More Good Fortune
The next generation of a famous family name in South African horseracing made a quiet debut at Clairwood on Sunday
18th September 2013
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The next generation of a famous family name in South African horseracing made a quiet debut at Clairwood on Sunday
A minor flaw in the system coupled with a misjudged call by a top jockey was the root of a routine jockey change at Kenilworth on Saturday
The Made To Fly theme of the J&B Met was the ominous indicator to a shock result, as Martial Eagle swooped to silence the crowds
It is not often we see a horse come back from the brink to rally and win in the manner that Adobe Pink did at Kenilworth today.Full marks to Richard Fourie for a ride of sheer brilliance.
Winning trainer Brett Crawford was humbled by the presence at Kenilworth today of maestro Terrance Millard, after he had trained the winner of the Listed Olympic Duel Stakes named in his honour. Reflective Image looks a promising sprinter in the making.
A genius ride by veteran jockey Fareed Anthony and three of the four jackpot legs won by offspring of Jet Master.
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
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
