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Polar Bound’s racing career has already had its share of ups and downs, but the gelding put his name up in lights when recording a 1st Stakes success in the Peninsula Handicap.
The speed was on under the lights at Turffontein on Tuesday evening, when Gold Site made practically all the running to win the Lebelo Sprint .
Covenant, a filly with a pedigree to die for, her value rockets with every return visit to the winner’s enclosure and the 4yo returned to winning ways at Kenilworth.
Last season’s champion 2yo male Delago Deluxe had little difficulty recording his first success of the current term when quickly disposing of four rivals in the Need For Speed Sprint.
Queen’s Command showed terrific tenacity to run out a hard fought winner of the Flamboyant Stakes. The finish was something more akin to a handicap than a conditions event.
Bookmakers were treated to a Festive season present when 50/1 outsider Orbit War came from well off the pace to spring a surprise in the Christmas Handicap over 1600m at Clairwood on Monday.
Blake is turning into a long distance performer of considerable talent at the age of five and on Saturday he recorded his second Feature race success in a row when winning the Cape Summer Stayers Handicap over 2500m on the Kenilworth new course.
Broken hearts and dented reputations littered the countryside as Variety Club took the first major colts’ classic of the season by the scruff of the neck under a faultless ride from Anton Marcus, who frankly may have ridden most of his rivals to sleep in the Gr1 Cape Premier Yearling Sales Cape Guineas.
What A Winter looks to be as good as ever after suffering a setback during the KZN winter campaign and he made light work of beating a top notch field in the WPOTA Diadem Stakes at Kenilworth.
Super Elegant clearly enjoyed going up to 1800m for the first time when she ran on well and captured the Victress Stakes for fillies and mares at Kenilworth on Saturday.
Chesalon put up his career best effort when he landed the Gr2 Premier Trophy on the Kenilworth summer course last Saturday
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!
