Mike de Kock appeared to hold a very strong hand with Link Man and Gibraltar Blue in the Merchants over 1160m at Turffontein on Saturday, but the unpredictable nature of handicap racing was again well illustrated when the two were upstaged by 40/1 outsider Antious
The female of the species once again proved deadlier than the male when Gorongosa ran out a comfortable winner of the Racing Association Handicap over 3200m.
Arabian Mist tries for a hat-trick in the Gr2 Merchants at Turffontein on Saturday, but the 7yo meets some promising young horses
The highlight of Sunday’s action at Kenilworth is undoubtedly the Gr2 Selangor Cup. Won by the likes of Dynasty and last season’s J&B Met winner Past Master in recent years….
Bravura is back in the big league. Fitted with blinkers for the first time, the five-year-old recorded his first Feature race success since winning the
Smanjemanje put several Sansui Summer Cup hopefuls to the sword in no uncertain fashion when he returned from a five month lay-off to spring a 33/1 surprise in the Victory Moon Stakes last Friday night.
Shades Of Indigo has always been something of a Kenilworth 1200m specialist, but few were prepared for the 66/1 upset which he delivered when storming through from off the pace in his usual fashion to win the Betting World Merchants over that course-and-distance last Sunday.
A weight for age event over 1600m on the old course, the Green Point Stakes has been won by the mighty Pocket Power in three of the last four seasons….
Perana could not unfairly be described as an enigmatic sort and he has not won a race for precisely one year since he gave a memorable display to win the Victory Moon Stakes at Turffontein, but a very good latest effort suggests he could be on the comeback trail.
With top jockeys from around the world once again taking on our local boys, it’s sure to be a very exciting day at Kenilworth on Sunday….
It is one of racing’s many truisms that the best 2yo’s very often don’t make the best 3yo’s. However, the signs are at least highly promising that last season’s champion juvenile filly Princess Victoria has gone the right way.
