smart.

She won in a time of 46,41 secs and banked the BSA Added Value Bonus of R40 000 in a dream start for her owners.

Bred by Daytona Stud, Watsonia is out of the Fort Wood mare Cape Floral and was a R25 000 bargain buy from this year’s KZN Yearling Sale.

Watsonia wins well under Greg Cheyne Potala Palace Potala Palace was a top-class racehorse, who won or placed in seven races. He earned over R600 000 in stakes. His victories included a win in the Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes, over Gr1 winners Gimmethegreenlight, Fighting Warrior and Master Plan.

He is one of more than 90 stakes winners sired by champion racehorse Singspiel, whose notable Gr1 winners include champion Solow, Breeders’ Cup winner Lahudood and Dubai World Cup winner Moon Ballad.

Potala Palace, who shares his broodmare sire Alzao with the great sire Deep Impact, is from the same family as legendary stallions Sadler’s Wells (grandsire of Singspiel), Fairy King and Nureyev.

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The KZN breeding fraternity have lost a highclass stalwart with the sad news that Danehill stallion Toreador was euthanized at Bush Hill Stud on Sunday morning.

n a brief statement, the stud said that it was with heavy hearts that they report that Toreador had to be euthanized for humane reasons on Sunday, after a brief but severe ailment.

“We thank the Vets and staff of Almiray Vet practice and Baker & McVeigh for their help and efforts in fighting for him. We would take this opportunity to thank the shareholders of the syndicate who owned Toreador for affording us the privilege of having stood this most special “gentleman” of the industry. He commanded respect and support from breeders and trainers far and wide and we thank you all for the support.”

Toreador was a Houghton Sales

250 000 guineas yearling, who won 4 races and ran 17 places from 1200m to a mile in England, Ireland and South Africa.

Toreador, an Irish-bred sprinter-miler

by Danehill, won three races in

South Africa having been imported here after his two-year-old season in Ireland in which he won one race. He was trained by Mike de Kock and besides his wins, his best achievements were runner up finishes in all of the Gr1 Gold Challenge over 1 600m, the Gr2 Hawaii Stakes also over 1600m and the Gr2 Sentinel Stakes over 1 200m. He also ran third in South Africa’s premier mile, the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate.

He started his stud career in 2005 in the Western Cape and produced our Champion 2yo Colt of 2010, Link Man - who was also trained by Mike de Kock - and a host of stakes winners.

Toreador is the sire of multiple KZN Breeders Award winner Matador Man and last season’s twice Gr1 winning 2016/17 KZN Sprint Champion, Bull Valley.

He produced multiple Graded Stakes winners including the fast Lazer Beat, Jackadore, She’s A Stunner, Prospect Strike, Rikitikitana, Las Ramblas, Deliver The Power, Roc ‘n Rose, Prince Paseo and Straight Forward.

First Runners For New Sires

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Two first time sires in Pomodoro and The Apache have runners in the opening 900m juvenile scurry of the Cape season at Kenilworth on Saturday.

he Klawervlei Stud based Pomodoro is represented by the well-named Royal Italian.

Bred by Highlands Stud, Royal Italian comes from the yard, as did his sire, of champion trainer Sean Tarry.

The colt is out of the Royal Academy mare Royal Polly.

The versatile Pomodoro’s victories

included all of the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July, Gr1 SA Derby, and Gr3 Tony Ruffel Stakes.

One of 22 Gr1 winners by seven times champion sire Jet Master, Pomodoro is out of Northern Guest’s Gr2 Fillies Guineas winner, and Broodmare Of The Year, Golden Apple.

Scott Bro’s The Apache also marks his first runner in the same race in the form of the Vaughan Marshall-trained

Potawatomi. Bred by Rosedene Stud, he is out of the Crimson Waves mare, Crimson Fantasy.

A local and international Gr1 winner, The Apache was an outstanding son of Mogok. He was the pride of South Africa when he crossed the line first in the Gr1 Arlington Million in the USA for trainer Mike De Kock, only to have the race result changed after interference.

Out of Apache Rose by Dolpour, he carries a strong Highdown Pedigree that began when Robin Scott purchased his fourth dam Lenore, one of the foundation mares of the great Scott Bros nursery.

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One of Britain’s leading sires for many years, Pivotal, whose relative, Always In Charge (Captain Al) ran third in Saturday’s Gr2 World Sports Betting Merchants, has enjoyed a steady stream of success in 2017.

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he son of Polar Falcon has not only enjoyed Gr1 success in 2017 as a sire, but also as a broodmare sire and sire of sires.

Like another top sire of recent years, Oasis Dream, Pivotal won the Gr1 Nunthorpe Stakes. He had, however, just a brief racing career winning four of only six starts.

Oasis Dream and Pivotal not only won the Nunthorpe but both Northern Dancer line sires have also each sired a winner of the race, in Jwala and Kyllachy respectively, and Kyllachy in turn sired dual Nunthorpe Stakes winner, Sole Power.

SA Runners

Polar Charge (Polar Falcon) is dam of the above mentioned Equus Champion, Always In Charge, and Pivotal has also enjoyed plenty of success as a stallion, from a small number of runners in South Africa.

The sire’s top SA runners include dual Guineas winner, Noordhoek Flyer and the Gr1 Thekwini Stakes/Gr2 Fillies Guineas winner, Amanee.

Pivotal remains active at the Cheveley Park Stud, where his son, Kyllachy, now resides in retirement, and has consistently enjoyed success as a sire of Gr1 winners over the years. He currently has a total of 26 top flight winners, with his runners having captured races as diverse as the Dubai World Cup, Epsom Oaks, Irish 1000 Guineas and Champion Stakes.

Best known as a sire of sprinter-milers, Pivotal has been represented by classic winners in all of Britain (Sariska), Ireland (Halfway To Heaven, Sariska, Saoire), Germany (Buzzword, Silvester Lady) and France (Falco). His Gr1 winner in 2017 came in the form of Brando, who was victorious in the Gr1 Prix Maurice de Gheest.

Broodmare

It has, however, been as a broodmare sire that Pivotal has really excelled in during 2017. His daughters have been represented by 22 stakes winners this year, headed by Gr1 winners Cracksman (Champion Stakes), Precieuse (French 1000

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Guineas), Rhododendron (Prix de l’Opera), Polarisation (Sydney Cup) and Hydrangea (Matron Stakes, Qipco British Champion Fillies & Mares Stakes). Rhododendron and Hydrangea are both by Galileo, while Cracksman is by Galileo’s outstanding son, Frankel. Both Rhododendron and Hydrangea are out of exceptional Pivotal mares. The former, a fullsister to KZN sire, Flying The Flag, is out of triple Gr1 winner and Irish classic heroine, Halfway To Heaven (a daughter of King’s Stand Stakes winner, Cassandra Go), while Hydrangea, a full-sister to Gr1 Ranvet Stakes winning Cape sire, The United States, is out of Pivotal’s French Gr3 winning daughter, Beauty Is Truth.

Halfway To Heaven is also the dam of exciting 2yo of 2017, and potential 2018 classic hope, Magical. The latter, a full-sister to Rhododendron and Flying The Flag, won the Gr2 Debutante Stakes and also finished second in this year’s Gr1 Moyglare Stud Stakes - remarkably, Rhododendron, also second in both the 1000 Guineas and Oaks this year, ran third in the Moyglare in 2016.

Cracksman

Cracksman, produced by the Pivotal mare, Rhadegunda, ended 2017 as the third top rated racehorse, according to LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings. A triple Group winner in 2017, and runner up in the Gr1 Irish Derby, Cracksman was given a rating of 130 by LONGINES which puts him

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The latest National Horseracing Authority of South Africa calendar reports the death of stallion, Lateral.

Gr1 Gran Criterium.

Lateral also won the Gr2 Grosse Europa-Meile, Gr3 Oppenheim Pramerica Meile, and the Gr3 Hamburger Meile.

He made an instant impression with his first South African crop, leading the first crop sire standing (by prize money) of 2013-2014.

Lateral’s very first runners included Gr1 Golden Slipper winner Bilateral and Gr2 Dingaans/ Gr2 Colorado King Stakes winner Unparalleled. The latter earned just a tick under R1mil during his brief racing career, while Bilateral accounted for such notable Gr1 winners as Alboran Sea, Pine Princess, and Carry On Alice when

just behind Arrogate (134) and Winx (132). Pivotal, who stands alongside grandsons, Mayson and Twilight Son, also enjoyed notable success as a sire of sires this year. Already sire of successful, but pensioned sire, Kyllachy (sire of Twilight Son), Pivotal looks to have two exciting sire sons to his name in the form of Siyouni and Farhh. Already an established sire in 2017, former star 2yo, Siyouni (one of a growing number of top sires produced by a daughter of Danehill), went from strength to strength this year. His 8 black type winners included Gr1 Fillies Mile winner, Laurens, and Gr3 Jersey Stakes winner, Le Brivido.

The latter also finished a close second in the Gr1 French 2000 Guineas. Well established in France, Siyouni has a number of bright looking classic

hopes for next season and he looks on track to have another good year in 2018.

Farhh, winner of both the Gr1 Lockinge and Gr1 Champion Stakes, made a bright start with his first 2yos in 2017, with his early runners including Gr3 Acomb Stakes winner, Wells Farhh Go, and he is a sire who could well build on this bright start in 2018. A colt by Farhh topped the first session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale when fetching 160 000 guineas.

Pivotal’s retired son, Kyllachy, also got into the act this year, with Kyllachy’s notable representatives in 2017 including Gr2 Queen Mary Stakes/Gr2 Flying Childers winner, Heartache, and Gr3 Oh So Sharp Stakes heroine, Altyn Orda.

By The Book

Vale Lateral aine Chance Farms’ stallion, who had been standing at the Southford Stud the past few seasons, suffered a broken leg and was put down. The son of Singspiel was 14 years old at the time of his passing.

Lateral was a top-class racehorse, who was named Champion 2YO Colt in Italy in 2005 and Champion 3YO Miler in Germany a year later. He won six of just ten outings, with his career highlighted by a victory, over subsequent Italian Oaks winner Dionisia and successful sire Lord Of England in the 2005

Pivotal

Lateral victorious in the 2014 Golden Slipper.

Another smart performer hailing from Lateral’s first crop was dual Gr2 Peninsula Handicap runner up Milton, who has won or placed in 26 races to date, while the sire is also responsible for the Gr1 filly Sapsan-who was third to Chestnuts N Pearls in the 2015 Gr1 Golden Slipper at Greyville.

One of 14 Gr1 winners sired by champion Singspiel, Lateral was one of six winners produced by the stakes winning Aragon mare Ligona and he hailed from the same family as German champion Literat -sire of the great stallion Surumu.

Michael Roberts saddled the most impressive winner of the afternoon at Scottsville on Sunday when the 3yo Statute simply outclassed her rivals on debut, romping to a five length win over 1200m.

She is a full sister to the Drakenstein Stud sire Legislate and her win continued the great run of success enjoyed by breeders Cheveley Stud – they also produced Saturday’s Gr1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas winner Snowdance.

Statute, a R700 000 buy from the 2016 National Yearling Sale, is out of the speedy four-time winning mare Champers, who won up to 1200m.

Legislate, who earned over R5.7 million during his illustrious career, won seven times with four Gr1 victories.

His first foals are due this year.

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Quest For Success Greyville 26 November The first four races on Sunday’s poly track card were all run over 2000m and by far the fastest of these was the second division of the MR60 Handicap won by the former Cape Town campaigner HERO QUEST. Taken straight to the front by replacement rider Sean Veale, the top weighted son of Ideal World led throughout. He was always in command and found extra when challenged late on to score by a length and a quarter.

Three of the remaining five races were staged over 1000m and marginally the quickest home amongst these was the 3yo FILIPPO. Easy to back at 16/1 on the off, Yogas Govender’s charge was soon up handy.

He put his head in front going through the 200m and comfortably accounted for the always handy GREAT VALUE by a length.

Two 1200m handicaps completed the afternoon’s fare, the faster of which was the MR76 affair won by ACCIDENTAL TOURIST. Not the quickest into stride when the gates opened, this hat-trick seeking daughter of Gimmethegreenlight raced in the rear early on. She quickened best of all in the short home straight and under a well-judged ride from Sherman Brown she got up late to deny TWICE AS SMART. TITBITS Racing off a mark some 21 points below that of her earlier best, the 4yo SHIZAM ran on well from midfield when winning the MR70 Handicap over 1000m going away.

Notebook

Horses worth following at their next few starts...

ZARGUN (M De Kock, Gauteng)

Vaal 28 November They raced on the outside track on Tuesday where the meeting was abandoned after five races due to the close proximity of an electrical storm.

The first three races on the card were all run over 1000m and marginally the quickest of these on my clock was the opening work rider’s maiden plate in which the well exposed SEVEN SOVEREIGNS got off the mark. Soon at the head of affairs, despite being a little slow into stride, the 5yo kept up a healthy gallop throughout. He was joined by the heavily supported newcomer HIGHLAND HERO (11/10 favourite) 200m from home and after a thrilling tussle he only got the verdict on the nod.

The two other races that were run both took place over 1200m and stopping the clock in the faster time here was the column’s top rated runner MINNESOTA. Freely available at 22/1 on the off, the 5yo son of Miesque’s Approval was always handy.

He was ridden to lead shortly after passing the 200m marker and comfortably accounted for the running on LAST BATTLE by a length and three quarters.

TITBITS At the head of affairs throughout, the deposed favourite OURO won the girl’s division of the maiden 1000m very easily by four and three quarters.

In the rear some six and three quarter lengths adrift of the winner going through the 400m, MOHALLELA was finishing best of all when fourth in the MR68 Handicap over 1000m.

Deja Vu Vaal 29 November As with the previous day’s meeting, a number of races had to be abandoned due to the close proximity of an electrical storm.

Indeed, only four races were run here.

Two 1500m maiden plates got proceedings underway and opening their account in the faster time in these was THE ROCKETMAN in the boy’s affair. Making only his second racecourse appearance here, the 9/1 shot raced in midfield for most of the journey. He quickened best of all over the final 400m and won going away by a length and a quarter after striking the front 70m or so from home.

The faster of the two maiden plates over 2000m was also the boy’s affair and here the well exposed MISTER LISTER got off the mark. Another to leave the stalls at 9/1, Chris Jonker’s charge sat third to last for the vast majority of the trip. With plenty of time to unwind down the long home straight though, he made headway quickly when the race began in earnest and comfortably accounted for the

Nasty Shock Kenilworth 30 November

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

GREYVILLE (POLY) 26 NOVEMBER Going Standard Course Variant: 0,45s fast 1000m (3) Filipo 57,70 1200m (2) Accidental Tourist 70,40 2000m (4) Hero Quest 124,30 VAAL (OUTSIDE) 28 NOVEMBER Penetrometer 25 – Going G/Soft Course Variant: 0,97s slow 1000m (3) Seven Sovereigns 1200m (2) Minnesota

57,93 70,79

VAAL (CLASSIC) 29 NOVEMBER Penetrometer 23 – Going Good Course Variant: 2,14s slow 1500m (2) The Rocketman 2000m (2) Mister Lister

91,94 125,84

Four of the ten races in Cape Town on Thursday were run over 1400m and the fastest of these was the girl’s division of the MR68 Handicap won by AMAZINGLY. Easy to back at 15/2 on the off, Adam Marcus’ charge was taken straight to the front and led throughout. She was two lengths clear turning for home and that proved to be just enough to beat the running on EVELINA. Three of the six remaining races were staged over 1800m where OPERA ROYAL was the quickest home. Backed into 7/2 from 11/2 to win the MR72 Handicap, the 3yo son of Oratorio raced seventh of the ten early on. He ran on best of all in the short old

course home straight and under a well-judged ride from Richard Fourie he got the better of the recent maiden winner ZANZIBARIAN by a length.

The faster of the two 1200m races on the card was the MR80 Handicap in which NASTY HARRY showed good improvement.

Positioned at the back when the race began in earnest, Brett Crawford’s charge ran on best of all over the final 400m and won going away by three quarters from the pacemaker VIKING VOYAGE. TITBITS MILDEN SPELL showed good improvement when winning the maiden plate over 1400m going away.

Oh No Not Again

KENILWORTH (OLD) 30 NOVEMBER Penetrometer 21 – Going Good Course Variant: 1,28s slow 1000m (1) Passion Peach 60,44 1200m (2) Nasty Harry 72,97 1400m (4) Amazingly 87,14 1800m (3) Opera Royal 109,64 GREYVILLE (POLY) 1 DECEMBER Going Standard Course Variant: 0,24s slow 1000m (3) Bedazzled Joker 1200m (1) Marshall That 1400m (1) Myelisha

Lightning Strikes

58,15 69,30 83,40

Greyville 1 December As with the meetings at the Vaal on Tuesday and Wednesday this meeting had to be abandoned part of the way through due to the proximity of an electrical storm.

