Met Day Feature Double For Fayd’herbe
Cape heavyweight rider Bernard Fayd’herbe returned from Dubai in fighting trim and rode three winners on Sun Met day
28th January 2019
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Cape heavyweight rider Bernard Fayd’herbe returned from Dubai in fighting trim and rode three winners on Sun Met day
The Riverton Stud bred Cirillo has proven a genuine moneyspinner for owner Chris van Niekerk
Candice Bass-Robinson celebrated her first Gr1 success with Nightingale in the 2017 Majorca Stakes and she was back in the Majorca mix at Kenilworth on Saturday
Four winners is probably a quiet Met day by Justin Snaith’s standards
Jockey Anton Marcus won his third Met and set a South African record for stakes earned on one afternoon when he produced a polished performance to get the Ideal World gelding Rainbow Bridge home
Multiple past SA Champion Trainer Mike de Kock took advantage of a sub standard Cape Derby field
Despite looking to have a bit to do at the weights, Dennis Drier’s 6yo Wealthy charged home from miles off the gallop at any price
Gauteng trainer Candice Dawson has found it tough going so far in the no holds barred bullring of the Sizzling Summer Season but made her trip down South worthwhile with her first winner in the Cape
The top farm’s policy of bringing them to sale to sell produced a thrill for the connections of the speedy Captain Al filly All At Once
Singapore bound JP van der Merwe rode a clever race on the super consistent joint topweight Klever Kathy to upstage the odds-on favourite Madame Speaker
Do It Again outpointed the gallant Cape Guineas star Soqrat to join Mike Bass gallopers Trademark and Pocket Power as one of only three horses to achieve the July – Queen’s Plate double this century
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
