It Happens All At Once!
The top farm’s policy of bringing them to sale to sell produced a thrill for the connections of the speedy Captain Al filly All At Once
12th January 2019
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The top farm’s policy of bringing them to sale to sell produced a thrill for the connections of the speedy Captain Al filly All At Once
Lucky Houdalakis and Muzi Yeni opened the 2017 Sansui Summer Cup feature programme
The Grand Heritage day bumper Pick 6 at the Vaal was opened in good style by the Highlands-bred My Friend Lee
After being airlifted to hospital following an accident at gallops, Lucky Houdalakis reports that Everisto Nyambo is showing steady improvement
Lucky Houdalakis’ Horse Chestnut filly Joan Ranger made it back-to-back wins when benefitting from a typically well judged ride from Piere Strydom
Trainer Lucky Houdalakis gave favourite backers and the handicappers one to think about when producing a joker in the pack
Jockey Gavin Lerena was at the top of his game at the Vaal on Saturday
The Lucky Houdalakis-trained Horse Chestnut filly Joan Ranger broke the dream run of fancied runners on Champions Day when she stormed home full of running to open her stakes account
The disappointing field of five produced an exciting finish and any concerns about a ‘Cape crawl’ were soon allayed as Ryan Munger took Susquehanna out to grab a five length lead
Generosity of owners gives family a flicker of hope as they overcome tragedy
We do not have much detail at this early stage, but can confirm that the driver has been airlifted to hospital and work rider from Louis Goosen’s yard was seriously injured. Unconfirmed reports state that a member of the Lucky Houdalakis yard may have lost his life.
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
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