If you include the barrier trial, three of the five races that took place were run over 1000m and comfortably the fastest of these was the boy’s division of the maiden plate won by BEDAZZLED JOKER. Freely available at 18/1 on the off, the son of Pathfork was soon up handy. He put his head in front 70m out and kept on strongly late to beat the running on VISION OF TRUST by three quarters.

Race three on the card was a MR96

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MAGIC FLA .............. WON 7/2 W MOVIE SHO

Handicap over 1200m and here the lightly weighted 4yo MARSHALL THAT registered his third career victory. Considerably up in class here, the 18/1 shot got away well when the gates opened and in a very tightly bunched field, set the pace. He kept on doggedly at the business end of the race and held off a wall of horses by a half.

TITBITS SHREWDY was never really asked to race when a three and a half lengths runner up to his stable companion Q THE MUSIC in the barrier trial over 1000m.

lightly raced SUCHA CHARMER by a length and three quarters.

TITBITS Soon up handy, the well supported ZARGUN quickly went clear after striking the front in the girl’s division of the maiden 1500m. Her jockey was already looking around for challenges 250m out, and eased down in the latter stages won a lot more easily than the official winning margin of a length will reflect. Impressive.

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

FAIRVIEW (FRI) Race 1: (1) Nicole 8 Race 2: (7) Junta 14 Race 3: (1) Imperial Guard 56 Race 4: (7) Green Field 5 Race 5: (7) Bollemakiesie 60 Race 6: (4) Our Destiny 87 (EW) Race 7: (7) Inviting Lily 71 Race 8: (7) Captain’s Vista 51 Race 9: (10) Madiba Dance 40 Race 10: (9) Killala 52 GREYVILLE (FRI) Race 1: (8) Prince Ponti 18 Race 2: (3) Dusty Button 17 Race 3: (2) Alesnado 14 Race 4: (9) War Demon 10 Race 5: (9) Roy’s Donkey 43 Race 6: (5) Captains Moll 28 (EW) Race 7: (9) Master Sam 40 Race 8: (6) All True Man 36 Race 9: (2) Inyati 39 VAAL (SAT) Race 1: (1) Amajory 13 Race 2: (15) White Winter 23 Race 3: (2) Dancing Rebel 4 Race 4: (2) Africa’s Sky 18 Race 5: (9) So Long Spring 45 Race 6: (11) Vul Indlela 34 Race 7: (18) Woody Cape 45 Race 8: (5) Golden Man 56 Race 9: (11) Blue Sage 57 Race 10: (12) Russian Friend 35 KENILWORTH (SAT) Race 1: No Qualifiers Race 2: (5) Party Crasher 63 Race 3: No Qualifiers Race 4: (10) Doyles 20 (NAP*) Race 5: (2) Oloye 4 Race 6: (4) Dark Moon Rising 58 Race 7: (2) Jo’s Bond 89 Race 8: (3) Pillar Of Hercules 71 (EW) Race 9: (13) Streak Of Silver 82 GREYVILLE (SUN) Race 1: (2) Cossack Guard 24 Race 2: (1) Flamenco Dancer 14 Race 3: (1) Green Fairy 4 Race 4: (11) Mutawaary 14 Race 5: (5) Ataturk 63 Race 6: (6) Head Honcho 77 Race 7: (1) Muscatt 86 (NAP*) Race 8: (1) Varallo 63 (EW) Race 9: (12) Strummer 44 NAP BETS

* Fancied ** Strongly fancied *** Very strongly fancied

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GREYVILLE POLYTRACK Friday • 8th December 2017

START

4:40PM

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QUALIFIED MAIDEN PLATE - 1200M - SAME TRAINER:(3-6)

Greyville 8S12 3D14 11D16 1 BASE RUNNER(AD Gordon) M Ntuli.................. 2 60.0 hdgr ON; Dist▼ returns to a/w; 8S12 7D10 11D10 2 JOE’S JOY(PM Gadsby) L Pagel........................ 1 60.0 MR-6; unplaced last 5; 4D12 2D14 3D14 3 TURF CONQUEROR(PV Lafferty) W Kennedy... 4 60.0 Dist▼ in frame last 5; 9S12 8S12 8D16 4 ROYAL APPLAUSE(GB Puller) A Mgudlwa...... 14 60.0 Dist▼ unplaced last 3; 6S10 3D12 2D12 5 EDGE OF GLORY(M Dixon) B Lerena.............. 10 60.0 8S14 10S16 7S16 6 POT LUCK(PV Lafferty) S Brown...................... 15 60.0 1st run gelded; unplaced last 3; 6S12 4D16 12D12 7 ROYAL RUSTLER(DS Bosch) K De Melo......... 11 60.0 returns to a/w; 4D14 2S16 5D12 8 PRINCE PONTI(CS Laird) A Marcus.................. 8 60.0 MR-2; 6S10 9D12 4D12 9 BLACK SAMURAI(LA Crawford) T Godden....... 5 60.0 MR+2; 13K14 6D10 4D14 10 DE LAGO’S FUTURE(SW Humby) S Randolph.... 6 60.0 MR+3; Dist▼ 10D14 5D10 7D14 11 WOLF KILLER(F Robinson) G Wright................ 9 60.0 unplaced last 4; returns to a/w; 13S12 11D14 8D24 12 VIRTUOUS(N Kotzen) D Daniels....................... 13 60.0 1st run gelded; Dist▼ 10S12 6D12 9D14 13 ROY’S PHYSCO(AJ Wright) - reserve 1............ 3 60.0 MR-5; hdgr OFF; unplaced last 3; 5D12 7D14 8D12 14 ROYAL BODYGUARD(D Egdes) - reserve 2... 12 60.0 MR-2; hdgr OFF; unplaced last 5; 6V16 6T16 11V14 15 BIG BLUE NIGHT(SG Tarry) - reserve 3............ 7 60.0 unplaced last 5; first run on a/w;

START

5:15PM

2

QUALIFIED MAIDEN PLATE (F&M) - 1200M - SAME TRAINER:(4-12)

Greyville 3D10 6D12 2D10 1 SYMPHONY IN SEVEN(DS Bosch) A Arries.. 12 60.0 5D12 3D12 4S12 2 FAST LOOKS(LW Goosen) C Bantam................. 9 60.0 MR+3; returns to a/w; 7S10 2D12 11D12 3 DUSTY BUTTON(SW Humby) D De Gouveia..... 6 60.0 btnF; 5D10 11D12 8D10 4 QUERARI STAR(KG Naidoo) A Balloo.............. 11 60.0 unplaced last 8; 7D12 2D10 4D10 5 GEORGINA(AJ Wright) D Schwarz..................... 2 60.0 MR-5; 12S12 2D10 9D10 6 KHETIWE(PV Lafferty) S Mbhele........................ 5 60.0 hdgr ON; 7S12 8D10 7D10 7 QUEEN OF SWING(ML Roberts) J Gates........ 10 60.0 unplaced last 4; 8D12 3D14 9D12 8 ARRAN ISLES(D Kannemeyer) ES Ngwane........ 8 60.0 MR-3; 7S12 9S16 8D14 9 ARCTIC SWIFT(Y Govender) S Moodley......... 13 60.0 MR-6; Dist▼ unplaced last 4; 2D14 7S16 10D14 10 TIP TOE AND GO(AJ Rivalland) KS Sakayi........ 3 60.0 MR-9; Dist▼ 13S12 11D10 7D12 11 PERFECT PREZZIE(W Badenhorst) D R Lerena.. 7 60.0 unplaced last 6; 11D12 10D12 10D16 12 EMPRESS ADELAIDE(KG Naidoo) J Mphanya.... 1 60.0 Dist▼ unplaced last 3; 9D12 12S14 10S14 13 MISS BEZ(D Egdes) - reserve 1........................ 4 60.0 MR-2; Dist▼ unplaced last 8;

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START PA1

5:50PM

QUALIFIED MAIDEN PLATE (F&M) - 1600M

Greyville - SAME TRAINER:(1-5)(7-8)

8S16 2D14 5D16 1 FONTEYN(Y Govender) B Lerena........................ 7 60.0 btnF; 2D16 7S14 10D16 2 ALESNADO(A Nel) G Wright............................. 15 60.0 4D14 5D19 6D14 3 STREETS OF GOLD(KG Naidoo) M Ntuli......... 10 60.0 6T15 5V17 9T18 4 JEWEL IN MY CROWN(G Anthony) A Marcus.... 2 60.0 unplaced last 3; first run on a/w; 13S12 16S14 11D10 5 TAITA FALCON(Y Govender) A Mgudlwa........... 1 60.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 5D20 2D16 6D14 6 THE MATADOR(Y Singh) D Daniels................... 5 59.0 MR-8; Dist▼ returns to a/w; 11S12 4D14 8D12 7 SWEET SHAYNA(W Badenhorst) W Kennedy.... 3 59.0 returns to a/w; 10S14 8D10 6D14 8 DUSKY DANCER(W Badenhorst) J Samuel..... 13 59.0 hdgr OFF; unplaced last 5; 5D14 7D16 11D14 9 EASY PEASY(Niklaas Van Wyk) K De Melo........ 9 59.0 unplaced last 11; 10D14 3D16 9D20 10 MADAM AL(D Kannemeyer) S Randolph.......... 12 59.0 MR-3; Dist▼ 6S14 12D16 8D16 11 INDIAN MAID(D Egdes) S Brown.................... 11 59.0 MR-4; hdgr ON; unplaced last 4; 8S16 10S18 10D14 12 SUNNY GIRL(JM Goodman) T Godden.............. 8 59.0 unplaced last 3; first run on a/w; 10D16 8D14 8D19 13 SPANISH LADY(Belinda Impey) - reserve 1...... 4 60.0 MR-6; Dist▼ unplaced last 5; 8T14 10D14 8D20 14 SHAMROCK(SG Tarry) - reserve 2..................... 6 59.0 MR-5; Dist▼ unplaced last 5; 10D16 10D16 11D18 15 LAST SUMMER(CG Eudy) - reserve 3............ 14 60.0 Dist▼ unplaced last 5;

START

6:25PM

4

PA2/PICK SIX1 MAIDEN PLATE - 1600M - SAME TRAINER:(9-13)(11-12)

Greyville 6T12 7T14 2D14 1 MIDNIGHT MESSENGER(SG Tarry) A Arries... 3 60.0 prev run on a/w; 3D16 2D14 3D16 2 MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI(D Campbell) D Schwarz..... 8 60.0 MR+1; in frame last 4; 2D14 6D14 5D16 3 WHITEWATER RAPIDS(DR Drier) ES Ngwane.... 1 60.0 9S12 7S24 8D14 4 PACIFIC ELECTRIC(DC Howells) J Mphanya.... 15 60.0 hdgr ON; Dist▼ unplaced last 5; 3D14 8D18 9D16 5 SPICE ROADS(W Whitehead) D R Lerena....... 11 60.0 prev run on a/w; 13S16 11D16 10D14 6 FULL COUNT(CG Eudy) KS Sakayi.................... 4 60.0 MR-6; unplaced last 11; 11V12 8D14 7 ROMAN(ML Roberts) J Gates............................. 5 60.0 8D16 6D14 8D19 8 SOVEREIGN SOLDIER(CS Laird) S Moodley.. 12 59.0 unplaced last 4; 9S20 9D14 6D12 9 WAR DEMON(KG Naidoo) A Balloo................... 9 59.0 MR-9; Dist▼ unplaced last 4; 11S12 10S14 10D16 10 GIMMEAGINANDTONIC(PM Gadsby) C Bantam... 6 59.0 unplaced last 3; prev run on a/w; 11 INN FLITEMODE(DS Bosch) D De Gouveia...... 2 59.0 Greys Inn colt 100k bk3 (SI 0.23); 8D16 12 JET’E AMOUR(DS Bosch) C Ngcobo................ 7 59.0 second run; first run on turf; 8D14 7D12 10D16 13 ROY’S MAMBO(KG Naidoo) - reserve 1......... 13 60.0 MR-11; unplaced last 8; 8L14 11L20 6D16 14 DRAMATIST(D Kannemeyer) - reserve 2......... 14 59.0 MR+2; unplaced last 7; 8S20 6S16 7D14 15 KHARTOUM(JM Goodman) - reserve 3........... 10 59.0 MR-5; unplaced last 8;

START

6:55PM

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KENILWORTH • 2 DECEMBER

PICK 6 cost R750 paid

R1452170 START

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PA4/PICK SIX3/JACKPOT2 MR 60 HANDICAP (F&M) - 1400M Greyville - SAME TRAINER:(6-11)(7-12)(9-10)(13-14)

7:25PM

7D16 4D14 7D12 1 ROY’S SNOWDROPS(AJ Wright) D Schwarz... 3 59.0 MR-17; btnF; prev run on a/w; 9S14 8D14 1D14 2 SHOW ME YOUR ROSIE(AJ Rivalland) KS Sakayi.....11 59.0 MR-5; won last; prev run on a/w; 8D14 1D14 7D14 3 STREET LIFE(LW Goosen) ES Ngwane.............. 8 58.5 MR-6; Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 2D12 2D14 8D14 4 ZINZARA(PV Lafferty) D De Gouveia................. 13 57.5 MR-5; btnF; prev run on a/w; 3D14 7D14 6D10 5 CAPTAINS MOLL(JM Goodman) M Mjoka........ 1 57.0 MR-1; prev run on a/w; 9D14 6D14 5D14 6 SPACE NEEDLE(A Nel) S Mbhele...................... 5 57.0 unplaced last 4; prev run on a/w; 3D14 11D14 5D14 7 MISS BRODY(W Whitehead) J Mphanya......... 12 56.5 MR-7; prev run on a/w; 5D12 2D14 5D12 8 NORTHERN STORM(KG Naidoo) A Arries...... 10 56.5 MR-6; prev run on a/w; 8D18 4D14 3D16 9 SUMMER IN THE CITY(PL Lunn) C Ngcobo.. 14 56.5 MR-3; prev run on a/w; 6S14 8S16 1D16 10 LIBERTY MARKET(PL Lunn) A Balloo.............. 4 56.0 won last; prev run on a/w; 5S20 15S18 9D16 11 LIBERAL SALLY(A Nel) S Moodley.................... 6 55.0 MR-6; hdgr ON; Dist▼ 10S12 8D14 10D14 12 POWER HORSE(W Whitehead) D R Lerena...... 7 55.0 MR-10; Dist▲ unplaced last 4; 7S10 3D12 11D14 13 LAVENDER BANK(DS Bosch) - reserve 1......... 2 53.5 MR-3; Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 4D12 10D10 9D10 14 VICTORY TRIP(DS Bosch) - reserve 2............. 9 60.5 Dist▲ prev run on a/w;

START

7:55PM

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PA5/PICK SIX4/JACKPOT3 MR 66 HANDICAP - 1400M - SAME TRAINER:(-)

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PA6/PICK SIX5/JACKPOT4 MR 66 HANDICAP - 1000M - SAME TRAINER:(5-6)

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PA7/PICK SIX6 MR 62 HANDICAP (F&M) - 1000M - SAME TRAINER:(8-11)

Greyville 1Q12 1D14 10D12 1 TUSCAN(KG Naidoo) G Wright.......................... 13 60.0 MR-19; Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 4S12 10S12 2D14 2 LA SUERTE DE MATAR(DC Howells) B Lerena... 7 59.0 MR-1; Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 8K14 14K18 11K16 3 BORDER CONTROL(BJ Crawford) B Jacobson.... 5 58.5 MR-5; hdgr ON; unplaced last 3; 5D12 1D12 5D14 4 OLIGARCH(D Kannemeyer) S Randolph............. 1 58.0 prev run on a/w; 2D14 8D12 10D16 5 FANTASY ART(AJ Rivalland) M Ntuli.................. 8 58.0 MR-8; Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 4D14 9D16 9S14 6 FORCEFUL RUSH(GB Puller) D Daniels......... 10 58.0 MR-3; hdgr ON; 4S20 2D16 9D16 7 MASTER SHOGUN(AJ Wright) T Godden.......... 4 58.0 MR-3; Dist▼ prev run on a/w; 8T16 7T16 13T16 8 A GREATER POWER(SG Tarry) DS Lembethe.. 3 57.5 MR-6; unplaced last 7; 3S12 2D14 1D14 9 MASTER SAM(M Dixon) K De Melo.................. 2 57.0 MR+6; Dist▲ won last; 6D16 4D14 1D14 10 AWESOME ANGEL ONE(F Robinson) A Mgudlwa.. 6 56.5 MR+12; won last; 3S12 7D12 4D14 11 DALE HOUSE(ML Roberts) W Kennedy............. 9 56.5 MR-2; Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 8D12 1S14 8D14 12 SILVER CENT(LA Crawford) J Samuel............. 12 55.0 MR+5; prev run on a/w; 11F13 10F12 8D10 13 MUSTANG SONNY(Niklaas Van Wyk) - reserve 1.. 11 52.0 MR-18; unplaced last 9;

