Another solid mobile billboard for BSA’s Online Sales, the Pathfork mare Where’s The Party won the R150 000 non black-type Betway The Lady’s Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday to register her third victory with two places from her five starts in four months since going under the electronic hammer.
Chase Maujean has Where’s The Party in charge as Blue Horizon (Kaidan Brewer) chases hard (Pic – JC Photos)
Sold out of the Piet Steyn yard in Milnerton by owner Rod Mattheyse for R85 000 on the BSA April Online Sale, the Tony Peter charge literally owes the Sham family nothing after turning her career around on the Highveld.
“We look for a particular profile of horse and have been fortunate to buy three decent sorts on the online sales. In this case we shook hands with the seller and undertook to give him a first option when she retires for breeding. Hopefully she will be able to pick up some black-type at some stage. Tony Peter and his team eat, sleep and live for their horses and he has done really well with her. Their horses are all happy,” said Mark Sham, who added that they would not be dipping their toes into breeding waters again.
“We leave breeding to the experts and just have more fun buying second-hand horses. Not that we are complaining, but the only ‘problem’ now is that the handicapper has pushed Where’s The Party up from an 82 to a 93 rating for her win. But on the flip-side of the coin, that at least gives us a squeak of getting a run in a small feature,” he added.
Backed from 8-1 to 28-10, Where’s The Party hit the front inside the 300m and stayed on doggedly under Chase Maujean to beat the 25-1 Blue Horizon by 0,30 lengths in a time of 72,20 for the 1200m.
Bred by James Armitage, the winner is by Pathfork (Distorted Humor) out of the five-time winning Joshua Dancer mare, Danseuse. The winner’s 3yo Potala Palace half-sister Palace Dancer ran a promising second at 33-1 on her Vaal debut for Tony Peter on 21 August.
Where’s The Party has now won 5 races with 9 places from 23 starts for stakes of R431 177.
