26th July 2011
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The tussle for the SA Champion Sire title took a few twists and turns at Durbanville on 20 July with three winners each for Jet Master and Captain Al. Super Saturday is shaping as the gunfight at the O.K. Corral at this stage of the game!
The Lonsdale Stirrup Cup looked to be about as open and competitive a race as you could find. With 18 runners competing on handicap terms over 2400m, it was always going to be a tricky contest to unravel.
Champion sire Jet Master has been much in the news this last weekend of January 2011. A pair of yearling colts topped the inaugural Cape Premier Sale, at 2.5 million apiece. And 4yo Past Master won the 2.5 million J&B Met. But the price of success differs.
