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SPORTINGREADY POST DIGESTTO •R ThuUN?rsday 10 OctobER 2019 1 View The Catalogue Online Ready To Run Sale, 3 November TBA Complex, Germiston Thursday 10 October 2019 FAIRVIEW POLY Friday Best Roving Banker: R3-(8) Wind Finder (1/1) TURFFONTEIN Saturday Best Roving Banker: R6-(5) Queen Supreme(1/1) DURBANVILLE Saturday Best Roving Banker: R4-(2) Pinkerton (3/1) HOLLYWOODBETS GREYVILLE TURF Sunday Best Roving Banker: R4-(4) Silent Crusade(5/2) Saturday 5 October Turffontein – race 8 Sporting Post Best Handicapped Sunday’s thrilling Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe victory for Galileo’s son Waldgeist may have been Now You See Me WON 25/1 a deflationary moment for the romantics shouting the history hungry Enable home. But it was an iconic occasion all round for one of South Africa’s leading breeders, Dr Andreas Jacobs. The man who acquired Maine chance from Graham who was beside him at the ParisLongchamp lead in, beck shortly after the turn of the century, and has will no doubt excuse his brave emotional metaphorical become a hugely respected and dominant player on response to the eager media in the heady post-race the local racing and breeding landscape, was clearly moments on a super Sunday. thrilled after Waldgeist had finished like an express “It’s a feeling comparable to the day I got married!” ex- train to sail past the almost invincible Enable in the claimed the man whose late Dad Klaus had acquired the final 100m of a race for the ages. 1200 acre Newsells Park Stud in Newmarket in 2000 and Whatever the outcome, the champagne celebration built it into one of Europe’s most successful commercial was sort of always on, as Enable’s sire Nathaniel breeding operations before his untimely death in 2008. stands at the Jacobs’ family’s uK operation, Newsells Emotions have large licence – especially, we imagine, Park. after a horse that you bred and own had just won the understanding her husband’s great passion for the event labelled ‘ the most eagerly-anticipated flat race for game and for top horses, Dr Jacobs’ wife Nathalie, a generation.’ SPORTING POST DIGEST • Thursday 10 OctobER 2019 2 JOY FOR JACOBS WEEKEND RACING Not that this was a maiden major race moment – Silvano, who Dr Jacobs says was ‘the first good horse I bred’, won the Mary Looks A Beauty arlington Million, the QE11 cup and the Singapore cup. They Beach Beauty Mile Hollywoodbets Greyville Sunday have also had great success on home ground with the Preis von A disappointingly small field lines up for Sunday’s Hollywoodbets baden and German Derby. Greyville non black-type 3yo fillies feature. With a healthy R75 On Sunday, Newsells Park Stud manager Julian Dollar shed tears 000 first cheque up for grabs, the race carded on the supposedly when he said that Dr Jacobs’ late Dad Klaus Jacobs, would have preferred surface of the turf, and a mile to cover, one wonders if been thrilled about the win. the programmers or the trainers need a prod? Waldgeist, who was bred by Newsells Park in partnership with The beach beauty Mile field of seven Gestut ammerland and coolmore, is out of Walderlerche, includes five horses from two stables and a granddaughter of the multiple German champion mare two first-timers. Wurftaube. Trainer Lezeanne Forbes, who fields three his victory, at his second attempt at the big one, was an eighth of the runners, defended the poor sup- arc for master French trainer andre Fabre, and a first for jockey port position from her professional per- Pierre-charles boudot. spective and suggested that the forward coming off a smooth win in the Gr2 Qatar Prix Foy three weeks Mary O |Candiese Marnewick 2yo’s, who raced in the last few months of earlier, the three-time Gr1 winner had his regular partner last season, would be resting having had their innoculations and aboard for his second appearance in Europe's most prestigious vaccinations. €5 million staying event. “It’s a decent stake that’s on offer, so nobody is going to purposely The five-year-old delivered what could be labelled the perfor- sidestep the race with a suitable horse. I have taken a chance with mance of a lifetime. In doing so, he catapulted himself into the my two first-timers as they are ready for a run, the experience will history books as the one and only horse to ever have beaten the be invaluable to them, and I’d like to try and qualify them for the great Enable in the arc! million rand maiden race. So it’s a multi-faceted approach,” she