The gutsy Tiger Ridge mare Jo Malone put on one of the best displays of the day at Fairview on Friday. The Wilgerbosdrift-bred flyer showed a clean pair of heels to a serious bunch of sprint hotshots – including a Gr1 winner – to storm clear and win the R100 000 Speedsters Stakes.
Chase Maujean steers Jo Malone to an impressive win (Pic – Coastal Photos)
The former Sandy Beach Stakes (remember that race on the Vaal sand?) winner has always been loaded with plenty of ability and made it an overdue PE win at her sixth start in the coastal racing region to score a non black-type feature cracker under Chase Maujean.
Chase Maujean – confident ride
Corne Spies’ horses are always fit and Maujean had no hesitation in taking the 6-1 shot up to show the way in a speed filled 1000m contest that included Gr1 Golden Horse winner Normanz.
Always in charge, Jo Malone stayed on well to hold Snaith’s Gr2 winner Harry Lime by 2,50 lengths in a decent time of 55.93 secs – Blizzard Belle holds the SA 1000m record of 54.55sec at the same track.
The top-class Normanz was 0,25 lengths back in third.
The 15-10 favourite Thayer was going for his sixth win on the trot – but failed to show and may have needed it after a 14 week break.
Jo Malone is a daughter of the ill-fated Tiger Ridge from the lightly raced three time winning Fort Wood mare, Loofah.
A R300 000 National Yearling Sale graduate, she has now won R428 075 in her 5 wins and 8 places from her 22 starts.
Sadly a stakes win has eluded her so far.