START

8:25PM

Greyville 10S16 9D12 1D12 1 ELUSIVE WOLF(DS Bosch) ES Ngwane.......... 14 60.0 MR-2; Dist▼ won last; 5D12 11S12 1D14 2 STRONG ‘N BRAVE(CS Laird) S Moodley....... 13 59.5 won last; prev run on a/w; 1D12 10D14 10D10 3 HONORARY(KG Naidoo) S Mbhele..................... 3 59.5 Dist▼ prev run on a/w; 5S14 5D12 4D12 4 VALCAR(MD Miller) D Schwarz........................ 12 58.5 MR-9; Dist▼ prev run on a/w; 4D14 10D16 1D10 5 NOBLE DUKE(PL Lunn) A Balloo..................... 11 58.0 MR+1; won last; prev run on a/w; 8S10 3D10 14S10 6 ALL TRUE MAN(PL Lunn) C Ngcobo................. 2 58.0 MR-1; 5D12 8D10 9D10 7 PATHWAY TO GLORY(D Campbell) C Bantam.. 1 57.0 MR-9; unplaced last 3; 3D10 2D12 5D10 8 SHARP SEATTLE(G v Zyl) D De Gouveia........... 9 56.0 MR-17; prev run on a/w; 10D14 3D10 4D12 9 THE KING OF RANDOM(ML Roberts) A Arries... 6 56.0 MR-10; Dist▼ prev run on a/w; 5S10 11V10 6D12 10 ALDRIC(JM Goodman) M Mjoka......................... 5 53.5 MR-5; unplaced last 10; 5D10 5D14 9D14 11 LONDON KNIGHT(GB Puller) J Gates................ 8 52.0 MR-8; unplaced last 3; 3D12 5D10 12D12 12 RISKY ROSCO(Niklaas Van Wyk) KS Sakayi...... 7 52.0 MR-5; prev run on a/w; 4V10 13V10 1D10 13 WINTER BLUES(LW Goosen) - reserve 1....... 10 60.5 won last; prev run on a/w; 10D12 6D10 8D12 14 ROY ROYALE(AJ Wright) - reserve 2................. 4 60.5 MR-1; unplaced last 4;

START

8:55PM

Greyville 3V10 5V10 1V12 1 GOTOLUVHER(LW Goosen) L Pagel.................. 3 61.0 MR+5; won last; 2D12 4D12 7S12 2 INYATI(DC Howells) G Wright........................... 13 61.0 hdgr ON; 7K10 1D12 9D16 3 MAINLAND(J Nel) A Mgudlwa......................... 11 60.5 prev run on a/w; 1D12 5D10 10D12 4 COP THIS(L Denysschen) S Randolph............... 2 60.5 prev run on a/w; 7D10 8D10 1D10 5 GINGER BISCUIT(PL Lunn) K De Melo............. 9 60.5 MR-12; won last; prev run on a/w; 4D10 15S12 9D12 6 RIVER AYRE(AD Gordon) S Brown.................. 10 60.5 MR-4; 1S10 5D12 7D10 7 SUCCESFILLY(G v Zyl) W Kennedy................... 4 59.5 MR+6; prev run on a/w; 1S12 2D12 2D10 8 ZADORA(G Anthony) B Lerena.......................... 12 59.0 MR+7; btnF; in frame last 3; 9D10 15S10 11D12 9 MISS MILLIONAIRE(Belinda Impey) Scratched... 5 55.0 MR-10; hdgr ON; unplaced last 6; 12S10 7D10 3D10 10 MIESQUE’S MAGIC(D Egdes) M Ntuli............. 7 52.0 MR-6; prev run on a/w; 6S10 6D12 4D10 11 NATIONAL AGENDA(G Anthony) DS Lembethe.... 8 52.0 MR-3; prev run on a/w; 14S14 10S12 6D10 12 DREAM BAY(LA Crawford) J Samuel................. 6 52.0 MR-12; unplaced last 8; 7T12 9D10 6D10 13 NEVER GIVE IN(SG Tarry) - reserve 1.............. 1 52.0 MR-7; unplaced last 10;

GREYVILLE POLYTRACK PLACE ACCUMULATOR

PA3/PICK SIX2/JACKPOT1 MR 66 HANDICAP - 1400M - SAME TRAINER:(2-9)(12-14)

Greyville 2S12 1D14 7D16 1 SCRABBLE(AJ Rivalland) A Marcus................. 10 61.0 5D12 8S14 9S12 2 ROY’S TAXI(KG Naidoo) T Godden..................... 5 60.5 Dist▲ unplaced last 5; 3S16 8D16 11D14 3 INTERFEROMETER(D Egdes) S Brown.......... 13 58.5 MR-9; hdgr OFF; prev run on a/w; 7D16 1D12 2D12 4 MAJESTIC MOON(PM Gadsby) S Randolph.... 1 58.0 MR+6; prev run on a/w; 1D14 2D14 2D14 5 ROCKET MASTER(C Bass-Robinson) G Wright... 7 58.0 MR+1; Dist▲ in frame last 3; 2D16 6S14 9D12 6 SON OF SILVER(F Robinson) A Mgudlwa....... 12 57.5 MR-1; prev run on a/w; 7D12 9S12 1D12 7 MARCH PREVIEW(GB Puller) W Kennedy....... 4 57.0 MR+5; Dist▲ won last; 2D14 15S14 5D14 8 GOLD CHALICE(DR Drier) K De Melo............... 3 56.0 MR-3; prev run on a/w; 4D14 12D12 12D12 9 ROY’S DONKEY(KG Naidoo) J Samuel.............. 8 55.0 MR-5; Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 10S14 4D14 12D14 10 POIVRE(G Anthony) D Daniels.......................... 14 54.0 MR-6; prev run on a/w; 11D14 11S14 8D14 11 CUPKING(PV Lafferty) DS Lembethe.................. 2 52.0 hdgr ON; unplaced last 5; 4D16 10D14 3D14 12 LEAGUE OF SHADOWS(ML Roberts) M Ntuli.. 9 52.0 MR-7; prev run on a/w; 12D19 9D16 3D10 13 OGILVY(W Badenhorst) - reserve 1..................... 6 52.0 MR-16; hdgr OFF; Dist▲ 10S12 16S10 8D12 14 PERCY JACKSON(ML Roberts) - reserve 2.... 11 52.0 MR-9; Dist▲ unplaced last 5;

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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 8th - SUNDAY 10th DECEMBER 2017

VAAL CLASSIC Saturday • 9th December 2017 START

12:00PM Vaal

1

MAIDEN PLATE (F&M) - 1000M - SAME TRAINER:(2-3-4-6)(7-15-16)(8-17)(11-18)

4V12 2T12 14T12 1 AMAJORY(PA Peter) G Lerena......................... 17 60.0 16T12 8V10 4V10 2 MISSQUOTED(LJ Erasmus) S Brown................. 3 60.0 5T12 3V10 7V10 3 FLYING FALCON(LJ Erasmus) K De Melo....... 18 60.0 MR-3; 6V10 4V10 6T10 4 JAUNITA(LJ Erasmus) JP vd Merwe................. 15 60.0 MR-2; 8T12 12T14 3V10 5 CANDELA(G Maroun) P Strydom........................ 4 60.0 MR+8; 15T12 6 BELLATRIX(LJ Erasmus) M Mjoka..................... 6 60.0 second run; 7 BLUESTAR BRIDGE(JAJ v Vuuren) J Greyling.... 12 60.0 Twice Over filly; first run; 10T10 7Q10 8Q12 8 CHESTNUT’S HALO(C Spies) C Storey............ 1 60.0 unplaced last 3; prev run on sand; 7V12 9 ELANGENI(RR Magner) M Yeni.......................... 7 60.0 second run; 12V10 10 FRENCH FAIRY(E Verdonese) J Sampson...... 11 60.0 second run; 12V10 11 GIMMEMORE(C Binda) H vd Hoven.................. 8 60.0 second run; 9V10 5V12 12 PASQUALINA(FC de Beer) K Zechner................ 9 60.0 10T10 13 PETITE AIME(BO Wiid) M Thackeray.............. 16 60.0 second run; 14 POORMANSLADY(MF de Kock) R Danielson.. 14 60.0 Kahal filly 40k nt (SI 0.51); 15 REGAL GRADUATION(JAJ v Vuuren) R Simons... 5 60.0 Oratorio filly 250k bk1 (SI 0.44); 10V10 8V10 16 SELFIE(JAJ v Vuuren) D Mansour....................... 2 60.0 5T14 7V14 11T12 17 RIEMS CATHEDRAL(C Spies) - reserve 1..... 10 60.0 unplaced last 3; 9T20 6V12 10T12 18 ROMANI(C Binda) - reserve 2.......................... 13 60.0 unplaced last 5; note run on 7Dec;

START

12:30PM

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3T10 3V10 2V10 1 HE’S GREAT(LJ Erasmus) K Zechner............... 13 60.0 MR+4; in frame last 3; 2V10 12V10 3V10 2 SEVENTH SON(C Binda) P Strydom.................. 3 60.0 MR+2; 7V10 5V10 13V10 3 RAISE A FLAG(LJ Erasmus) S Brown................ 6 60.0 MR-5; hdgr ON; unplaced last 3; 14T10 4V10 6Q10 4 CAPE FLYER(LJ Erasmus) JP vd Merwe.......... 16 60.0 MR+6; prev run on sand; 9Q10 8V10 3T12 5 FEARLESS FRED(C Spies) C Storey............... 17 60.0 note run on 7Dec; 11V10 14V12 7V10 6 TOBY COATES(LJ Erasmus) M Thackeray......... 5 60.0 unplaced last 3; 12V12 8V12 9V10 7 PIUS OIL(C Binda) M Yeni................................ 14 60.0 MR+3; unplaced last 4; 10V10 11T12 8 ATLANTIC SHORE(C Binda) H vd Hoven........ 18 60.0 13V10 9 BOARDWALK GANGSTER(C Binda) M Mjoka.. 10 60.0 second run; note run on 7Dec; 10 DIVINE ODYSSEY(JAJ v Vuuren) D Mansour.... 4 60.0 Oratorio gelding 500k bk1 (SI 0.80 2V10 11 HIGHLAND HERO(MF de Kock) R Simons...... 12 60.0 btnF; second run; 12 LEONIDAS MY KING(C Spies) S Chambers..... 8 60.0 Sail From Seattle colt; first run; 11V12 13 MENEWA(FC de Beer) E Pheiffer....................... 2 60.0 second run; 11S12 4V10 14 SIR SPENCER(JAJ v Vuuren) J Greyling......... 15 60.0 2V12 2T12 3T12 15 WHITE WINTER(JAJ v Vuuren) K De Melo........ 1 57.5 MR-1; in frame last 6; 7T10 16 SOME SONG(JAJ v Vuuren) M v Rensburg........ 7 57.5 second run; note run on 7Dec; 7V10 11T10 6V10 17 TONIUS(LJ Erasmus) - reserve 1........................ 9 60.0 unplaced last 4; 7T10 9V10 9T12 18 NOORDWES(Clifford Harris) - reserve 2.......... 11 60.0 MR-4; unplaced last 10;

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START PA1

1:05PM

MAIDEN PLATE - 1800M - SAME TRAINER:(2-7)(9-10-16)(12-14)

Vaal 4K18 3L24 12K20 1 PETER THE WAILER(LJ Human) S Fortune..... 8 60.0 MR-3; Dist▼ 6V17 2V16 10V15 2 DANCING REBEL(LJ Erasmus) S Brown......... 16 60.0 hdgr ON; Dist▲ 7V15 12V17 2V15 3 SHORT AND SWEET(Chris Jonker) K Zechner..... 6 60.0 MR+8; Dist▲ 5T12 6V12 8V16 4 MONTY PYTHON(H Adamson) F Herholdt........ 9 60.0 MR-2; Dist▲ unplaced last 9; 6T18 5V18 8T20 5 SEA LORD(B Webber) D Mansour.................... 11 60.0 MR-4; 1st run gelded; Dist▼ 8V17 6T18 10V14 6 ARTIFICIO(DN Stenger) M v Rensburg.............. 2 60.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 10V17 7V17 7V15 7 SPANISH BLADE(LJ Erasmus) J Greyling....... 15 60.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 9T12 9V12 8 VULISTA(GG Terzi) C Storey............................. 13 60.0 Dist▲ 9V12 8V15 4V16 9 WAR LEGEND(M Houdalakis) M Yeni................ 5 58.0 Dist▲ 8V12 6T16 7T18 10 WHAT A STORM(M Houdalakis) M Thackeray.. 7 58.0 unplaced last 3; 9V15 8T14 10V20 11 PARTY SPIRIT(S Moffatt) K De Melo................. 3 58.0 Dist▼ unplaced last 3; 9V14 8V14 6V18 12 TANGO MAN(MF de Kock) JP vd Merwe............ 4 58.0 unplaced last 3; 10V16 3V16 8V20 13 TONGUE TWISTER(SD Gray) R Danielson..... 10 58.0 MR-2; Dist▼ 14 ANCHOR(MF de Kock) M Mjoka....................... 14 58.0 Fastnet Rock colt 350k grtr (SI 1.

11T14 8T18 15 MARIO LANZA(RR Magner) S Chambers.......... 1 58.0 8V16 16 SMART DEAL(M Houdalakis) R Simons........... 12 58.0 Dist▲ second run; 6Q10 9Q10 5Q16 17 ABNAKI(J v Eck) - reserve 1............................. 17 60.0 hdgr OFF; unplaced last 5;

START

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PA2/PICK SIX1 MAIDEN PLATE (F&M) - 1800M Vaal - SAME TRAINER:(1-12)(4-17)(6-9-10-18)

1:40PM

5V14 4T14 6V15 1 CROWN COURT(MF de Kock) JP vd Merwe..... 7 60.0 MR-4; btnF; Dist▲ 2V14 2 AFRICA’S SKY(JL v Heerden) P Strydom.......... 6 60.0 Dist▲ second run; 2T16 3V17 3T16 3 ANGELIC(PA Peter) G Lerena........................... 10 58.0 MR-2; Dist▲ in frame last 4; 9V12 6V17 5V15 4 RITE OF SPRING(C Binda) H vd Hoven............ 1 58.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 3T14 4V15 6V20 5 PURDEY(R Francis) D Mansour........................ 12 58.0 MR-3; Dist▼ 6V24 9T20 3V20 6 CANTATA MUNDI(LJ Erasmus) S Brown........ 17 58.0 MR+1; Dist▼ 6V18 4V17 11V20 7 ONE DOLLAR MASSAGE(S Moffatt) K De Melo....15 58.0 MR-3; Dist▼ 5V24 3V17 10V20 8 UNTIL DAWN(CE Erasmus) M Thackeray........ 14 58.0 MR-3; Dist▼ 9T16 5V16 9V15 9 REALLY MINE(LJ Erasmus) R Danielson......... 11 58.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 5; 7V17 6V16 5V20 10 WILD LADY(LJ Erasmus) J Greyling................ 16 58.0 hdgr ON; Dist▼ unplaced last 6; 11V14 10V16 11 COLOURMEINN(C J Mayhew) F Herholdt......... 3 58.0 Dist▲ 8V14 4T16 12 GRAB THE GAVEL(MF de Kock) M Yeni............ 8 58.0 Dist▲ 9V14 9V14 13 LADY LIVIA(DN Stenger) M Mjoka..................... 4 58.0 Dist▲ 13T12 10V14 14 SECRET ISLAND(SW Kenny) M v Rensburg..... 2 58.0 Dist▲ 15 TAKE HOLD(B Warren) K Zechner.................... 13 58.0 Golden Sword filly; first run; 5V14 6V17 16 YES WE DO(AG Laird) R Simons........................ 9 58.0 btnF; 13V14 17 CALINERA(C Binda) - reserve 1....................... 18 58.0 Dist▲ second run; 15T12 18 REGAL LADY(LJ Erasmus) - reserve 2.............. 5 58.0 Dist▲ second run;

START

2:15PM

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PA7/PICK SIX6 MR 76 HANDICAP (F&M) - 1500M - SAME TRAINER:(3-7-9)(6-8)

