The great Cape racing support storm rages on, and with 77 runners carded for the eight race programme at Durbanville today, the jury is out on the off-season apathy and on finding a solution to increase field subscriptions
The Justin Snaith trained Western Winter colt Aspara has won his last two starts by an aggregate 10,25 lengths. While he looks very promising, he is not yet assured of a berth in the sought after final line-up…
Snaith, promptly envisaging a 13 point hike, said: “Donovan’s a young jockey and I don’t think he knows there is a handicap system in South Africa. You certainly don’t want to expose a horse too much and when you win that far the handicappers nail you.”
“I now have 12 horses at the Gauteng satellite yard which is going very well and growing all the time. Ashleigh Hughes is in charge and she is brilliant…”
A tricky eight race programme and the promise of decent sized pools should see plenty of interest in today’s Kenilworh eight race programme. With perfect weather conditions, there won’t be any scope for excuses.
The Gr2 Supreme Cup has attracted 40 nominations and it will be interesting to see how the panel manage to whittle it down to just 14 runners as there are a number of entries who have not yet raced on the surface
“If Justin can’t do the math he should just check his phone I’m sure it has a calculator on it!” – Sean Tarry responds to Snaith’s quip that the Ready To Run Races knocked the wind out of his championship bid
The Justin Snaith Racing machine has come out of the gates flying in the new season with a Gr1 success at Greyville on the opening day and seven winners in two meetings in Cape Town. It is only a matter of time before they catch alight in the Eastern Cape and with eight runners on the Fairview Turf this Friday, they must be included
“The Ready To Run races knocked the wind out of us last season but they won’t count this time and I am going to have a full go at the title.”
The question of the determination of champion status for trainers and jockeys in the regional awards were discussed by Paul Lafferty and James Goodman on Monday evening’s Winning Ways show
A highlight of the programme could prove to be the seasonal debut of some class 4yo’s – including two sons of Var, in champion Val De Ra’s brother Vincente and Justin Snaith’s enigmatic talent, Harry Lime
Two past winners of the Cape’s premier summer speed clash are in the fifteen strong line-up
Charl Pretorius pokes a bit of fun as we brace ourselves for a rollercoaster ride through the absurd, the outrageous, and the downright unbelievable in South African horse racing
