It’s The Guineas Jim, But Not As We Know It
Wonderful weather, wonderful horses and wonderful racing. Why then did it just not feel like the Guineas?
20th December 2016
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Wonderful weather, wonderful horses and wonderful racing. Why then did it just not feel like the Guineas?
Sixteen long years spanned trainer Vaughan Marshall’s patient pause between Gr1 Cape Guineas’ drinks
Vaughan Marshall’s exciting Captain Al colt Always In Charge was an impressive winner of a high-quality Graduation Plate at Kenilworth on Tuesday
Trainer Vaughan Marshall is looking for history to repeat itself at Kenilworth today with a family close to his heart
Vaughan Marshall has a veritable armada of three-year-old talent to go to war with this season – including Grade 1 winners Always In Charge and The Secret Is Out
A jockey has joined a leading Cape trainer in imploring the racing operator to take responsibility and be accountable for track issues in KZN rather than ‘denial or pretending that there isn’t a problem’
Cape trainer Vaughan Marshall enjoyed the rare pleasure of training both the sire and dam of the very smart The Secret Is Out, who notched her first Gr1 success at Scottsville on Saturday
The well related and exciting Captain Al filly, The Secret Is Out, came home unchallenged to win
The Cape raiding combination of jockey MJ Byleveld and trainer Vaughan Marshall were on the mark with a 100% strike double at Fairview on Friday
“It’s been a tough time. I’ve been slated and called everything in the book. I’ve just had to keep my chin up and carry on digging…” says Mike Robinson
The great Cape racing support storm rages on, and with 77 runners carded for the eight race programme at Durbanville today, the jury is out on the off-season apathy and on finding a solution to increase field subscriptions
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