Vaal 4V12 3V15 2V17 1 TRIP TO PARADISE(FC de Beer) K Zechner.... 1 60.0 Dist▲ in frame last 3; 1T20 7T20 2T30 2 ALI BON DUBAI(GV Woodruff) G Lerena.......... 8 59.5 btnF; Dist▼ 5T18 7V20 7V17 3 LEE’S PICK(BO Wiid) J Sampson...................... 5 59.5 MR-3; Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 9V17 1T20 4V17 4 ORSON(SD Gray) S Brown................................ 10 58.5 Dist▲ note run on 7Dec; 10V24 5V17 2V20 5 TERN UNSTONED(DN Stenger) R Simons...... 17 58.5 MR+2; 5Q22 7Q18 6Q18 6 ROYAL MASTER(LJ Human) S Fortune............. 7 58.0 MR-1; unplaced last 3; 7T16 1T20 2V20 7 HOT CURRY(MF de Kock) JP vd Merwe............ 3 57.5 MR+3; 1T16 3T16 7V20 8 WALTER SMOOTHIE(ST Pettigrew) M v Rensburg.. 4 57.5 MR-5; 5T20 5V20 6V17 9 YER-MAAN(SD Gray) D Mansour..................... 15 57.5 MR-2; Dist▲ unplaced last 11; 10V24 7V18 9T30 10 SAVAGE WIND(JA Soma) S Chambers............. 9 57.0 MR-5; Dist▼ unplaced last 7; 10V18 7V17 5V20 11 ORACLE OF DELPHI(SG Tarry) P Strydom....... 2 56.5 unplaced last 5; note run on 7Dec; 6T16 1T18 4T20 12 TAPENZEE(MG & AA Azzie) R Danielson.......... 14 56.5 Dist▲ 10T20 12V20 2V15 13 RACING SOCKS(BO Wiid) M Yeni................... 12 56.5 MR+2; Dist▲ 9V14 7T16 3V17 14 REBEL BARON(M Houdalakis) K De Melo....... 13 54.5 MR+8; Dist▲ 3T30 11V24 11T20 15 SABASTIAN(SW Kenny) M Mjoka.................... 16 53.5 MR-5; Dist▲ 8V17 1V18 5V20 16 ASHOKA(EG Anderson) M Thackeray............... 11 52.5 9V24 6T20 4T30 17 KING’S DRIVE(T Zackey) - reserve 1............... 18 52.5 Dist▼ 6T20 6V17 6V20 18 WOODY CAPE(JL v Heerden) - reserve 2.......... 6 52.0 MR-2; unplaced last 10;

3:55PM

Vaal 3T15 3V12 3T12 1 LADY STARLETT(FC de Beer) K Zechner.......... 8 60.0 in frame last 3; 2T10 6T10 10T10 2 ALL NIGHT FLIGHT(RR Magner) K De Melo..... 1 59.0 MR-1; 1T10 4T10 1V10 3 CATHEDRAL COUNTY(JAJ v Vuuren) G Lerena... 9 59.0 MR+4; won last; in frame last 4; 3T12 5D13 8T12 4 WHORLY WHORLY(C Binda) H vd Hoven......... 7 57.5 MR-3; note run on 5Dec; 8V14 6V12 3T14 5 GOLDEN MAN(G Maroun) P Strydom.............. 12 57.5 Dist▼ 10D12 8V12 6V12 6 FLYING MYTH(SG Tarry) D Mansour................. 5 56.5 MR-13; 1st run gelded; 8D12 6T10 4V12 7 LAURENT DU VAR(C Spies) S Chambers......... 3 54.5 MR-2; note run on 5Dec; 1T10 13V10 1V10 8 MARMOOK(MF de Kock) R Simons................... 2 54.0 MR+4; won last; 1T10 7V10 11V10 9 LE TIGRE(LJ Erasmus) JP vd Merwe.................. 4 52.5 2Q10 2V10 8Q10 10 KINGOFTHEWORLD(C Spies) M Yeni.............. 6 52.0 prev run on sand; 5V10 4V10 3V10 11 ROMAN EVENING(LJ Erasmus) M Mjoka....... 11 52.0 3T10 6T10 14V10 12 RONIN WARRIOR(B Warren) M Thackeray.... 10 52.0 MR-2;

START

4:30PM

Vaal 9D14 2V12 2T14 1 STAR PROFILE(C Spies) S Chambers............. 10 60.5 MR+3; 3V14 1V14 1V14 2 KIRKCONNEL LASS(S Moffatt) G Lerena......... 1 60.5 MR+4; won last 2; in frame last 3; 3F10 3T12 3V10 3 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY(DA Sham) R Danielson.... 6 59.0 Dist▲ in frame last 4; 3T15 14T14 8T16 4 DAME KELLY(OA Ferraris) P Strydom................ 3 58.5 MR-3; 3T15 1V14 1V16 5 LA ROQUETTE(S Ferreira) R Simons................. 5 57.0 MR+8; won last 2; in frame last 3; 5V12 1V18 3V15 6 FARAWAY ISLAND(MF de Kock) JP vd Merwe.... 2 55.0 btnF; note run on 5Dec; 7F16 12F10 12F16 7 AQUINATA(DA Sham) M Thackeray................... 8 54.5 MR-3; unplaced last 3; 1V10 9V12 8 RAJASTHANI QUEEN(MF de Kock) M Yeni...... 7 54.0 btnF; Dist▲ note run on 5Dec; 5F16 6F16 1V14 9 IRISH(DA Sham) D Mansour............................... 4 53.5 MR+12; won last; 3V16 3V14 1V16 10 TEENAGE DREAM(M Houdalakis) K Zechner.... 9 52.5 MR+2; won last; in frame last 3; 2V24 5V18 14V24 11 BLUE SAGE(C J Mayhew) K De Melo............... 12 52.0 MR-1; Dist▼ 7V14 9V16 10V15 12 CHARTER JET(LJ Erasmus) M Mjoka............. 11 52.0 MR-5; unplaced last 4;

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5:10PM

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MR 64 HANDICAP (F&M) - 1700M

Vaal - SAME TRAINER:(3-10)(8-11)(13-14)

7T20 3T18 10V12 1 DAWN FLIGHT(SG Tarry) P Strydom................. 4 61.5 Dist▲ 6T12 1T16 2 SECRET POTION(GV Woodruff) G Lerena...... 11 58.5 Dist▲ won last; 9V12 1V18 6T18 3 ALDEBARAN(PA Peter) K De Melo..................... 7 57.5 MR-4; note run on 5Dec; 4T15 6T14 1V15 4 KANTARA QUEEN(M Houdalakis) K Zechner.. 13 57.5 MR+7; Dist▲ won last; 3V20 2V17 6V15 5 BEAUTIFUL SHAY(S Moffatt) M Yeni................ 9 57.0 MR-1; btnF; Dist▲ 1T16 8T16 6T16 6 SALMON RUN(DN Stenger) R Simons............... 3 56.0 MR-4; Dist▲ 9T18 8V15 5V15 7 COOL FANTASY(B Warren) M v Rensburg........ 8 54.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 4; 3T20 3V16 1V20 8 CORIANDER QUEEN(SD Gray) M Thackeray.... 14 53.5 Dist▼ won last; in frame last 3; 9F16 2F19 1F19 9 RETURN TO SENDER(DA Sham) R Danielson..... 5 53.5 MR+13; Dist▲ won last; 3V16 4V16 6V16 10 SPICE QUEEN(PA Peter) JP vd Merwe............ 10 53.5 MR-2; Dist▲ 7T16 6V12 5V10 11 GATEWAY TO HEAVEN(SD Gray) D Mansour.. 6 53.5 MR-4; Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 4T16 10V18 9V17 12 RUSSIAN FRIEND(C J Mayhew) F Herholdt... 12 53.0 MR-3; 12V16 6V15 2V15 13 NTOMA(Clifford Harris) M Mjoka...................... 16 52.5 MR+5; Dist▲ 2V14 10T15 10V15 14 INKOLO(Clifford Harris) E Pheiffer...................... 2 52.0 MR-2; Dist▲ 14Q18 9V20 5V16 15 LINDY LU(B Webber) H vd Hoven..................... 15 52.0 MR+4; Dist▲ unplaced last 7; 13V16 9T16 8T20 16 LEGEND SEEKER(T Zackey) S Fortune............. 1 52.0 MR-3; hdgr ON; Dist▼

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PA3/PICK SIX2/JACKPOT1 MR 86 HANDICAP (3YO’S) - 1800M - SAME TRAINER:(1-4)(2-3)(9-10)

Vaal 3V17 1T16 8T16 1 WHEEL OF TIME(MF de Kock) R Danielson..... 6 60.0 Dist▲ note run on 5Dec; 1V14 6V16 2 FORAFEWDOLLARSMORE(SG Tarry) K Zechner... 1 59.5 Dist▲ note run on 7Dec; 1T12 10T14 10T16 3 MISSOURI(SG Tarry) P Strydom........................ 9 59.0 Dist▲ 3T14 1S16 6V15 4 ROYAL CRUSADE(MF de Kock) JP vd Merwe... 8 59.0 btnF; Dist▲ note run on 5Dec; 2T16 1T16 16T14 5 ALSSAKHRA(PA Peter) G Lerena....................... 4 57.5 MR-3; Dist▲ 6T15 1T14 6 DOUBLE MINK(JA Soma) M v Rensburg.......... 7 57.0 Dist▲ won last; note run on 7Dec; 4T12 4T16 1V17 7 GAMBADO(AG Laird) R Simons.......................... 2 57.0 won last; in frame last 3; 7T18 7V14 3V16 8 AMERICAN INDIAN(OA Ferraris) M Yeni.......... 3 54.5 Dist▲ 2T18 1T16 5V14 9 SO LONG SPRING(T Zackey) K De Melo......... 10 54.0 Dist▲ note run on 7Dec; 4T14 14T16 5T16 10 GONNAFLY(T Zackey) S Fortune......................... 5 52.0 MR-5; Dist▲ note run on 5Dec;

START

3:20PM

START

MAIDEN PLATE - 1000M Vaal - SAME TRAINER:(1-3-4-6-17)(2-7-8-9)(5-12)(10-14-15-16)

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4T16 1T20 3T18 1 MISS BULSARA(GV Woodruff) G Lerena.......... 6 60.0 Dist▲ in frame last 4; 1T18 14V18 5T20 2 SAVETHEBESTFORLAST(E Verdonese) R Simons... 4 60.0 MR-3; 2T18 3V16 2V16 3 CURBSTONE SHUFFLE(SD Gray) S Brown... 13 58.5 btnF; Dist▲ in frame last 4; 4V14 3T16 1V17 4 WINGS OF CHARNE(B Webber) D Mansour.. 11 58.5 MR+8; Dist▲ won last; 4V14 2V17 1V20 5 WHITEOUT(M Houdalakis) K Zechner.............. 15 57.5 MR+7; hdgr ON; won last; 7T20 6T16 7T20 6 SULTRY(MF de Kock) R Danielson...................... 2 57.5 MR-9; unplaced last 4; 9S14 4V14 3V16 7 SPRING POETRY(M Houdalakis) M Yeni........... 9 56.5 Dist▲ note run on 5Dec; 7V24 1V20 2T20 8 A P CHANEL(GM Alexander) K De Melo............ 1 56.5 9T20 5T26 4V24 9 CRANBERRY CRUSH(CE Erasmus) M Thackeray.. 10 56.5 MR-1; Dist▼ 6V20 8V14 6V20 10 TOBESURETOBESURE(H Adamson) F Herholdt...12 53.5 MR-4; unplaced last 12; 2V20 11V24 6T20 11 VUL INDLELA(LJ Erasmus) JP vd Merwe.......... 7 53.0 MR-1; 2V18 9V17 5V15 12 THE RED LIST(MF de Kock) M v Rensburg..... 14 52.0 Dist▲ 7V24 11T20 12Q18 13 FLAMING SPIRIT(CJ Maree) H vd Hoven......... 8 52.0 unplaced last 5; prev run on sand; 6T14 14V15 6T20 14 RIVER RUN(A Nassif) M Mjoka.......................... 5 52.0 unplaced last 5; 8D20 6D20 9T20 15 TALES OF MAMBO(A Nassif) S Fortune........... 3 52.0 unplaced last 12;

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BETTING FORECAST RACE 1 16/10 AMAJORY 5/1 Poormanslady 7/1 Flying Falcon 7/1 Candela 10/1 Missquoted 14/1 Jaunita 14/1 Regal Graduation 14/1 Selfie 20/1 Elangeni 25/1 Bluestar Bridge 25/1 Riems Cathedral 25/1 Pasqualina 33/1 Petite Aime 33/1 French Fairy 50/1 Gimmemore 50/1 Chestnut’s Halo 50/1 Bellatrix 66/1 Romani RACE 2 15/10 Highland Hero 3/1 WHITE WINTER 7/1 He’s Great 7/1 Seventh Son 10/1 Sir Spencer 14/1 Some Song 14/1 Leonidas My King 14/1 Divine Odyssey 20/1 Fearless Fred 25/1 Atlantic Shore 25/1 Pius Oil 33/1 Toby Coates 33/1 Raise A Flag 33/1 Cape Flyer 50/1 Tonius 50/1 Boardwalk Gangster 50/1 Noordwes 66/1 Menewa RACE 3 5/1 Dancing Rebel 5/1 Short And Sweet 5/1 Tango Man 7/1 Peter The Wailer 10/1 Smart Deal 10/1 Anchor 10/1 WAR LEGEND 10/1 Artificio 10/1 Sea Lord 14/1 What A Storm 14/1 Monty Python 20/1 Tongue Twister 25/1 Spanish Blade 25/1 Party Spirit 33/1 Mario Lanza 33/1 Vulista 33/1 Abnaki RACE 4 16/10 Angelic 3/1 AFRICA’S SKY 4/1 Yes We Do 7/1 Crown Court 7/1 Grab The Gavel 12/1 Rite Of Spring 20/1 Purdey 20/1 Cantata Mundi 25/1 Take Hold 25/1 Wild Lady 33/1 Colourmeinn 33/1 Really Mine 33/1 Secret Island 33/1 Until Dawn 33/1 One Dollar Massage 50/1 Calinera 50/1 Regal Lady 66/1 Lady Livia RACE 5 4/1 Royal Crusade 5/1 Double Mink 5/1 Forafewdollarsmore 5/1 MISSOURI 5/1 Alssakhra 5/1 Gambado 7/1 American Indian 10/1 Wheel Of Time 14/1 So Long Spring 50/1 Gonnafly RACE 6 3/1 MISS BULSARA 4/1 A P Chanel 4/1 Spring Poetry 7/1 Curbstone Shuffle 10/1 Wings Of Charne 10/1 Whiteout 14/1 The Red List 14/1 Savethebestforlast 25/1 Vul Indlela 25/1 Tobesuretobesure 25/1 Cranberry Crush 25/1 Sultry 33/1 River Run 50/1 Tales Of Mambo 66/1 Flaming Spirit RACE 7 5/2 Ali Bon Dubai 5/1 Trip To Paradise 5/1 HOT CURRY 12/1 Orson 12/1 Rebel Baron 12/1 Lee’s Pick 12/1 Yer-Maan 12/1 Oracle Of Delphi 12/1 Tapenzee 14/1 Tern Unstoned 16/1 Walter Smoothie 16/1 Racing Socks 25/1 Savage Wind 33/1 Royal Master 33/1 Ashoka 33/1 King’s Drive 33/1 Woody Cape 50/1 Sabastian RACE 8 2/1 Cathedral County 3/1 MARMOOK 5/1 Lady Starlett 5/1 Golden Man 10/1 All Night Flight 10/1 Kingoftheworld 10/1 Flying Myth 14/1 Laurent Du Var 14/1 Whorly Whorly 20/1 Le Tigre 20/1 Roman Evening 33/1 Ronin Warrior RACE 9 4/1 Faraway Island 4/1 Kirkconnel Lass 5/1 Rajasthani Queen 5/1 Star Profile 5/1 LA ROQUETTE 5/1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy 10/1 Dame Kelly 10/1 Irish 14/1 Teenage Dream 33/1 Blue Sage 33/1 Aquinata 50/1 Charter Jet RACE 10 16/10 Secret Potion 4/1 Beautiful Shay 5/1 Dawn Flight 7/1 Aldebaran 10/1 Cool Fantasy 10/1 Coriander Queen 16/1 Spice Queen 16/1 Return To Sender 16/1 KANTARA QUEEN 20/1 Salmon Run 20/1 Gateway To Heaven 20/1 Ntoma 25/1 Legend Seeker 33/1 Lindy Lu 50/1 Russian Friend 50/1 Inkolo

SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 8th - SUNDAY 10th DECEMBER 2017

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KENILWORTH Saturday • 9th December 2017 START

1:20PM

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MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE - 900M Kenilworth - SAME TRAINER:(1-2-7)(3-4-5)(6-10)(9-11)

1 CAPTAIN SNELL(J Snaith) G v Niekerk............. 8 60.0 Captain Al colt 525k crtr (SI 1.94 2 CAPTAINOFTHESEA(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe... 5 60.0 Captain Al colt 725k bk3 (SI 2.16) 3 ELUSIVE KAT(VH Marshall) A Balloo............... 10 60.0 Elusive Fort colt 75k bk3 (SI 0.22 4 JEPHTHAH(VH Marshall) M Byleveld................. 6 60.0 Oratorio colt; first run; 5 POTAWATOMI(VH Marshall) S Veale................. 1 60.0 The Apache colt; first run; 6 ROYAL ITALIAN(SG Tarry) L Hewitson.............. 7 60.0 Pomodoro colt 100k bk3 (SI 0.30); 7 SEVENTH SEA(J Snaith) C Murray.................. 11 60.0 Seventh Rock colt 150k crtr (SI 0.

