Still The Superhero
The high-class Gr1 winner Captain America opened his Cape summer campaign in style at Durbanville on Sunday
9th October 2016
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The high-class Gr1 winner Captain America opened his Cape summer campaign in style at Durbanville on Sunday
Owner Michael Leaf enjoyed a super Saturday between Turffontein and Kenilworth
False starts don’t make for good racing and punters were left licking their wounds after just such an eventuality cast a cloud over the Listed Off To Stud Stakes
Milnerton trainer Joey Ramsden showed his knack of producing the 2yo’s to shine early when the beautifully bred Captain Gambler finished with a flourish
Superb show of power by Klawervlei bred colt bodes well for future as he steamrollers some boom reputations
Cape trainer Vaughan Marshall enjoyed the rare pleasure of training both the sire and dam of the very smart The Secret Is Out, who notched her first Gr1 success at Scottsville on Saturday
A long-priced Cape Nursery double was the knockout blow at a sun drenched Kenilworth on Saturday
Justin Snaith and owner Fred Crabbia capped a unique Southern Derby double after the combination were victorious with the Varsfontein Stud-bred Captain Splendid
Joey Ramsden’s juvenile feature joy at Kenilworth on Sunday was shortlived as the beautiful previously unbeaten Miranda Frost followed much the same path as Snaith’s Sergeant Hardy a half hour earlier
The well related and exciting Captain Al filly, The Secret Is Out, came home unchallenged to win
Dean Kannemeyer provided leading international owner Fred Crabbia with a 40th wedding anniversary gift when the progressive 4yo Captain Alfredo beat a decent field
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
Outstanding colt Nepotism (Brutal) scored one of the most remarkable Gr1 wins by a 2YO on an Australian racetrack in recent memory
