Sean Tarry made a massive early impact when Tail Of The Comet impressed with an eyecatching victory at the country course last month that had Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas written all over it.
The Randjesfontein master saddles another two of his Cape Summer big guns on a bumper Hollywoodbets Durbanville programme on Saturday.
Sean Tarry – looking forward to some top racing (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Durbanville card boasts nine well patronized races, headlined by three features, including the topliner Gr2 Western Cape Fillies Championship, where Tarry’s unbeaten-in-six starts Equus winner Mrs Geriatrix has her maiden start in the Cape.
Speaking to the Sporting Post on Wednesday, the former multiple national champion trainer said that Mrs Geriatrix and his reigning SA Horse Of The Year Princess Calla, who runs in a Cape A Stakes earlier in the day, had been down in the Cape for about a month.
Princess Calla has not seen action in the 14 weeks since beating See It Again in the HKJC Gr1 Champions Cup up in KZN at the end of last season.
SA Horse Of The Year Princess Calla – a little overweight (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Mrs Geriatrix won her only start as a 3yo when winning a hard fought tussle with White Pearl in the BSA Sales Cup on 7 October. This will be her first race around a left-handed turn,
“I am happy with both of my runners. Mrs Geriatrix is close to match fitness and this will bring her to her peak for the WSB Cape Fillies Guineas next month. Princess Calla is just starting out and she’s done enough work but she is quite a bit overweight still. She will need it but that doesn’t mean she can’t win,” he said.
Unbeaten 3yo Mrs Geriatrix – big runner on Saturday (Pic – JC Photos)
When asked about the implications of contesting this meeting, which was originally carded for Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, at Hollywoodbets Durbanville, Tarry said that it ‘was not ideal’.
“That said, we are all in the same boat and there are exciting things happening at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth. I look forward to catching up on some grass gallops at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth when it’s ready.”
- Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Durbanville racemeeting starts at 12h30.
