After a health scare on Friday, ruling Cape champion jockey Aldo Domeyer was in fine form at a sundrenched Kenilworth on Wednesday, booting home four winners, including a hat-trick of winners for his boss, Candice Bass-Robinson.
Domeyer was subjected to rigorous medical tests last week after suffering headaches and what was initially thought to be a lot more serious was eventually narrowed down to sinus issues.
Miss Honey charges home on debut to beat Duchessofcornwall (Louis Burke) to give Aldo Domeyer the first of his four winners (Pic – Chase Liebenberg Photography)
And the local star bounced back in style after a blank Guineas day on Saturday to takes his season tally to 38 at a strike rate of 18%. Eighteen of his winners have been for the Bass-Robinson team.
First of Aldo’s winners was the unraced Pathfork filly Miss Honey who proved too speedy for her five rivals in the 1000m Maiden Juvenile Plate.
The Highlands bred galloper, a R90 000 March Yearling Sale graduate for owner Brian Riley, skipped away to beat Duke Of Marmalade daughter Duchessofcornwall by 2,25 lengths, with the Snaith favourite Cyber Blossom finding her best hoof late for third.
The happy Bass-Robinson team lead the winner in (Pic – Chase Liebenberg Photography)
Pathfork has three lots on next month’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale.
The Klawervlei Stud bred Window To Africa gave Aldo his next winner, when the R2,2 million Cape Premier Yearling Sale graduate went all the way to win the third, a Maiden Plate for the fairer sex over 1000m.
This well-bred chestnut is out of the Rock Of Gibraltar Guineas winner Gibraltar Blue andwas turned out in fine fettle as Andre Nel’s Rondeberg gallopers always are.
Ridgemont Highlands stallion Canford Cliffs has proven an exciting addition to the Cape stallion roster and his Australian-bred son Meraki maintained his good improvement to register a third win from 16 starts for Domeyer and Bass-Robinson in the MR 80 Handicap over 1400m.
An A$60 000 2016 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale graduate off the Blue Gum draft, Meraki was purchased by Heritage Bloodstock and is out of the well-related Bel Espirt mare Aerate’s Joy.
The rampant partnership rounded off a happy day when their R3,6 million Var filly Varsity Lover showed that her Western Cape Fillies Championship performance around the turn came too early and was all wrong when reverting back to the 1000m.
The Lammerskraal owned galloper produced a good performance to make it two wins from three starts. She is out of the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas champion Captain’s Lover.
She should pay to follow!
