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Thursday 6 April 2017

FAIRVIEW turf Friday Best Roving Banker: r4 - (5) Seattle Swing (14/1)

GREYVILLE poly Friday Best Roving Banker: r8 – (7) Astroman (4/1)

kenilworth Saturday Best Roving Banker: r5 – (3) Junta (4/1)

turffontein Saturday Best Roving Banker: r6 – (2) Ribovar (16/10)

GREYVILLE turf Sunday Best Roving Banker: Grand National 2010 | Roy Lindsay r2 – (1) Sir Frenchie (16/10) Grand Memories Saturday 1 April Kenilworth - race 6 Sporting Post Best Handicapped Icon King on arrival at his new home in Compton was reluc- WON 20/1  50 Years Since Foinavon tant to eat. Kempton introduced him to Susie, a It is now 50 years since 100/1 outsider Foinavon single-minded white nanny goat whose passion negotiated the pile-up at the 23rd fence to storm was eating and it was hoped her enthusiasm would into the record books. That typically unpredicta- encourage Foinavon to do likewise. The plan worked ble moment is stamped indelibly on the mind of and the pair became inseparable, with Susie accom- anyone who saw it. panying the horse everywhere, including a trip to Foinavon was foaled in Limerick in 1958 and Buckingham Palace. named after a Scottish mountain in Sutherland by Prior to the 1967 National, Foinavon was quoted his third owner, Anne Duchess of Westminster, who at 500/1, with tipsters unanimous in proclaiming also owned the mighty Arkle. He won three minor him a total no-hoper since he had failed to win on chases in Ireland, but all too often was a faller. In his last 26 outings - that losing run stretching back to October, 1965, Berkshire trainer John Kempton paid February, 1965 in Ireland. £2100 for him at Doncaster Sales. On the day of the race, neither Foinavon’s owner Foinavon was something of a “character” and nor his trainer chose to come to Aintree. Three

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jockeys had already declined the ride before John Buckingham was entrusted to steer the horse around Red – One Way Aintree’s awesome fences. He had only ridden Foin- avon once before and had never taken part in the Grand National himself. Or Another It is now part of Aintree folklore that a loose horse Gr3 Byerley Turk - Greyville ran across the smallest fence, the 23rd, bringing the field to a standstill. Foinavon, far behind, was the only Cape visitors have a top-class record in the Gr3 one to successfully negotiate the melee and became Byerley Turk, run over 1400m on the Greyville Fixing the winning post. a winner whose story perfectly epitomises the spirit turf on Sunday. History shows that it may well be of the Grand National: ‘anything can happen, and folly backing against Cape hotshots, headed this frequently does’. He finished 15 lengths clear of the second. The 23rd fence (also time by Copper Force, but there is plenty to like the seventh on the first circuit) is now called Foinavon. about local hope Red Chesnut Road. The Byerley Turk is for 3yo’s, with two-time 40 Years On From Red Rum’s Treble winners (or less) less carry 54 kg, with an addition- Known as ‘The Saviour of Aintree’, Red Rum became one of the most popular al 2 kg for each additional win. Gr1 winners get an racehorses of the 20th century, known to everyone, whether interested in extra 3kg, Gr2 winners 2kg, and Gr3 wins 1kg. racing or not. Red Chesnut Road is the officially highest rated Bred to be a sprinter, he was foaled in 1965 in County Kilkenny, Ireland, and galloper in the race and is well in with on 57kg. He sold for 400 guineas as a yearling. He made his racecourse debut at Aintree on showed highclass promise at 2, but had an eight the Thursday before Foinavon’s win in 1967, dead-heating for first in a five-fur- month break due to an injury sustained in his box. long sprint. He has run two good races since his return to the Subsequently showing only modest promise and after a long losing run and track, and looks ready to strike it hot again. foot problems, he was sold at Doncaster Sales in 1972 for 6000 guineas to Copper Force won 2 from 5 before flying up second-hand car dealer and part- late to chase William Longsword home in the CTS time taxi driver Donald “Ginger” Mile, a false run race decided in a sprint home. McCain, on behalf of Noel Le His official post-race MR of 91 will look weird to Mare. the uninformed - he ran off an 85 in the CTS Mile McCain’s horses were trained but in terms of the South African Handicapping on nearby Southport sands and Rules could not be properly penalised for an effort because of his recurring lame- that saw him achieve a 104 in that restricted race. ness Red Rum was sent paddling Janoobi, the fourth finisher there, has since franked in the sea every day. The worked the form by winning the Gauteng Guineas, with MR a miracle and he was hardly ever 103. So to say that Copper Force should be better lame again. than rated is an under-statement. Red Rum - third win by 25 lengths in 1977 | Getty He began winning races (five Africa Rising has been rested 16 weeks since chases within seven weeks) and started 9/1 joint favourite for the 1973 Grand being beaten into sixth place in the Cape Guineas, National, beating gallant top-weight Crisp in a thrilling finish, smashing the pre- some 4 lengths off winner William Longsword. vious race-record time by 19 seconds. He was Gr1 placed as a 2yo and if fully fit derives The following year Red Rum and jockey Fletcher triumphed again, carrying respect. My Pal Al is one of three Alistair Gordon top-weight of 12 stone. In 1975 he again shouldered 12 stone, but was beaten runners. Drawn widest of all here, he won his last by l’Escargot. Then in 1976, again with top-weight and this time ridden by Tom- my Stack, he went down to the winner Rag Trade. Back for a fifth consecutive START PA5/PICK SIX4/JACKPOT3 time in 1977, now 12 years old and still carrying topweight, Red Rum and Stack 3:55PM Gr3 Byerley Turk (3yo’s)(Turf) - 1400m thrilled the racing world by winning an unprecedented third Grand National by Greyville 6 SAME TRAINER:(1-7)(3-10-13)

25 lengths. The crowds were back thanks to his performances which had capti- Querari 1 Gingerbread Man(DC Howells) K De Melo.4 60.0 Gimmethegreenlight 2 Gunner(PM Gadsby) I Sturgeon...... 11 59.0 vated a nation. Captain Al 3 My Pal Al(AD Gordon) S Veale...... 14 58.0 Red Rum retired in 1978 and spent the rest of his life with McCain. He became Pathfork 4 RED CHESNUT ROAD(R Hill) G Lerena...... 9 57.0 Visionaire 5 Africa Rising(SG Tarry) L Hewitson...... 1 56.0 a huge celebrity, travelling the country opening countless betting shops, super- Warm White Night 6 Buffalo Soldier(CS Laird) W Kennedy...... 3 56.0 markets and garden fetes and even switched on the Blackpool Illuminations. Kahal 7 Amazon King(DC Howells) C Zackey...... 13 56.0 Each year he returned to Aintree to lead the parade before the Grand National. Royal Air Force 8 Copper Force(J Snaith) A Delpech...... 2 56.0 Bold Silvano 9 Boldly Respectable(BJ Crawford) C Orffer7. 56.0 Red Rum died in Cheshire on October 18, 1995, aged 30, and is buried at the Fort Wood 10 Marshall That(AD Gordon) C Murray...... 10 56.0 winning post on Aintree Racecourse, which is still a place of pilgrimage. His Philanthropist 11 Kenny Trix(VH Marshall) M Byleveld...... 6 56.0 Mambo In Seattle 12 Bling Swing(PV Lafferty) A Arries...... 8 56.0 death made the front pages of all the national newspapers and, in a survey 11 Tiger Ridge 13 Scarrabeast(AD Gordon) ES Ngwane...... 5 56.0 years later, he was still voted the best-known horse in Britain. Querari 14 Head Honcho(A Nel) G v Niekerk...... 12 56.0

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two starts on polytrack by an aggregate of close on 8 lengths. Six Of One Amazon King ran a length Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes - Greyville off subsequent Gr3 Kings Cup runner-up Royal Armour A highly competitive dozen of 3yo fillies line up for the Gr3 at level weights at his pe- Umzimkhulu Stakes, over 1400m on the Greyville turf track. nultimate start. He’s drawn The majority won or placed at their last start, so there is form wide. and ratings to rely on. Red Chesnut Road | Gold Circle Gunner won the Gr1 Weights are set at 54kg for up to 2 wins, with an additional Premiers Champion Stakes as a 2yo, but hasn’t yet reproduced 2kg for each further win. On top of that Gr1 winners get 3kg, that kind of form as a 3yo. He comes off a 16 week break since Gr2 winners 2kg and Gr3 winners 1 kg, provided those wins being well beaten in the Cape Guineas. were during the last 18 months – which is a pretty stupid con- Buffalo Soldier has the blinkers removed and has been rested straint, considering these are 3yo fillies, who 18 months ago 10 weeks. He has his first outing since an unsuccessful attempt on (as 2yo’s) hadn’t even started to race – never mind in black the CTS 1200 on Met day. type races. Favourites tend to have a good record in this race, The four-time winner Gingerbread Man shoulders top weight. even though last year’s 22/1 winner Fromafar might have you He looks to have his work cut out in this company. His last three think differently. victories were achieved on the polytrack. Marshall That looks held by Top weighted is The Secret Is Out, winner last season of the Gr1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship and Gr3 Strelitzia Gr3 Byerley Turk stablemate My Pal Al on their last past winners clash, on the polytrack. Stakes at her first two starts. She didn’t race from June to Oc- Recent course-and-distance tober, returning to the track in Cape Town. Things didn’t quite 2013 go to plan there. Below best on return, she bled next time out, 1 Capetown Noir 58.5 ( 1) 7/20 maiden winner Bling Swing gets 2 Living With Heart 56.5 ( 3) 13/1 causing her to miss the subsequent major features. The Secret 3 Corredor 54.5 ( 5) 22/1 thrown in the deep end. He has 2014 his first run since gelding. Is Out was off from November to January, running somewhat 1 Chestnut's Rocket 58.0 ( 5) below best on her return 28/10 Lightly tried Head Honcho won 2 Copybook 54.0 ( 4) 14/1 well on debut, but didn’t show when well supported in a 3 Nineteen Fourteen 54.0 ( 9) 18/1 1200m fillies handicap. Not 2015 next time in the Listed Sopho- 1 Heartland 56.0 ( 4) 11/2 seen out since, she will be 2 Kingvoldt 59.0 ( 5) more Sprint. 13/20 on a mission to re-kindle her 3 Easy Lover 58.0 ( 2) 11/2 reputation and add further 2016 This looks to be between Red 1 Mambo Mime 56.0 ( 1) 11/2 to her already impressive 2 Baritone 60.0 (12) 8/1 Chesnut Road and Copper Force – 3 Budapest 56.0 ( 7) 7/1 so it’s red, one way or another. stud-value. Time will tell. Second highest weighted in The High Life, winner of The Secret Is Out – last season’s Gr1 2yo her last two starts (and four winner is out to prove she still has what of her last six). Her last win it takes | Gold Circle was in a fillies handicap over Emperors Palace 2000m on Met-day in January. She has mainly been campaigned over a mile and more, so this race may be just a pipe opener. On Select ratings she has a bit to find in this company. Third highest weight Sail took on the best of all ages during Yearling Sale the Cape 21 April season. She START PA4/PICK SIX3/JACKPOT2 showed con- 3:25PM Gr3 Umzimkhulu S. (3yoF)(Turf) - 1400m Greyville 5 SAME TRAINER:(2-3)(4-9)(5-7) 159 yearlings sistent form in terms Captain Al 1 The Secret Is Out(VH Marshall) M Byleveld1. 60.0 at Emperors Palace Horse Chestnut 2 The High Life(DR Drier) I Sturgeon...... 7 59.0 of ratings, Philanthropist 3 Sail(DR Drier) S Veale...... 2 57.0 CTS Graduates are eligible for the finishing Judpot 4 FINAL JUDGEMENT(GS Kotzen) R Fourie...... 4 57.0 Var 5 A Womens Way(DC Howells) G Lerena...... 12 57.0 CTS MILLION RACES some three Gitano Hernando 6 Tanami(L Forbes) T Godden...... 3 57.0 CTS Sprint 1200m • CTS Mile 1600m lengths off Trippi 7 Dawn Calling(DC Howells) K De Melo...... 11 55.0 Gimmethegreenlight 8 Gimme Six(J Snaith) A Delpech...... 10 55.0 both with a stake of the winners Trippi 9 Trippi’s Girl(GS Kotzen) C Zackey...... 6 55.0 in all of the Gitano Hernando 10 La Gitanila(PV Lafferty) A Arries...... 5 55.0 R5 Million Kildonan 11 Kilmokea(R Hill) R Danielson...... 8 55.0 and will be run Cape Town January 2019 Guineas, Kahal 12 Karatage(MD Miller) A Forbes...... 9 55.0

