It wouldn’t be overstating things that London News record-breaking victory in Hong Kong’s Gr1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in 1997, was as big an event for South African racegoers, as the Springboks’ World Cup victory was in 1995.
As a five-time Gr1 winner, he gave weight and draw to the whole field, and while it would be overdoing things to say he beat “the world” on that historic day, that he broke the Sha Tin track record and had some serious performers in his wake, is no exaggeration.
The Classic at Turffontein, the Daily News 2000 and the July at Greyville, and an astonishing performance in the J&B Met are all part this man’s C.V. Yet it was that day at Sha Tin that sticks in the mind.
Watch this lovely reminder of a champion – courtesy of Andrew Bon
