Gorongosa Class Counts
The Mike De Kock magic worked wonders again with Gorongosa returning after a four month rest to win the Listed Spook Express Handicap at Turffontein on Sunday 15 April
16th April 2012
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The Mike De Kock magic worked wonders again with Gorongosa returning after a four month rest to win the Listed Spook Express Handicap at Turffontein on Sunday 15 April
The Joey Ramsden machine kicked into top gear when Trinity House won the Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes at Scottsville on Saturday
Dean Kannemeyer’s smart 3yo Depardieu played the starring role in the R200 000 Gr3 Byerley Turk.
Europa Point a 5yo daughter of Rock of Gibraltar must be one of the hottest properties in South African racing at present
Flirtation brought an end to something of a lean spell when she landed the Colorado King Stakes over 2000m on the Turffontein standside course on Saturday.
Antious is turning into a seriously good sprinter and recorded his second Gr2 success of the season when running out a very easy winner of the Senor Santa Hcp at Turffontein on Saturday
Extra Zero has a real affinity for the straight 1160m at Turffontein and on Saturday recorded her third success from as many course-and-distance attempts when she won the Sycamore Sprint
A pair of Gr3 events for 2yo’s headed up Clairwood’s Sunday card and both races were won by visiting Cape trainer Vaughan Marshall with the progeny of Var.
Slumdogmillionaire put up one of the grittiest displays of frontrunning that we will see all season to win the SA Classic over 1800m at Turffontein (standside course).
Dancewiththedevil recorded her fifth Gr 1 success – and her fourth against male rivals – when she trounced seven opponents to record a second successive triumph in the Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes
Gr1 SA Fillies Classic – Bambina Stripes
Bambina Stripes may have been one of the less experienced runners in a field of 13 for the SA Fillies Classic, but that didn’t stop her from snatching a virtually last-gasp victory.
It is eerie to think that there would have been no Siren’s Call, Sound Of Warning, or for that matter Call To Unite, had fate not decreed that Enchanted Cove follow her dam to South Africa, and that Peter de Beyer had the foresight to return Elusive Fort back home from the States as well!
There’s lots more to play for!
