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Rafeef’s Dazzling Gr2 Double
The TAB Gr2 Igugu Stakes at Turffontein provided a welcome return to the feature winner’s box for trainer Stuart Pettigrew, courtesy of Rafeef’s 3yo daughter, Beating Wings
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The TAB Gr2 Igugu Stakes at Turffontein provided a welcome return to the feature winner’s box for trainer Stuart Pettigrew, courtesy of Rafeef’s 3yo daughter, Beating Wings
Brett Crawford and Kabelo Matsunyane combined to put the cherry on the top of a wonderful day for the Robertson based Ridgemont team
Course and distance specialist Mrs Browning gave trainer Sean Tarry his fourth winner in the first five races on The Championships Finale afternoon at Turffontein
Trainer Johan Janse van Vuuren broke the Sean Tarry stranglehold on The Championships Finale day when he sent out the Ridgemont-bred Simply Majestic in fine fettle to register her first stakes success
Tony Rivalland’s consistent 3yo King Of The Gauls confirmed his potential as a progressive sprinting prospect
The big race power combination of Richard Fourie and Sean Tarry struck early on The Championships Finale day when the Gimmethegreenlight colt Proceed finished too strongly for his five opponents to win the TAB Gr3 Protea Stakes
Trainer Sean Tarry and jockey Richard Fourie continued on their big day winning streak at Turffontein when the newly blinkered Varsfontein Stud-bred Lucky Lad came from a near impossible position to cut the opposition down late and win the Jehan Malherbe Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
Justin Snaith probably has a race against time to get Mucho Dinero back on track after a rather disappointing first run – albeit after a substantial break
Winter Cloud booked her ticket for the Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on 1 June with a facile victory over some serious opposition
The Varsfontein-bred Master Of My Fate filly Splicethemainbrace showed her class to register a dual sex regional Nursery double when she proved a touch too classy for her eight rivals
The 20 year old Kaidan Brewer made the best start possible to his brand new Sporting Post sponsorship