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Paddock and Majorca Stakes. Prior to that she’d beaten The Secret Is Out by 2 lengths under the same weight conditions as here. Trained by Dennis Drier she’s bound to be fit and ready, and ‘Stop The Manipulation’ this could be her moment. Milnerton trainer Joey Ramsden has never been a man to Final Judgement, like Sail, competed in the major fillies races mince his words and he came out with fangs bared at Kenil- during the Cape season. Her best effort, in terms of ratings, was worth on Tuesday. when 2 lengths sixth to Bela-Bela in the Paddock Stakes, and a Ramsden was interviewed by Michael Clower by Gold Circle length ahead of Sail. The two meet under the same weight condi- following the impressive debut win of his record-breaking Silvano tions here, and Final Judgement also hasn’t raced since January. yearling Silver Coin. A Womens Way had useful 2yo form, but less so in three starts The former Cape champion trainer was thrilled with the smart as a 3yo, in sprints. She tries 1400m for the first time. On ratings victory but was not happy with officialdo. He also prescribed she has a bit to find against the top weights. The same goes for some medicine for his colleagues who were not coming to the Tanami, who won her last start, but goes in at the deep end here. party with their horses. Dawn Calling comes out top of the Sporting Post ratings, thanks Ramsden wanted to know why the authorities scratched the to her efforts in major 2yo features in July at this track. She was two winners’ races this coming Saturday and replaced them with beaten a whisker by Final Judgement in one, and a length by maidens – and he was in no mood to be appeased by any not- Querari Falcon in another. Her subsequent form, as a 3yo, has enough-runners explanation. been disappointing. She was last seen out early in January this “It’s pathetic,” he told Clower. “We put the effort in and there is year, so it is hard to know what to expect here, fitness-wise. nowhere for our horses to go. We can’t get manipulated like this. Gimmesix ran to a career-best rating last time out, over 1400m They should run the races and teach them (those that scratched at Kenilworth at the end of February. As a 2-time winner she’s or didn’t enter) a lesson. They would put them in next time.” favoured at the weights, and with further improvement must be An official of the National Racing Bureau confirmed that they a serious contender here. She beat Trippi’s Girl by half a length in were not allowed to card races with ‘only three runners’ and said a 1400m handicap on Met-day, and is 2kg better off here. Trippi’s that the decision on final fields and any changes in the pro- Girl did win last time out after being slow away, to record a ca- gramme lay with Phumelela. reer-best rating in a 1200m sprint at Scottsville. There may not be Saturday’s Kenilworth programme has a total of 78 runners much between her and Gimme carded over the eight races. Gr3 Umzimkhulu S Six this time, despite the weight past winners turnover. The bottom three have 2013 not shown enough to be taken 1 Jet Supreme 54.0 ( 3) 10/1 2 Izora 54.0 ( 7) 11/20 seriously in this company. Club Godolphin Rewards Fans 3 Earth's Orbit 54.0 ( 8) 6/1 Expect as close a finish as 2014 1 Eventual Angel 56.0 ( 2) 7/2 we’ve seen earlier in the year in Fantasy & Reality! 2 Red Flame 54.0 ( 5) 16/1 3 African Dream 56.0 ( 1) 11/2 fillies races in the Cape, with all of Godolphin have officially launched round two of the Godolphin 2015 Sail, Final Judgement, Gimme Six, 1 One Fine Day 58.0 ( 3) 14/10 Fantasy Stable League, a pioneering interactive online gam- 2 Silver Class 58.0 ( 1) 7/1 Dawn Calling and Trippi’s Girl try- ing competition designed specifically for fans of horseracing, 3 Alexis 60.0 ( 6) 16/10 ing to outgun The Secret Is Out. 2016 reports www.thoroughbredracing.com. 1 Fromafar 56.0 ( 8) 22/1 That’s half the field! Six of one, Timed to coincide with the start of the flat season in America 2 Flying Ice 56.0 ( 1) 33/10 3 Joan Ranger 56.5 ( 3) 4/1 half a dozen of another – don’t be and Europe, the launch follows on from the successful Fantasy caught short in your exotics. 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current restructure is indeed, as being stated, an exercise towards A problem-solving principle greater efficiency and effectiveness, it would seem that we need attributed to William of Ockham, who was an English to INCREASE rather than REDUCE the number of hands on deck. Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and theologian. The More numbers principle can be interpreted as stating ‘Among competing However the recent cuts have seen redundancies – which hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be means that those positions are not allowed to be filled by other selected.’ Or more simply put, 'the simplest answer is most individuals – and means we will need to cope on the numbers we often correct.” are left with. But of course, often it is not. For the sake of clarity, that means 5 Stipes to cover Central Provinces, 4 Stipes for KZN, 3 Stipes for the Western Cape and The recent NHA announcement that they are slashing head- 3 in the Eastern Cape. According to Mr Barends, “Stipendiary count has come as something of a surprise. While the issue of Stewards will focus more on the primary functions of a steward how our Regulator is funded (by the Operator) has been hotly de- and other functions can be redistributed to other staff and/or bated over the years, despite rather obvious signs to the contrary, part time staff.” there has always been strenuous denial that the Operators placed The NHA has also seen fit to do away with investigating officers any sort of financial restraint on the NHA. in each province and we will be reduced to one on a national ba- What the figures say sis. Given that we race 364 days out of 365, that seems a pretty big job. The NHA’s 2016 Annual Report states that Revenue is up 9.3% from 2015-2016. Expenditure is also up, but only 4.4% and while Our handicapping complement has been reduced from 4 to 3.5. the NHA posted a loss, it was R0.36m for 2016, instead of R6.9m Given that we have approximately 7000 individual runners per in 2015, so the balance sheet seems to be improving. season (according to the NHA’s snazzily printed and bound 2016 Annual Report) that leaves around 2000 horses per handicapper. Mr Barends has given repeated assurances that he has the full Of course, MR’s need adjusting / re-evaluating after every single support of the Operators and unlike his predecessors, has had race and borrowing some (admittedly slightly dated) info from AS none of the austerity measures of the past imposed on him. So it Racing Fact Book, it seems we have around begs the question, why the drastic cuts? 45,000 starters per season. That leaves It is fairly common knowledge that there around 12,800 starts per handicapper. has not been a permanent NHA represent- Lastly, we have lost some of our stud ative in Kimberley for a number of years book staff. We reportedly have an an- now. I would also venture that our existing nual foal crop of around 3200 foals per Stipes were pretty thinly stretched and that year, 2800 mares (this number has to be good people are hard to come by. Indeed nonsense given that we appear to have we saw the excellent Mr McGillivray – 400 more foals per year than we have mares), 85 stallions, and specifically drafted in to help improve matters – leave because we then add in breeders registrations, name changes, ownership could not afford to remunerate him as well as other jurisdictions. registrations, issuing of passports, etc. I have always found the On top of race day duties, there are starting procedures, census Stud Book staff to be enormously helpful and friendly, but I know checks, identifying horses in their various yards, managing the that a number of people do have problems getting paperwork movement of horses, retirement of horses, processing geldings, processed. changes of ownership, random inspections, sales identification and so on to carry out. The job requires skill in reading races, Why? handling enquiries, dealing with specimens, inspecting runners When quizzed on the changes, Mr Barends stated “These are on parade, liaising with veterinary staff, members of the media the changes I've made after a year in the job and therefore having and the public, jockeys, trainers and owners, etc. In short, it is not a better understanding of what's required.” While I admire his something one learns overnight. Indeed, horses are a discipline chutzpah, Mr Barends is, by his own admission, not a racing man, in which one never stops learning, which is one of the aspects so one would have to assume that these decisions were made that makes it so damn compelling. with the full support and endorsement of the NHA Board (Andy South African Stipes lodge far fewer objections than their inter- O’Connor – replaced by Ken Truter as Chair, Lyndon Barends national counterparts (for reasons unknown), and while it is an as CEO, Cecil Beyleveld, J J du Toit, Arnold Hyde, Roy Moodley, unenviable task at the best of times, there is sufficient noise from Rodney Trotter and Jonathan Witts-Hewinson). While these are punters, jockeys, trainers and owners alike to give the impression all perfectly fine gentlemen, I have not seen too many rolling up that overall the status quo was not considered satisfactory. 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OCCAM'S RAZOR a race day, so one has to wonder at the practicality behind the A few inconvenient facts decision-making and again, the reasoning behind it. It is a fact of life that people go on holiday, take sick leave or However, there is contingency planning in place and Mr personal leave and as we have seen, our NHA top brass also seem Barends says, “In future we will implement a cadet system to have a large number of international commitments, meaning (internship) from which we will be able to recruit above average that someone has to man the fort at home. We also need to performers.” factor in multiple meetings per day, as well as the fact that we are While I don’t mean to be awkward, given the fact that the NHA currently in the throes of our feature season in Gauteng with the did not exactly receive glowing reports from most quarters with Durban season just about to get under way. their previous set of staff, is it really credible to expect us to swal- Some of our major race days have anywhere up to 12 races on low that a cadet system will produce ‘above average performers’? the card and if we optimistically assume that these have good Unless we are going to follow the SA schooling system and simply sized fields – let’s say 14 runners per race, that’s a total of around drop the average to suit our needs…. 170 horses on a given big feature day which as we have seen with More numbers our new Sun Met extravaganza and Champions Day, offer the big- To look at these numbers in practice, I reached for my copy of gest prize money (and therefore pressure and potential for things the NHA’s annual report again. While it is tricky to get a handle to go wrong). Ai karamba. on how many horses we have per centre, the report states there are approximately 1600 horses in KZN and around 1300 horses in Green plus Green equals Black & Blue the Western Cape. Individual figures were not listed for PE, Gaut- I like to say that most of my life lessons come from horses, so eng and Kimberley, but given that we have around 7000 individu- here is another great one that I sadly learnt the hard way from al runners per season, I would guess the balance would be spread the good old school of hard knocks. It reads ‘Green plus Green across the remaining centres. For argument’s sake, let’s divvy the equals Black and Blue”. It is usually applied to newbie or ‘green’ remaining 4000 horses up and allocate 2000 to Gauteng, 1000 to horse enthusiasts taking on equally green horses. The result PE and 1000 to Kimberley (these are thumb suck figures, but it’s usually means the ‘black and blue’ of bruises – physical as well as mainly for the sake of illustration). bruises to pride and ego. This indicates that the Western Cape is allocating 3 stipes for However, horse people are notoriously stubborn and also noto- 1300 horses, or 433 horses per Stipe. In KZN we have 1600 riously optimistic about their levels of proficiency (we’ve all been horses and 4 Stipes, making approximately 400 horses per Stipe. there). I found a wonderful article dealing with exactly this situ- If we use my projected 2000 horses in Gauteng to their 5 Stipes, ation. The author wrote, “Without a doubt, I am a green rider. I again that leaves around 400 horses per Stipe (however, we grew up riding western, and, after a very long break, bought an have not calculated in the fact that these good people also serve english saddle and took up jumping about two years ago. Shortly Kimberley). We have 3 Stipes to the Eastern Cape at around thereafter, I purchased a green horse. If I could go back in time, 1000 horses, these guys have 333 horses each. There is no team what would I tell myself? Based on my goals, laid out succinctly in for Kimberley, and those horses (and duties) are covered by the my author bio below, I would say: Run. Do not pass go, do not col- Central Provinces team, meaning that they each get an additional lect $200. Green is not your answer. You want to find a distance? 333 horses on top of their existing 400. Get a schoolmaster. You want a pretty ribbon? Get a horse who We have 150 trainers, 103 assistant trainers, 157 stable employ- has earned them before. You want to conquer your show anxiety? ees, 104 jockeys, 14 jockey agents and 22 apprentice jockeys and You sure aren’t going to do it with a horse who is at her first ever approximately 2800 owners. That brings us to a total of around competition. In retrospect it seems obvious.” 3350 individuals. With a total of 15 Stipes nationally, that means Not that it is necessary, but we have been reminded that our approximately 223 people per Stipe. industry is under financial pressure. We cannot afford mistakes. Add on top of that the fact that most staff are split across While hindsight is an exact science, foresight is not. multiple training centres and factor in things such as flight / travel The 2017 KZN champions season themed ‘The Colour Of Magic’ costs (and the time needed to get around), race day duties, sales is upon us. Here’s hoping we get to enjoy the full spectrum and duties, pens practice, yard visits and all the paperwork, meetings, that our new efficient and effective NHA team does not restrict us phone calls and day to day nonsense and frankly, I’m starting to to Black and Blue. get a little worried. SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 8 SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 9 Short Heads It took Saturday’s Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup winning trainer Jurgen van Heerden 20 years to pick up his first Graded Stakes success. The softly spoken 48 year The workmanlike champion Jockey Francois Herholdt old horseman and property developer only has 7 hors- Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle turned 43 last month and es in training. He did his apprenticeship with Alec Laird, and under won Saturday’s HF Oppen- struck at his first meeting back Garth Puller and Stephen Page in the Hilda Podlas era. He paid heimer Gr1 Horse Chestnut in SA following a stint with Neil tribute to Mike de Kock for being so forthright about the ‘decent Stakes in style and after his Bruss in Saudi Arabia. Herholdt horses’ that he sells on the Michael Holmes Sale. “Mike really successful defence of his rode the outsider Pep Squad gives us smaller guys a chance.” Jurgen thanked his long serving L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate title to victory in the seventh race workrider Joseph and jockey Andrew Fortune for having put in in January now heads for the on Monday for Clliffie Miller the hard work on Ilitshe. “He no longer pulls so hard. Mike said he Gr1 Premier’s Champions at her first Kimberley outing. is an 82 MR horse and that we’d have fun. He has been spot on!” Challenge on 6 May. If he wins At the same meeting, Winning Jurgen bought the Gr1 placed Anjaal in 2016 in much the same that he could be the first horse Form sponsored Muzi Yeni and circumstances as Ilitshe. He suggested we keep an eye on the son in half a century to defend 3 trainer Corrie Lensley were in of Lonhro. Gr1 titles in one season. Sea dazzling form, registering four Cottage was the last in 1967. winners.

Hill-billy Rules, Poles Apart OK Some love it, others hate Team Valor’s Barry Irwin has it but it is estimated that identified this year's Qatar Game of The Name a quarter of the UK adult population will bet on the Randox Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Health sponsored Grand National at Aintree on Saturday. next year's Melbourne Cup Most people will have a small each-way bet on a horse as long-term goals for their they fancy for no other reason than they like the name. Of Irish-bred five-year-old Polish course there’s nothing wrong with picking a horse for that Triple Crown winner Va Bank. reason, as pre-race favourites have a dire record in the race. "We're going to treat him like The Gr3 Kings Cup at Greyvilly The Grand National is famed for its unpredictable nature he's an Arc horse and put him last Friday was won by Bullet- and rightly so - in the past century five 100/1 shots have in the right races," Irwin told ing Home. This was the sixth triumphed over the famous fences. Thoroughbred Daily News. Va victory and first stakes-suc- Bank rose to prominence with cess for the 5yo gelding, who a ten-race unbeaten streak boasts a racing-pigeon pedi- before suffering the first defeat gree. He’s by Western Winter, of his career last October while while his dam Kapen Cat is trying to give 9lb to Polish Der- Western Winter’s half sister, Safe Bet by winner Caccini in defence of both being offspring of the The Elusive Fort filly Safe his Wielka Warszawska crown. mare Chilly Hostess. So cool! Harbour was just edged Trainerfor Chris Winx? Waller took Aus- out in a desperate finish to tralian superstar Winx to Randwick the Gr1 SA Fillies Classic by to give her a day out ahead of the Orchid Island at Turffontein Inglis’ Newmarket sales complex in A$4 million Queen Elizabeth this on Saturday, after suffering Sydney will host the Australian Easter Saturday for which she is hot fa- similarly narrow seconds in Yearling Sale for the final time, with vourite to claim her 17th consec- the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas the first of three days of selling having gotten underway on utive win. The race day outings and Gr1 Paddock Stakes. She Tuesday this week. While the new complex at a new green- have become part of Winx's rou- has earned stakes of over field site at Warwick Farm will obviously be more modern tine leading up to major races and R2.36 mil from a succession and comfortable, visitors will no doubt miss the convenience Waller believes they do as much of sterling efforts – great of Newmarket in terms of its proximity to Sydney and the for the humans around her as the value on her R180k price tag airport and harbour. mare herself. Saturday's meeting is at the CTS RTR Sale in 2015. the second anniversary of the last Safe Harbour has a sibling time Winx was beaten when sec- (#31) from Highlands Stud Drakenstein Stud stallion Duke Of Mar- ond to Gust Of Wind in the Aus- at the upcoming Jhb Select malade sired his 32nd stakes winner when tralian Oaks. Yearling Sale. Flemish Duchesse (4 m ex Fabiana by Ashkalani) won the Listed Preis Des Ges- tuts Rottgen over a mile at Hoppegarten in Maine Chance Farms’ resident sire Silvano Germany on Sunday. The former Coolmore shuttler arrived here was represented by his 19th individual Gr1 in 2014. His stakes successes include 4 Gr1 winners in Simple winner when Mike de Kock’s Orchid Island Verse, Sound Of Freedom, Star Of Seville and Nutan. won Saturday’s G1 WIlgerbosdrift AS Fillies Classic at Turffontein. SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 10

