29th December 2012
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With recent form not high on the agenda amongst the established brigade, Friday’s Arlington 1800 could develop into a shootout between two promising 4yo’s.
Yvette Bremner’s smart 4yo Blaze Of Fire led for most of the trip to win the Founders Trophy at Arlington last Friday.
Arlington launches the new season in the Eastern Cape on Friday. Tomcat looks a tough nut to crack at the weights, but consider the Greeff and Gavin Smith three-way couplings.
The underdog downing the champion is always great entertainment. Jockey Sean Veale pulled one back for the lesser lights at Greyville on 11 May.
A great day for the Barry Steenkamp yard but another testing day for punters at Arlington on 12 September. With only one favourite winning, the
Port Elizabeth is a tough town. Particularly on Fridays. And when the Cape Town boys ride in expecting to clean up, then let’s just say things don’t always work out according to plan. Local man Mitch Wiese delivered the killer blow on 19 August and gave the Crawford odds-on shot an icy reception.
This is unbelievable! Those were PE commentator Bumpie Schoeman’s words when surveying the start of one of the earlier races on Friday at Arlington. Well
There is no doubt that we saw a future star of South Horseracing at Fairview on Friday 15 July. The much-hyped Western Cape youngsters sportingly arrived to take their chances against the local stars and Gavin Smith’s Windrush colt sent them home with tails between the legs. Not that we are even thinking about that objection that almost spoilt the party though…
