Both of our 2018 SA Triple Crown first leg winners will not be racing on South African soil again.
Monks Hood wins Gauteng Guineas – his last race here
Runaway Gauteng Guineas winner Monks Hood was sold after his big win. The Querari gelding’s sale left a major void in the 3yo ranks and was a big blow for his KZN trainer Alistair Gordon, whose biggest horse he was in many years.
Speaking to Tabnews this week , trainer Joe Soma revealed to Tabnews that Lobo’s Legend has been sold to Hong Kong. He has already entered quarantine for the long trip ahead.
Lobo’s Legend (Muzi Yeni) wins the SA Classic
“I speak with a heavy heart, but he is a high class individual and I am sure he will do us proud over there”.
The colt’s comfortable victory in the Classic over 1800m was a remarkable training feat for veteran Soma, as he had never been beyond sprints or raced around a bend prior to his big win.
He was raced here by Messrs L M Nestadt, M A Currie, J Shill, J A Soma & J R van der Linden;
A R400 000 Cape Premier Yearling Sale graduate, Lobo’s Legend won 2 races with 3 places from 6 starts for stakes of R1 360 275.
Bred by Klawervlei Stud, he is a son of Trippi (End Sweep) out of the six-time winner Gone Wild (Western Winter).
