Arriving on course for the Queen’s Plate has become like visiting an old friend – there are always enough familiar touches to make you feel at home, but as special friends always make an effort, you know there will be quirky new additions to look forward to, to make each day memorable.
With less than 48 hours to go to the announcement of the final field for the inaugural CTS Million Dollar, a number of connections are holding thumbs that their respective prospects will make it to the last 16 when declarations are confirmed for the richest race ever on the African continent
The Greys Inn gelding’s superb victory made a mockey of the general expert analysis of his ability over the distance – and of jockey Anton Marcus’s brave decision to ride him
They say the unexamined life is not worth living and life’s rear view mirror occasionally shows up details that weren’t obvious at first glance, so before we launch headlong into 2016, I thought it would be fun to look back at the year that was.
Sean Tarry throws punters, and the racing gods, a tasty bone on Christmas Eve as he sends out star 4yo French Navy on the Turffontein standside track today
Trainer Dennis Drier won the Diadem Stakes in 2014 with the present day Klawervlei stallion Captain Of All and he returns to the well with Cape Merchants winner Triptique in a bid to register a glorious double at Kenilworth on Sunday 27 December
Exciting return to action at Turffontein today of highly-rated Tarry runner
Less than a length covered the first four home in the 1000m contest and with a good mix of fillies from across the country, Carry On Alice’s connections will be feeling decidedly bullish with the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship as her short-term target
S’manga Khumalo and Supertube are almost joined at the hip after the events of the past two years!
Sean Tarry’s Dynasty colt Liege has rocketed up the standings on the log for the R2,5 million Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes.
“Trip To Heaven got a hefty penalty and went from a 109 to 115 after his Gr2 Joburg Spring Challenge win. So I decided to bypass the Charity Mile. My short-term plan is to run him in the Gr2 Merchants on Summer Cup Day and then look at a race like the Horse Chestnut in the medium term.”
While there has been widespread public support for the flamboyant sportsman, the door has been shut in terms of his options via the SA racing regulator channels