8 SKIDOO(PD Reeves) R Fourie............................. 9 60.0 What A Winter colt 70k crsbsa (SI 9 TITAN OF TIBET(M R Allie) Wes Marwing........ 3 60.0 Potala Palace colt 10k crsbsa (SI 10 VARTANIUM(SG Tarry) A Marcus...................... 2 60.0 Var colt 320k crtr (SI 1.18); 11 VICTORY MARCH(M R Allie) G Cheyne............ 4 60.0 Marchfield colt 10k crsbsa (SI 0.1

START

1:55PM

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MR 89 HANDICAP (F&M) - 1400M - SAME TRAINER:(-)

Kenilworth 4K12 4K12 3K11 1 FELICITY FLYER(C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer... 4 60.0 Dist▲ in frame last 4; 3K16 1L16 1K17 2 RED GINGER(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe................ 1 59.5 MR+4; Dist▼ won last 2; 1K12 14K16 9K11 3 QUICK BROWN FOX(BJ Crawford) G Cheyne.. 2 59.0 btnF; Dist▲ 3D10 2K12 4K11 4 ANIME(DR Drier) S Veale................................... 3 58.5 MR-1; Dist▲ in frame last 3; 4S20 8L14 2K16 5 PARTY CRASHER(GS Kotzen) R Fourie............ 5 56.5

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2:30PM

MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE (FILLIES) - 900M

Kenilworth - SAME TRAINER:(2-9)(3-7)

START

3:00PM

1 BE YOURSELF(GS Kotzen) R Fourie.................. 9 60.0 Gimmethegreenlight filly 200k bk1 2 DOUBLED OVER(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe.......... 7 60.0 Twice Over filly 180k crtr (SI 0.9 3 GO THE DISTANCE(C Bass-Robinson) G v Niekerk... 8 60.0 Pathfork filly 200k bk1 (SI 0.30); 4 OVER THE WAY(PP Kruyer) R Khathi................ 6 60.0 Twice Over filly; first run; 5 SEVENTH LIGHT(SG Tarry) L Hewitson............ 5 60.0 Seventh Rock filly 90k bk2 (SI 1.1 6 SUNRISE CEREMONY(VH Marshall) M Byleveld.... 2 60.0 The Apache filly; first run; 7 WESTERN ANGEL(C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer... 4 60.0 Sail From Seattle filly 500k bk1 ( 8 WINTER FIVE(PD Reeves) D Ashby.................. 1 60.0 What A Winter filly 50k bk2 (SI 0.

9 YOUNG SCHOLAR(J Snaith) B May.................. 3 60.0 Oratorio filly 50k ns (SI 0.17);

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PA2/PICK SIX1 MAIDEN PLATE - 1600M - SAME TRAINER:(1-7)(2-5-6)(3-9)(10-12)

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PA3/PICK SIX2/JACKPOT1 MAIDEN PLATE (F&M) - 1600M - SAME TRAINER:(3-6-9)(4-10)(5-7)

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PA4/PICK SIX3/JACKPOT2 MR 80 HANDICAP - 1800M - SAME TRAINER:(2-6)(3-10)

Kenilworth 12K12 5L12 7K16 1 ON WINTER’S TRACES(D Kannemeyer) M Winnaar.. 2 60.0 MR+3; unplaced last 6; 3K12 5L16 3K14 2 MERAKI(C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer............ 12 59.0 10L12 2K16 2K16 3 STREETFIGHTING MAN(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe.... 8 59.0 btnF; 6L12 5K16 2K16 4 HADARAT(PD Reeves) D Ashby.......................... 4 59.0 MR+1; 4K12 5L12 4K14 5 WHAT A SUMMER(C Bass-Robinson) L Hewitson.. 9 59.0 4K12 9L16 8K16 6 COMFORTABLY NUMB(C Bass-Robinson) G v Niekerk.. 6 59.0 10L10 11L14 8K16 7 WEMIBONO(D Kannemeyer) M Byleveld........... 1 59.0 1st run gelded; unplaced last 3; 9K14 10L14 5K16 8 AFRICAN MESSIAH(M Robinson) Wes Marwing... 5 59.0 unplaced last 5; 12L14 10K16 7K16 9 KOSHKA(J Snaith) S Veale............................... 13 59.0 MR+5; unplaced last 4; 3K12 2K14 10 DOYLES(J Ramsden) A Marcus.......................... 7 59.0 btnF; 11K12 11 MAJOR MORSE(BJ Crawford) C Orffer........... 10 59.0 Dist▲ second run; 11L12 10K12 12 REGULATOR(J Ramsden) D Dillon..................... 3 59.0 Dist▲ 14K12 11K16 13 ROCK OF CLOUDY BAY(GS Kotzen) L Mxothwa...11 59.0

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3:35PM

START

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PA5/PICK SIX4/JACKPOT3 GR2 SOUTHERN CROSS STAKES (F&M) - 1000M Kenilworth - SAME TRAINER:(2-7-13-14)(3-10)(5-8)(9-15)

4:45PM

2S12 1D14 10D16 1 JUST SENSUAL(J Ramsden) A Marcus.......... 13 60.0 Dist▼ 1S10 10T10 4S12 2 JO’S BOND(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe................. 15 59.0 3S12 9S12 14K11 3 LIVE LIFE(C Bass-Robinson) G Cheyne............. 2 59.0 1D11 1S10 1K11 4 SOMMERLIED(DR Drier) S Veale.................... 10 58.0 MR+2; won last 3; in frame last 3; 6T10 2V10 11T12 5 WRECKING BALL(G Maroun) J Penny.............. 9 58.0 MR-1; 2S12 1F10 3F12 6 ELUSIVENCHANTMENT(Y Bremner) L Hewitson... 4 58.0 MR-2; btnF; in frame last 3; 1K12 6L14 7K11 7 NORDIC BREEZE(J Snaith) R Khathi................ 7 58.0 9V10 1T10 9T12 8 QUEEN LAURIE(G Maroun) R Munger.............. 8 58.0 10K12 7K12 11K11 9 ANNELINE(GS Kotzen) R Fourie......................... 6 58.0 MR-2; unplaced last 3; 1K10 2L10 8K11 10 SCANDOLA(C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer...... 11 58.0 5L14 1K12 2K12 11 HOIST THE MAST(A Nel) D Dillon.................... 1 58.0 MR+3; btnF; 1T12 2S12 2K12 12 GREEN PLAINS(SG Tarry) M Byleveld............... 5 55.0 in frame last 6; 1K10 1K10 2K11 13 CASUAL DIAMOND(J Snaith) C Orffer........... 12 54.0 MR+1; in frame last 6; 1K12 9L12 10K14 14 ANGEL’S TRUMPET(J Snaith) G v Niekerk..... 14 54.0 MR-2; Dist▼ 1S10 5L10 13K11 15 GOLD IMAGE(GS Kotzen) L Mxothwa.............. 16 54.0 MR-2; 1T12 16 SHUFOOG(MF de Kock) C Murray...................... 3 54.0 won last; second run;

START

5:20PM

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PA7/PICK SIX6 MR 96 HANDICAP - 1400M - SAME TRAINER:(1-3)(2-4-10)(5-7)

Kenilworth 1K10 1K10 5K10 1 KINGSTON PASSAGE(BJ Crawford) G Cheyne.... 7 60.0 btnF; 1L10 2L10 3K10 2 MASTER’S SPIRIT(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe...... 6 60.0 in frame last 3; 7D12 9D14 4K12 3 PILLAR OF HERCULES(J Ramsden) A Marcus.. 3 60.0 3K10 6L10 1K10 4 VINCENTE(VH Marshall) M Byleveld.................. 1 60.0 MR+2; won last; 9L12 3L10 8K10 5 QUINLAN(J Snaith) L Burke................................ 4 58.5 MR-2; btnF; 1L10 4K10 6 VALBONNE(BJ Crawford) C Orffer..................... 5 53.5 btnF; 4L10 7L10 5K10 7 NORTHERN CORNER(GW Ennion) A Andrews.... 8 53.0 MR-3; 10K12 5L10 8K10 8 WEEKEND WARRIOR(GW Ennion) A Balloo.... 2 52.0 MR-5; unplaced last 4;

START

5:50PM

Kenilworth 2K14 1K14 4L14 1 CATKIN(J Ramsden) D Dillon............................. 6 61.5 in frame last 7; 7K12 9K12 1L14 2 FIFTY CENTS(J Snaith) G v Niekerk.................. 5 59.5 MR+3; won last; 6D16 7K12 5K12 3 MACDUFF(J Ramsden) A Marcus...................... 1 59.0 MR-1; Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 2K16 1K16 8K12 4 TURBULENT AIR(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe......... 8 59.0 Dist▲ 2S14 6L14 1K14 5 SUMMER SKY(D Kannemeyer) M Winnaar....... 7 57.0 MR+2; won last; 10D16 2S16 6L16 6 UNION JACK(BJ Crawford) G Cheyne............... 9 56.5 MR-1; 4K14 8K12 2L14 7 BLACKMORE(D Kannemeyer) M Byleveld....... 10 56.0 MR+1; 5S14 8S16 9D14 8 RIKITIKITANA(GS Kotzen) L Mxothwa............... 3 55.5 MR-3; hdgr ON; unplaced last 5; 6K16 1L14 9K14 9 SHALL BE FREE(M Robinson) R Fourie.......... 13 55.5 1D12 7L10 4L10 10 PRINCE MYSHKIN(J Snaith) C Murray............ 4 54.5 Dist▲ 3K18 7K14 3K16 11 WAITING FOR RAIN(ELP Steyn) C Orffer......... 2 54.0 7K16 4L14 5K16 12 PEROVSKIA(HWJ Crawford) L Hewitson......... 12 53.5 3K12 10L14 5K14 13 STREAK OF SILVER(AE Sands) D David........ 11 52.0 MR-2;

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Kenilworth 8K14 3K16 2K16 1 KAMAISHI(M Robinson) M Byleveld.................. 7 60.0 7K14 5L16 6K16 2 OLOYE(AE Sands) D Dillon.................................. 9 60.0 MR-2; unplaced last 5; 4K14 10L16 9K16 3 KANISHIWA(GS Kotzen) D David....................... 3 60.0 MR-5; 7L12 7L14 5K14 4 BLUE RHONE SKY(J Snaith) G v Niekerk.......... 6 60.0 unplaced last 3; 13K12 3K16 7K14 5 PUMPKIN QUEEN(D Kannemeyer) M Winnaar.... 5 60.0 MR-2; 10K16 8L18 6K16 6 SECOND CHANCE(GS Kotzen) L Mxothwa....... 8 60.0 MR+1; hdgr ON; unplaced last 5; 7S16 6K12 8K12 7 OLIVE MAY(D Kannemeyer) L Hewitson............ 4 60.0 MR-3; Dist▲ unplaced last 4; 10L12 8K14 8 CLIFTON BEACH(BJ Crawford) C Orffer........... 1 60.0 12L12 9K14 9 MARGOT FONTEYN(GS Kotzen) R Fourie........ 2 60.0 12K12 5K12 10 TWO COLOURS(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe.......... 10 60.0 Dist▲

START

4:10PM

Kenilworth 1K24 5L24 7K18 1 ONE DIRECTION(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe.......... 1 60.5 7L24 4L20 3K18 2 TIGER TOPS(J Ramsden) M Seidl..................... 8 59.0 4K18 3L24 3L24 3 BENJAN(C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer.............. 9 58.5 MR+5; Dist▼ in frame last 4; 9D20 6S12 10K14 4 DARK MOON RISING(PV Lafferty) D Dillon...... 5 58.5 MR-4; Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 2L20 3L18 5K18 5 FRIENDLY TIBBS(ELP Steyn) R Fourie............. 4 57.5 MR-1; 5F14 1K14 8K18 6 BIG PLEASURE(J Ramsden) A Marcus............. 2 56.5 2K18 1L20 6K18 7 GIMME ONE NIGHT(BJ Crawford) C Orffer...... 6 56.0 4K14 1L16 10K16 8 STEEL ROSE(GR Puller) P Botha........................ 7 55.5 Dist▲ 10V14 3V15 1V20 9 BIG PARADE(MF de Kock) C Murray................. 3 53.0 Dist▼ won last; 1K16 11L16 3K16 10 BEN-HUR(C Bass-Robinson) G v Niekerk........ 10 52.0 Dist▲

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Race 4: DOYLES (10)

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Race 8: MASTER’S SPIRIT (2)

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SPORTING POST • FRIDAY 8th - SUNDAY 10th DECEMBER 2017

GREYVILLE TURF Sunday • 10th December 2017

START

12:30PM

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MAIDEN PLATE - 1200M - SAME TRAINER:(2-12)

Greyville 4S12 3D12 8D12 1 THE NORTH FACE(DC Howells) B Lerena........ 3 60.0 MR-2; 2K12 2K14 6K14 2 COSSACK GUARD(D Kannemeyer) A Delpech.. 9 60.0 MR-4; btnF; hdgr OFF; Dist▼ 9D10 3D10 9D12 3 GREEN EMPEROR(GS Kotzen) M Yeni............. 2 60.0 prev run on a/w; 8D12 10D14 10D10 4 MEGREZ(G Anthony) J Mphanya........................ 5 60.0 unplaced last 7; prev run on a/w; 13S12 11D14 8D24 5 VIRTUOUS(N Kotzen) D Daniels....................... 12 60.0 1st run gelded; Dist▼ 6D12 8D12 6 CELTIC SUNRISE(M Dixon) A Arries................ 7 60.0 11S12 7 GLOBAL PURSUIT(MD Miller) W Kennedy....... 1 60.0 second run; 14D12 8 KING DADEWETHU(Gary Rich) KS Sakayi..... 13 60.0 hdgr ON; second run; 9 KING’S COMMAND(SG Tarry) A Mgudlwa....... 4 60.0 King’s Chapel colt; first run; 6D12 10 ROCKHAMPTON ROCKET(C Bass-Robinson)G Wright...11 60.0 second run; 11 SAND PATH(DS Bosch) K De Melo.................. 14 60.0 Eightfold Path gelding 40k nt (SI 13S12 12 SANDCASTLE(D Kannemeyer) S Randolph........ 6 60.0 second run; 9D12 10D12 13 SCOTTISH BLUE(Niklaas Van Wyk) S Moodley... 10 60.0 14 WAR-KING(DR Drier) S Veale............................ 8 60.0 Oratorio gelding 160k ctrtr (SI 0.

