Trippi Leads, Middle Market Scores
The higher overall median for this year’s sale suggests a stronger middle market than in previous years.
24th March 2015
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The higher overall median for this year’s sale suggests a stronger middle market than in previous years.
Ably assisted by former top jockey Gavin Venter, Ms Laing trains solely for the powerhouse Jooste partnership and took her season’s win tally to 39. She has got to be feeling better after the four winners!
Hammie’s Hooker, a Gr2 winner, has had the misfortune to bump the likes of Rumya and Beach Beauty on her well worn path in competing against the very best of her sex and in her quest in her, as yet, unrealised goal to register a Gr1 victory.
Tiger Territory slams the improved again Anger in the Lightning Stakes, while Sarve does punters no ‘favours’ in the Summer Speedsters as she overhauls Ha Lucy late in the race
Trippi grandson entered for US championship race, while his smart daughter Inara wins terrific Gr1 at Kenilworth on Met day
“When I saw Cold As Ice two lengths in front I knew she would be hard to beat. As we went past the post together, Piere Strydom said I think you just ran second. But I knew I had won – I have been riding at Kenilworth long enough.”
Grant Van Niekerk’s unbridled joy at riding his first Gr1 winner was tempered by a seven day ban for failing to ensure that he did not cause interference
Dennis Drier has won the race for the last two year’s running but with rare Cape visitor Joey Soma in town, and his colleague Mike De Kock looking for his fifth win in the race, it will be a hard fought contest on all fronts
The Striker legend dominated South African horseracing in 2014 as one of our newsmakers of the year with his milestone of 5000 winners and the outstanding jockey has started 2015 like a 25 year old supercharged wizard.
There is little question that sprinting is the Greys Inn gelding Chekilli’s top game. Alec Laird’s 4yo returned from a six month break to run a very decent race in the Gr2 Joburg Merchants on Summer Cup day
Runners in the Fillies Guineas are by sires whose progeny include three previous winners of the race, and a staggering total of over 470 stakes winners. Safe to say, the winner of the 2014 Avontuur Estate Cape Fillies Guineas will have considerable value as a broodmare!
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
