Weekly Wrap with Chris Mcgrath
MONDAY, 4 JULY, 2016 WEEKLY WRAP DURBAN BLOG: THE SUMMERVELD TRAINING CENTER WITH CHRIS MCGRATH Story and photos by Lucas Marquardt As we exited the highway and drove up a dark sideroad that led to Summerveld Training Centre, I thought about two things. First, that after 64 hours of travel, it was nice to not be on a plane. Second, that fields on the sloping hills in the distance seemed to be on fire, and no one else in the passenger van seemed the least bit concerned. I had arrived in Durban, South Africa on Thursday evening, three days after leaving Lexington, Kentucky. There was a cancelled flight, an uneasy sleep in the airport, a cross-city dash, a missed flight, etc. But now it was Friday morning; I made it in plenty of time for the G1 Vodacom Durban July the next afternoon, and all was right with the world again. Except for the burning fields. Cont. p13 Hawkbill | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Just like old times? Well, not quite. But it was undeniably A ‘WORLDLY’ WIN IN THE UNITED NATIONS evocative to see horses representing these two old adversaries Live Oak Plantation homebred World Approval (Northern square up for G1 honours at Sandown on Saturday, while the Afleet) captured his first triumph at the highest level when outcome did permit the Godolphin team to hope that they landing the GI United Nations S. at Monmouth Park Sunday. Click might at least have begun a journey back to the future. or tap here to go straight to TDN America.
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