Inara Gives Mike A Gr1 Cheer
The high-class Trippi filly Inara gave trainer Mike Bass a welcome Gr1 farewell on the veteran trainer’s final July day at Greyville on Saturday
3rd July 2016
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The high-class Trippi filly Inara gave trainer Mike Bass a welcome Gr1 farewell on the veteran trainer’s final July day at Greyville on Saturday
Veteran trainer Mike Bass enjoys what is probably his final serious opportunity to win a Gr1 on his swansong July day after 40 years of training racehorses
It is early days yet and Silvano’s son Marinaresco may not have the same physical presence as champion Pocket Power, but one could forgive part-owner Marsh Shirtliff a lump in the throat and a possible misty eye
Star Trippi filly Inara came out firing on all cylinders and notched an outstanding fourth career Gr1 victory with a workmanlike win in Saturday’s slow-run R1 million Laurie Jaffee Empress Club Stakes
Gold Circle honours Mike and Carol Bass by renaming the Gr1 Champions Cup in their honour
The Mike Bass team pulled off a superb raiding feature double at Fairview on Friday with their long-time colleague and friend Justin Snaith having to play second fiddle in both races
Milnerton based Mike Bass took three runners to the Eastern Cape for the Friday meeting and after Limpopo River had been beaten into second in her maiden effort earlier on, the veteran didn’t miss with his next two producing a welcome feature double
Milnerton neighbours Joey Ramsden and Mike Bass added some much needed sparkle to a lifeless Kenilworth on Saturday afternoon with a hat-trick apiece
They say the unexamined life is not worth living and life’s rear view mirror occasionally shows up details that weren’t obvious at first glance, so before we launch headlong into 2016, I thought it would be fun to look back at the year that was.
It is often said that jockeys are the worst judges. But that maxim came slightly unstuck at Kenilworth on Sunday when Mike Bass’ retained rider Grant van Niekerk produced the Trippi mare Lanner Falcon with a sustained late run…
Despite enjoying some of the most beautiful coastline in Africa, life’s not always a beach for Port Elizabeth-based owners and trainers. And when Mike Bass comes to town on a cherry-picking escapade with a decent big centre stakes performer, it’s pay-pay
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
