Striker’s Glorious Guineas Double
Champion jockey Piere Strydom’s old-fashioned loyalty may have cost him at times in his illustrious career in the saddle, but Saturday was not to be one of those days!
1st March 2015
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Champion jockey Piere Strydom’s old-fashioned loyalty may have cost him at times in his illustrious career in the saddle, but Saturday was not to be one of those days!
Summerveld trainer Paul Lafferty will soon be opening a new chapter in his colourful life as he plans to open an international stable in Dubai
The intention is to get him out of the country, probably around March, and race him on the world stage in England. We won’t go to Durban with him but, if he is 100%, we will run him in the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, the Met or the Investec Cape Derby.”
Despite no rule applying, horses are being suspended left, right and centre by the National Horseracing Authority
“I have great respect for the other horses in the Guineas, especially Joey Ramsden’s Act Of War who I think is a superstar, but we are not going to shirk the challenge. We’ve got to get down there and take them on.”
Harry’s Son was to be Haradasun’s first Gr1 winner when clinching the Premier’s Champion Stakes last season
The tracking of the talented Tarry horse was probably a well considered tactical move by Strydom but things got really tight in the final 300m as Harry’s Son climbed all over them with nowhere to go
KZN trainer pleads guilty on possession of unlisted substances charge
Lafferty has been preaching the merits of Harry’s Son for some months and after running on in three consecutive feature race thirds, the 2yo colt by Coolmore stallion Haradasun looked to be emigrating to Excuseville…
Winning jockey Stuart Randolph admitted in the post race interview that he was cursing Paul Lafferty halfway through the race
With Sunday’s Scottsville meeting cut short by a jockey protest about the rain induced dangerous surface conditions, the action returns to the KZN Capital city on Tuesday where a smart-looking unbeaten Silvano lines up for the Lafferty yard
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