PERSONALITY

Lezeanne Forbes Trying to make it in a man’s world is never easy, but as they say, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels. Training is a tough game in anyone’s book and because he’s an athlete himself. He’s a nice person to train for Lezeanne Forbes was tested early in her career because he understands that the horses are not always on top of with some unexpected publicity. However, she their game and can be sick, lame or flat for no particular reason, proved her credentials by staying cool under pres- and other days just want to run run run.” sure and having a good dose of humour to boot “John Jones and Linda van der Linde each got me a baby to and the Summerveld lady trainer has gone from start with and the breeder that I sold one of my mares, Hermana strength to strength. to when we left PE sent me one of Hermana’s daughters to lease. She’s called Peace Again and was one of the first horses to walk Lezeanne had a fascination for horses for as long as she can into the yard. She raced half and Dad had half and now I’ve got remember. “A lot of people said it would just be a phase, but the little sister as well, which is fun.” here we are.” Interestingly, Lezeanne’s racing career started via “I went to the Shongweni sale, bought a few horses for R5000 the movie industry, thanks to working on the film set of Rac- each and put those together with new people who’d never had ing Stripes. “I ended up working for Yvette Bremner so that I horses with me. At that price, it was easier to get people to give could learn to ride work for the movie and that’s where the first me a chance. I also bought a package deal including Bermuda connection with racehorses started. After the movie, I went and Nitro Nori. Bermuda was the first winner I trained (1 Febru- back and did more work with Yvette and it was through her that I ary 2014) and we’ve been building from there slowly, but surely.” developed a love not just for the horses, but for the sport.” Lezeanne then spent 2 years working for Anthony Cummings Why training? at Royal Randwick in Australia. “It gave me the opportunity to “You do it because it’s your passion and can’t ever imagine not work with some really smart horses. Anthony trained a lot of doing it,” she says matter of factly. “You’ve got to make a living, graded winners while I was there and I got to ride them and feel so money does come into it, but making money is almost a good what a good horse feels like. They have the most beautiful tracks consequence of the work you do, not the reason you do it.” and facilities and a different class of horse to what I was used to “You need to be able to withstand all the heartache, stress and working with here in PE. I learnt a lot.” difficulties that come with it, but as they say, nothing worthwhile Back in South Africa, she re-joined the Bremner yard, while also is ever easy. There are difficult hours and very early mornings, running her own spelling farm. “It worked out well as a lot of you’ve got the horses and all their problems, plus issues like Yvette’s overflow went there for little breaks. I also had a couple managing grooms and looking after owners. There is a LOT you of mares that I bred and boarded a few mares that I foaled down. have to cope with and if you don’t have a passion for it, you’re It was nice to experience all those aspects.” It was also during not going to make it, so I know every trainer out there really loves this stint that she met her husband, jockey Alec Forbes and even- what they do.” tually relocated to Durban to be with him. “I absolutely love working with my horses and the one on one relationship you end up building with them. Riding them, Taking the plunge feeding them, watching them go to races and try Lezeanne joined Corinne Bestel as an assistant, mov- their hearts out – that’s the part that makes the job ing on to Deon Visser and then Alyson Wright. “When for me. We all love winning, but sometimes you I left Deon, I was already starting to get the idea that run third and it can feel like winning because you I might want to be a trainer, but it’s a very big leap. know how much the horse put in and what it took When you’re working for someone else you have the to get there – that is why I get up in the morning – security of being employed. Going out and doing it to do that part.” on your own is tough. I was with the Wrights for 9 What aspect does she find the hardest? months, but then I felt it was time to take the leap, “The most difficult part, or the part I hate the so I did and that’s how we started.” most? The hardest part is when horses get hurt. Lezeanne took out her license in September 2013 If a horse has to be put down, which something and saddled her first runner on 19 January 2014. happens, that to me is the hardest part. The part I absolutely hate the most is the admin side - any- Getting started Lezeanne has received staunch support thing to do with computers and cell phones. from her family, repaying her father, Chris It doesn’t matter if it’s raining, blazing Fenwick, in particular with a Father’s Day sun, wind, put me on a horse and I’m double (also the first double for the happy - just don’t put me behind a yard) in 2015. “My dad is a runner and desk, a computer or a phone!” does the Comrades, so he has a little Are there challenges being a bit of a soft spot for the racehorses lady trainer? “I just see myself SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 11

LEZEANNE FORBES as a racehorse trainer. and he’s done very well for us. He’s won 7 for me, plus the non I don’t think being female gives you any advantage or disad- black type Fever Tree in February and he’s just run second in the vantage. There are a few basic guidelines, but every person has Gr3 King’s Cup. He’s enormously fun, has a divine temperament a style or something unique to them and we all bring our own and has been a wonderful horse to work with.” elements to it anyway. We have female farriers and quite a few Ambitions other lady trainers in Durban so it’s not such a novelty and I came “We all have goals and I think we all dream big. If you don’t, from working for a lady trainer in PE. Yvette Bremner is always in you’re never going to get anywhere,” she says thoughtfully. “I set the top 3 there, travels to Durban and runs very good races with goals for myself every season, such as the number of winners I’m PE horses, so it’s not something I worry about or feel has much working towards. I don’t just look to see what I can do or a goal effect.” that I may accomplish – I try to shoot a little higher and push a lit- tle harder. We all want to win a Gr1 and then we don’t just want Being a jockey’s wife to win one, but I’m not thinking abroad yet, put it that way,” she Does being a trainer help or make it harder being a jockey’s laughs. “I’m happy in South Africa and we’re very spoilt in Durban wife? “I’m a rider as well, I ride a lot of work and have ridden in to have a wonderful feature season filled with races for horses of some of the work riders’ races, so I understand the dangers and all ages and distances. Every year I’ve got better quality horses difficulties. Initially I used to worry a lot about Alec, but you just coming through the yard and this season I might have one that can’t keep worrying. If there’s a horse he’s riding on the day that will win a feature, but you can’t count your chickens. Especially I know is particularly difficult, then I can get stressed, but the best with young horses, things can go pear-shaped, but I’ve got one way is to try not to think about it. It’s out of my control anyway.” that looks decent and if all goes well, we’ll run in the features this “As far as our working relationship is concerned, our jobs are season and hope for the best.” very separate. Alec doesn’t interfere with my decisions, but he is a very experienced jockey and gives very good feedback – the same as he does for every other trainer he works for – and good feedback helps me make good decisions for that horse.” In terms of the work-life balance, being half of a racing partner- Backworth Stud • Monday 10 April at 1pm ship does have its perks. “One of the biggest bonuses is that we are both getting up at 3 in the morning and are both absolutely Backworth Stud Dispersal Sale exhausted come 11am. We both go night racing, so we under- Bloodstock South Africa are set to host the Backworth stand exactly where the other person is and can support each Stud Dispersal Sale, which will be held at Backworth itself other 100%. The working hours do make it difficult to have a on 10 April. family life though. Our son is one now and he’s had to fit in with our lifestyle and gets up with us at 3am, but he adjusts and gets Backworth has long been established as one of KwaZulu to spend a lot of time with us. My job takes up 85% of my life, my Natal’s truly boutique stud farms, and, from a small number child the other 15% and now and then I have to try and fit in my of runners, has bred a lengthy list of high class performers. husband! It’s not easy, but you all adjust and you do what you Among the top runners bred by the Backworth Stud are have to do to make things work.” Gr1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship winner Choco- licious (who subsequently had a Frankel filly fetch AUS$610 No such thing as bad press 000 at last year’s Inglis Easter Sale), Gr2 Umkhomazi Stakes Early in her career, Lezeanne was famously singled out for a winner Colour Of Courage, and the high class stakes win- mention by fellow trainer, Joey Ramsden in his weekly column. “I ners First Again, Raise The Bar, and Variometer. was very impressed that I was important enough for him to men- Recent high class performers bred by the farm include the tion me!” she laughs. “I met him while working for Yvette as a record breaking siblings Humidor and Scandal. teenager and sat across the table from him at a function once, so The dispersal sale, which also contains lots from Janet thought it was quite flattering that he felt inspired to write about Baker Properties, Spring Valley Stud and Summerhill Stud, me 10 years down the line!” she quips. “But that article and the will see 96 lots come up for sale, including a number of well backward and forward between us gave me so much publicity bred and performed mares, two-year-olds, yearlings, wean- that to this day I am grateful for it. Although people knew me lings, and fillies for stud. in racing, it was either as an assistant or as Alec’s wife, but after Covering sires for the above mentioned mares include the that EVERYBODY knew who I was! So if nothing else, it was a likes of Act Of War, Ato, Capetown Noir, Coup De Grace, Ide- good publicity stunt and we had a good laugh about it,” she says al World, Judpot, Linngari, Master Of My Fate, Noble Tune, good-naturedly. Oratorio, Philanthropist, Querari, Soft Falling Rain, Toreador, Var and Dubawi’s G1 winning son Willow Magic. The Journey So Far The sale will commence at 13:00pm and the catalogue Lezeanne is based in the new section at Summerveld and after can be viewed online at www.tba.co.za her little push-start, has progressed to having 38 boxes. “Our Interested parties seeking more information are asked to most fun horse at the moment and probably overall so far has to speak to Michael Holmes at [email protected] or to be Royal Armour. He was not an expensive buy. He went through Ashley De Klerk at [email protected] the ring unsold and I bought him from the breeder afterwards SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 12 breeding The El Prado Impact The influence of Sadler’s Wells stallion El Prado was felt globally last week.

His son Medaglia D’Oro joined an elite band of stallions with Despite the bias against turf horses, and having to cover rela- 100 stakes winners, while El Prado himself featured as brood- tively ordinary mares early in his stud career, El Prado sired more mare sire of Gr1 SA Classic winner Heavenly Blue. than 80 stakes winners. He headed the US General Sires List in 2002. El Prado is influential especially through his sons Medaglia That was the seventh Gr1 winner produced by a daughter of D’Oro and Kitten’s Joy. El Prado, who also shows up in Kentucky Oaks winner Believe You Can (Proud Citizen) and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner In contrast to El Prado, whose eight Gr1 winners include six Outstrip (Exceed And Excel). The latter is bred on a similar cross males, Medaglia D’Oro has built a reputation for himself as an to Heavenly Blue, being by a Danehill line sire out of an El Prado outstanding sire of fillies. His daughters include champions Rachel mare. Alexandra and Songbird, Breeders’ Cup winner New Money Honey, and Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty. As broodmare sire Heavenly Blue, the first Gr1 winner in South Africa for his sire he can be found in Gr1 winners Rachel’s Valentina (Bernardini) Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), is the latest Gr1 winner bred on the and Rock Fall (Speightstown). Medaglia D’Oro’s 16 Gr1 winners Danehill/Sadler’s Wells cross. This combination can be found in include Gr1 Golden Slipper winner Vancouver (now a sire), but Irish Oaks (and 3 other Gr1’s) winner Peeping Fawn, English 1000 he’s yet to be represented by a male as good as Rachel Alexandra Guineas winner (and 2 other Gr1’s) Legatissimo, Epsom Oaks or Songbird. winner (from Legatissimo) Qualify, last season’s Gr1 winning 2yos Rivet and Intricately, Horatio Nelson, five time Gr1 winner Flint- Kitten’s Joy, who is from the female line of multiple champion shire, and multiple Gr1 winning filly The Fugue. and US Horse of the Year Spectacular Bid, was US champion sire in 2013. An outstanding turf performer in North America (he In South Africa the winner of the Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup, Ilitshe, was Champion Turf Male in 2004), Kitten’s Joy sired Breeders’ is by Fastnet Rock (Danehill) out of a Sadler’s Wells mare. Cup winners Stephanie’s Kitten, Bobby’s Kitten and Oscar Per- El Prado achieved success as a sire against the odds – he was an formance. He also enjoyed success as a sire in Europe, with Gr1 Irish Champion 2yo who failed to train on, then spent his entire Coral Eclipse winner Hawkbill. Kitten’s Joy currently heads the US stud career in North America where turf horses traditionally Turf Sires list once again. attract less attention. A son of two Irish classic winners, he was El Prado has another Gr1 sire son, Artie Schiller (a half-brother by Sadler’s Wells out of Irish 1000 Guineas winner Lady Capulet to SA’s Broodmare Of The Year Our Table Mountain and sire of (who landed her classic on debut). The latter was a daughter of useful SA 3yo Our Mate Art). While not in the same class as Med- Epsom Derby winner Sir Ivor, and three- parts sister to the unde- aglia D’Oro or Kitten’s Joy as a sire, he has four Gr1 winners to his feated Drone (Sir Gaylord). That may explain why El Prado was credit, including new sire-son Flying Artie. taken to the USA, as Drone was successful sire and broodmare sire (in the latter category of Kentucky Derby winners Charismatic In terms of statistics, Medaglia D’Oro sired 7% stakes winners and Grindstone). to foals, the same as Kitten’s Joy. Both are sires of sires, with Medaglia D’Oro officially represented by 21 individual sire sons in Interestingly, El Prado’s Gr1 winning daughter Asi Siempre is out the Blood-Horse stallion list! of the mare Turkish Treasure, who is a 3-part sister to El Prado’s dam Lady Capulet. That makes for a 2x2 cross to the close rela- With El Prado & sons in the USA (and Australia) and Galileo tives in Asi Siempre, who became the dam of Gr1 Breeders’ Cup in Europe, the Sadler’s Wells sire-line influence is set to last for Juvenile Turf winner Outstrip (Exceed And Excel, by Danehill). decades. SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 13

Leading breeders by Stakes season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 2 April 2017 Stakes Breeder rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes On a 21,669,126 Klawervlei Stud 356 60,868 1719 125 170 35% 9 12 7% 467 27% 9 William Longsword 4,065,000 19% 14,102,675 Summerhill Stud 324 43,527 1840 97 144 30% 5 6 5% 468 25% 1 Africa Rising 669,500 5% 10,164,688 Maine Chance 169 60,146 788 67 93 40% 4 5 6% 258 33% 9 Janoobi 1,416,250 14% 8,620,238 Avontuur Farm 57 151,232 258 18 27 32% 5 7 28% 76 29% 2 Live Life 3,676,875 43% 8,098,125 Varsfontein Stud 100 80,981 503 48 68 48% 6 7 13% 146 29% 11 Captain America 996,250 12% Mission 7,499,525 Highlands 150 49,997 731 54 76 36% 2 5 4% 197 27% 8 Trip To Heaven 809,375 11% 6,415,725 Ascot Stud 92 69,736 480 47 66 51% 3 4 6% 151 31% 5 Bold Respect 690,000 11% 5,967,100 Drakenstein Stud 92 64,860 425 39 51 42% 2 2 5% 156 37% 6 Singapore Sling 1,383,750 23% 5,119,800 Scott Bros 152 33,683 846 44 52 29% 1 2 2% 204 24% 6 Front Rank 285,100 6%

