The Alan Greeff yard bounced back to their best form at Fairview on Friday with four winners.
Aldo Domeyer, standing in for the suspended Richard Fourie, rode three of the Greeff winners, including a smart effort by 2023 East Cape Champion Older Colt/Gelding Grazinginthegrass in the R200 000 Betway Insurebet Friendly City Stakes.
Registering his sixth win on the trot, and breaking through as South Africa’s newest equine millionaire, the 6yo Philanthropist gelding is in the form of his life.
Aldo Domeyer has Grazinginthegrass in the clear as Hoedspruit peeps into the frame (Pic – Pauline Herman)
Given a confident ride by Domeyer, Grazinginthegrass (9-4) powered clear to beat the talented Hoedspruit (8-1) by three quarters of a length in a time of 110,55 secs. Quasimodo (7-1) was a length back in third.
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Grazinginthegrass is raced in a partnership of the ASSM Racing Syndicate (Nom: Mr Arun Chadha), Mike de Kock and Mrs Noelene Malherbe.
By former Drakenstein Kris S sire Philanthropist, he is out of the five-time winning Singspiel mare, Candy Singer.
A R300 000 buy off the National Yearling Sale, the Alan Greeff-trained Grazinginthegrass has won 13 races with 12 places from 37 starts for stakes of R1 092 250.
Domeyer’s good day at the office was dampened somewhat when he was charged with a contravention of Rule 72.1.25 in that he was deemed to have conducted himself in an improper manner on racecourse property for making improper comments during the post-race interview of the third. He signed an admission of guilt and was fined R2000.
The next Fairview racemeeting is on Friday 29 September, when Leg 2 of the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing Poly Challenge heads the card
TAB Jackpot ONE pools at South African race meetings from Thursday to Sunday this coming week will each start with a R250 000 carryover that should generate a total pool of more than R1 million each day.
