Fareed Anthony Sidelined
Cape jockey Fareed Anthony suffered a wrist injury in a fall from Larimar on Saturday, 9 April 2016
Cape jockey Fareed Anthony suffered a wrist injury in a fall from Larimar on Saturday, 9 April 2016
Nobody is getting any younger but the vast experience of top men like Karl Neisius and Gerrit Schlechter is being missed
Durbanville track management persist with the tight bend that can only exacerbate the impact of the barrier draw, and one should not overlook the fact that we are talking Group feature races and impacts on careers and stud books. This is after all, the chocolate cake, not the bread and butter fare that can be dished up on paper plates!
A genius ride by veteran jockey Fareed Anthony and three of the four jackpot legs won by offspring of Jet Master.
What a day for owner Knut Haug, trainer Dennis Drier and jockey Alec Forbes. The Sharks combination teamed up to spoil the Stormers New Years party with a sweetly taken treble at Kenilworth on the Cape’s very own ‘Tweede Nuwe Jaar’ celebrations. Unhappily for local breeders, all three of the Drier winners are imports!
Trainer Piet Steyn broke the losing drought with a facile win by his Daylami filly Super Elegant at Kenilworth on 23 November. She now takes her place in the Avontuur Fillies Guineas next weekend, and while Steyn is under no illusions, he says that he will be going out as a serious contender in the prestigious Gr1 event.
Dean Kannemeyer can do little wrong in the build-up to the Sizzling Summer Season. He and veteran rider Karl Neisius are spoilt for choice as the big feature races loom and it is going to be interesting reflecting back on these days in three months’ time!
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week