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MAIDEN PLATE (F&M) - 1200M - SAME TRAINER:(9-11)(12-14)

Greyville 2D14 6D16 2D12 1 FLAMENCO DANCER(DS Bosch) A Marcus.... 1 60.0 btnF; note run on 6Dec; 3L12 11K12 9K12 2 TRAVEL GUIDE(D Kannemeyer) A Delpech..... 14 60.0 MR-4; 7S12 5D14 12D14 3 PAMUNKEY(ML Roberts) A Arries..................... 4 60.0 unplaced last 4; prev run on a/w; 10S16 3D12 5D16 4 PINA COLADA(Gary Rich) L Pagel.................. 10 60.0 MR-3; hdgr ON; Dist▼ 9D12 12S14 10S14 5 MISS BEZ(D Egdes) J Mphanya...................... 12 60.0 MR-4; hdgr ON; Dist▼ 10D12 6 AIM FOR THE STARS(GB Puller) S Brown....... 3 60.0 second run; 14D14 7 BOLD EMBLEM(N Kotzen) M Yeni.................. 13 60.0 Dist▼ second run; 6S10 6S10 8 CASCADA(D Campbell) S Veale......................... 6 60.0 11D12 9 DUSTY MAGIC(C Bass-Robinson) C Bantam.... 9 60.0 second run; 6D10 10 FOREVERMORE(A Nel) G Wright...................... 5 60.0 second run; first run on turf; 9D12 11 MEZZANOTTE(C Bass-Robinson) W Kennedy... 2 60.0 second run; 10S12 12 PASHTOOSH(SW Humby) K De Melo.............. 11 60.0 second run; 10S12 12D12 13 SHADOW HUNTER(W Whitehead) D Schwarz.. 8 60.0 hdgr ON; prev run on a/w; 3D10 3D12 14 SUZI WOO(SW Humby) S Randolph.................. 7 60.0 btnF; first run on turf;

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Greyville 2D18 2D20 3D19 1 GREEN FAIRY(DC Howells) A Marcus............. 12 60.0 btnF; Dist▲ in frame last 5; 4S12 5D16 2D16 2 RUB OF THE GREEN(GS Kotzen) M Yeni......... 6 60.0 Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 2D24 4D20 3D20 3 MAKING MIRACLES(PV Lafferty) A Delpech... 5 60.0 MR-5; btnF; in frame last 4; 4D18 8D14 7D16 4 WELL SPOKEN(Gary Rich) B Lerena................. 4 60.0 MR-7; Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 8K12 7D14 7D16 5 SWEET AFTON(J Nel) A Mgudlwa..................... 8 60.0 MR-5; Dist▲ unplaced last 6; 11S20 6D20 4S16 6 TOO FREE TOO(MD Miller) M Ntuli................... 2 60.0 Dist▲ 6D18 13D16 4D20 7 REGAL RIVER(D Campbell) S Veale................ 14 60.0 Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 10S12 6S14 9D16 8 ROB’S KRISSTONA(D Campbell) B Jacobson.. 7 60.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 9D14 6D16 11D20 9 MARIS STELLA(GB Puller) S Brown.................. 3 60.0 hdgr ON; Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 8S16 10S18 10D14 10 SUNNY GIRL(JM Goodman) DS Lembethe........ 1 60.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 13Q10 12S12 12D10 11 SWEET VITTORIA(KG Naidoo) ES Ngwane...... 9 60.0 MR-18; hdgr OFF; Dist▲ 10D14 9D16 11S16 12 ASCALON(Niklaas Van Wyk) J Samuel.............. 11 60.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 6; 12D14 13 COLOURWORKS(M Dixon) A Arries................ 13 60.0 Dist▲ second run; 11D14 11D16 14 MEG(AJ Wright) T Godden................................. 15 60.0 Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 10S12 8D16 15 YOUNG HOPEFUL(GS Kotzen) S Moodley...... 10 60.0 Dist▲ prev run on a/w;

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Greyville 5S14 2S12 1D12 1 LUCKY VEIL(IS & DW Moore) D Daniels............ 6 60.5 MR-3; won last; prev run on a/w; 2S10 5S12 1S10 2 WALL TAG(GB Puller) A Mgudlwa...................... 4 60.5 won last; 1D14 3 GRADUATE(DS Bosch) A Marcus....................... 5 60.0 won last; second run; 10S10 1D10 5D10 4 HE’S A KEEPER(AJ Wright) B Lerena............. 13 60.0 MR-1; prev run on a/w; 2S12 2S12 1D12 5 MEET THE LOGANS(G v Zyl) W Kennedy....... 14 60.0 won last; in frame last 4; 7S12 5D14 7D14 6 PATH TO GLORY(MD Miller) A Arries.............. 17 60.0 MR-5; Dist▼ unplaced last 4; 1D14 5D16 11D12 7 CAPRIVI(D Egdes) C Bantam........................... 11 59.0 10D12 6D10 8D12 8 ROY ROYALE(AJ Wright) S Brown................... 10 58.5 MR-1; unplaced last 4; 4S10 4D10 10D10 9 SUZIE’S SOLDIER(D Campbell) D Schwarz.... 16 58.0 MR-6; prev run on a/w; 7S10 1D12 6D12 10 BURRA BOY(M Dixon) K De Melo...................... 1 58.0 MR+4; prev run on a/w; 10K16 1K12 7L12 11 ONE FOR ONE(BJ Crawford) S Veale................ 9 57.0 MR-5; 10S12 6D12 12D12 12 STRUMMER(D Campbell) S Randolph.............. 7 57.0 MR-5; unplaced last 4; 5S12 13S14 2D12 13 RUSSIAN GIRL(GB Puller) G Wright.................. 3 54.0 MR-2; Dist▼ prev run on a/w; 5S10 11V10 6D12 14 ALDRIC(JM Goodman) M Yeni.......................... 12 52.0 MR-5; unplaced last 10; 5S12 6S12 5D12 15 SHWANKY(LW Goosen) - reserve 1................... 8 60.5 MR-4; unplaced last 5; 6D13 11D14 1D10 16 CRYMEARIVER(PV Lafferty) - reserve 2......... 15 60.5 won last; 6Q12 3S14 6D14 17 ROY’S AMBASSADOR(KG Naidoo) - reserve 3... 2 52.0 Dist▼ prev run on a/w;

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PA4/PICK SIX3/JACKPOT2 MR 94 HANDICAP - 1600M - SAME TRAINER:(4-8)(5-7)

Greyville 2S24 5D30 2D16 1 SUN ON AFRICA(DS Bosch) B Lerena............. 8 61.0 MR+2; 2D14 14D16 10D14 2 JUST ASK ME(MD Miller) S Veale..................... 2 60.5 MR-1; prev run on a/w; 2D18 9D14 6D16 3 LAST TIGER(D Kannemeyer) ES Ngwane........... 9 59.5 MR-2; 2D16 1D16 6D19 4 NICKLAUS(DC Howells) A Delpech.................... 6 59.0 MR+7; hdgr ON; prev run on a/w; 8D12 1D14 3D16 5 DANCE ON AIR(CS Laird) A Marcus................. 3 57.0 1D14 5S14 2D16 6 HEAD HONCHO(A Nel) G Wright....................... 7 55.0 MR+2; btnF; hdgr ON; 6D12 9D12 2D14 7 BUFFALO SOLDIER(CS Laird) W Kennedy....... 4 54.0 MR-3; 9S14 10D14 7D16 8 LEGEND(DC Howells) K De Melo........................ 1 53.5 MR-5; unplaced last 3; 4S16 5S24 5D18 9 DOUBLE CLUTCH(PV Lafferty) A Arries............ 5 53.0 MR-8; Dist▼ prev run on a/w;

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PA7/PICK SIX6 MR 70 HANDICAP - 1200M - SAME TRAINER:(2-13)(4-8)(9-12)

Greyville 2D12 4D10 5D14 1 VARALLO(DS Bosch) A Delpech......................... 8 61.0 MR-4; btnF; Dist▼ 5D14 9D16 10D12 2 A WOMENS WAY(DC Howells) B Lerena.......... 2 60.0 MR-5; Dist▼ unplaced last 4; 7D12 9S12 7D12 3 OVER SURE(Y Govender) S Moodley............... 12 57.5 MR-3; unplaced last 3; 1S12 2S12 3D10 4 CUVARA(AJ Rivalland) M Ntuli.......................... 10 56.0 in frame last 4; 9D12 3D10 5S12 5 PANZA(Niklaas Van Wyk) M Yeni....................... 14 56.0 8K12 10K14 6K12 6 SUNSET EYES(BJ Crawford) A Marcus............. 9 56.0 MR-1; unplaced last 3; 3S12 5T10 7T12 7 ARIANOS BAGOFGOLD(G v Zyl) ES Ngwane..... 13 55.5 MR-3; 8T12 12D12 9D10 8 FIELDMARSHAL FENIX(SG Tarry) DS Lembethe... 1 55.0 MR-4; unplaced last 4; 8D14 2S12 1D10 9 Q THE MUSIC(A Nel) G Wright....................... 11 54.5 won last; 1S10 8D12 10 ON THAT BOULEVARD(CS Laird) W Kennedy..... 4 54.0 prev run on a/w; 9S16 8D14 1S12 11 PRIME SUSPECT(M Dixon) A Arries................ 5 54.0 MR+4; won last; 8D12 10D12 11D12 12 SILVER RIDGE(D Kannemeyer) S Veale............ 7 53.5 unplaced last 4; prev run on a/w; 1K16 4S12 5S14 13 WAYWOOD(SW Humby) K De Melo................... 3 53.0 btnF; Dist▼ 7S11 9S16 11S12 14 REAL VISION(GB Puller) A Mgudlwa................. 6 52.0 MR-8; hdgr ON; unplaced last 3;

PA3/PICK SIX2/JACKPOT1 MR 82 HANDICAP - 2200M - SAME TRAINER:(1-10)(2-5)

Greyville 8S16 1D30 14T32 1 RUN RHINO RUN(KG Naidoo) S Moodley......... 8 62.5 Dist▼ 2S24 3D19 7S20 2 TECHNO CAPTAIN(PM Gadsby) S Randolph.... 5 58.0 btnF; Dist▲ 6S16 2D20 3D20 3 SHIRLEY VALENTINE(DS Bosch) K De Melo... 6 57.5 btnF; 5D20 5D20 7D16 4 PURE VALOR(L Denysschen) A Delpech......... 10 56.5 unplaced last 3; prev run on a/w; 7S24 1D20 6D24 5 ATATURK(PM Gadsby) C Bantam....................... 2 53.0 btnF; Dist▼ 9S12 10D16 1D20 6 REGENT SEVEN(G v Zyl) W Kennedy................ 3 52.0 Dist▲ won last; prev run on a/w; 1K24 9K24 1D20 7 HERO QUEST(BJ Crawford) A Arries................. 7 52.0 MR+3; Dist▼ won last; 1D18 7D14 3D24 8 I AM A ROCK(DC Howells) ES Ngwane............. 4 52.0 MR-2; Dist▼ 1S24 3D30 10D24 9 IMPACT ZONE(JM Goodman) M Yeni............... 1 52.0 Dist▼ 1S24 5D30 8D24 10 MAGESH’S JET(KG Naidoo) J Samuel.............. 9 52.0 MR-2; Dist▼

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PA6/PICK SIX5/JACKPOT4 MR 86 HANDICAP - 1200M - SAME TRAINER:(-)

Greyville 10S10 3D10 1D10 1 MUSCATT(ML Roberts) D Schwarz.................... 4 61.0 MR+1; won last; prev run on a/w; 3S12 13D12 7D12 2 BARBOSA(DR Drier) A Marcus........................... 6 59.5 MR-1; 1D10 7S12 1D10 3 VISION TO KILL(PM Gadsby) A Arries.............. 7 59.5 MR+5; won last; 3D14 3D16 12S12 4 SAIL(DR Drier) S Veale........................................ 8 58.5 1S10 2D10 3D10 5 ISCA(Gareth Van Zyl) W Kennedy........................ 5 55.5 MR+3; in frame last 3; 7T10 6V10 11T10 6 GREASEPAINT(RR Magner) M Yeni................... 1 53.0 MR-2; unplaced last 7; 1T10 2D10 3D10 7 CAPTAIN’S GIRL(LW Goosen) ES Ngwane....... 3 52.0 btnF; in frame last 5; 9D16 7D16 7S12 8 GUNNER(PM Gadsby) C Bantam........................ 2 52.0 MR-4; hdgr OFF; unplaced last 8;

Greyville 3D16 4D19 2D19 1 O’REILLY(AJ Rivalland) B Lerena........................ 9 60.0 MR+16; Dist▲ in frame last 3; 2K19 5L24 4D24 2 ROKATENDA(C Bass-Robinson) G Wright....... 17 60.0 MR-2; btnF; Dist▼ 3S20 7D16 3D20 3 VESTED INTEREST(D Egdes) S Brown............ 4 60.0 Dist▲ prev run on a/w; 6S16 4D20 7D20 4 NAKED TRUTH(Gary Rich) B Jacobson............. 1 60.0 7S24 8D20 10D14 5 ROY IS SLOW(Y Govender) A Arries.................. 5 60.0 MR-11; Dist▼ unplaced last 3; 7D19 5D19 6D16 6 STORM HERO(G Anthony) S Randolph........... 13 60.0 MR+1; Dist▲ unplaced last 5; 11S24 6D20 11D19 7 INHERIT THE WIND(CM Bestel) D Daniels...... 8 60.0 MR-8; hdgr ON; Dist▼ 11D14 5D16 8 EAGLE’S LEGACY(PM Gadsby) L Pagel.......... 14 60.0 first run on turf; 2D16 7D16 3D16 9 THE BYZANTINE(G v Zyl) W Kennedy............... 7 58.0 1st run gelded; Dist▲ 2S24 4D16 3D30 10 TOP CLASSMAN(F Robinson) A Delpech....... 10 58.0 MR-2; btnF; Dist▼ 10T12 4T18 3V17 11 MUTAWAARY(KG Naidoo) A Marcus............... 11 58.0 MR-5; Dist▲ 9D16 4D16 9D16 12 IT’S MY WAY(JM Goodman) K De Melo............ 2 58.0 MR-3; hdgr ON; Dist▲ 11T15 11V17 4D30 13 STAR OF KAZAN(SG Tarry) M Yeni................. 12 58.0 MR+19; Dist▼ 14D14 14 ROOT BEER(AJ Wright) A Mgudlwa................. 15 58.0 Dist▲ second run; 9D18 8D16 5D30 15 WILD ENCOUNTER(MD Miller) T Godden....... 16 56.5 Dist▼ unplaced last 6; 12D14 11D16 12D20 16 MARISCHINO CHERRY(CG Eudy) KS Sakayi.. 6 56.5 hdgr ON; Dist▲ unplaced last 3; 9D16 9D16 6D19 17 SHERMAN(Niklaas Van Wyk) - reserve 1........... 3 60.0 Dist▲ unplaced last 4;

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Race 4: ROKATENDA (2)

RACE 1 12/10 COSSACK GUARD 5/1 The North Face 5/1 War-King 5/1 Global Pursuit 7/1 Rockhampton Rocket 12/1 Green Emperor 12/1 King’s Command 12/1 Sand Path 16/1 Celtic Sunrise 16/1 Sandcastle 33/1 Scottish Blue 50/1 Megrez 66/1 Virtuous 66/1 King Dadewethu RACE 2 16/10 Suzi Woo 2/1 FLAMENCO DANCER 7/1 Travel Guide 10/1 Pina Colada 10/1 Forevermore 14/1 Pamunkey 14/1 Mezzanotte 14/1 Cascada 14/1 Aim For The Stars 20/1 Pashtoosh 33/1 Bold Emblem 50/1 Miss Bez 50/1 Shadow Hunter 50/1 Dusty Magic RACE 3 16/10 Green Fairy 5/2 RUB OF THE GREEN 4/1 Making Miracles 10/1 Too Free Too 14/1 Sweet Afton 14/1 Regal River 14/1 Maris Stella 20/1 Well Spoken 25/1 Young Hopeful 33/1 Sweet Vittoria 33/1 Rob’s Krisstona 50/1 Sunny Girl 50/1 Colourworks 66/1 Ascalon 66/1 Meg RACE 4 2/1 Top Classman 4/1 Mutawaary 5/1 O’REILLY 5/1 The Byzantine 5/1 Rokatenda 10/1 Star Of Kazan 14/1 It’s My Way 20/1 Vested Interest 25/1 Roy Is Slow 25/1 Eagle’s Legacy 25/1 Storm Hero 33/1 Naked Truth 33/1 Root Beer 50/1 Inherit The Wind 66/1 Wild Encounter 66/1 Sherman 80/1 Marischino Cherry RACE 5 3/1 Shirley Valentine 3/1 Hero Quest 5/1 Techno Captain 5/1 ATATURK 7/1 Regent Seven 10/1 I Am A Rock 10/1 Run Rhino Run 10/1 Pure Valor 14/1 Impact Zone 33/1 Magesh’s Jet RACE 6 3/1 Sun On Africa 3/1 Dance On Air 4/1 Nicklaus 4/1 HEAD HONCHO 4/1 Buffalo Soldier 14/1 Last Tiger 14/1 Legend 14/1 Double Clutch 25/1 Just Ask Me RACE 7 2/1 Captain’s Girl 5/2 Isca 5/1 Barbosa 7/1 MUSCATT 7/1 Vision To Kill 7/1 Sail 10/1 Gunner 20/1 Greasepaint RACE 8 4/1 VARALLO 4/1 Cuvara 5/1 Waywood 5/1 Sunset Eyes 5/1 On That Boulevard 10/1 Panza 10/1 Q The Music 14/1 Prime Suspect 14/1 Fieldmarshal Fenix 14/1 A Womens Way 20/1 Arianos Bagofgold 25/1 Over Sure 25/1 Silver Ridge 25/1 Real Vision RACE 9 16/10 Graduate 7/1 Meet The Logans 10/1 Lucky Veil 10/1 WALL TAG 10/1 He’s A Keeper 14/1 Shwanky 14/1 Russian Girl 14/1 Strummer 14/1 One For One 14/1 Burra Boy 14/1 Suzie’s Soldier 14/1 Roy’s Ambassador 20/1 Roy Royale 20/1 Path To Glory 25/1 Caprivi 25/1 Aldric 25/1 Crymeariver

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LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Race 6 (244)

