Sean Veale broke the ice for his new sponsors, Sporting Post, when he rode a beautifully judged finish to get the Clifton Stud bred Proud Master up in the shadow of the post to pip the long-time pacesetter Mr Henley in the R150 000 Bloomhill Stud KwaZulu-Natal Breeders 1200, on the KZN Breeders raceday at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.
Serino Moodley overcame his wide draw on Mr Henley, and looked to have done enough – but Veale knows Proud Master (9-2) well and the son of Master Of My Fate responded and took off inside the 200m, the 5yo sprouting wings to get the verdict by a nose!
Sean Veale gets Proud Master up to beat Mr Henley (Serino Moodley) and home by a nose. Magic Tattoo (Richard Fourie) and Mvulazana (Calvin Habib) can be seen in the background (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Mr Henley (10-1) fans would have been cringing as their 4yo – also a son of Varsfontein Jet Master sire Master Of My Fate – did everything but win.
Both the top two jumped from the widest of the draw.
Parmenion (10-1) was best of the rest in third, with the tote favourite Magic Tattoo run off his feet and missing the quartet.
Raced by Erik Buhr, the Stuart Ferrie-trained Proud Master took his tally to 7 wins with 6 places from 23 starts for stakes of R558 525.
The winner is by Master Of My Fate and is out of the unraced Silvano mare, Star Silvano.
Chairperson of KZN Breeders, Cathy Martin presents the trophy to Sporting Post-sponsored jockey Sean Veale (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
The Sporting Post congratulates Sean Veale on his maiden winner for us, and wishes him many more.
