Justin Leaves It Late
It is a rare Met Day when Justin Snaith has to wait nine feature races to lift a trophy
30th January 2017
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It is a rare Met Day when Justin Snaith has to wait nine feature races to lift a trophy
Jockey Aldo Domeyer’s perfect six at Kenilworth last week was not a record for number of winners ridden on a day in South Africa
Jockey Aldo Domeyer joined an elite club at Kenilworth on Wednesday, booting home 6 winners from his six engagements
Plattner Racing steps out Ngaga, promising half-sister to SA Horse Of The Year, Igugu
A stellar field of 16 jockeys assemble in the annual Jockeys’ Chase at Durbanville
The ‘unfashionably bred’ filly that Gill Drier picked out but that nobody really wanted at sale is sure setting the tracks alight
Captain’s Flame stamped herself as one of the undiscovered gems of the Cape’s 3yo filly contingent this season
With a filly having won the only Gr1 race for 2yo males this term, the chase for champion status in that category remains wide open
Jockey Aldo Domeyer got the ball rolling on his treble feature weekend winning streak at Fairview on Friday when he rode a powerful finish to get Solana home
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