Leading SIREs by Stakes season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 2 April 2017 Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes 17,213,663 Captain Al 169 101,856 777 79 108 47% 9 10 11% 238 31% 13 William Longsword 4,065,000 24% 15,442,500 Silvano 194 79,601 943 90 135 46% 7 10 8% 326 35% 16 Janoobi 1,416,250 9% 12,862,650 Trippi 159 80,897 768 68 91 43% 4 6 6% 261 34% 10 Live Life 3,676,875 29% 8,441,613 Dynasty 130 64,935 594 55 80 42% 7 11 13% 168 28% 9 Just Sensual 876,250 10% 7,875,713 *Kahal 138 57,070 820 60 97 43% 3 4 5% 232 28% 3 Champagne Haze 382,500 5% 6,916,038 Var 178 38,854 814 59 76 33% 3 4 5% 244 30% 5 Exquisite Touch 253,750 4% 6,364,688 Elusive Fort 77 82,658 469 35 49 45% 1 1 3% 145 31% 5 Safe Harbour 2,176,000 34% 5,887,175 Gimmethegreenlight 82 71,795 416 39 56 48% 4 7 10% 140 34% 4 Green Pepper 648,125 11% Super-sire Var has set 5,877,663 *Western Winter 109 53,924 514 45 61 41% 1 1 2% 131 25% 3 Attenborough 1,068,275 18% the bar and whet the market appetite for quick Leading SIREs of 3yo’s by Stakes season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 2 April 2017 class and the importation Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes seven years after his arrival rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes 9,685,838 Captain Al 50 193,717 263 34 47 68% 2 2 6% 72 27% 4 William Longsword 4,065,000 42% of another source of high- 7,158,575 Trippi 52 137,665 244 30 44 58% 2 3 7% 69 28% 2 Live Life 3,676,875 51% class speed in the Ameri- 6,680,925 Silvano 76 87,907 309 35 49 46% 3 6 9% 116 38% 7 Janoobi 1,416,250 21% 5,369,800 Gimmethegreenlight 67 80,146 388 34 50 51% 3 6 9% 130 34% 3 Green Pepper 648,125 12% can-bred Gr1 winning Mr 3,875,100 Dynasty 51 75,982 217 25 38 49% 3 6 12% 63 29% 1 Just Sensual 876,250 23% Greeley stallion, Crusade, 3,817,425 Elusive Fort 43 88,777 262 18 20 42% 0 0 0% 64 24% 2 Safe Harbour 2,176,000 57% 3,390,013 Var 77 44,026 354 28 39 36% 2 3 7% 110 31% 2 Exquisite Touch 253,750 7% surely makes good sense. 3,340,475 Philanthropist 55 60,736 256 17 23 31% 2 2 12% 72 28% 3 Singapore Sling 1,383,750 41% 3,194,575 *Western Winter 46 69,447 218 21 26 46% 0 0 0% 60 28% 2 Attenborough 1,068,275 33% Acquired from Coolmore Leading SIREs of 2yo’s by Stakes season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 2 April 2017 to stand at Highdown in Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes 2012, the lightly raced rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes sprinter-miler celebrat- 908,225 Bold Silvano 9 100,914 20 4 5 44% 0 0 0% 7 35% 1 Bold Respect 690,000 76% ed his second first-crop 716,963 *Sail From Seattle 27 26,554 52 9 11 33% 0 0 0% 20 38% 2 Autumn In Seattle 138,813 19% 564,950 Antonius Pius 26 21,729 57 6 7 23% 0 0 0% 14 25% 1 Kissable 121,875 22% winner (he already has a 562,225 Var 22 25,556 45 6 7 27% 0 0 0% 18 40% 0 Varallo 109,375 19% 517,375 Gimmethegreenlight 15 34,492 28 5 6 33% 1 1 20% 10 36% 1 Green Plains 202,250 39% stakes placer) from a hand- 475,475 Captain Al 22 21,613 34 5 5 23% 1 1 20% 16 47% 1 Call To Account 101,250 21% ful of runners, when the 473,400 Querari 13 36,415 26 2 2 15% 0 0 0% 15 58% 0 Wonderwall 215,000 45% 321,625 Dynasty 5 64,325 9 1 3 20% 1 2 100% 3 33% 0 Barrack Street 290,625 90% Yvette Bremner-trained 2yo Brave Endeavour Leading SIREs by Stakes on Polytrack season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 2 April 2017 showed good improve- Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes ment after 3 fair runs to rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes crack his maiden over the 1,862,225 Silvano 60 31,037 163 22 27 37% 0 0 0% 49 30% 0 Scent 165,600 9% 1,620,975 Captain Al 56 28,946 150 19 24 34% 1 1 5% 37 25% 0 My Pal Al 157,500 10% Fairview 1400m. 1,567,050 *Western Winter 45 34,823 132 19 25 42% 1 1 5% 28 21% 0 Icy Spirit 174,100 11% 1,376,900 Miesque’s Approval 59 23,337 239 13 15 22% 0 0 0% 69 29% 0 Emperor Niarchos 122,725 9% 1,322,138 *Kahal 59 22,409 182 13 18 22% 0 0 0% 50 27% 1 Top Form 198,650 15% A R90 000 National 2yo 1,194,850 Dynasty 41 29,143 117 14 18 34% 0 0 0% 34 29% 0 Inviting Lily 146,675 12% Sale purchase, the winner 1,167,450 Var 68 17,168 193 10 13 15% 0 0 0% 52 27% 0 Juan Two Three 127,500 11% 1,139,975 *Sail From Seattle 38 29,999 128 13 17 34% 0 0 0% 40 31% 0 Wavebreaker 156,500 14% is out of the four-time winning Qui Danzig mare, Leading SIREs by Stakes on Sand season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 2 April 2017 Hermana. His full-broth- Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes er (#437) is one of 18 rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes Crusade progeny on the 1,025,125 *Kahal 19 53,954 134 11 21 58% 0 0 0% 42 31% 0 Red Special 302,575 30% 405,725 Seventh Rock 14 28,980 55 7 11 50% 0 0 0% 11 20% 0 Rock A Bye Baby 150,300 37% BSA National Yearling Sale 387,525 Ashaawes 9 43,058 55 4 8 44% 0 0 0% 19 35% 0 Ford Country 119,400 31% next month. Crusade also 346,550 A P Arrow 11 31,505 71 4 5 36% 0 0 0% 25 35% 0 Sunset Boulevard 74,275 21% 303,175 *Tiger Ridge 6 50,529 35 3 4 50% 0 0 0% 12 34% 0 One Cool Cat 147,925 49% has one colt (#89) on the 288,950 Mambo In Seattle 12 24,079 58 3 4 25% 0 0 0% 24 41% 0 Pigeon Flyer 96,375 33% CTS Select Yearling Sale on 284,075 *Mullins Bay 8 35,509 47 2 4 25% 0 0 0% 14 30% 0 Caribbean Bay 207,025 73% 252,225 Strategic News 1 252,225 15 1 5 100% 0 0 0% 9 60% 0 Groovy News 252,225 100% 21 April. You snooze, you lose! The FULL Statistics ONLINE http://www.sportingpost.co.za/horse-racing-statistics/ *Stallion dead or Retired **Stallion Not Standing in RSA **Breeding operations not based in RSA - Statistics for Breeders & Sires reflect all earnings, incl. restricted races & handicap races SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 14

Leading TRAINERS by STAKES season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 2 April 2017 Dream Day trainer runs wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ Callan Murray is still walking on air % % % % four four% runs after his first Gr1 win on Austral- SG Tarry 929 146 16% 183 20% 35% 115 12% 432 47% 21,905,400 23,580 J Snaith 887 116 13% 191 22% 26% 108 12% 408 46% 13,341,100 15,041 ian-bred Heavenly Blue (Snitzel) BJ Crawford 505 72 14% 72 14% 44% 61 12% 237 47% 11,266,838 22,311 in the SA Classic at Turffontein on MF de Kock 469 67 14% 116 25% 26% 60 13% 243 52% 10,760,925 22,944 C Bass-Robinson 580 56 10% 79 14% 23% 64 11% 247 43% 10,720,038 18,483 Saturday. The 20 year old former VH Marshall 408 41 10% 48 12% 38% 26 6% 138 34% 8,570,213 21,005 GV Woodruff 307 51 17% 68 22% 35% 34 11% 157 51% 7,221,538 23,523 SA and Zimbabwe champion AC Greeff 706 104 15% 120 17% 28% 65 9% 305 43% 6,447,275 9,132 apprentice has been a fully fledged J Ramsden 310 42 14% 57 18% 35% 41 13% 162 52% 6,157,000 19,861 Callan Murray enjoyed a M Houdalakis 409 53 13% 41 10% 32% 43 11% 177 43% 5,781,650 14,136 memorable day jockey for just two months. When JJ v Vuuren 239 41 17% 48 20% 46% 18 8% 103 43% 5,411,750 22,643 GS Kotzen 484 55 11% 58 12% 41% 45 9% 200 41% 5,125,400 10,590 asked as to when he thought he GM Alexander 348 44 13% 39 11% 26% 34 10% 140 40% 4,700,950 13,508 had the race won, he replied:”About 4 weeks ago!” Callan DC Howells 463 43 9% 80 17% 36% 44 10% 187 40% 4,623,988 9,987 DR Drier 352 54 15% 77 22% 38% 29 8% 146 41% 4,548,650 12,922 suggests Heavenly Blue will be even more effective over the D Kannemeyer 355 50 14% 72 20% 28% 54 15% 176 50% 4,246,875 11,963 2450m of the SA Derby on 6 May. Leading jockeys by WINS season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 2 April 2017 jockey rides wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ % % % % four four% rides G Lerena 541 115 21% 184 34% 33% 81 15% 330 61% 13,915,288 25,721 Seventh Heaven G Cheyne 607 106 17% 141 23% 30% 81 13% 355 58% 10,751,700 17,713 A Marcus 392 104 27% 213 54% 34% 57 15% 272 69% 16,914,400 43,149 Sean Tarry was the toast of Classic A Delpech 501 103 21% 209 42% 28% 83 17% 298 59% 13,185,050 26,317 A Fortune 633 100 16% 149 24% 26% 75 12% 324 51% 7,852,676 12,405 Day last Saturday with his 7 big C Zackey 915 97 11% 71 8% 27% 80 9% 343 37% 8,325,463 9,099 winners and coming within a R Fourie 450 96 21% 132 29% 37% 76 17% 264 59% 8,240,775 18,313 M Yeni 983 92 9% 99 10% 26% 119 12% 411 42% 7,958,225 8,096 heartbeat of Justin Snaith’s 8 win- L Hewitson 882 92 10% 87 10% 20% 79 9% 337 38% 8,046,514 9,123 S Khumalo 556 87 16% 125 22% 34% 72 13% 257 46% 10,198,400 18,342 ner world record mark set on Met JP vd Merwe 736 72 10% 49 7% 29% 59 8% 272 37% 5,852,738 7,952 day 2016. Tarry’s 23 runners in- P Strydom 366 68 19% 101 28% 28% 58 16% 210 57% 9,440,725 25,794 There is no stopping M v Rensburg 677 67 10% 41 6% 34% 64 9% 258 38% 5,726,538 8,459 cluded five seconds, one third, two R Simons 614 61 10% 80 13% 30% 51 8% 214 35% 5,482,375 8,929 the Sean Tarry machine A Domeyer 352 61 17% 71 20% 41% 52 15% 189 54% 5,575,113 15,838 fourths and a fifth. His winners K De Melo 497 60 12% 72 14% 33% 49 10% 226 45% 5,083,738 10,229 included one Gr 1 and three Gr 3’s. At the same time last Leading trainers/jockeys by wins % season Tarry stood on R7 million less than his current total of season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 2 April 2017 R21 900 000, so it stands to good reason that he will smash trainer/ runs wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd stakes stks/ his all-time record of R27 999 562 achieved last term. jockey % % % % runs A Nel/A Domeyer 78 25 32% 31 40% 58% 13 17% 1,634,150 20,951 BJ Crawford/G Cheyne 61 19 31% 19 31% 63% 5 8% 4,162,900 68,244 JJ v Vuuren/G Lerena 47 14 30% 15 32% 60% 5 11% 2,686,075 57,151 PA Peter/G Lerena 45 13 29% 12 27% 25% 7 16% 1,081,825 24,041 GS Kotzen/R Fourie 95 27 28% 32 34% 50% 16 17% 2,529,950 26,631 M Robinson/R Fourie 39 11 28% 14 36% 43% 7 18% 848,200 21,749 JR & The Don - Coining It! D Kannemeyer/A Delpech 112 30 27% 51 46% 35% 27 24% 2,310,950 20,633 AC Greeff/A Fortune 55 15 27% 17 31% 29% 4 7% 818,750 14,886 Milnerton-based Joey Ramsden and CS Laird/A Marcus 100 26 26% 37 37% 43% 8 8% 1,897,650 18,977 stable jockey Donovan Dillion han- GV Woodruff/G Lerena 42 11 26% 23 55% 39% 5 12% 1,982,225 47,196 M Houdalakis/M v Rensburg 70 17 24% 5 7% 60% 8 11% 1,315,600 18,794 dled a pressured first racecourse SG Tarry/P Strydom 51 12 24% 19 37% 37% 7 14% 1,047,300 20,535 AC Greeff/G Cheyne 250 56 22% 78 31% 29% 29 12% 3,268,575 13,074 appearance for South Africa’s MF de Kock/A Delpech 67 15 22% 24 36% 29% 7 10% 1,886,925 28,163 most expensive yearling with true J Snaith/R Fourie 179 37 21% 61 34% 31% 37 21% 2,907,700 16,244 SG Tarry/S Khumalo 310 61 20% 90 29% 36% 44 14% 8,004,300 25,820 professionalism at Kenilworth on Tuesday. The Drakenstein-bred Silver Coin (Silvano – Racing To Win The experienced National Banker) has Joey Ramsden been a talking horse and the up-and- since the hammer fell at coming Donovan Dillon have clicked R6 million at the 2016 as an effective Cape Premier Yearling combination Sale. Racing in a power partnership in the Mayfair Specula- tors silks, that includes Coolmore interests, Silver Coin came through late under the ice-cool Dillion to win going away. The colt’s future is in good hands – and it looks bright!

