Trainer Adam Marcus finds himself holding the trump cards for Cape Town’s biggest race, the Sun Met, a scenario which would have seemed unimaginable a couple of seasons ago
The Sun Met horse’s spa day was hosted by Racing Its A Rush and Sun International at Sonwabe Beach near Muizenberg on Friday morning
Mike de Kock on his star colt’s travel plans and a word to bookmakers on the Sun Met
Three-time Met-winning jockey Garth Puller was non-commital on whether hiring an overseas jockey to ride a fancied Sun Met contender was a good idea
Bunker Hunt is a 33-1 chance but his trainer’s observations suggest he could be each way value at that price.
Given the size of the field and the fair nature of the Kenilworth track, none of the draws allotted are likely to cause undue sleepless nights for the connections
Do It Again’s poor recovery from his Queen’s Plate run may have been because he is a carrier of biliary, the equine version of tick fever
Owner Mike Rattray says it was his trainer’s decision to import the top jockey
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
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
