Sabadell Has The Power
Sabadell is living proof that horses can improve well into their racing careers and the top trainer said that he felt ‘almost bad’ that he had run him as a 2yo
9th February 2015
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Sabadell is living proof that horses can improve well into their racing careers and the top trainer said that he felt ‘almost bad’ that he had run him as a 2yo
While dreams, omens and lucky numbers will no doubt still play a part for many casual observers when selecting a likely winner of Saturday’s R2,5 million Gr1 J&B Met, under the modern conditions of the race, we are looking at what is practically a weight-for-age scenario.
I’m very pleased with what I see in front of me. Now we’re just hoping for a true run race and a bit of luck in running.
“Rake’s Chestnut has not earned his Met berth and, as he is a talented horse, we will be letting him prove himself to us again and building his confidence through the handicaps.”
We are bypassing Rake’s Chestnut in favour of his Sansui Summer Cup runner-up Killua Castle, who looks very nicely in – if he maintains his form
Those with slightly longer memories may have recalled Arcetri Pink’s scintillating Gr2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas victory seven months earlier over Saturday’s course and distance.
Fairytales do come true – even in horseracing! The outstanding Black Minnaloushe colt Louis The King underlined his enormous popularity amongst the horseracing public as he provided the sponsors and the powers-that-be with a beautifully packaged marketing freebie in winning the Sansui Summer Cup
Trainer Geoff Woodruff had his five-pronged Summer Cup attack disappointingly reduced to four runners today as Mike De Broglio’s outstanding Jet Master gelding Master Sabina was withdrawn
The son of Horse Chestnut behaved like an enthusiastic recent finishing school graduate when crossing his legs just as the gates opened in the Charity Mile, unseating Anton Marcus
The Riverton Stud-bred Judpot gelding Sovereign Mint could prove to be one of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale’s bargain buys at a cost of just R100 000 and faces his next test today
The return of Geoff Woodruff’s boom gelding Rake’s Chestnut is bound to attract plenty of interest though and his clash with the fit as a fiddle No Worries could prove a highlight of the Turffontein meeting today
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