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Greyville (polytrack) Fairview (turf) Friday, 31 March Friday, 31 March Features To Come Course Variant: 0.16s slow Course Variant: 0.49s slow (bend) Some 12mm of rain fell during the week, and the The going was good off a penetrometer reading going was posted as Standard. Irrigation is never of 21. The false rail was out 4m from the 2000m to Fri 21 Apr (L) East Cape Oaks (3yoF) disseminated, as the track is regularly watered the 1700m marker, and 5m on the bend. There was 2000m Fairview (Turf) following measurement (even between races) to keep a 20km/h south westerly crosswind. These factors it at a certain level of condition. This clearly has a account for the course running a little slow in races Sat 22 Apr Gr1 Princess Charlene considerable effect on the course variant. There was a around the turn. tailwind of around 20km/h. Empress Club S 1600m Turffontein (S) East Cape Guineas (L) R150,000 (F&M) Gr3 Kings Cup R250,000 (L) Spook Express Hcp East Cape Guineas (3yo’s)(Listed) 1600m 2400m Turffontein (S) Winner Gimme The Stars was slow into Bulleting Home stride and cast his off hind shoe in running; Gr3 Winter Guineas (3yo’s) The R250 000 Gr3 Kings Cup, for years a raced sixth; led 200m; won going away. 1600m Kenilworth traditional turf mile, was run for the sec- Runner-up Rinjani was also slow into stride and cast his off hind shoe in running; raced (L) Sweet Chestnut S (3yoF) ond time on the polytrack and produced 1400m Kenilworth an easy win Bulleting Home at his first try 3rd; ran on strongly. Third Jabu (2/1fav) raced in the rear; 2nd Sun 23 Apr on the surface. last at top of the home straight; running on (L) The Sledgehammer A twelve horse field lined up for the strongly at finish. 1750m Greyville (Turf) mile handicap, with Sylvester The Cat and Time: The pace was a very steady one (L) The Scarlet Lady (F&M) the mare Pearl Emblem showing the way early on, and the field was very tightly bunched. Clearly a false run race then, and 1750m Greyville (Turf) and Bulleting Home in midfield on the the time was comparatively slow. We gave rail. Captain Aldo shot clear early in the Sun 30 Apr Gr3 Poinsettia Stakes (F&M) the winner (prev 76/70/79/71/81) 84 which 1200m Scottsville straight, but Bulleting Home loomed large makes the runner up (prev 75/78/72/64/75) at the 300m. 80 and the third (prev 77/64/72/73/79) 77. Gr3 Godolphin Barb S (2yo’s) With the rest floundering and under Not ratings to rely on. 1100m Scottsville pressure, Bulleting Home drew off strongly 84 1 0.00 Gimme The Stars (6) 60.0 L Hewitson 28/10 3 b g Gimmethegreenlight - Cosmic Jet (Jet Master) Gr3 Strelitzia S (2yo Fillies) to beat Royal Armour by three lengths. 80 2 2.25 Rinjani (2) 60.0 R Danielson 4/1 3 ch g Choisir - Optimist(AUS) (Red Ransom) 1100m Scottsville Secret Warning came out of the pack for AushorsE third, with the favourite Arctica fourth. A$80k Yearling (L) In Full Flight Handicap 77 3 3.50 Jabu (9) 60.0 R Fourie 2/1 1100m Scottsville Bred by Lammerskraal Stud, Bulleting 3 b c Var - Sunshine Lover (Badger Land) Home is by Western Winter out of the three-time winning mare Kapen Cat, who Bloodstock SA Nat - 400k Y is a half sister to Western Winter. Racing in 77 4 3.60 Green Lantern (3) 60.0 G v Niekerk 6/1 Next Auction Sales 76 5 3.70 Off The Bit (5) 60.0 C Murray 15/2 the colours of former Lammerskraal own- 75 6 4.20 Lotus Elan (1) 60.0 M Thackeray 33/1 74 7 4.70 Bollemakiesie (11) 60.0 T Gould 14/1 Fri 21 Apr er Mike Rattray, Bulleting Home has now 74 8 4.95 Story Of My Life (10) 60.0 JP vd Merwe 16/1 CTS Select Yearling Sale 70 9 6.45 Grandissimo (7) 60.0 S Naidoo 40/1 Johannesburg won 6 races with 12 places from 25 starts, 66 10 8.20 Flight Captain (4) 60.0 L Mxothwa 40/1 65 11 8.70 Kir Royale (8) 60.0 S Khathi 33/1 for stakes of R708.050. Time: 98.3s (61.44s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) Wed-Fri BSA National Yearling Sale SP Total %: 129% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Messrs Bryn Ressell, F H McGrath & M C Wright 3-5 May Germiston Gr3 Kings Cup 1600m B:Patricia Devine Inv Aptly named winner Bulleting Home raced sixth; led 300m; won going away. Runner-up Royal Armour raced 4th; no chance with winner. Third Secret Warning raced 6th; stayed on. Turffontein Splits Time: Comparatively, this was the fastest Pole FRspur 400m Finish pole-400 400-finish run race on the card. We gave the 3rd (prev

78/69/79/81/82) 78 which makes the winner 1400m (prev 79/99/94/96/83) 104 and the runner Juvenile Plate 16,15 45,27 62,10 85,65 45,95 23,85 up (prev 87/47/88/88/90) 86. Maiden Plate 16,18 44,80 62,19 85,41 46,01 23,22

102 1 0.00 Bulleting Home (2) 58.0 K De Melo 9/2 1600m 5 b g Western Winter - Kapen Cat(USA) (Lion Hearted) Horse Chestnut 27,93 57,02 73,90 97,06 45,97 23,16 84 2 3.50 Royal Armour (5) 53.5 T Godden 25/1 4 b g Jay Peg - Royal Palm (Fort Wood) MR68 Handicap 27,69 57,44 75,80 99,59 48,11 23,79 Bloodstock SA Nat - 60k MR93 Handicap 28,21 57,70 75,05 98,78 46,84 23,73 78 3 5.00 Secret Warning (6) 52.0 M Yeni 11/2 4 b g Kahal - Emperor’s Warning (Caesour) 1800m Spring Valley • Bred by Bruce Le Roux SA Fillies Classic 39,72 68,81 87,14 111,09 47,42 23,69 Bloodstock SA KZN YS 260k Gr1 SA Classic - 66,21 84,94 110,19 - 25,25 82 4 5.25 Arctica (7) 54.0 A Delpech 33/10 Jacaranda 39,85 69,63 87,72 111,69 47,87 23,97 95 5 5.35 Captain Aldo (1) 60.0 A Marcus 11/2 89 5 5.35 Budapest (10) 57.5 W Kennedy 14/1 2850m 84 7 5.60 Double Clutch (3) 55.5 S Brown 12/1 81 8 7.35 Last Tiger (12) 56.0 M Winnaar 14/1 Gr3 Caradoc 110,54 141,35 159,83 185,46 49,29 25,63 72 9 7.85 Pearl Emblem (11) 52.0 A Arries 12/1 77 10 9.85 Fifty Cents (8) 56.5 C Zackey 8/1 68 11 12.60 Ashton Park (9) 55.0 G Wright 12/1 The false rail spur was at the 700m. The filming was poor prior to switching to the camera 61 12 17.35 Sylvester The Cat (4) 56.5 J Samuel 16/1 that shows the pole. The angle was so tight onto the top of the runners in parts, and then Time: 94.47s (59.04s avg/1000m, or 61km/h) SP Total %: 129% showing them from behind. As a result the pole never became visible in the SA Classic as 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr & Mrs M L P Rattray B:Lammerskraal Stud they changed cameras much later than usual.

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this was over a second faster than the one of five fillies could win going into the Turffontein (stand side) other two 1800m races and comparative- 200m. Safe Harbour and then Wild Orchid Saturday, 1 April ly the second fastest of the nine races Course Variant: 0.5s fast (straight) around the turn. We gave the fourth horse grabbed the lead, as Belle Rose continued 0.16s slow (bend) (has twice done 92) 92 which makes the to come home hard under Anton Marcus. No rain fell during the week and as a result there was 30mm of irrigation. The penetrometer read 22 runner up (prev 77/89/98) 98, the winner But the Mauritzfontein-Wilgerbosdrift which saw the going posted as good. There was a (prev 91/96/102/87/95) 103, and the third retained Anthony Delpech was the man in moderate south easterly cross/tail wind. The times 73/76/79/89/81) 97 down the straight suggested that the course was control when it counted, and he got Orchid 103 1 0.00 Heavenly Blue (9) 60.0 C Murray 2/1 running a little faster than the statistics would have 3 gr c Snitzel - Simply Carina(USA) (El Prado) Island to rally and register a second Gr1 suggested, whilst races around the turn were slower in comparison, with the false rail out from 3.5m in AushorsE success for his sponsors after Nightingale’s the back straight to 6m on the bend. A$200k Yearling win in the Majorca Stakes on Sun Met day. 98 2 2.90 Al Sahem (4) 60.0 A Delpech 16/10 3 b c Silvano - Alderry (Al Mufti) The winner pipped Safe Harbour by a neck, 97 3 3.30 Furiosa (1) 60.0 S Khumalo 14/1 with Bi Pot another neck back in third. Gr1 SA Classic R2 mil 3 b c Fastnet Rock - Suitely(AUS) (Woodman) AushorsE A granddaughter of champion racemare A$200k Yearling Ilha Da Vitoria and bred by Wilgerbosdrift True Blue 92 4 5.50 Unagi (2) 60.0 C Zackey 55/1 and Mauritzfontein, Orchid Island is by Callan Murray registered a career first 68 5 17.75 Janoobi (8) 60.0 P Strydom 41/10 40 6 31.50 Kampala Campari (6) 60.0 G v Niekerk 25/1 Silvano out of the three time winning Tiger Gr1 success when the Australian-bred 38 7 32.75 Alaadel (5) 60.0 R Simons 55/1 36 8 33.75 Crowd Pleaser (3) 60.0 G Lerena 45/1 Ridge mare Ilha Grande. She has now won Heavenly Blue ran out a smooth winner of 0 9 99.99 Tilbury Fort (7) 60.0 R Danielson 12/1 Time: 109.96s (61.09s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) 3 races with 3 places from 6 starts and the 1800m SA Classic. In a nine horse field, SP Total %: 115% 1st T:MF de Kock O:Mr & Mrs W V Rippon, Mr A & Mrs R Chadha & stakes of R850.950. De Kock’s three runners were headed by Messrs M F de Kock & L M Nestadt B:bred in Australia SA Triple Crown first leg winner Janoobi, Gr1 SA Fillies Classic (3yo’s) 1800m Winner Orchid Island was drawn wide; but it was a stablemate, the Sporting Post raced 10th of the 13 early on; was in the top-rated Heavenly Blue, who put it all leading group of seven that was covered together in style. Allowed to relax as third by just 2 lengths going through the 400m; stablemate Alaadel did the donkey work Gr1 SA Fillies Classic R1 mil found extra in the sprint finish to score by up front, Callan Murray slipped Heavenly a neck. Runner-up Safe Harbour (best handi- Blue down the inside and always looked One For The Sponsors capped) was drawn wide; raced 6th; ran on to be too strong for 16/10 favourite Al Sa- The 2017 SA Triple Crown and Triple Tiara strongly. hem, who went down the centre without may be lying in tatters on the Turffontein Third Bi Pot was slow into stride; raced 4th; looking dangerous. Furiosa came on late turf but there was plenty to enthuse about led 400m; kept on strongly. to deny Unagi third place. Janoobi faded on Classic Day. None more so than Mike Time: Although this was the second fastest de Kock-trained Orchid Island’s dazzling of the three 1800m races, it was over a very badly late and this run wasn’t his second slower than the males contesting form. late victory burst, with under a length the SA Classic. We gave the 4th horse (prev An A$200.000 Inglis Easter yearling covering the first five home. 75/80/79/86/91) 91 which makes the winner purchase by Jehan Malherbe’s Form Thirteen 3yo fillies lined up in the second (prev 65/83/83/82/89) 92, the runner-up Bloodstock, Heavenly Blue is by Redoute’s leg of the Wilgerbosdrift AS Triple Tiara, (prev 93/99/99/92/78) 92 and the third (prev 74/68/69/86) 92 Choice stallion Snitzel. He is the first foal of with first leg winner Smiling Blue Eyes the 92 1 0.00 Orchid Island (13) 60.0 A Delpech 4/1 El Prado’s one time winner Simply Carina logical choice to follow up on her Guineas 3 b f Silvano - Ilha Grande (Tiger Ridge) – a daughter of four-time Gr1-winning turf victory last month. Things didn’t quite go Mauritzfontein bred 92 2 0.25 Safe Harbour (11) 60.0 S Khumalo 41/10 mare Astra (Theatrical). Heavenly Blue has according to the script, as the favourite 3 b f Elusive Fort - Saint Isidore (Rakeen) 92 3 0.45 Bi Pot (5) 60.0 C Maujean 21/2 won 3 races with 3 places from 7 starts, was never going well and finished close to 3 b f Judpot - Alexandra Bi(IRE) (Darshaan) 91 4 0.70 Belle Rose (9) 60.0 A Marcus 14/1 for stakes of R1.618.750. last. 91 5 0.75 Oriental Oak (8) 60.0 Wei Marwing 50/1 89 6 1.50 Al Hawraa (1) 60.0 C Murray 14/1 With Maleficent showing the way, Antho- 86 7 3.25 Being Fabulous (7) 60.0 G Lerena 30/1 Gr1 SA Classic (3yo’s) 1800m 84 8 4.15 Captain Gambler (10) 60.0 R Fourie 30/1 Winner Heavenly Blue (best handicapped) ny Delpech had Orchid Island shadowing 81 9 5.85 Philae (2) 60.0 G v Niekerk 66/1 68 10 12.00 Babbling Brooke (3) 60.0 P Strydom 20/1 raced in the rear; ran on well to lead 230m; Smile Blue Eyes 15 lengths back as they 67 11 12.50 Maleficent (4) 60.0 R Simons 25/1 66 12 13.00 Smiling Blue Eyes (6) 60.0 R Danielson 16/10 won going away. came for home, with many in the mix and 59 13 16.50 My Friend Lee (12) 60.0 M v Rensburg 55/1 Runner-up Al Sahem (3rd best handi- Time: 111.05s (61.69s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) looking to be in with chances. Maleficent SP Total %: 120% capped) raced 5th; was just 1.5 behind faded quickly and with all the action up 1st T:MF de Kock O:Wilgerbosdrift (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mrs M Slack) winner at 400m. B:Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein Third Furiosa raced sixth; never a threat, but the outside, Bi Pot moved up dangerously, was running on strongly late. closely tracked by Safe Harbour, as Orchid Time: Although the pace didn’t look fast Island took off followed by Belle Rose wide early, and they were very tightly bunched, out. In a dogged duel to the wire, any SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 17