said. Dr Jacobs is the third generation of a breeding and racing family. She confirmed that she felt that the SP top-rated Jack’s bird, a his Grandfather Walther Jacobs founded their German stud good fifth behind Gabor in the Gr1 Thekwini Stakes last term, was farm, Gestüt Fährhof near bremen, in the early 60’s. The farm the horse to beat. was originally started for the family’s Warmblood horses as an- “There is no collateral form with Jack’s bird but she holds us at dreas’ father Klaus was an Olympic dressage rider and andreas level weights on her rating, and we must respect her chances. competed at European championship level. but our Mary O is a lovely filly and I’m expecting a big effort from Gestüt Fährhof’s reputation for producing top class thorough- her. She really should run a big race. She has a wonderful temper- breds grew quickly and it has established itself as a multiple ament, is relaxed and is bred for further – so the mile will be no German champion. issue at all.” The argument to keep top horses in training for longer than their Lezeanne’s two first-timers burnt Paper Sky (Duke Of Marmalade) 3 or 4yo year has been bolstered by Waldgeist’s success. and Marmalade (Just as Well) are likely to both need the outing. The future for Waldgeist will now be up for serious discussion. We asked if they were both staying types – thus the reason they were starting out over 1600m? “To the contrary, I feel they would both be good enough to win a maiden over 1200m. So they are not dour staying types. It just suits our requirements to run them here and the cheques for the Enable – Down, But Not Out minor places are not to be snuffed at if we happen to enjoy some Enable, homebred by Prince Khalid abdullah, trained by luck in running.” John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori, was beaten She confirmed that burnt Paper Sky would run in alumites, as she for just the second time in 15 starts and the 10-time Gr1 had been shod on Tuesday. winner is still a leading contender to be crowned cartier Marmalade will run in steels, as declared. horse Of The year. hollywood sponsored trainer Garth Puller, whose yard has been in The daughter of Nathaniel was crowned cartier horse Of fine form, sends out the unbeaten Georgina Rose, another daugh- The year in 2017 and if taking the honours again in 2019 ter of Just as Well. She has won her first two starts over 1200m – would become just the third horse to achieve this feat on turf and all weather – in good style. following Ouija board (2004 & 2006) and Frankel (2011 & 2012). “The field cut down and I Enable, successful three times at Gr1 level in 2019, START PA5/PICK SIX4/JACKPOT3 decided to take currently lies second in the standings for cartier horse Of 4:15PM BEACH BEAUTY MILE (3YOF)(NBT) - 1600M Greyville - SAME TRAINER:(1-2)(3-6-7) our chances. The year, behind Magical (168), who came home in fifth 6 She won a week at Longchamp. Outstanding stayer Stradivarius (128) is Jackson 1 JACK’S BIRD(ML Roberts) D Dillon ................. 4 60.0 What A WInter 2 WINTER SUN(ML Roberts) K De Melo .............. 6 60.0 ago. So I have currently in third place with Waldgeist (120) moving up to Oratorio 3 MARY O(L Forbes) C Habib ............................... 5 60.0 Just As Well 4 GEORGINA ROSE(GB Puller) L J Ferraris ........ 3 60.0 had her on the fourth following his big win. Querari 5 ELECTRIC SURGE(RA Hill/SR Hill) W Kennedy 2 60.0 Duke Of Marmalade 6 BURNT PAPER SKY(L Forbes) J Gates............ 7 60.0 turf for her Just As Well 7 MARMALADE(L Forbes) KS Sakayi .................. 1 60.0 debut win, then SPORTING POST DIGEST • Thursday 10 OctobER 2019 3 WEEKEND RACING the poly just two weeks later – and now we are stepping up to the mile. That’s a bit more pressure than I would ordinarily apply, but she has taken her racing in her stride and is well. I think Mary O is Practicality Above History the horse to beat,” added the veteran horseman in a chat with the While South African horseracing has never been a Sporting Post. model of co-operation and unity, it seems the Australi- Winter Sun is the second of the Muis Roberts runners. She has ans have their own issues. been rested 11 weeks since a running on third to Montreal Mist in The 2019 Melbourne cup has already had its share of the Gr2 Debutante. That makes her a serious runner. controversy after pop star Taylor Swift pulled out of her Electric Surge was beaten by Mary O on the Forbes’ runner’s scheduled performance at the event next month follow- debut.