Milnerton based Mike Bass remains in the top five on the national trainer log and with Ormond Ferraris and Dennis Drier retains his status as a leader on the SA trainer’s senior tour. He showed his prowess at Kenilworth on Sunday with a feature double that included the trifecta in the R150 000 Listed Olympic Duel Stakes
The in-form Mike Bass saddled the R250 000 Gr3 Winter Classic exacta at Kenilworth on Sunday as 2009 Equus Champion Sprinter Rebel King broke the ice siring his first stakes winner
Joey Ramsden’s star 3yo Act Of War will be a major drawcard at Kenilworth today as the Cape Winter Season is launched with the running of the R250 000 Tekkie Town Gr3 Winter Guineas
Mike Bass, along with a number of other trainers, is determined that Sunday’s race will not suffer a similar fate and says he will declare enough horses to make sure it goes ahead
As Brugman pointed out, there should be more to come from the gelding when he is trained for the race rather than the stalls but the Mike Bass-trained winner is also expected to show improvement at Turffontein.
Sean Tarry deserves full credit for keeping Whiteline Fever going. The 7yo son of Right Approach goes for a hat-trick of Hawaii Stakes wins today…but Justin Snaith won’t be getting sentimental about historic bids and the like
Hammie’s Hooker, a Gr2 winner, has had the misfortune to bump the likes of Rumya and Beach Beauty on her well worn path in competing against the very best of her sex and in her quest in her, as yet, unrealised goal to register a Gr1 victory.
A beautifully bred horse that once promised plenty but delivered stakes placings at best in a chequered career, came to the fore as he knocked the wind out of the sails of some illustrious opposition at Kenilworth on Saturday
Trainer Mike Bass and jockey Grant Van Niekerk have enjoyed a summer of glorious success for Drakenstein Stud and saddle another smart Trippi filly in the famous blue and white silks on Saturday
“When I saw Cold As Ice two lengths in front I knew she would be hard to beat. As we went past the post together, Piere Strydom said I think you just ran second. But I knew I had won – I have been riding at Kenilworth long enough.”
His fine pace judgement, competitive streak and powerful ‘cross-mane’ style power-riding make him a demon to bury in any tight finish and young Grant Van Niekerk had to play second fiddle in a thrilling climax to the supporting feature.
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
