Durbanville Grass Issue – Meeting Moves
The racemeeting scheduled to take place at Durbanville Racecourse on Tuesday 25 February 2020 has been moved to Kenilworth Racecourse
24th February 2020
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The racemeeting scheduled to take place at Durbanville Racecourse on Tuesday 25 February 2020 has been moved to Kenilworth Racecourse
Nicely-bred Var colt has first run in the Cape Of Good Hope Nursery
The false rail is set at 2m out from the 1800m mark, with a 4m spur at the 600m mark
Eric Sands’ half-brother to Met stars Rainbow Bridge and Hawwaam, Golden Ducat has his Cape Derby prep at Kenilworth this afternoon
Cape trainers were not able to fill a meeting carded for Kenilworth on Wednesday 22 January
The false rail is in the original position with a 4m spur at the 600m mark
The Bipot starts in the second race at 13h35, the Place Accumulator at 14h10 and the Pick 6 at 14h45
The false rail is set at 3m out from the 1800m mark with a 7m spur at the 600m mark
One last chance to get out of it in 2019…the final local meeting of the year will be held today at Kenilworth where eight races are carded
While it is difficult to look past Hawwaam, Justin Snaith suggests that while Doublemint should need the outing, he has an each way chance in the Premier Trophy
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
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