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Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes R1 mil Gr3 Pretty Polly Stakes R200,000 Gr3 Protea Stakes R200,000 Eagle On A High Sean And Bling On Fire Maverick Legal Eagle cemented his position as Only six 2yo fillies turned up and with Sean Tarry teamed up with Anton Mar- South Africa’s leading racehorse going Tarry holding the aces with 50% of the cus on Barrack Street in the six horse field, start to finish to win this race for the sec- field, it was hardly surprising to see him and there was little sweat for those who ond year running. pick up the first two cheques. had sided with the favourite. Anton Marcus took the 5yo Greys Inn Khumalo had the 14-10 favourite Green First-timer Boatswain came out firing to gelding up to lead from the break in the Plains tucked up two lengths off the gallop lead Barrack Street and Laurent Du Var nine horse field. When New Predator and produced the daughter of Gimme- early. At the 400m marker, Marcus made moved into his slipstream at the 500m, thegreenlight at the 450m mark. It turned his move and even though Boatswain there was a thought that the Eagle could into a race for second as the filly went wasn’t going away, experience told as he have a race on. But inside the 300m it was on well to win going away. Stablemate asserted his authority. The race was again all over, Marcus gearing the winner down Celestina, still a maiden, secured second on for second as Barrack Street powered to register his sixth Gr1 win. French Navy cheque, with Star Profile half a length back ahead to beat Laurent Du Var. Boatswain was best of the rest, ahead of New Preda- in third. will be unbackable in maiden company tor, with Rafeef well beaten in fourth. A R350.000 Cape Premier Yearling Sale next time after holding on for third, a Bred by Avontuur, Legal Eagle is by Greys purchase, the Gary Player-bred winner further length back. Inn out of the six-time winning National is the first foal of one-time winning Jet Klawervlei Stud-bred Barrack Street was Emblem mare Young Sensation. He was Master mare Savannah Leigh. She has a R500.000 CTS Lanzerac Ready To Run bought by Tarry on behalf of Mayfair Spec- now won twice from three starts, with one sale graduate, secured by Mayfair Specula- ulators for R425.000 at the 2013 National place, for stakes of R202.250. tors. He is by Dynasty out of Al Mufti-mare Yearling Sale. Legal Eagle has won 10 Green Plains is a fifth stakes winner for Laptop Lady, which makes him a half races with 5 places from his 17 starts, and second season sire Gimmethegreenlight, brother to Jay Peg. Barrack Street scored boosted his stakes earnings to R8.647.875. who also had the winner of the Listed East his third win from four starts, for stakes of Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes 1600m Cape Guineas 24 hours earlier. R297.625. Winner Legal Eagle (best handicapped) set Gr3 Pretty Polly Stakes (2yoF) 1100m Gr3 Protea Stakes (2yo’s) 1100m the pace; won easing down final 50m. Winner Green Plains (14/10fav) raced 3rd; Winner Barrack Street (best handicapped) Runner-up French Navy raced 8th of the led 600m; won going away. raced 2nd; led 450m; ran on strongly. nine; was 6 lengths behind winner entering Runner-up Celestina raced 2nd and held Runner-up Laurent Du Var raced 3rd one the straight and 3 lengths behind at 400m; every chance. length behind winner at 400m; chased hard; ran on hard ridden. Third Star Profile raced at the back, but just no real impression. Third New Predator had to steady momen- three lengths covered all six going through Third Boatswain (Sage newcomer 20/1) set tarily when awkwardly placed on the inside the 400m; stayed on. the pace; outrun latter stages. of Legal Eagle at 1400m; raced fourth; kept Time: This was the slowest of the three Time: Some of the official times were on strongly, but never a real threat. 1100m races, but only 7/100th of a sec- questionable on this card and although the Time: Our clock suggests that the official ond (on our clock) slower than the male difference in this particular race between time was incorrect. Despite that, this was still juveniles contesting the Gr3 Protea Stakes. our clock and theirs was quite small, we by far the fastest of the three 1600m races, We gave the 4th horse (prev 73/80/77) 77 made this the second fastest of the three and comparatively the fastest of the nine rac- which makes the winner (prev 72/76) 88, the 1100m races, 7/100th of a second faster es around the turn. We gave the third (prev runner up (prev 69/66/69) 73 and the third than the female juveniles contesting the Gr3 105/105/81/98/105) 103 which makes the (prev 75/66/76//72) 78 Pretty Polly Stakes. We gave the 5th horse winner (prev 113/97/109/116/116) 112 and 88 1 0.00 Green Plains (4) 58.0 S Khumalo 14/10 79 which makes the winner (prev 80/71/99) the runner up 71/103/106/87/87) 107 2 b f Gimmethegreenlight - Savannah Leigh (Jet Master) 94, the runner up (prev 77/82) 87 and the 73 2 2.75 Celestina (5) 55.0 L Hewitson 16/1 112 1 0.00 Legal Eagle (9) 60.0 A Marcus 5/10 2 b f Kahal - Sully’s Landing (Jet Master) third 77 5 b g Greys Inn - Young Sensation (National Emblem) 78 3 3.25 Star Profile (6) 58.0 R Fourie 25/1 2 b f Bold Silvano - West Wacker (Western Winter) 94 1 0.00 Barrack Street (5) 60.0 A Marcus 8/10 Bred by Avontuur 2 b c Dynasty - Laptop Lady (Al Mufti) Bloodstock SA Nat - 90k Bloodstock SA Nat - 425k 77 4 3.75 Desert Rhythm (3) 58.0 A Delpech 37/10 By Dynasty 107 2 2.40 French Navy (3) 60.0 S Khumalo 17/2 66 5 7.25 Spring Breeze (1) 58.0 P Strydom 61/10 87 2 0.90 Laurent Du Var (3) 58.0 C Zackey 21/2 5 b g Count Dubois - Redoubtable (Elliodor) 56 6 10.75 Outlander (2) 58.0 C Zackey 37/10 2 b g Antonius Pius - Varsity Belle (Var) 103 3 4.10 New Predator (4) 60.0 G Lerena 17/2 Time: 62.91s (57.19s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) 77 3 2.15 Boatswain (6) 55.0 C Ngcobo 20/1 4 b c New Approach - Head Over Heels(AUS) (Fastnet Rock) SP Total %: 108% 2 b c Poet’s Voice - Unhappy(AUS) (Redoute’s Choice) AushorsE 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H Van Niekerk B:Gary Player Stud AushorsE 97 4 7.10 Rafeef (2) 60.0 C Murray 17/2 91 5 7.15 Fort Ember (6) 57.5 L Hewitson 20/1 Magic Millions A$28k W 94 6 8.40 Romany Prince (1) 60.0 A Delpech 36/1 79 4 3.55 Quinlan (2) 58.0 G Lerena 16/1 94 7 8.50 Kangaroo Jack (8) 60.0 C Zackey 25/1 79 5 3.60 Whorly Whorly (4) 58.0 P Strydom 14/1 87 8 11.60 Mac de Lago (7) 60.0 Wei Marwing 30/1 61 6 7.60 Silver God (1) 55.0 S Khumalo 2/1 0 9 99.99 Fareeq (5) 60.0 R Simons 55/1 Time: 62.35s (56.68s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) Time: 96.83s (60.52s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 115% SP Total %: 115% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mayfair Speculators (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D L 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mayfair Speculators (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D L Brugman) & Mr C J H van Niekerk B:Klawervlei Stud Brugman) B:Avontuur Farm SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 18

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Gr3 Man O’ War Sprint R250,000 Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup R250,000 Jacaranda Handicap (L) R250,000 Jacaranda Handicap (F&M)(L) 1800m A Touch Quick The Long Wait Winner Polyphonic (2nd best handicapped) Trainer Sean Tarry made it five wins from Randjesfontein trainer Jurgen van was drawn wide; raced 2nd last; ran on five races on Classic Day when Exquisite Heerden ended a twenty year wait when strongly to lead 150m; hanging in the con- Touch won in double quick time. celebrating the first graded stakes win- cluding stages; won comfortably. Recent Bauhinia Handicap winner Exqui- ner of his career courtesy of the Aus- Runner-up Pennington Sands (3rd best handicapped) was poorly drawn; slow into site Touch was relaxed three lengths off tralian-bred Ilitshe. Ryan Munger rode a stride; raced 3rd last; led 300m; outpaced the speed early as Clever Guy went fast cracker to get the Mike de Kock ‘re-tread’ late by winner. with British Royale and Favour’s Pride in up on the line. Third Banking April raced 6th; ran on tow. KZN challenger Red Chesnut Road Under sufferance at the weights in the strongly; held every chance. stuck to his station down the outside and ten horse field, Ilitshe relaxed near the Time: This was the slowest of the three 1800m races and produced a sprint finish. looked to be going very well as Khumalo rear as Let It Rain and Coby ensured a We gave the third (prev 76/78/82/68/84) 84 unleashed Exquisite Touch with a burst decent gallop up front over the 2850m. At which makes the winner 97/97/65/68/89) 98 down the middle at the 350m marker. She the 350m marker Let It Rain was a good and the runner up (prev 84/85/77/74/83) 84 ran on to hold off Green Pepper in a new few lengths to the good. Munger sent Ilit- 98 1 0.00 Polyphonic (11) 60.0 P Strydom 5/1 4 b f Judpot - Princess Polly (Royal Chalice) course record time of 61.53s (Ruby Clipper she after the leader and with a sustained 84 2 1.40 Pennington Sands (13) 54.5 C Zackey held the record for the 1100m at 61.65s). finishing effort went past Let It Rain to win 16/1 5 b m Mogok - Camina Court (Foveros) bred by Favour’s Pride stayed on for a well beaten by half a length. Save The Rhino stayed on 84 3 1.65 Banking April (2) 55.0 M v Rensburg 16/1 third, with Red Chesnut Road a neck back for third ahead of Zafira. 4 b f Bankable - April Showers (Western Winter) Bloodstock SA Nat - 140k Y in fourth. Waterford Stud bred Exquisite Sired by Fastnet Rock, Australian-bred 86 4 2.45 Negroamaro (3) 56.5 C Maujean 9/2 92 5 2.75 Patchit Up Baby (7) 59.5 G Lerena 37/10 Touch is by Var out of four-time winning Ilitshe is the sixth winner of Sadler’s Wells 81 6 3.50 Redberry Lane (6) 52.0 L Hewitson 17/2 80 7 4.30 Inaninstant (10) 55.5 C Murray 20/1 Elliodor-mare Lavender Sky. A R350.000 mare Reem Albaraari, a daughter of cham- 76 8 4.80 Tiger Flame (8) 54.0 R Fourie 17/2 69 9 6.10 Parisienne Chic (5) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 20/1 Emperors Palace Select Yearling Sale pion sprinter Habibti. He was an A$15.000 67 10 7.10 Polly Wolly Doodle (4) 52.0 R Munger 25/1 66 11 7.30 Sisters Of Mercy (9) 52.0 M Yeni 36/1 graduate, she has now won 4 races with 1 Inglis Premier Yearling sale purchase, was 70 12 8.00 Cassie O’Malley (12) 54.5 R Simons 30/1 71 13 8.20 Skip A Beat (1) 55.0 G v Niekerk 21/2 place from 7 starts, for stakes of R430.000. re-sold as a 2yo for R1 million at the BSA Time: 111.46s (61.92s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 117% Gr3 Man O’ War Sprint (3yo’s) 1100m Ready to Run sale, and finally bought as a 1st T:AG Laird O:Varsfontein Stud (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr J S Kalmanson) B:Varsfontein Stud Winner Exquisite Touch reared in the stalls; horse-in-training for R200.000 at the 2014 raced in the backend of midfield; just one Michael Holmes Super Sale. He’d been giv- length covered the first seven at the 400m en a year off after being purchased. This and these included the first three home; was a second stakes win for Ilitshe, who Battle For Supremacy led 300m; won going away in new course The stake for the Pegasus World Cup record time. took his win tally to 6 wins, with 6 places Runner-up Green Pepper (best handi- from 23 starts, for stakes of R510.450. Invitational has been boosted to $16 capped – 2/1fav) broke the front gate open; million, cementing the Cup’s status as was always handy and held every chance. Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup 2850m the world’s richest race and leaving Third Favour’s Pride raced 2nd early on; Winner Ilitshe raced in the rear; led 100m. Dubai behind. The 2018 renewal of this every chance. Runner-up Let It Rain raced 2nd early on; World Cup, first run this year in January Time: Exquisite Touch broke the course led 1600m and went clear; led by 4 lengths record previously held by Ruby Clipper by at 400m; outrun latter stages. when Arrogate won, again takes place 12/100th of a second. Comparatively this Third Save The Rhino raced 4th; moved up at Gulfstream Park. was the fastest race on the card. We gave to second at 400m. The race is open to twelve US and the runner up (prev 98/88/97/102/104) Time: Our timing suggests that the official international owners who contribute 104 which makes the winner (prev time was wrong by over 4 seconds. There $1 million each for a spot in the line-up 99/82/85/73/95) 112 and the third was no pace early and it was a slowly (65/66/82/67/70 - has done 88) 83 run race overall. We gave the third (prev and are free to trade this as they see fit. The Stronach Group, organisers of 112 1 0.00 Exquisite Touch (9) 55.5 S Khumalo 5/1 88/81/85/87/88) 88 which makes the winner 3 b f Var - Lavender Sky (Elliodor) (prev 60/70/70/74/80) 83 and the runner up the event, contributes the additional (prev 8079/63/79/84) 82. Ratings are likely $4 million. “The 2017 Pegasus World 104 2 3.20 Green Pepper (6) 57.5 R Simons 2/1 to be unreliable. 3 b f Gimmethegreenlight - Pimento (Fort Wood) Cup surpassed our expectations”, says Bloodstock SA Val de Vie Y - 300k 83 1 0.00 Ilitshe (4) 54.0 R Munger 16/1 Belinda Stronach. “In 2018 we’ll bring 83 3 4.50 Favour’s Pride (10) 50.5 J Penny 66/1 6 b g Fastnet Rock - Reem Albaraari(GB) (Sadler’s Wells) 3 b f Harry Hall - Sacred Sister (Manshood) an even bigger, more modern and un- 103 4 4.75 Red Chesnut Road (11) 60.0 G Lerena 5/1 AushorsE 85 5 6.15 Raasmaal (5) 54.0 A Delpech 21/2 R2R - 1m 2yo forgettable entertainment experience 76 6 7.25 Aussie Austin (8) 52.0 JP vd Merwe 16/1 Bloodstock SA 85 7 8.05 Ektifaa (7) 57.5 C Murray 17/2 82 2 0.70 Let It Rain (1) 54.0 M v Rensburg 59/10 to a global audience”. 72 8 10.75 Pillar Of Hercules (2) 56.0 R Fourie 14/1 4 b g Dynasty - Gardener’s Delight(USA) (Giant’s Causeway) 70 9 11.25 Clever Guy (1) 56.0 L Hewitson 16/1 61 10 13.25 Seattle Singer (3) 55.5 C Zackey 14/1 54 11 16.50 British Royale (4) 58.0 C Maujean 30/1 88 3 1.30 Save The Rhino (2) 57.0 A Delpech 32/10 Time: 61.53s (55.94s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) 5 b g Mogok - Endangered Species (Sapieha) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mr C J H Van Niekerk B:Waterford Stud bred by Phumelela Shareprice Bloodstock SA Nat - 310k date close high low volume 84 4 2.60 Zafira (5) 56.0 R Fourie 5/2 78 5 3.70 Frikkie (9) 54.0 C Zackey 30/1 5Apr 2027 2194 1996 33,711 90 6 4.20 Storm Warning (7) 60.0 G Lerena 14/1 74 7 6.20 Supertube (10) 54.0 S Khumalo 12/1 4Apr 2000 2089 1950 15,900 68 8 10.00 Fortune Fella (3) 54.0 M Yeni 12/1 66 9 13.70 Royal Honour (8) 55.5 R Simons 72/10 3Apr 2137 2140 2059 9,082 Sporting Post 57 10 18.00 Coby (6) 54.5 L Hewitson 20/1 31Mar 2140 2149 2012 112,846 Time: 185.26s (65s avg/1000m, or 55km/h) (AR) SP Total %: 115% 30Mar 2149 2149 2137 2,408 ability ratings 1st T:JL v Heerden O:The Carefree Syndicate (Nom: Mr J L Van puts every horse in its place Heerden) B:bred in Australia 29Mar 2150 2150 2125 4,000 28Mar 2125 2125 1950 154,743 SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 19

