Safwan Ready For Take-Off
Proven stamina is never a bad thing, but it’s not everything and Safwan could prove a touch too classy for his opposition if he copes with the step up in distance.
31st July 2011
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Proven stamina is never a bad thing, but it’s not everything and Safwan could prove a touch too classy for his opposition if he copes with the step up in distance.
Very few horses get the chance to win the same Graded race twice in one season, but a slight reshuffling of the Western Cape programme allowed A Daughters Legacy to do exactly that when she captured her second successive .
August Rush has been on the fringes of a big win all season and his moment in the limelight arrived at Clairwood last Saturday when he captured the Mercury Sprint over 1200m. The four-year-old had finished less than a length second behind Shea Shea in the Gr 1 Golden Horse Sprint at Scottsville in May and had his fair share of backers to win a Mercury Sprint from which all of Shea Shea, Val De Ra, and What A Winter were notable absentees
The Gold Circle Derby at Clairwood produced a controversial finish when Sage Throne crossed the line first, only to lose the race in the boardroom and be placed second after an objection.
Princess Of Light found only Igugu too good for her when runner-up in the Gr2 SA Oaks back in April, and took full advantage of her old nemesis’ absence to go one better in the Gold Circle Oaks over 2400m at Clairwood on Sunday
LANCE BENSON: The only man to own, breed and train a Devil has hopefully not spoilt the fairytale and party for the fairer sex by opting not to run his brilliant little girl.
Mike Bass thinks his Classic winner English Garden will have his work cut out in Saturday’s Daily News 200 following a lengthy campaign – and a poor draw to overcome. Go straight to the Bass website
Any doubts that Val De Ra would not prove as effective over 1200m as she is over the minimum distance were swiftly allayed when she made all the running to win the SA Fillies Sprint at Scottsville
This time it was Shea Shea who lifted the spoils, which neatly perhaps answers the question of why Earl Of Surrey was not in the line-up again.
Unbeaten Delago Deluxe left no doubt whatsoever about who currently heads the two-year-old males class when running out the easy winner of the Tsogo Sun Maverick Million over 1200m at Scottsville on Saturday.
Princess Victoria rocketed straight to the head of the class when she took on virtually every one of the most accomplished two-year-old females seen so far this season and gave them a memorable hiding in the Allan Robertson Championship over 1200m at Scottsville on Saturday.
A man we are privileged to have known as a loyal friend of this great game and of the Sporting Post, a personal mate, and one of South African horseracing’s great characters, Shaheen Shaw, a husband, loving Dad and Grandad, passed away suddenly at the age of 55