Kenilworth Gr2 Cape Merchants

1200m R400,000

107 1 0.00 Silicone Valley (5) 56.0 D Dillon 12/1 7 b g Jay Peg - Prize Collection (Model Man) (6) 52.0 L Hewitson 11/2 101 2 0.75 Dutch Philip 3 b c What A Winter - Upity Ann (Dominion Royale) (7) 56.5 A Marcus 7/1 101 3 1.75 Always In Charge 4 b c Captain Al - Polar Charge(GB) (Polar Falcon) (1) 57.0 R Khathi 55/1 101 4 2.25 Tevez (3) 52.5 S Veale 16/1 91 5 2.30 Heartland (11) 52.0 S Cele 12/1 89 6 2.40 Black Cat Back (14) 55.5 P Strydom 9/1 97 7 2.50 Attenborough (15) 57.0 R Fourie 9/1 97 8 3.25 Sergeant Hardy (4) 59.5 C Orffer 6/1 98 9 4.50 Search Party (12) 52.0 G Cheyne 8/1 87 10 4.70 Al Mariachi (2) 52.5 M Byleveld 28/1 81 11 5.00 Percival (13) 62.0 A Domeyer 28/1 99 12 5.75 Marinaresco (9) 52.0 G v Niekerk 12/1 64 13 9.25 Cuban Emerald (8) 54.5 M Seidl 55/1 48 14 15.50 Bishop’s Bounty (10) 59.0 B Fayd’herbe 22/1 51 15 17.25 Brutal Force Time: 71.63s (59.69s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:GR Puller O:Messrs C F Bester, F M Carruthers, P Fourie, G R Puller & Ian Robinson B:Klawervlei Stud

Race 7 (245)

Kenilworth Gr1 Fillies Guineas (3yo’s)

1600m R1,000,000

98 1 0.00 Snowdance (2) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 11/10 3 b f Captain Al - Spring Lilac (Joshua Dancer) (13) 60.0 G v Niekerk 14/1 91 2 3.25 Oh Susanna 3 bl/br f Street Cry - Sharp Susan(USA) (Touch Gold) (1) 60.0 M Seidl 75/1 91 3 3.30 Fresnaye 3 b f Western Winter - Gulf Breeze(GB) (Dubai Destination) (5) 60.0 S Veale 11/1 88 4 4.55 Lady In Black (4) 60.0 A Domeyer 6/1 88 5 4.65 Magical Wonderland (14) 60.0 D Dillon 36/1 85 6 5.90 Rose In Bloom (9) 60.0 R Fourie 28/1 82 7 7.40 Elusive Heart (6) 60.0 C Orffer 75/1 81 8 7.80 Princess Peach (7) 60.0 A Marcus 22/1 77 9 9.55 Rings And Things (3) 60.0 L Mxothwa 36/1 77 10 9.65 Too Phat To Fly (10) 60.0 L Hewitson 18/1 76 11 10.40 Via Seattle (11) 60.0 B Lerena 14/1 74 12 11.15 Silver Thursday (12) 60.0 M Byleveld 55/1 73 13 11.35 Midnight Moonlight (8) 60.0 G Cheyne 18/1 71 14 12.60 Love Supreme (15) 60.0 R Khathi 66/1 71 15 12.70 Lanark (16) 60.0 P Strydom 36/1 65 16 15.20 Rockin Russian Time: 98.4s (61.5s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:J Snaith O:Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert) & Mr W J C Mitchell B:Cheveley Stud

Race 8 (246)

Kenilworth Gr2 Green Point Stakes

1600m R400,000

114 1 0.00 Legal Eagle (2) 60.0 A Marcus 15/10 6 b g Greys Inn - Young Sensation (National Emblem) (4) 60.0 P Strydom 21/10 113 2 0.50 Edict Of Nantes 4 b c Count Dubois - Pagan Dance (Jet Master) (5) 60.0 C Orffer 11/1 112 3 1.00 Captain America 7 b g Captain Al - Requista (Fort Wood) (7) 59.0 R Fourie 13/2 107 4 2.50 Gold Standard (1) 60.0 G Cheyne 15/1 107 5 3.50 Sail South (3) 58.0 A Domeyer 15/1 101 6 4.00 Our Mate Art (6) 58.0 G v Niekerk 28/1 85 7 11.25 Copper Force Time: 97.45s (60.91s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 110% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mayfair Speculators (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D L Brugman) B:Avontuur Farm

Race 9 (247)

Kenilworth MR 76 Handicap (F&M)

1400m R86,000

73 1 0.00 Samsara (7) 57.5 A Andrews 11/1 4 b f Rock Of Rochelle - Karma (Dr Fong) (5) 54.5 L Mxothwa 6/1 74 2 0.20 Ostinato 3 b f Judpot - Waltzing Time (Anytime) (2) 60.0 B Fayd’herbe 33/10 84 3 0.95 Merysagos 3 b f Captain Al - Candy Singer(ARG) (Singspiel) (8) 54.0 G v Niekerk 7/1 70 4 1.05 Esteemal (6) 54.5 R Fourie 3/1 71 5 1.15 Wings Of Honor (4) 58.0 A Marcus 7/1 75 6 2.40 Still I Rise (3) 57.5 Wes Marwing 15/2 64 7 2.90 Wedgwood (1) 54.5 A Balloo 22/1 50 8 5.40 Whispering Light Time: 88.17s (62.98s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 112% 1st T:GW Ennion O:Mr & Mrs T D Andrews & Mr G W Ennion B:TD Andrews

Race 9 (444)

TURFFONTEIN Saturday 2 December

Race 1 (436)

Going: soft Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)

1160m R95,000

67 1 0.00 Colour Of Light (1) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 11/1 3 gr f Seventh Rock - Silver Candle (Al Mufti) (11) 60.0 D Mansour 7/2 67 2 0.05 Tia 3 b f Silvano - Tachina(IRE) (Spectrum) (10) 60.0 K Zechner 15/1 59 3 2.25 Get Your Grove On 3 b f Judpot - Comebackanddance (Jallad) (4) 60.0 C Murray 7/2 50 4 3.00 Fragrant Miss (2) 60.0 G Lerena 6/1 56 5 3.05 Ration My Passion (15) 60.0 R Munger 18/1 45 6 4.40 Internetbet (7) 60.0 M Yeni 18/1 50 7 4.50 Dunas Douradas (9) 60.0 K De Melo 50/1 50 8 4.60 Words (13) 60.0 M Thackeray 18/1 49 9 4.95 Cop Shop (6) 60.0 R Danielson 13/2 48 10 5.00 Saheera (8) 60.0 J Penny 28/1 47 11 5.50 Riems Cathedral (5) 60.0 R Simons 28/1 45 12 6.00 Nightmare (3) 60.0 S Fortune 44/1 44 13 6.10 Chiara (12) 60.0 M v Rensburg 36/1 43 14 6.35 Charity Queen (14) 60.0 W Kennedy 50/1 42 15 6.75 Bellatrix Time: 69.76s (60.14s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mayfair Speculators (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D L Brugman) & Mr C J H van Niekerk B:Klawervlei Stud

Race 2 (437)

Turffontein Maiden Plate

63 1 0.00 Takaduma (9) 60.0 4 b g Mogok - Markanawa(NZ) (Maroof) (6) 57.5 64 2 0.05 Lunar Dancer 3 ch f Philanthropist - Countless (Count Dubois) (10) 60.0 63 3 1.60 Saint Michael 3 ch g Pathfork - Minnie Mambo(USA) (Kingmambo) (8) 60.0 57 4 3.30 Greto (1) 60.0 56 5 3.55 Liberado (2) 60.0 50 6 5.05 Changing Seasons (3) 60.0 45 7 6.55 Gertjie (4) 60.0 42 8 7.15 Infamous Fox (7) 60.0 33 9 7.90 Prince Of War (5) 60.0 32 10 8.20 Mr Tinsel (11) 60.0 33 11 9.70 Atlantic Shore Time: 69.96s (60.31s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) 1st T:GV Woodruff O:Mr M J A Ferreira B:Scott Bros

Race 3 (438)

Turffontein Maiden Plate

Turffontein MR69 Handicap (F&M)

Turffontein Maiden Plate

D Mansour

13/1

K De Melo

9/2

W Kennedy 28/10 C Murray 13/2 R Danielson 11/1 M Thackeray 44/1 G Lerena 28/10 R Munger 22/1 D Habib 66/1 H vd Hoven 28/1 SP Total %: 115%

1160m R95,000

2000m R112,000

1600m R95,000

58 1 0.00 The Falls Road (2) 60.0 D Mansour 28/1 4 b g Call To Combat - Amalfi Drive (Announce) (1) 59.0 G Lerena 16/10 61 2 2.00 D’ arrivee 3 b c Kahal - We Have Lift Off (Jet Master) (10) 59.0 M Yeni 13/1 59 3 2.75 Horseplay 3 ch g Judpot - Mostly Mischief (Elliodor) (7) 59.0 C Murray 15/2 59 4 3.00 Bosphorus (3) 59.0 M Thackeray 44/1 58 5 3.50 Come The Day (4) 59.0 R Munger 13/2 51 6 6.25 The Bee Eff Gee (5) 59.0 R Danielson 5/1 50 7 7.15 Cyrus (6) 59.0 K De Melo 9/2 46 8 8.75 Outside Edge (8) 59.0 R Simons 28/1 36 9 13.15 Think Of Magic (11) 59.0 K Zechner 50/1 35 10 13.65 Rasta Bay (9) 59.0 JP vd Merwe 66/1 2 11 28.65 Stradivari Time: 101.42s (63.39s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:SD Gray O:Mr St John D Gray B:Graystone Stud

Race 6 (441)

Kingmambo – Banks Hill by Danehill

Passion Peach

1 win 5 runs

3 ch f Ideal World - Coral Garden (Tiger Ridge) WON at Kenilworth, 1000m, 30 November Congratulations to A Andrews, C Bass-Robinson, Mesdames G Burg, MH Mason & Mr MJT Wickens, Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 1 win 2 places 4 runs

Talitha Borealis

3 b f Ideal World - Sweet Sequel (Casey Tibbs) WON at Kenilworth, 1600m, 2 December Congratulations to B Fayd’herbe, J Snaith, Dr RH Katzwinkel, Mr G Ragunan & Dr Dave & Mrs Sue Whitelaw, Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 5 wins 12 places 27 runs

Betula Uber

5 ch m Ideal World - Hard Wood (Strike Smartly) WON at Borrowdale Park, 1900m, 2 December Congratulations to J Greyling, P Fisher, Mr G Goksel & Mauritzfontein Stud

. . . and placed . . .

For Ever Guy Murdoch • Tel: 053 833 7095 Cell: 083 308 4002 • guy@mauritzfontein.co.za

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

1400m R150,000

98 1 0.00 Surcharge (4) 60.0 G Lerena 15/10 3 b c Gimmethegreenlight - Congestion Charge(GB) (Diktat) (2) 52.0 K De Melo 13/1 79 2 0.60 Harlan County 3 ch g Pathfork - Al Nibari (Al Mufti) (1) 52.0 J Penny 28/1 74 3 2.20 King’s County 3 ch g Count Dubois - Bay Cherry(ZIM) (Goldkeeper) (9) 52.5 M Yeni 13/1 75 4 2.45 Flying Winger (5) 52.0 K Zechner 50/1 65 5 5.15 Varimax (10) 58.5 D Mansour 9/1 76 6 6.40 Prince Of Kahal (8) 59.0 W Kennedy 18/1 77 7 6.45 Blackball (7) 52.0 M v Rensburg 13/2 60 8 6.85 Polar Ice (6) 53.5 R Danielson 22/1 53 9 10.45 Keanan’s Rock (13) 52.5 JP vd Merwe 13/2 49 10 10.95 Dhabyaan (3) 52.0 M Thackeray 44/1 44 11 12.35 O Lucky Man (12) 55.0 C Murray 11/1 49 12 12.75 Full Of Attitude (11) 52.0 R Munger 28/1 0 13 99.99 Decision Time Time: 86s (61.43s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:ST Pettigrew O:Mr I F M van Schalkwyk B:Varsfontein Stud

Race 7 (442)

Turffontein Maiden Plate (F&M)

1600m R95,000

72 1 0.00 Il Mondo (7) 59.0 JP vd Merwe 15/1 3 b f Brave Tin Soldier - Silwood (Fort Wood) (1) 59.0 R Simons 7/2 70 2 0.90 Let’s Twist 3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Bold Choice (Lecture) (4) 59.0 K De Melo 7/2 69 3 1.65 Angelic 3 b f Gitano Hernando - Your’s Eternally (Western Winter) (8) 59.0 C Murray 13/1 61 4 5.05 Grab The Gavel (6) 59.0 G Lerena 13/10 58 5 6.55 Redberry Wood (9) 59.0 K Zechner 18/1 49 6 10.45 Raksha (3) 59.0 W Kennedy 28/1 49 7 10.75 Stolen Summer (2) 59.0 R Munger 66/1 43 8 13.50 Ashdown (5) 60.0 M Yeni 18/1 31 9 15.80 Ornate Time: 101.75s (63.59s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:CE Erasmus O:Mr Barry Marais B:R Plersch

Race 8 (443)

Turffontein MR86 Handicap (3yoF)

Race 10 (445) Turffontein MR74 Handicap (F&M)

1160m R94,000

85 1 0.00 Covered In Snow (8) 58.0 3 b f Crusade - Blue Nevada (Anytime) 81 2 2.40 Onamission (10) 60.5 3 b f Crusade - Tempted (Jallad) 69 3 3.00 Inyanga (6) 58.5 5 b m Elusive Fort - Kruger Park (Al Mufti) 64 4 3.60 Open Road (1) 57.5 56 5 5.00 Momo (9) 56.0 60 6 7.40 Illegal (7) 59.5 45 7 8.40 Claret Cup (4) 57.0 54 8 8.65 Awaafy (2) 59.0 42 9 8.85 Movie Award (11) 56.5 41 10 10.05 Flowersfromabrook (3) 55.5 3 11 21.75 Melinda’s Garden (5) 58.5 Time: 1.4s (1.21s avg/1000m, or 2983km/h) 1st T:DN Stenger O:Mr P E White B:Clifton Stud

1400m R112,000

76 1 0.00 Mable Syrup (3) 54.5 C Murray 33/10 3 b f Silvano - Milk And Honey(USA) (Belong to Me) (5) 59.5 J Penny 11/2 86 2 0.40 Star Profile 3 b f Bold Silvano - West Wacker (Western Winter) (7) 53.0 K Zechner 15/2 62 3 3.70 Inthepurplerain 3 b f Querari - Bellhouse(AUS) (Danehill) (6) 52.0 R Munger 28/1 58 4 4.30 Piccadilly Square (4) 53.0 M Yeni 15/1 53 5 6.50 Serendipity (9) 60.0 R Simons 9/2 68 6 6.75 Green Top (2) 54.5 W Kennedy 7/2 56 7 6.80 One Dimension (8) 56.0 JP vd Merwe 13/1 57 8 7.60 Ice Art (1) 53.0 K De Melo 15/1 46 9 8.90 Virginia Moon Time: 88.28s (63.06s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 114% 1st T:MF de Kock O:Wilgerbosdrift (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mrs M Slack) B:Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein

M Yeni

11/1

C Murray

13/2

JP vd Merwe

18/1

R Simons 18/1 W Kennedy 15/1 G Lerena 5/1 M v Rensburg 13/1 R Munger 7/2 M Thackeray 28/1 K Zechner 11/2 J Penny 15/2 SP Total %: 115%

SCOTTSVILLE Sunday 3 December

1160m R95,000

76 1 0.00 Excalibur’s Return (6) 56.0 C Murray 22/10 3 b f Golden Sword - Home Safe (Silvano) (2) 59.5 G Lerena 7/2 70 2 0.25 Emerald Bay 4 ch f Mullins Bay - Model Emblem (National Emblem) (3) 60.0 R Munger 6/1 69 3 1.35 Polar Secret 6 b m Elusive Fort - Polarmink (Western Winter) 4 1.95 End Game (4) 60.0 R Danielson 7/2 68 (7) 59.0 K De Melo 18/1 65 5 2.15 Savethebestforlast (1) 56.0 K Zechner 9/1 50 6 6.40 Arte (5) 59.5 R Simons 18/1 49 7 11.15 Sultry Time: 128.77s (64.39s avg/1000m, or 56km/h) SP Total %: 111% 1st T:MF de Kock O:Mr M F de Kock B:Moutonshoek

Race 5 (440)

2000m R88,000

M v Rensburg 28/1

84 1 0.00 Lobo’s Legend (1) 60.0 G Lerena 6/10 3 b c Trippi - Gone Wild (Western Winter) (2) 60.0 C Murray 11/1 52 2 8.50 The Rising Legend 3 b g Eightfold Path - Ramp Vamp (Jet Master) (6) 60.0 J Penny 15/1 43 3 9.25 Fearless Fred 4 b g Sail From Seattle - Happy Hostess (Western Winter) (9) 60.0 K De Melo 36/1 48 4 9.50 Kamakura (3) 60.0 M v Rensburg 100/1 39 5 12.00 Savannah King (10) 60.0 H vd Hoven 100/1 37 6 12.50 Market Forces (11) 60.0 M Yeni 22/1 37 7 12.60 Ontario (7) 60.0 K Zechner 11/2 35 8 12.90 Savitar (12) 57.5 D Mansour 10/1 30 9 13.00 Delphine (8) 60.0 S Fortune 66/1 27 10 15.20 Pearl Of Siberia (5) 60.0 R Munger 36/1 24 11 16.00 Little Magician (4) 60.0 R Danielson 66/1 0 12 22.75 Reventador Time: 69.05s (59.53s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:JA Soma O:Mayfair Speculators (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D L Brugman) B:Klawervlei Stud

