King Glen. Louis The King is geared down to beat Heart Of A Lion (JC Photos)
Jockey Glen Hatt paid his way on a rare Sunday trip this past weekend to Gauteng for trainer Geoff Woodruff, when he scored a feature double, which started with the R150 000 Listed Sea Cottage Stakes run over the 1800m Turffontein standside track on the promising 3yo, Louis The King.
Hatt enjoyed mixed fortunes 24 hours earlier with three good winners at Kenilworth on Saturday, but missing the big prize on L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day.
He lacked no confidence though when outpointing Piere Strydom in a driving finish to the 3yo feature.
With the scratching of Rake’s Chestnut, the Sea Cottage Stakes field was reduced to eleven runners.
Rushmore River was quickly away and he led Var Bay and Heart Of A Lion, with Louis The King and Updike further back.
Into the 400m marker Strdyom gave Heart Of A Lion the office and Louis The King went with him as the pair drew clear from the bunch.
The expected duel did not materialise with Hatt punching Louis The King out and his 2kg pull with Heart Of A Lion made the difference.
Starting a 3 to 1 favourite, Louis The King won by 0,75 lengths in a time of 111,02 secs.
Rushmore River stayed on one paced for third a further three lengths back, with Updike in fourth.
The Mike De Kock coupling of Taarish and Moofeed failed to show, and both ran disappointingly.
Louis The King was bred by The Alchemy and is by Black Minnaloushe out of the Rich Man’s Gold mare, Pamushana.
Louis The King cost R55 000 on the National Two Year Old Sale . He has now won 3 of his 4 starts, with his sole career defeat being his 3,25 length second to Lance in the recent Secretariat Stakes.
He took his stake earnings with this win to R217 500.
