Some of the horses go on and prove you right, some prove you wrong. Some you retire and you think maybe I kept them a season too long. If they can still perform and they’re happy doing it, then why not?”
Zambezi River is a slow starter, but his sprint form is impeccable and he is the choice to deliver the goods in a race reduced to only three runners after late scratchings
Elusive Fort’s daughter Siren’s Call threw down the Triple Tiara gauntlet to Mike De Kock’s outstanding Redoute’s Choice filly Majmu, and a few others, when she stamped her authority in sensational fashion with a courageous win
Sean Tarry deserves full credit for keeping Whiteline Fever going. The 7yo son of Right Approach goes for a hat-trick of Hawaii Stakes wins today…but Justin Snaith won’t be getting sentimental about historic bids and the like
“With money this big on offer, the guys rode like crazy. It was mayhem,” is how Siren’s Call’s rider Piere Strydom summed it up
Most of the field frankly look to be making up numbers against the big guns. But if you haven’t got a ticket, they’re never going to call your name – so well done to the long-distance travellers who have come to town to take on the big guns
The Gr2 Diadem Stakes looked to be one of the sprint races of the year, but lost some lustre when Trip To Heaven was a forced scratching
Late scratching of Sean Tarry’s Blazing Al throws race wide open
Sean Tarry produces an exciting 3yo every weekend at the moment. He has another really promising sort in the Trippi colt Trip To Heaven who slammed his elders to scorch to his first stakes win on Summer Cup day
Trainer Sean Tarry looks to have a lively Cape Guineas candidate on his hands in the unbeaten Trippi colt Zambezi River who stormed to a rich payday with an impressive late burst to win the second renewal of the Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday
“I don’t want to get ahead of myself with a horse that has only run twice but I have the Cape Guineas in mind depending how he goes today.”
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