Race 4 (439)

Turffontein MR58 Handicap (F&M)

55 1 0.00 Subtle Force (2) 56.5 R Munger 6/1 4 b f A P Arrow - Black Current (Mogok) 71 2 1.40 Tundra Taita (12) 59.0 K Zechner 11/2 3 b f Marchfield - Falconry (West Man) 73 3 1.50 Braxton (11) 60.0 M Yeni 3/1 3 b f Curved Ball - Elucidation(AUS) (Elusive Quality) 67 4 3.50 Barbie Doll (10) 59.0 K De Melo 9/1 50 5 3.70 Flying Dream (5) 57.5 G Lerena 11/2 31 6 7.00 River Run (3) 52.0 J Penny 18/1 29 7 8.50 Secret Angel (4) 52.0 M Thackeray 44/1 29 8 9.50 Legend Seeker (8) 53.0 JP vd Merwe 28/1 25 9 10.40 Tales Of Mambo (6) 52.0 W Kennedy 36/1 29 10 16.90 Cinnamon Slew (1) 59.5 C Murray 15/2 16 11 19.70 Emmeline (7) 56.0 M v Rensburg 28/1 18 12 20.00 Gold Medal Girl (9) 57.0 C Thabana 13/1 Time: 130.32s (65.16s avg/1000m, or 55km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:D Nieuwenhuizen O:Messrs B O Lenders, C P Bronkhorst, A Christodolides & B I Rajhununan & Mr D J & Mrs H M R Nieuwenhuizen B:R Plersch

Race 1 (267)

Going: soft Scottsville Maiden Juvenile Plate

800m R100,000

76 1 0.00 Vertical Descent (6) 60.0 G Lerena 1/1 2 b c What A Winter - Lavender Sky (Elliodor) (2) 60.0 T Godden 15/1 75 2 0.50 Special Force 2 b g Crusade - Hermana (Qui Danzig) (5) 60.0 S Veale 18/1 73 3 1.00 Play Another Tune 2 c Noble Tune - Another Goat (Victory Moon) (7) 60.0 W Kennedy 13/2 71 4 1.50 Perfect Peter (4) 60.0 ES Ngwane 11/1 58 5 5.25 Stream Ahead (11) 60.0 D De Gouveia 18/1 55 6 6.00 Mindmymooood (10) 60.0 S Moodley 11/2 41 7 10.00 Mystical Son (9) 60.0 DS Lembethe 44/1 41 8 10.15 Metallic Print (1) 60.0 J Samuel 15/1 41 9 10.25 Kirav’s Tune (8) 60.0 A Arries 18/1 39 10 10.75 Dexter (12) 60.0 B Dean 50/1 26 11 14.50 Wild Rendezvous (3) 60.0 L Mohapi 44/1 0 12 22.25 He’s All Glamour Time: 46.35s (57.94s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 122% 1st T:MD Miller O:Messrs G C Cornwall, Sterling M Miller & B J Sahd B:Waterford Stud

Race 2 (268)

Scottsville Maiden Plate (3yoF)

1200m R100,000

Scottsville Maiden Plate

1200m R100,000

73 1 0.00 Prosecco (5) 60.0 A Marcus 5/2 3 ch f Var - Magnificent Maggie (Joshua Dancer) (10) 60.0 W Kennedy 16/10 72 2 0.50 Love Theme 3 b f Oratorio - Lewinsky’s Lover (Jallad) (11) 60.0 S Veale 6/1 64 3 2.50 Seattle Spark 3 b f Sail From Seattle - Star On Stage(GB) (Sadler’s Wells) (3) 60.0 G Lerena 11/1 64 3 2.50 Fleek 3 b f Main Aim - Bella Jet (Jet Master) (1) 60.0 B Lerena 11/1 48 5 7.00 Tommaso (6) 60.0 D Schwarz 50/1 47 6 7.25 Eetee (7) 60.0 ES Ngwane 50/1 46 7 7.75 Fashion Trend (9) 60.0 S Randolph 22/1 45 8 7.85 Blue Winter (2) 60.0 S Moodley 44/1 45 9 7.95 Arizona Sunset (14) 60.0 T Godden 28/1 44 10 8.20 Roy’s Marlin (13) 60.0 B Jacobson 66/1 37 11 10.20 Three Ships (12) 60.0 G Wright 50/1 36 12 10.45 Prosperous (8) 60.0 A Arries 50/1 6 13 18.70 House Of Cards (4) 60.0 B Claassen 50/1 0 14 25.45 Photograph Time: 69.5s (57.92s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:AD Gordon O:Mr M Greene B:Ndoro Stud

Race 3 (269)

75 1 0.00 Drageda (13) 60.0 A Marcus 28/10 3 b g Captain Al - Laughing River (Windrush) (3) 60.0 W Kennedy 11/2 73 2 0.75 Kazaar 3 b g Querari - Mochalette (Count Dubois) (9) 60.0 D De Gouveia 13/1 65 3 3.00 The Bayou 3 b c Mogok - Blue Bayou (Foveros) (5) 60.0 L Pagel 13/1 57 4 5.00 Bravo Zulu (10) 60.0 B Lerena 18/1 50 5 7.00 Storm Racer (7) 60.0 S Randolph 22/1 48 6 7.50 Day’s Of Thunder (2) 60.0 A Arries 5/1 48 7 7.55 If And When (12) 60.0 L J Ferraris 15/1 26 8 12.05 Hero’s Welcome (6) 60.0 S Veale 18/1 24 9 14.30 Aldo’s Chase (11) 60.0 DS Lembethe 100/1 20 10 15.30 Bonjour Baby (4) 60.0 G Lerena 4/1 20 11 15.35 Global Pursuit (8) 60.0 G Wright 28/1 2 12 20.35 Young Gun (1) 60.0 S Moodley 50/1 0 13 25.10 Ice Crusade Time: 69.12s (57.6s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 120% 1st T:DC Howells O:Mr D D MacLean B:Klawervlei Stud

Race 4 (270)

Scottsville Maiden Plate (3yoF)

1200m R100,000

80 1 0.00 Statute (5) 60.0 A Arries 7/2 3 b f Dynasty - Champers (Restructure) (14) 60.0 M Yeni 11/1 62 2 5.00 City Of Stars 3 b f Mogok - Star Watch (Al Mufti) (8) 60.0 D Schwarz 6/1 53 3 7.50 Rose Hill 3 ch f Muhtafal - Rose Bay (Russian Revival) (12) 60.0 L J Ferraris 13/2 53 4 7.75 Fast Looks (2) 60.0 S Randolph 5/1 47 5 9.25 Sheik’s Storm (4) 60.0 S Veale 4/1 44 6 10.00 Philadelphia Girl (9) 60.0 ES Ngwane 66/1 42 7 10.75 Miss Twist (13) 60.0 B Jacobson 66/1 28 8 14.50 Dancing With Tatum (1) 60.0 G Wright 22/1 26 9 15.25 Who Knows (10) 60.0 D Daniels 50/1 20 10 16.75 Chase The Dream (11) 60.0 DS Lembethe 18/1 18 11 17.25 Desert Phantom (3) 60.0 S Mbhele 100/1 17 12 17.75 Camino Magic (6) 60.0 W Kennedy 66/1 15 13 18.25 Flaming Desire (7) 60.0 K De Melo 13/1 8 14 20.25 Elegant Speed Time: 68.7s (57.25s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:ML Roberts O:Newbury Racing (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D E Evans) & Dr N A Labuschagne B:Cheveley Stud

Race 5 (271)

Scottsville Pinnacle Stakes

95 1 0.00 Redcarpet Captain (1) 60.0 5 b g Captain Al - Divine (Kabool) (4) 60.0 94 2 0.50 Seventh Plain 5 b g Seventh Rock - Amber Plain (National Emblem) (2) 51.5 74 3 1.00 The Poet 6 b g Brave Tin Soldier - Snippety Snip (Jallad) (5) 51.5 72 4 1.50 Bling Swing (3) 51.5 66 5 3.50 Asyouplease (6) 51.5 57 6 6.50 Argyle Bay Time: 85.39s (60.99s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) 1st T:M Dixon O:Mr B D Burnard B:Klawervlei Stud

Race 6 (272)

1400m R130,000

Race 7 (273)

Scottsville 1950m KZN Summer Challenge 2000 Final (Nbt) R200,000

77 1 0.00 Saint Marco (3) 54.0 A Mgudlwa 15/2 5 b g Antonius Pius - The Graceful Saint(USA) (Saint Ballado) (5) 52.0 W Kennedy 6/1 72 2 0.25 Viento 5 b g Silvano - Valdovino (Al Mufti) (6) 52.0 M Yeni 13/1 71 3 0.75 Crime Victim 7 b g Bezrin - Ms Goldfinger (Fahal) (10) 52.0 K De Melo 9/1 68 4 2.50 Fangia (4) 60.0 S Randolph 15/2 85 5 2.75 One Man Show (12) 59.5 T Godden 13/1 84 6 2.80 Warfarer (1) 55.5 S Veale 11/2 72 7 4.30 Techno Captain (9) 53.0 M Ntuli 22/1 64 8 6.05 Reactive (11) 56.0 G Lerena 13/1 69 9 6.55 Kahula (2) 53.0 A Arries 9/1 60 10 8.05 Main Player (8) 55.0 D De Gouveia 13/1 63 11 8.55 Wealthy (7) 55.0 G Wright 13/2 61 12 9.55 Liquid Rainbow Time: 118.63s (60.84s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 119% 1st T:GB Puller O:Mr A J Rousset & Mrs J W Rousset B:Highlands

Race 8 (274)

Scottsville 1600m KZN Summer Challenge 1600 Final (Nbt) R200,000

78 1 0.00 Seattle Skyline (2) 55.5 S Veale 13/1 4 b g Mambo In Seattle - Isle Of Skye (Fort Wood) (1) 57.0 A Arries 13/2 80 2 0.50 Admiral’s Guest 4 ch g Admire Main - Dahlia’s Guest (Northern Guest) (7) 55.5 K De Melo 11/1 75 3 1.25 Baltic Amber 6 b g Alado - Lady Diesis(USA) (Diesis) (9) 59.5 G Lerena 13/10 92 4 1.35 Zen Arcade (5) 60.0 A Marcus 7/2 80 5 3.35 Gingerbread Man (3) 56.0 S Randolph 22/1 69 6 4.35 Master Of Mischief (10) 57.0 T Godden 28/1 71 7 4.45 Sonar Active (4) 53.5 M Yeni 16/1 55 8 8.45 Ashfahan (8) 54.5 ES Ngwane 28/1 53 9 10.20 Eden Gardens Glitz (6) 54.0 S Moodley 18/1 34 10 18.20 Roy’s Magic Time: 95.77s (59.86s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 117% 1st T:DR Drier O:Mr Bruce Ferreira B:Klawervlei Stud

Race 9 (275)

Scottsville Maiden Plate (3yo’s)

1600m R100,000

Race 10 (276) Scottsville Maiden Plate (F&M)

1600m R100,000

70 1 0.00 Defending Champion (6) 60.0 D Schwarz 22/1 3 ch g Admire Main - Hlabelela (Muhtafal) (2) 60.0 D Daniels 9/2 70 2 0.05 From The Ashes 3 ch g Kahal - Lizzy’s Heritage (Pissaro) (8) 60.0 T Godden 9/2 66 3 1.80 Toltec 3 b g Jay Peg - Aconcagua (Jet Master) (4) 60.0 K De Melo 13/1 66 4 2.05 Never Mind Bill (9) 60.0 M Yeni 13/2 65 5 2.55 Bear Hug (14) 60.0 A Marcus 15/2 65 6 2.60 Fire Song (3) 60.0 B Jacobson 15/1 64 7 3.10 Emerald Victory (15) 60.0 B Lerena 13/1 64 8 3.15 American Captain (13) 60.0 A Mgudlwa 18/1 61 9 4.15 Barking Irons (12) 60.0 DS Lembethe 11/1 61 10 4.40 Malartic (1) 60.0 S Veale 15/1 50 11 9.40 Cold Play (7) 60.0 ES Ngwane 100/1 46 12 10.90 Jabuli (10) 60.0 W Kennedy 11/1 44 13 11.90 Make The Call (5) 60.0 A Arries 44/1 41 14 13.40 Escape To Paradise (11) 60.0 S Moodley 18/1 4 15 30.40 Hometown Hero Time: 97.85s (61.16s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 123% 1st T:D Campbell O:Sir George Albu,Messrs Douglas Campbell, G D Massey-Hicks, A R Rapp & Ramon Zoghby B:Summerhill Stud 67 1 0.00 Lady Li Lay (6) 60.0 G Wright 17/10 4 ch f Silvano - Lady Dane(AUS) (Danehill) (5) 59.0 A Marcus 9/2 69 2 2.50 Mirwa 3 b f Fort Wood - Lan Air Cel(USA) (Fusaichi Pegasus) (4) 59.0 K De Melo 22/10 65 3 4.00 Holy Flame 3 b f Mambo In Seattle - Sacred Sea (All Fired Up) (14) 59.0 M Ntuli 66/1 65 4 4.25 Too Free Too (7) 60.0 W Kennedy 50/1 52 5 7.00 Jayden’s Shreya (10) 60.0 D Schwarz 36/1 49 6 8.25 Silent Dream (8) 60.0 B Lerena 15/1 49 7 8.30 Asiana (3) 59.0 S Veale 18/1 54 8 9.05 Pharoah’s Charm (9) 59.0 L Pagel 36/1 51 9 10.55 Chatty Cathy (11) 59.0 S Moodley 18/1 43 10 14.30 Alisio (15) 59.0 B Jacobson 100/1 42 11 14.55 Ascalon (13) 59.0 T Godden 28/1 39 12 16.05 Indian Rain (2) 59.0 ES Ngwane 66/1 38 13 16.55 Catchword (12) 60.0 D Daniels 66/1 23 14 20.05 June Tide (1) 59.0 DS Lembethe 50/1 0 15 36.80 Sansa Time: 97.52s (60.95s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 121% 1st T:A Nel O:Mrs S Plattner B:La Plaisance Stud

Pre-Trained Scottsville 3rd December

Race 7 Summer Challenge

Won SAINT MARCO Race 9 Maiden Plate

3rd TOLTEC

Turffontein Standside 26th November

Race 6 Investic Dingaans Grade 2

2nd SEERITE

Greyville Polytrack 26th November

Race 6 MR 62 Handicap

B Lerena

12/10

A Marcus

16/10

2nd MAJESTIC MOON

11/2

Race 7 MR 70 Handicap

A Arries

S Mbhele 28/1 W Kennedy 28/1 ES Ngwane 44/1 SP Total %: 108%

Scottsville 1200m KZN Summer Challenge 1200 Final (Nbt) R200,000

93 1 0.00 Wynkelder (8) 58.5 M Ntuli 11/2 4 ch g Kahal - Al Vino (Al Mufti) (9) 55.5 G Lerena 5/2 82 2 1.25 Di Mazzio 4 b g Bernardini - Gold Chant(AUS) (El Moxie) (11) 53.0 K De Melo 15/1 76 3 1.50 Constantine 4 ch g King’s Chapel - Cornflower Blue (National Emblem) (14) 56.5 S Randolph 18/1 82 4 2.00 Miss Varlicious (5) 54.5 S Moodley 15/1 68 5 4.50 Panza (3) 59.0 A Marcus 6/1 73 6 6.00 Amazon King (1) 53.0 D Schwarz 15/1 62 7 7.00 Freddie Flint (10) 52.0 M Yeni 15/2 57 8 7.75 Tommy Grand (12) 52.0 A Arries 36/1 49 9 8.25 Roy’s Taxi (7) 52.0 J Samuel 18/1 45 10 9.25 Fire The Rocket (4) 52.5 DS Lembethe 22/1 44 11 10.00 Piano Man (6) 60.0 B Lerena 13/1 60 12 10.05 Scent Of The Tiger (2) 52.0 S Mbhele 36/1 37 13 11.55 Tropical’s Son (13) 52.0 W Kennedy 44/1 0 14 23.55 Singh Is King Time: 68.42s (57.02s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) SP Total %: 118% 1st T:AJ Rivalland O:Messrs G N Cumming, C N Larsson, A S Potts, A J Rivalland & Mrs M D J Liley B:Kjell Foundation

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