Sustained Effort
Fairview 21st February: They raced on the poly track on Friday where the easiest victory on the card was registered by SUSTAIN SPACE in the MR66 Handicap over 1000m. Taken straight to the front by Richard Fourie the daughter of Spectrum led throughout. She was always clear and won by three and a quarter without any anxious moments. The runner up SECRET QUEST finished well from the rear in this race.
Three of the afternoon’s nine races were run over 1200m and the fastest of these was the maiden plate won by the former Gauteng campaigner MAEVE. Always handy, the 4yo daughter of Tiger Ridge moved through to take up the running at the 200m marker and just held on by the narrowest of margins from the running on MOUCHA GASOLINA.
Race four on the card was a graduation plate over 1200m and here victory went to the Justin Snaith trained FOREST FIGHTER. Allowed to ease out to 4/1 from 3/1 favourite at the track as money in the main came for ITSGOTTOBEPERFECT (7/2 into 28/10), Forest Fighter was soon at the head of affairs. He kept on strongly at the business end of the race and just had enough in hand to beat the running on AL LUNAM by a half.
Titbits
The recent maiden winner CINDERFELLA (midfield) and VOICES OF KINGS (rear, baulked for a run twice) both ran on well when 1st & 2nd respectively in the novice plate over 1600m.
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On The Hi-Way
Turffontein 22nd February: Saturday’s action took place on the inside track where we saw a very easy victory for MYWAYORTHEHIWAY in the maiden 1800m. He was a little troublesome at the start, but despite that was soon up handy. He was ridden to lead as they approached the 200m pole, and cruised clear in the closing stages of the race to score by six and a half.
Another to win well in the maiden ranks on this card was FEATHERFOOT in the 1600m event. Sent off a well supported favourite at 15/10, the lightly raced daughter of Silvano was soon positioned close to the speed. She was asked to take up the running at the top of the short home straight and comfortably accounted for the easy to back SPIAGGIA by a length and three quarters.
Somewhat unusually five of the afternoon’s ten races were run over 1800m and the fastest of these was the bill topping MR84 Handicap won by the easy to back ENCHANTED SILK. Freely available at 14/1 on the off, the lesser fancied of Sean Tarry’s two runners raced in midfield for most of the journey. Once given rein though she quickened well and under a well judged ride from Brian Nyawo she got up late to beat the more fancied FORTITUDE by three quarters.
Race four on the card was a maiden plate over 1450m and here we saw a comfortable victory for RED MARINER. Swiftly away from his pole position draw the well supported favourite was always handy. He was ridden to lead shortly after passing the 300m marker and easily accounted for the running on FACEBOOK by two.
Titbits
THE SAINT ran on well from many lengths off the pace when third in the MR68 Handicap over 1450m.
Poorly drawn CAGE FIGHTER ran on well from the rear when winning the MR72 Handicap over 1800m.
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Winning Ticket
Kenilworth 22nd February: Six of the nine races in Cape Town on Saturday were run over 1200m and the fastest of these was the MR93 Handicap won by the progressive 4yo TIGER TIGER. Soon up handy, the Tiger Dance gelding raced prominent throughout. He was ridden to lead as they approached the 200m marker and kept on strongly in the closing stages of the race to beat the 3yo SAIL SOUTH by three quarters. Finishing best of all in this race was AZINCOURT (beaten a length and a quarter) who didn’t find the clearest of passages en-route from the rear.
The faster of the two 1400m events on the card was the Gr3 Prix Du Cap in which the very well weighted PRICELESS JEWEL registered her sixth career victory from just fifteen starts. On leaving the stalls it was the confirmed frontrunner JEAN’S PRIDE who elected to make the running whilst the daughter of Ashaawes raced close up in third. She quickened well early in the straight and with the benefit of first run she comfortably accounted for the running on LANNER FALCON by a length.
Along with the Prix Du Cap the Gr3 Chairman’s Handicap over 3200m topped the bill and here we saw a smart performance from the Dean Kannemeyer trained HOT TICKET. Taking a drop in class here the confidently ridden Hot Ticket raced much closer to the pace than he had done in recent starts. It was just a matter of when Karl Neisius was going to press the button in the home straight and when he did so 300m out Hot Ticket quickly took command.
Titbits
Having only his second career outing in the maiden juvenile 1200m, KINGVOLDT ran on well from midfield and won going away.
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Top speedratings for this weekend include:-
Flamingo Park Race 1: (5) Fort Dixy 18 Race 2: (7) Desert Breeze 59 Race 3: (6) Silken Sea 27 Race 4: (2) Astro Vision 8 Race 5: (4) Nadabeep 15 Race 6: (15) Way With Words 35 Race 7: (5) Airani 37 Race 8: (8) Regal Breeze 35 Race 9: (1) Jagerbomb 55 Vaal (tues) Race 1: (5) Lady Ky 13 Race 2: (1) Manzai 26 Race 3: (1) Stirling Leaves 13 Race 4: (10) Secret Pledge 43 Race 5: (1) Cervantes 19 Race 6: (14) Gold Bay 57 Race 7: (14) Classy Looker 60 Race 8: (9) Suzi Swift 40 Race 9: (1) Sausalito Bay 16 Clairwood Race 1: (3) He Rocks 4 Race 2: (1) Phonetic 18 Race 3: (1) Gold Angus 23 Race 4: (3) Albert 50 Race 5: (6) Storm Coast 20 Race 6: (10) Finding Neverland 47 Race 7: (1) High On Rebellion 43 Race 8: (3) Midnight Run 79 (NAP*) Race 9: (7) Kings Gold 51 Vaal (thur) Race 1: (5) Agile Combat 20 Race 2: (3) Chilli Affair 4 Race 3: (4) Supa Sami 22 Race 4: (1) Battle Of Alma 32 Race 5: (8) Duty Dance 59 Race 6: (6) Artic Route 46 Race 7: (8) Divano 63 Race 8: (15) Jet For Joy 55 Race 9: (3) Soukous 5 .
Top rated winners last week included
Bee Keeper won 25/1 Enchanted Silk won 14/1 Cage Fighter won 6/1 Paschal Moon won 9/2 Forest Fighter won 4/1 Gemini Gold won 4/1 Priceless Jewel won 7/2 Maeve won 12/10 .
Notebook:-
Featherfoot (D Little, Gauteng) Hot Ticket (D Kannemeyer, W-Cape) .
FASTEST TIMES
The number of races run over each distance is shown in brackets *Denotes – Times taken by ClockwatcherFairview (poly) 21st February Going Standard 1000m (1) Sustain Space 57,67 1200m (3) Maeve 71,52 1300m (1) Kiss And Tell 75,78 1600m (1) Cinderfella 96,58 2000m (2) Do You Dance 123,42 2200m (1) Speck Of Light 134,43 .
Turffontein (inner) 22nd February Penetrometer 21 – Going Good 1200m (2) Paschal Moon 73,37 1450m (2) Bee Keeper 87,66 1600m (1) Featherfoot 98,67 1800m (5) Enchanted Silk 110,37 .
Kenilworth 22nd February Penetrometer 23 – Going Good 1200m (6) Tiger Tiger 72,93 1400m (2) Priceless Jewel 87,30 3200m (1) Hot Ticket 213,20
