“If we go back to that top horse Hear The Drums in PE, his trainer had a Pinnacle every month for 28 months! We have no such luxury unfortunately, so have to make do with what is on the programme…”
Trainer Louis Goosen has a trio of runners in the 1000m R120 000 Pinnacle Plate under the lights at the Turffontein night meeting on Tuesday and described it as a quality field and a tough race to win, despite his strong hand.
It is often said in racing that weight stops trains. But an exception to the rule could apply on the Vaal Express today, with Piere Strydom doing the driving and Louis Goosen the conductor
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
Outstanding colt Nepotism (Brutal) scored one of the most remarkable Gr1 wins by a 2YO on an Australian racetrack in recent memory