Black type results

Scottsville (inside) Sentinel Stakes N( BT) R150,000 Sunday, 2 April Sentinel Stakes (2yo’s)(NBT) 1000m Course Variant: 0.23s slow (straight) Winner Arianos Bagofgold raced 4th; led 1.08s slow (bend) 200m; ran on. The going had been soft at the last meeting, but with no rain in the past seven days and only 8mm Runner-up Autumn In Seattle (16/10fav) How horses performed in South Africa’s of irrigation the going was good, off a penetrometer shifted out abruptly at the 800m marker black type races, expressed in points based reading of 22. There was a light north/north easterly making contact with and unbalancing Argo on the kind of races and how far behind wind. The false rail was out 7m and this accounts in Magic; raced 5th; was switched out for a the main for the times of races around the turn being the winner they finished. comparatively slower. run at the 300m marker, and again passing the 200m pole; ran on strongly and was A full explanation of the point system gaining at finish. and the complete list of point earners is on Kwazulu-Natal Stakes (L) R150,000 Third Northern Rebel raced 3rd; led 300m; the Sporting Post website Kwazulu-Natal Stakes (F&M)(L) 1000m outpaced latter stages. Winner Jo’s Bond (best handicapped) lost Time: Although this was only the third fastest of the four sprints on the card, and Top earners for 2016/2017 one length at the start; raced third; the sad- (to 1 April 2017) dle slipped back in running; ran on strongly could have been run faster, it was only 0.65 second slower than the listed Kwazulu-Na- horse age sex points races to score by a length. Legal Eagle 5 c 285 4 Runner-up Elusivenchantment (2nd best tal Stakes. In a tricky race to rate we gave Whisky Baron 4 c 150 2 handicapped) raced second; chased hard the fifth horse Argo Magic (prev 74/79/84) Carry On Alice 5 f 118 3 late; held by winner. 76, which makes the winner (prev 27/75) 84, Master Sabina 7 c 100 1 Third Our Destiny raced midfield, but in the runner up (prev 78/85) 87 and the third Trip To Heaven 5 c 97 2 a very tightly bunched field was only 2.5 (prev 64) 80 Safe Harbour 3 f 96 3 lengths off the pace at the 400m; was New Predator 4 c 84 4 84 1 0.00 Arianos Bagofgold (5)58.0 ES Ngwane 12/1 Captain America 6 c 84 3 cramped and had to ease 300m; running 2 b g Oratorio - Heritage Wood (Var) Nightingale 4 f 84 2 on strongly at finish. Avontuur stallion 87 2 0.50 Autumn In Seattle (2) 60.0 A Mgudlwa Kangaroo Jack 4 c 82 3 Time: Although this was the fastest of the 16/10 2 b g Sail From Seattle - Autumn Breeze (Al Mufti) Gold Standard 3 c 82 3 four sprint races, the proximity of both the Bred at ASCOT stud Edict Of Nantes 3 c 81 2 2nd & 3rd fastest suggests that this race Heavenly Blue 3 c 74 2 KZN YS 150k could have been run quicker. We gave the Bloodstock SA Bela-Bela 4 f 70 1 74 3 1.75 Northern Rebel (7) 56.0 K De Melo 16/1 winner (prev 82/97/84/102/102) 102, which 2 b g Rebel King - North Gate (Almushtarak) William Longsword 3 c 70 1 makes the runner-up (prev 87/94/95/98/101) KZN YS 80k Orchid Island 3 f 70 1 Bloodstock SA Just Sensual 3 f 70 1 98 and the third (prev 93/90/81/84/84) 92 68 4 3.50 Freddie Flint (8) 56.0 A Arries 20/1 76 5 4.00 Argo Magic (3) 60.0 A Forbes 5/1 Jo's Bond 4 f 68 2 61 6 4.25 Zarnitsa (6) 53.5 M Yeni 7/1 Brazuca 4 c 50 1 102 1 0.00 Jo’s Bond (10) 61.5 R Fourie 4/1 53 7 8.25 Calladdi (4) 56.0 W Kennedy 7/2 4 b f Captain Al - Itlaaq (Muhtafal) 8 8 22.50 Night In Winter (1) 56.0 T Godden 25/1 Search Party 4 c 50 1 98 2 1.00 Elusivenchantment (6) 61.5 K De Melo 26/10 Time: 57.27s (57.27s avg/1000m, or 63km/h) Rafeef 4 c 50 1 4 b f Elusive Fort - Bump ‘n Grind (Qui Danzig) SP Total %: 112% 1st T:G v Zyl O:Mr Leslie Logan B:IR Heyns Icy Trail 4 c 50 1 Bloodstock SA Nat - 225k Bezanova 6 c 50 1 92 3 1.50 Our Destiny (2) 60.0 C Zackey 8/1 Champagne Haze 4 c 50 1 4 ch f Var - Plumosa (Sapieha) Marinaresco 4 c 48 3 Red Ray 6 c 46 1 Bred at ASCOT stud Star Express 4 f 42 2 79 4 1.55 Cosmic Burst (7) 54.0 S Veale 30/1 The Conglomerate 5 c 37 1 88 5 2.30 Vision To Kill (3) 58.5 M Yeni 12/1 SA Purchases Silver Mountain 4 f 34 2 78 6 2.55 Respect At Bay (5) 55.5 ES Ngwane 36/1 82 7 4.55 Call Me Winter (9) 60.0 A Delpech 72/10 Master Switch 5 c 34 1 76 8 4.80 Miss Varlicious (1) 58.5 W Kennedy 7/1 Tevez 7 c 31 1 62 9 6.55 She’s A Fortress (4) 55.5 A Mgudlwa 36/1 at Inglis Easter 46 10 10.30 Straat-Kind (8) 54.0 G v Niekerk 59/10 Intergalactic 4 f 30 1 Time: 56.62s (56.62s avg/1000m, or 64km/h) Heritage Bloodstock: Live Life 3 f 30 1 SP Total %: 114% Smiling Blue Eyes 3 f 30 1 1st T:J Snaith O:Messrs Anthony Attieh, J Chowles, M P van Tonder, N #66 Medaglia d’Oro filly A$130k C Cooper, M A Govender, Graham Hurlestone-Jones, C S Shapiro & J Bi Pot 3 f 30 1 B Zulch, M P Foulkes & Countes B:Klawervlei Stud #374 Snitzel filly A$300k Mella Maria 4 f 30 1 Worldwide Bloodstock: Wrecking Ball 3 f 30 2 Singapore Sling 3 c 30 1 #44 Sebring filly Ektifaa 3 f 30 1 Grand National Betting (ex Asylum Seeker) A$95k Janoobi 3 c 30 1 10/1 Definitely Red Goodtime Gal 4 f 28 1 Bold Rex 3 c 28 2 11/1 Vieux Lion Rouge Belle Rose 3 f 28 1 12/1 Cause Of Causes Oriental Oak 3 f 28 1 12/1 More Of That French Navy 5 c 26 1 14/1 Blaklion Fortissima 4 f 25 1 To Advertise Romany Prince 4 c 25 1 14/1 One For Arthur contact Kiki 082 878 2231 Green Pepper 3 f 25 1 14/1 The Last Samurai [email protected] Ilitshe 6 c 25 1 16/1 bar Royal Badge 4 c 25 1 SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 20

1st & 2nd season sires – 2yo’s 2nd season sires – 3yo’s

CRUSADE (Johannesburg) BOLD SILVANO (Silvano) Exquisite Eight 2f (Bejewelled Beauty by Rambo Dancer) Burnt Cherry 3f (Strike The Flame by Strike Smartly) Greyville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Turf) 1400m (09/04) Greyville 2 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack) 2000m (07/04) The Byzantine 2c (Patchouli Moon by Al Mufti) Bon Bon 3f (Spring Clover by Kahal) Greyville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Turf) 1400m (09/04) Greyville 6 Middle Stakes (F&M)(Polytrack) 1600m (07/04) EIGHTFOLD PATH (Giant's Causeway) Keep The Faith 3f (Menorah by Var) Awesome Angel One 2c (Awesome Beauty by Cataloochee) Kenilworth 7 MR 68 Handicap (F&M) 2000m (08/04) Greyville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Turf) 1400m (09/04) Boldly Respectable 3c (Respectable Lady by Kabool) Dappling Bay 2c (Dappling by Al Maher) Greyville 6 Gr3 Byerley Turk (3yo's)(Turf) 1400m (09/04) Greyville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Turf) 1400m (09/04) DAN DE LAGO (Encosta de Lago) GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT (More Than Ready) Killala 3f (Ballina by Cordoba) Queen Forever 2f (Queen Of All by Jallad) Fairview 8 MR 76 Handicap (F&M)(Turf) 1000m (07/04) Fairview 1 Juvenile Plate (Fillies)(Turf) 1200m (07/04) Dash 3c (Karayib by Danzig) Cat's Legacy 2c (Lanari Legacy by Al Mufti) Turffontein 2 Maiden Plate 1450m (08/04) Greyville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Turf) 1400m (09/04) Couldyoube 3f (Nouveaux Riche by Rich Man's Gold) Girl In Gold 2f (I Love Her by Sadler's Wells) Turffontein 7 Graduation Plate (3yo Fillies) 1450m (08/04) Greyville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Turf) 1400m (09/04) GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT (More Than Ready) MAIN AIM (Oasis Dream) Nikki's Greenlight 3f (Fast 'n Famous by Jet Master) Desert Chief 2c (Desert Maiden by Western Winter) Greyville 2 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack) 2000m (07/04) Fairview 7 East Cape Nursery (2yo's)(Listed)(Turf) 1200m Accidental Tourist 3f (Oopsy by Jet Master) (07/04) Greyville 6 Middle Stakes (F&M)(Polytrack) 1600m (07/04) Advance To Go 3f (Wintie by Windrush) Turffontein 4 Maiden Plate 1800m (08/04) MARCHFIELD (A P Indy) Ananda 3c (Enrani by Danzero) Close To My Heart 2f (Roxie Heart by Dynasty) Turffontein 6 Graduation Plate (3yo's) 1450m (08/04) Fairview 1 Juvenile Plate (Fillies)(Turf) 1200m (07/04) Land Of The Gods 3c (Woodland Spirit by Fort Wood) Dancing Ballerina 2f (Als The Word by Captain Al) Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (Turf) 1200m (09/04) Fairview 1 Juvenile Plate (Fillies)(Turf) 1200m (07/04) Gimme Six 3f (District Six by Mujadil) Spring Poetry 2f (Lundy's Lass by Lundy's Liability) Greyville 5 Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes (3yo Fillies)(Turf) 1400m Turffontein 1 Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 1450m (08/04) (09/04) Gunner 3c (Play Nice by Captain Al) ORATORIO (Danehill) Greyville 6 Gr3 Byerley Turk (3yo's)(Turf) 1400m (09/04) Sacred Oration 2c (Scarlet Causeway by Giant's Causeway) Friend Request 3c (Sagrada by Danehill Dancer) Fairview 7 East Cape Nursery (2yo's)(Listed)(Turf) 1200m Greyville 7 MR 70 Handicap (Turf) 1600m (09/04) (07/04) GITANO HERNANDO (Hernando) Angel Of Athens 3f (Lady Perez by West Man) PATHFORK (Distorted Humor) Kenilworth 7 MR 68 Handicap (F&M) 2000m (08/04) Precious Pansy 2f (Right Call by Point Given) Tanami 3f (Hermana by Qui Danzig) Fairview 1 Juvenile Plate (Fillies)(Turf) 1200m (07/04) Greyville 5 Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes (3yo Fillies)(Turf) 1400m TWICE OVER (Observatory) (09/04) Lacerta 2f (Pulsator by Captain Al) La Gitanila 3f (Wild Liasion by Captain Al) Kenilworth 2 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 1000m (08/04) Greyville 5 Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes (3yo Fillies)(Turf) 1400m WHAT A WINTER (Western Winter) (09/04) Fort Winter 2c (Fort Fox by Fort Wood) Manouche 3c (Paris At Night by In The Wings) Fairview 7 East Cape Nursery (2yo's)(Listed)(Turf) 1200m Greyville 8 MR 65 Handicap (Turf) 1600m (09/04) (07/04) Royal Marine 2c (Irish Royal by Kalanisi) Kenilworth 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 1000m (08/04) GOLDEN SWORD (High Chaparral) Ratso Rizzo 3c (Careless Mirth by Rambo Dancer) What A Summer 2c (Limerick by Fort Wood) Greyville 1 Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 2000m (07/04) Kenilworth 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 1000m (08/04) Night In Winter 2c (Night Jet by Jet Master) MAIN AIM (Oasis Dream) Greyville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Turf) 1400m (09/04) Main Flyer 3c (Lady Ladina by Aristis) Red Eight 2c (Colour Fast by Spectrum) Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (Turf) 1200m (09/04) Greyville 2 Juvenile Plate (Turf) 1200m (09/04)

