Milnerton based Mike Bass remains in the top five on the national trainer log and with Ormond Ferraris and Dennis Drier retains his status as a leader on the SA trainer’s senior tour. He showed his prowess at Kenilworth on Sunday with a feature double that included the trifecta in the R150 000 Listed Olympic Duel Stakes
Captain Al well and truly dominated Saturday’s Scottsville meeting, with a pair of Grade One winners and a pair of Gr1 seconds
Dennis Drier trained Captain Of All confirmed his status as the leading male sprinter in South Africa when he stormed to an emphatic victory in Saturday’s R1 million Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint at Scottsville
The clash of the fairer sex titans in the R600 000 City Of Pietermaritzburg Fillies Sprint produced sweet revenge for Sean Tarry’s Captain Al filly Carry On Alice, who turned on the pace charm to beat her rival Alboran Sea in sensational style
Top jockey Anton Marcus rode a hat-trick of feature victories at Scottsville on Sunday and declared himself ‘pleasantly surprised’ with the gutsy victory by Charles Laird’s Captain’s Daughter in the R135 000 Listed The Scarlet Lady
Justin Snaith trained Eros’s Girl has proven a revelation since being tried over ground and the daughter of Captain Al picked up some valuable black type with a smooth win in Friday’s R150 000 Listed East Cape Oaks at Fairview
There was high drama aplenty in a sensational final leg of the Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara at Turffontein on Saturday when the hot favourite Siren’s Call was dramatically beaten in a heartbreaking final stride
The SA Champion trainer enjoyed a good Friday on all fronts at Fairview as he picks up all three features
Flashing the toe back on home turf after an eight week break, Carry On Alice was never in danger of being overhauled and went all the way to beat the late-flying Doing It For Dan
“We never know what we are up against in these 2yo races. But today Redcarpet Captain knew what racing was about”- winning trainer
Trainer Glen Kotzen looks to have another really decent sort on his hands from a family he knows very well
Charl Pretorius pokes a bit of fun as we brace ourselves for a rollercoaster ride through the absurd, the outrageous, and the downright unbelievable in South African horse racing
