Gr3 Protea S- War Horse
War Horse paid unbeaten Soft Falling Rain a huge compliment when he had to overcome a less-than-smooth passage to win the Protea Stakes for two-year-olds over 1100m.
4th April 2012
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War Horse paid unbeaten Soft Falling Rain a huge compliment when he had to overcome a less-than-smooth passage to win the Protea Stakes for two-year-olds over 1100m.
Trippi’s first South African crop has had buyers clamouring for his progeny like they are the answer to everybody’s prayers and his daughter Franny justified odds of 3/10 to easily win the Pretty Polly Stakes for two-year-old fillies over 1000m.
Mike de Kock, who saddled the first two finishers, although most punters would not have shared in his delight as it was 14/1 outsider Checcetti who gunned down her much more fancied stable companion Flirtation to land the spoils
The Caradoc Gold Cup over 2850m produced the day’s second 1-2 finish for the Mike de Kock yard when Atyeb held off stable companion Ilsanpietro to land the honours after a dour struggle
Deliver The Power appeared to stand head-and-shoulders above his six rivals in the Man O’War Sprint for three-year-olds over 1100m and promptly recorded his fifth win.
Golden Chateau handed bookmakers a Christmas present exactly ten months early when he sprung a 100/1 upset in the Betting World Gauteng Guineas over 1600m at a damp and grey Turffontein on Saturday.
Following up on her success in the Gr3 Three Troikas, Go Indigo took another step up in class and emerged narrowly victorious in the Gauteng Fillies Guineas on Saturday.
Kavanagh is a deadly 1400m performer on his day and he confirmed it by winning the Hawaii Stakes over that distance on the standside course at Turffontein on Saturday.
Irish-bred Europa Point has continued to improve all season and emerged from a three month lay-off on Saturday to record her first Stakes success when she won the Acacia Handicap.
The Chairman’s Cup run over 3200m at Kenilworth on Saturday makes another strong case for the urgency of introducing sectional timing after In Writing appeared to catch his 11 rivals all napping and ran out a wide margin winner of the summer’s last Graded event in Cape Town
Croc Valley came right back to her best form when she sprung a 22/1 upset in the Prix du Cap (summer course) at Kenilworth on Sunday
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!
