Don’t Worry – Be Happy!
If you’re in the sales business, the one thing you need to convince customers to come back is a big horse first time around
8th November 2017
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If you’re in the sales business, the one thing you need to convince customers to come back is a big horse first time around
Van Zyl galloper now out of the Gold Vase and being aimed at Gr1 Champions Cup
I’ve always said one’s got to look at horses with current form in these big races. There are quite a few horses with current form and I think it’s going to be quite an open race.
Longstanding past SA champion breeders Summerhill Stud celebrated a feature exacta at Scottsville on Sunday when two sons of Kahal fought out the finish of the R120 000 Highland Night Cup
Gavin Van Zyl saddles the classy Kahal gelding No Worries who will be out to defend his KZN Breeders Million Mile title at Greyville on Sunday. The rich non black-type race is back on the Greyville turf, where it had its inaugural running in June 2012
“There are three ways of getting into the July, through the front door (the top qualifiers like Futura, Legislate and Majmu), the side door (the mid-log incumbents who are relatively safe) and through the back door (the last minute feature race winners and placed horses who stake a late claim) and if you don’t make it you don’t deserve to be there.”
Gavin Van Zyl’s No Worries had the last laugh when storming home to win the KZN Breeders Million Mile run at Clairwood on Sunday. The 4yo son of the ill-fated Kahal slammed the 3yo Bezanova and in the process may have sent a veiled wake-up call to the high-riding younger brigade on the eve of Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July
With interest and debate reaching a peak as we enter the final week countdown to the R2,5 million Gr1 J&B Met, Thursday’s public gallops did little to answer any questions. The cloud of rumour and speculation that continues to plague the favourite Jackson may also just be tactical gamesmanship that is often seen in major sporting contests in the modern era.
Charl Pretorius pokes a bit of fun as we brace ourselves for a rollercoaster ride through the absurd, the outrageous, and the downright unbelievable in South African horse racing
After Saturday’s potentially gamechanging L’Ormarins King’s Plate day, a total of 28 thoroughbreds remain in contention for the 163rd renewal of the R5 million World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
