Appie’s Double Delight
An unremarkable looking Vaal programme played itself out on a rather tatty looking sand surface on 22 November with one jockey casualty and a few
23rd November 2011
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An unremarkable looking Vaal programme played itself out on a rather tatty looking sand surface on 22 November with one jockey casualty and a few
With only 10 days to go to the running of the R2 million Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Cup over 1400 metres at Turffontein, the panel choosing the final field have released the latest log based on the 32 official entries received last Friday.
Sean Tarry’s Royal Academy colt Verrochio stepped into the Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Cup limelight with a scintillating win at Turffontein on 20 October. It is
It was the universal view at Friday’s gallops at Summerhill, that this was the best catalogue the Ready To Run had assembled.
A dual Group race winner annihilates a Graduation field. Hardly the stuff to get excited about but the background to Gold Onyx’s dramatic return to
The Emerald Cup produced one of those rare good-luck and loyalty stories at the Vaal this afternoon, with a first-time owner getting lucky and a young jockey benefitting from a vote of confidence. Well done to the connections of The Mouseketeer!
Jockey Robbie Fradd and trainer Sean Tarry are developing into a formidable combination on the East Coast and they enjoyed an impressive double at Clairwood on 30 August.
A top jockey suggests the Clairwood track surface is not acceptable, especially after so little rain. Puzzling circumstances, indeed. But Robbie Fradd, with three winners and MJ Byleveld and Sean Cormack, with a double apiece, weren’t complaining.
For Sean Tarry, the last day of the 2010/2011 racing season will go down as one of his most memorable in a career which is already replete with big moments. He saddled the first two finishers to the Canon Gold Cup, at odds of 45/1 and 35/1 respectively, emulating the 2009 feat of Stephen Page, who saddled the winner Mokaro and runner-up Noblewood in that particular renewal of South Africa’s premier long distance race.
The Super Sunday meeting brought the curtain down on a great season. But twelve races at the final meeting means a long day and do customers really want to spend close to eight hours on a racecourse? The raceday package needs some urgent attention and repackaging and it is now time to test the market.
Sean Tarry is having what many consider to be a quiet season and yet he is 12th on the national log and has stakes in excess of R5,5 million.
