Alan Greeff and Richard Fourie ended the Gqeberha 2022 on a high at Fairview on Friday, with a well-taken double that included a victory for the ultra-consistent Grazinginthegrass in the R175 000 Fairview 1900.
A versatile galloper on both surfaces, the 5yo Grazinginthegrass (33-10) took off late in the 1900m non black-type polytrack feature to register the eighth win of his career.
Richard Fourie keeps Grazinginthegrass going to beat Peace In Our World (JP van der Merwe) – fourth-placed Jaeger Moon (Luyola Mxothwa) shows up on the outside (Pic – Pauline Herman Photography)
In a hotly contested affair, Grazinginthegrass stayed on smartly under a left-handed Richard Fourie drive to beat Peace In Our World (25-1) by three quarters of a length in a time of 114,92 secs.
Under an enthusiastic ride by Sandile Kathi, Zig Zag (14-1) took off late from some lengths off the action to grab third a further quarter length back in third.
Grazinginthegrass is raced in a partnership of the ASSM Racing Syndicate (Nom: Mr Arun Chadha), Mike de Kock and Mrs Noelene Malherbe.
By former Drakenstein Kris S sire Philanthropist, he is out of the five-time winning Singspiel mare, Candy Singer.
A R300 000 buy off the National Yearling Sale, the Alan Greeff-trained Grazinginthegrass has won 8 races with 12 places from 32 starts for stakes of R682 875.
Other combinations to register a double on the day were Tara Laing and Ryan Munger and reigning champion Gavin Smith and his son-in-law JP van der Merwe.
Watch the feature replay here:
