Post race information and news relating to major horse races. We review and analyse how these races played out and discuss the details relating to performance and any other interesting facts people in the horse racing industry find useful.
Smanjemanje put several Sansui Summer Cup hopefuls to the sword in no uncertain fashion when he returned from a five month lay-off to spring a 33/1 surprise in the Victory Moon Stakes last Friday night.
Shades Of Indigo has always been something of a Kenilworth 1200m specialist, but few were prepared for the 66/1 upset which he delivered when storming through from off the pace in his usual fashion to win the Betting World Merchants over that course-and-distance last Sunday.
It is one of racing’s many truisms that the best 2yo’s very often don’t make the best 3yo’s. However, the signs are at least highly promising that last season’s champion juvenile filly Princess Victoria has gone the right way.
Pierre Jourdan thrilled his legion of fans when he defied a hefty 6kgs to run out a convincing winner of the Emperors Palace Charity Mile over 1600m on the Turffontein standside course on Saturday.
Tyrone Zackey pulled off a very smart piece of training when Katy’s Lane returned after a 23 week lay-off to win the Starling Stakes for three-year-old fillies over 1400m at Turffontein (standside course) on Saturday.
Astro News proved to be a more than capable stand-in for his late stable companion, Fighting Warrior, when he won the Graham Beck Stakes over 1400m at Turffontein (standside) on Saturday.
Queen’s Bay seems to thrive at this time of year and the six-year-old mare bounced right back to her best when comfortably winning the Yellowwood Handicap for fillies and mares over 1800m at Turffontein (standside course) on Tuesday evening
Depardieu made best use of a very considerable pull at the weights to gun down a couple of very talented fellow three-year-olds and record his second Graded race success in the Cape Classic over 1400m at Kenilworth (winter course) on Saturday.
Forest Of Dean has undertaken the journey between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth twice in three weeks, but it doesn’t do him any harm and his return trip to the Eastern Cape produced the desired result when he narrowly won the Gr3 Algoa Cup.
Ebony Flyer made her much anticipated return to action at Durbanville on Saturday and put up a pleasing performance to win the Diana Stakes without too much fuss.
Variety Club showed his elders (and one fellow sophomore) a clean pair of heels to land the spoils in good style.
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!
