This is a game of soaring highs and testing lows. While one champion son of Dynasty was going out of the back door another was writing his name into the South African horseracing history books
Legislate is favourite to land Saturday’s L’Ormarins Gr1 Queen’s Plate…His sire Dynasty, whose runners collected eight Grade 1 prizes during 2014, ended last year as one of the world’s leading sires of Grade 1 race winners
The Colin Scott-trained Fourth Estate is something of a Greyville specialist and he registered his first stakes victory at his 44th start at the advanced age of 7
Day of glory for Joey Ramsden and owners Ingrid and Markus Jooste as Dynasty colt Act Of War reaffirms his status as the SA champion 3yo. The world is his oyster and there cannot be a more exciting horse on the African continent right now!
Will history be kinder to Dynasty’s son Act Of War in the 2014 Gr1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas?
Wavin’ Flag represents the genuine class staying ability in the race but caution should be exercised as one can only speculate as to when his stop-start tough travel programme will catch up with him
“He did a severe tendon. I made it public that I was devastated as we had very high hopes for him. We gave Hassen the confidence of our belief in his recovery by taking a share and said there would be no bills. Ashraf Mohamed also got involved…”
A gallant front-running performance over the arduous Turffontein 3200m brought the curtain down on the Summer Cup day feature action with the Dynasty gelding Shimmering Gem going all the way in the staying feature.
SA Horse Of The Year Legislate set the temperature standard at boiling point for the Summer Of Champions Season when he burst clear with class and genuine authority to slam his field in the performance of the day at Kenilworth on Saturday
Who can recall when last such genuine heartfelt horseracing related emotion was felt on a scale witnessed at Kenilworth on Saturday? The outstanding Dynasty colt Act Of War had just nominated himself as a likely Cape Guineas favourite with a scintillating victory in the R400 000 Gr2 Selangor Cup but his big moment was simply overshadowed by the great jockey on his back
With fitness overshadowing any obvious deductions in the R400 000 Gr2 Green Point Stakes, it is perhaps worth noting that each winner over the past five
James McDonald closed a highly successful short-term stint in Hong Kong with a quartet at Sha Tin on Sunday
