Some racing syndicates succeed. Others fall in a hole. But when a consistent flyer like Nippy Winter is carrying the flag, it’s easy to understand why racing can be fun.
The chestnut daughter of What A Winter races in the 100 strong Centenary Syndicate’s gold and white silks and benefitted from a ‘really good ride’ – that was in the words of her modest winning rider Aldo Domeyer – when she weaved her way through from way back to win the sixth at Kenilworth on Saturday.
The diminutive chestnut is only two bricks and a tickey high, but she can run and always puts her heart into it.
Aldo Domeyer steers Nippy Winter to an easy victory (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Prepared for the Ready to Run Sale and shrewdly labelled by her astute conditioner as a filly with speed, Nippy Winter took a month of Sundays to shed her maiden ticket. But she earned at every one of her first nine starts, bar one Durbanville outing where she ran fifth after no luck in running.
A R120 000 Cape Ready To Run Sale graduate, she was bred by Maine Chance out of the well-performed Arelon mare Nossa, who won in Germany and was placed at Listed level in Italy.
Nippy Winter made it two wins with ten places from her fourteen starts when holding off the year older Little Doe by 0,75 lengths in a time of 71,88 secs for the straight 1200m.
She boosted her stakes bank in the process to close on R180 000.
Only two members of the large syndicate were on course to lead their chestnut ATM in, but winning trainer Candice Bass-Robinson promised more of the concept introduced by her entrepreneurial sibling, Mark.
“We are going to offer two more in the same syndicate with 200 owners,” added the Milnerton lady trainer, who enjoyed a double on the day after Domeyer steered Thunder Master home to shed his maiden in the fourth.
This was Domeyer’s 52nd winner of the season at a strike-rate of 23%. He is at 11th on the SA jockey log and isn’t a national title contender as he hardly travels.
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