A half-brother to last term’s Equus Champion 2yo colt Proceed, Paul Reeves’ Parental Guidance tracked pacemaker Yamazaki before drawing to clear to register an impressive debut effort in the R250 000 Pragmatic Commonwealth Plate on the Kaapse Klopse Voorsmakie raceday at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
Parental Guidance claims the day’s opener under Richard Fourie (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Under bright sunny skies in perfect conditions for racing, the Pragmatic Commonwealth Plate was the first local baby race over 1000m and opened the Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas day.
Ridgemont rider Richard Fourie showed his astute professional skills again when selecting the ride based on the Gr1 family connection on which he had won.
While conceding his concerns about the threat of the Snaith filly She’s My World, Fourie had nothing to worry about and Parental Guidance (13-2) strode clear to beat the filly She’s My World (7-2) by 2 lengths.
Malmesbury Missile (17-2) produced a cracker after a tardy start, to run third a further 1,25 lengths back, with the fancied Captain Jon Snow (9-4) rounding the quartet – beaten some 8 lengths in a disappointing debut.
A R225 000 Cape Premier Yearling Sale graduate, the winner was bred by Laurence Wernars and races for Francis Carruthers, who apparently bought the colt as he felt sorry for the Indigo-sponsored Milnerton trainer at the sale. One good turn deserves another!
A son of Querari (Oasis Dream), Parental Guidance is out of the Captain Al mare Xplosive Kiss. He looks one worth following.
