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
This might be Mike De Kock’s first season in close on a decade without the mantle of SA Champion trainer, but his three winners at Turffontein on Saturday signalled big things for the season ahead
Cape based Highlands Stud produced three winners , including an outstanding debut win by a Cape Premier Yearling Sale debutante who looks to have plenty to come. Four winners for seasoned rider Weichong Marwing and doubles for trainers Sean Tarry and Ormond Ferraris passed by almost unnoticed
Multiple Group 1 winning Ebony Flyer foaled down her first foal a colt by Champion Florida sire and Leading South African – Trippi.
There is little doubt that Trip Tease rates right at the top of the class on the sand 1000m and there aren’t too many horses we could think of that could go with him. Sure, the year younger Precursor ran the Sophomore 1000 in 0,18 secs faster earlier on but Trip Tease carried 2,5kgs more and was never pressed for an effort by Deon Sampson.
Forty Niner retired to Claiborne Farm with many feeling that he was the heir apparent to his own sire, Mr Prospector.
Mike Bass’ Trippi gelding Night Trip can run when he is in the mood. He showed a fancy for the polytrack when flying up late to win the R150 000 Listed The Darley Arabian run over a mile at Greyville on Super Saturday
Afrikaburn is looking more and more like the complete racehorse and owner Fred Crabbia summed up the expectations when labelling him, ‘my Rocket Man of the distance races!”
Precocity in racehorses is often marked by an inability to train on. But Hammie’s Hooker has bucked the trend and looks to be getting better as she matures, despite her mid career slump
Trainer Charles Laird proves his judgement spot on again as a filly he labelled ‘very smart’ comes through her test with flying colours
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
