Shaded By The Grey
The Joey Ramsden Tapit mare Grey Light steps out in a modest handicap at Greyville today
21st August 2016
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The Joey Ramsden Tapit mare Grey Light steps out in a modest handicap at Greyville today
I had some mates over from Quatar and we partied long and hard into the night. This was followed by more celebrations at Durban’s best restaurant, Bel Punto, before finally flaking out
Our Vodacom Durban July winning trainer put the seal on a dream 2016 SA Champions Season when he saddled the high class stallion prospect Red Ray to win the Gr1 Mercury Sprint for Ingrid and Markus Jooste
What a weekend! Who would have thought that would be the result? The Conglomerate was given the most amazing ride by Pierre Strydom
Africa’s greatest race, prefaced by Johnny Clegg’s Spirit of the Great Heart, was won by a black horse, ridden by a white jockey, trained by an Englishman and owned by an Afrikaner. Rainbow nation indeed.
Urban legend has it that Milnerton trainer and now top Vodacom client Joey Ramsden sent his major owner Markus Jooste a cheeky ‘please call me’ shortly after a thrilling finish crowned a spectacular climax to the Vodacom Durban July
Thank heavens for the Lewis Hamilton-style taxi driver who got me to the sales ground in the nick of time.
The Milnerton trainer has few peers when it comes to prepping 2yo’s and he maintained his 21st century stranglehold on the Cape winter feature in dramatic style
Milnerton trainer Joey Ramsden showed his knack of producing the 2yo’s to shine early when the beautifully bred Captain Gambler finished with a flourish
I only know Joey from brief greetings in the Cape , but I can never forget an incident when he walked up to me and my ex at the races one day and greeted her and said “You can do better!”
The Ramsden pair of Attenborough and Table Bay look set to fight this one out with Our Mate Art the natural danger on the swing of the Nursery weights
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