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PATHFORK (Distorted Humor) Horses To Follow VAR Direct Route 3f (Capitol Steps by National Assembly) Rated AR 112 Exquisite Touch (3f Lavender Sky by Elliodor) Fairview 2 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf) 1200m (07/04) Gr3 Man O’ War Sprint (3yo’s) Turff stand side (1100m) (1/4) Chenille 3f (Plush by Fort Wood) Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack) 1400m (07/04) Corker 3f (The Party's On by Muhtafal) Highly regarded when winning two of her three starts as a 2yo Fairview 8 MR 76 Handicap (F&M)(Turf) 1000m (07/04) last season, Sean Tarry’s charge has come to hand in no uncer- Starflash 3c (Star Safari by Jallad) tain terms since returning from a six month break in November. Kenilworth 3 MR 88 Handicap 1000m (08/04) She raced in the backend of midfield here, and cruised clear Bonnie Prince 3c (Sound the Flute by Theatrical) over the final 300m to win in new course record time. Turffontein 6 Graduation Plate (3yo's) 1450m (08/04) Lucky Lulu 3f (Land Of Wilkes by Diesis) SNITZEL Turffontein 9 MR 76 Handicap (F&M) 1600m (08/04) Rated AR 103 Heavenly Blue (3c Simply Carina by El Prado) Red Chesnut Road 3c (Scarlet Sky by Fort Wood) Gr1 SA Classic (3yo’s) Turff stand side (1800m) (1/4) Greyville 6 Gr3 Byerley Turk (3yo's)(Turf) 1400m (09/04) Another Graduate AUS $ 200k yearling PHILANTHROPIST (Kris S) Mike De Kock’s Gr2 Dingaans runner up has come to hand nicely Sazerac 3f (Cocktail Party by National Assembly) since returning from an unsuccessful crack at the Gr1 Cape Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack) 1400m (07/04) Guineas. Clearly appreciating the extra ground here he ran on Give Your Best 3c (Wrapped In Clover by Mt Livermore) best of all, and won going away by almost three. Greyville 7 MR 70 Handicap (Polytrack) 1200m (07/04) Wish To Land 3c (Wishing Chair by Giant's Causeway) Kenilworth 6 Maiden Plate 1600m (08/04) TRIPPI Philosopher 3c (Burmese by National Assembly) Rated AR 91 Summer Sky (3g Peace Bell by Kingmambo) Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (Turf) 1200m (09/04) MR86 Handicap Scottsville inside (1400m) (2/4) Sail 3f (Cutty Sark by Fort Wood) Dean Kannemeyer’s charge has long been thought to be much Greyville 5 Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes (3yo Fillies)(Turf) 1400m better than his earlier performances had suggested, and he did (09/04) show good improvement when Anthony Delpech jumped into Kenny Trix 3c (Winter Conquest by Western Winter) the saddle for the first time last time out. He was again on board Greyville 6 Gr3 Byerley Turk (3yo's)(Turf) 1400m (09/04) here. Soon up handy, this son of Trippi cruised clear over the final 260m and won going away by five. TRAFFIC GUARD (More Than Ready) Toa Nui 3c (Dash Of Dynamite by What A Prospect) Greyville 1 Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 2000m (07/04) Winners Bred Abroad Fonteyn 3f (Dance On Silver by Rambo Dancer) Greyville 2 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack) 2000m (07/04) Tharoos (AUS) 3g More Than Ready - Niagara Falls (AUS) (Danehill) Turffontein 1200m (30/03)

Team Guys (AUS) 4g Bernardini - Coffee Shop (USA) Notable Maiden Winners (Silver Ghost) Greyville 1600m (31/03) ANTONIUS PIUS Rated AR 81 Under The Stars (2f Womens Prerogative by Jallad) Heavenly Blue (AUS) 3c Snitzel - Simply Carina (USA) Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) Greyville poly (1000m) (31/3) (El Prado) Gr1 SA Classic (3yo’s) - Turffontein 1800m (01/04) Making her debut, Under The Stars found support into 9/2 from 15/2. Drawn wide and slow into stride to boot, Frank Robinson’s Ilitshe (AUS) 6g Fastnet Rock - Reem Albaraari (GB) charge raced in the rear early on. She was ridden to lead 200m (Sadler’s Wells) out, and despite hanging and reported as overreaching on the Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup - Turffontein 2850m (01/04) off fore, she won with authority by a length and three quarters. She’s bound to improve on her rating. Street Flyer (AUS) 5g Flying Spur - Rue Des Reves (USA) (Royal Academy) Turffontein 1600m (01/04)

Is Your Horse One To Follow? Raya Baya (AUS) 2f Hussonet - Military Band (AUS) (General Nediym) Kenilworth 1200m (01/04)

Agencefrancepresse (AUS) 3g Lope de Vega - Belle Bizarre (AUS) (Dauberval) Flamingo Park 1200m (03/04) SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 22

Clockwatching with Steve Furnish Last Week’s Top Rated Speed Ratings winners incl. ord ...... won 72/10 First Sea L won 7/1 Moving Into Position Barbel Run ...... won 6/1 A review of the week's best speedratings Rake’s Chestnut won 28/10 Malinga ...... won 19/10 Aurelia Cotta ...... won 14/10 ...... From Africa To Varallo 8 From 15 Tharoos won 9/10 Scottsville 26th March Dickensian ...... Fairview 27th March ...... won 8/10 Barrack Street

Top speed ratings for this weekend (Ratings shown have already been adjusted to allocated weights) Fairview (fri) Race 1: (1) Precious Pansy 30 (NAP*) Race 2: (8) Direst Route 9 Race 3: (2) Angkor Wat 10 Varallo| (Gold Circle) Juan Two Three| (Gold Circle) Race 4: (5) Seattle Swing 43 Race 5: (9) Nina Katrina 68 Five of the nine races in Pietermaritzburg The highlight in Port Elizabeth on Monday Race 6: (3) Miracle Bureau 6 on Sunday were run over 1200m and narrowly Race 7: (7) Itsgonnarain 26 was the non-black type East Cape Poly Chal- Race 8: (6) Sweetchild O Mine 53 the quickest home in these was TRIPPI’S GIRL lenge and in what not surprisingly proved when winning the MR79 Handicap. She was a Greyville (fri) to be the fastest of the three 1200m races, Race 1: (1) Ratso Rizzo 5 little slow into stride when the gates opened, we saw a smart performance from the best Race 2: (13) Palace Mystery 15 but in what was a very tightly bunched field weighted runner in the field UAJ N TWO Race 3: (3) Arran Isles 10 throughout, she was always well positioned to Race 4: (10) Borya 21 THREE. Sent off a strong favourite at even Race 5: (8) Waltzed Home 94 strike. She ran on strongly at the business end money, Alan Greeff’s charge made all. He Race 6: (11) Raes’ Dyna Jet 43 of the race and comfortably accounted for the led by just a half for most of the trip before Race 7: (11) Roy’s Saint 44 easy to back TIMEOUS by a length and a half. drawing clear over the final 400m to score Race 8: (7) Astroman 38 (EW) Run in a time just 6/100th of a second slow- by four and a quarter. Juan Two Three has Turffontein (sat) er than that of Trippi’s Girl was the opening now won eight of his fifteen career starts. Race 1: (3) Only To Win 12 Race 2: (4) Spanish Blade 8 Juvenile Plate over 1200m and here we saw a Four of the afternoon’s eight races were Race 3: (4) King Of The Blues 54 smart performance from VARALLO. Sent off a staged over 1900m and stopping the clock Race 4: (1) Al Hamd 21 strong favourite at 12/10, the son of Var was in the fastest time amongst these was Race 5: (9) Hunting Owl 45 Race 6: (2) Ribovar 60 soon up handy. Racing green, Varallo ducked PIRANGI when landing the Conditions Plate. Race 7: (1) Al Danza 49 sharply 300m out, but once realising what was Easy to back at 8/1 on the off, Alan Greeff’s Race 8: (8) Teenage Dream 54 expected of him he quickened well, and went charge was soon up handy. She was ridden Race 9: (12) Blue Sage 44 on to score in good style by two and three to lead approaching the 200m marker and Kenilworth (sat) quarters. although CRACKPOT ran on strongly in the Race 1: (4) Pen-Chan 5 Race 2: (6) Lily Theresa 9 Another to win with authority in the soft closing stages of the race, she did have that Race 3: (2) Vincente 70 underfoot conditions on this card was SPEED one held by three quarters at the wire. Beat- Race 4: (1) Eternal Night 13 (NAP*) OF AFRICA when opening his account in the en just a length, third placed ONE LOVE was Race 5: (1) Miss D’ Aray 10 Race 6: (3) Strikeitlikeamatch 23 maiden plate over 1750m. Drawn wide on his finishing best of all in this race. Race 7: (6) Tender Trip 42 return from a nine month layoff here, Dean The one remaining race was a MR72 Race 8: (10) Larimar 40 Kannemeyer’s charge raced in midfield for Handicap over 1600m and here victory went Greyville (sun) most of the journey. He quickened best of all in to JUDD’S JOY. Nibbled at on course into Race 1: (1) Blackball 10 the straight and after striking the front 100m 8/1 from 12’s, the 5yo son of Judpot and Race 2: (1) Sir Frenchie 41 (NAP**) from home, won going away by a length and Race 3: (1) Asyouplease 17 was always in touch with the leaders. He Race 4: (5) Sun On Africa 76 three quarters. quickened well at the top of the short home Race 5: (7) Dawn Calling 75 Titbits The friendless newcomer CRYMEAR- straight and with some in hand he beat the Race 6: (4) Red Chesnut Road 81 IVER ran on well from towards the rear when Race 7: (8) Chicago Beat 35 running on OFF TO GAUL by a length. Race 8: (7) New Fort 42 winning the slowly run girls’ division of the Titbits Now 36 points below that of his juvenile plate over 1200m. former best, the once very highly regarded SINGH IS KING came from the rear when RAKE’S CHESTNUT had to give his all in order Nap bets * Fancied ** Strongly fancied winning the MR69 Handicap over 1400m going to scrape home in the graduation plate over *** Very strongly fancied away by three and a quarter. 1900m. SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 23

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in hand to beat the rapidly gaining CARDI- taken straight to the front by Lyle Hewit- Still Going Strong NAL CALL by a neck. son, led throughout. She led by two com- Vaal 28th March The faster of the two 1400m races ing off the strip and more than doubled They raced on the inside track on Tues- was the MR72 Handicap in which SILVER her advantage on the run to the line. day where four of the eight races were run MASTER gained a second win. Easy to back Titbits Unfancied LADIES CLUB (came over 1000m. A MR91 Handicap topped the at 7/1 on the off, the son of Silvano raced from the rear) was finishing as well as the bill and in what proved to be the fastest of in midfield for most of the journey. He winner (came from midfield) when a two these the 6yo GREASEPAINT registered his quickened well in the straight and under and a half lengths third in the MR78 Hand- eighth career victory. Sent off second in a well-judged ride from Aldo Domeyer he icap over 1200m. the betting market at 5/2, the top weight got up late to score by a neck. was soon positioned close to the speed. Titbits Nibbled at WHY WOULDN’T YEW He ran on stoutly at the business end of made all when winning the maiden juve- the race and with the rest some three nile plate over 1200m with some in hand. (Number of races run in each category shown in brackets) * Times taken by Clockwatcher lengths adrift, he got the better of a thrill- The 3yo GEOGRAPHE BAY ran on well Scottsville (inside) 26th March ing tussle with the 3yo GIMMETHEMONEY from midfield when getting up late to win Penetrometer 28 – Going Soft by a neck. the MR76 Handicap over 1000m. Course Variant: 1,21s slow The faster of the two 1475m races was the 1000m (1) Great Value 58,08 MR72 Handicap won by the 18/10 favour- Back In A Jiffy 1200m (5) Trippi’s Girl 70,03 ite DON CHRISTO. Despite being a little 1400m (1) Singh Is King 84,70 Turffontein 30th March 1750m (1) Speed Of Africa 108,87 troublesome at the start, Scott Kenny’s 2400m (1) Captain At Sea 153,22 Thursday’s action took place on the in- charge was soon up handy. His stable Fairview (poly) 27th March companion VULCAN was the first to make ner track where five of the nine races were Going Standard a move and struck the front going through staged over 1200m. The 6yo BARBEL RUN Penetrometer 0,01s fast 1200m (3) Juan Two Three 68,70 the 400m. The son of Kahal quickened was the quickest home in these when win- ning the MR80 Handicap. Now a winner of 1600m (1) Judd’s Joy 96,45 nicely when given rein though, and under 1900m (4) Pirangi 114,78 a well-judged ride from Gavin Lerena, he 6 from 44, Alec Laird’s charge was always Vaal (inside) 28th March got up late to score by a half. handy. He ran on strongly in the short Penetrometer 23 – Going Good They also ran two races over 1800m home straight and just got the better of Course Variant: 0,09s fast the steadily gaining GOLDEN MAN (came 1000m (4) Greasepaint 56,67 and quickest home here was PORCUPINE 1475m (2) Don Christo 86,66 CREEK when completing a double over the from the rear). 1800m (2) Porcupine Creek 109,52 distance in the MR70 Handicap. A winner A MR88 Handicap topped the bill and Kenilworth (new) 29th March in the maiden ranks at Turffontein last time in what proved to be the faster of the Penetrometer 20 – Going Good Course Variant: 0,35s slow out, the King Of Kings gelding was always two 1450m events it was nice to see the talented JIFFY back in the winner’s 1000m (3) Hereford 58,94 handy. He ran on strongly over the final 1200m (2) Spending Spree 73,36 400m and in a race where just 0,35 lengths enclosure. Unbeaten in three starts as 1400m (2) Silver Master 86,61 separated the first four home, he got the a 2yo last season, the A P Arrow gelding 1600m (1) Hereford 58,94 verdict by the narrowest of margins. had been finding it tough taking on strong Turffontein (inner) 30th March company as a 3yo. Dropping a little in class Penetrometer 21 – Going Good Titbits Somewhat surprisingly, trainer Course Variant: 0,26s slow Grant Maroun saddled seven of the nine here though, Erico Verdonese’s charge was 1200m (5) Barbel Run 71,47* runners in the maiden plate over 1000m at always handy, and won going away after 1450m (2) Jiffy 88,11* this meeting. And yes, he did win the race. taking up the running 200m out. 1600m (2) Misty Roller 97,24* In terms of distance the easiest victo- 2600m (1) B Twenty One 173,68* ry on the card was recorded by SEATTLE TANGO when getting off the mark in the Horses worth following Almost Rounded Up maiden plate for the girls over 1450m. She at their next few starts... Kenilworth 29th March got away well when the gates opened and Juan Two Three (A Greeff, E-Cape) A maiden plate over 1000m got pro- Varallo (C Laird, Gauteng) ceedings underway in Cape Town on Wednesday and here we saw a comfort- able victory for the 3/1 second favourite REGAL RUBY. Taken straight to the front by MJ Byleveld, the daughter of Rebel King led throughout. She kept on strongly at the business end of the race and comfortably accounted for the 2/1 favourite LILY THE- RESA by a length and three quarters. There were three races run over 1000m in total and the fastest of these was the MR72 Handicap won by HEREFORD. Al- ways handy, Greg Ennion’s charge put his head in front 60m out and just had enough SPORTING POST • Thursday 6 APRIL 2017 24