16th January 2020
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Yvette Bremner’s star Port Elizabeth-based 3yo National Park has developed something of a fan following since being bizarrely snubbed by a local awards panel
“I know we went hard and fast early. And some have suggested that there are acclimatisation issues over time. But I don’t want to make excuses or take anything away from the winner. Mike de Kock’s horse looks very smart…”
Let bygones be bygones, says thrilled owner as Yvette Bremner’s East Cape raider National Park humbles the local stars
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
