South African Horseracing Canters Towards the Sunset of 2018 in a Seemingly Happier Place Than It Was in December 2017

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fairview turf Friday Best Roving Banker: R1-(10)Seattle Choice(12/10)

GREYVILLE poly Friday Best Roving Banker: R2-(1) Scrabble (3/1)

turffontein Saturday Best Roving Banker: R4-(1) Tequila Man (7/1)

kenilworth Saturday Best Roving Banker: R2-(7)Helenika(5/1)

greyville turf Sunday Best Roving Banker: R5-(3) All Aboard (15/10) South African horseracing canters towards the sunset of 2018 in a seemingly happier place than it was in December 2017. History shows that Joostegate impaled our industry gone on in what has been a year of escaping from with a rusty knife through the heart a year ago. denial, reality checks, market corrections, wiping the Friday 8 December Kenilworth – race 9 But headed into 2019, we have a host of promising slate clean and swallowing some bitter pills. Sporting Post new jockeys in the proverbial driving seats, and what Gone is the egotistical open cheque-book bidding Best Handicapped must be a last chance to resurrect the remnants of in the sales arenas, the control of all power-points by Potawatomi what’s left. Blaming Markus Jooste for our current Jooste lieutenants and the overall unhealthy domi- woes is tantamount to suggesting that the loud music nance of a modern day randlord who had many asking WON 25/1 in the ballroom sunk the Titanic. ‘how high?’ after his instructions were barked. But the sudden shock exodus of the one-time The structural changes - per chance, coincidental, Steinhoff boss undoubtedly shook up the sport. Turn- or intended - that we have seen in recent months, ing this catastrophe into a positive we hope that his- have been widespread. In one extraordinary week in tory will show that his departure was a much needed September, Phumelela Gaming and Leisure CEO Rian wake-up call, rather than the fatally devastating body du Plessis and NationalH orseracing Authority CEO Lyn- blow many of us anticipated at the time. don Barends both resigned. No man – not even the iconic MJ – will ever be Du Plessis, citing personal reasons, cleared his desk bigger than the game and even at one of his favourite after 10 years at the helm and pledged not to sell any stages, the Cape Premier Yearling, reduced to just one company shares for the ‘foreseeable future’. To his session next month, few will bother talking about him credit, he was one of very few to publically declare his or miss his inflationary showmanship as the high-class friendship with the fallen corporate idol. yearlings strut their stuff and dreams are dreamed. Barends was never comfortable in the NHA hotseat. As it inevitably does after disasters, life has mostly He knew nothing about the industry and took flak SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 2

All The King's men saturday racing from all sides on an almost daily basis. In the end it was ironically his personal finances that proved to be the fatal blow. Can They Conquer The World? Du Plessis was replaced by head of international operations John Gr1 Cape Guineas Kenilworth Stuart, a long serving stalwart who started in the tote and was no doubt rewarded for his sterling work in a very profitable sector of The late Peter Kannemeyer often Phumelela’s operations. quoted the maxim that ‘blood rules Stuart made an immediate impact, walking the Vaal tracks in the land’. If that be half true, the advance of the Grand Heritage and establishing a commission of in- 2018 renewal of the Gr1 Cape Guin- quiry to look at a vital, but often poorly managed track maintenance eas at Kenilworth on Saturday is set department. He also turned up recently at Philippi after concerns to produce fireworks with a stellar were raised by jockeys and trainers about disrepair at the Cape Flats gathering of a generation of 21st training centre. century stars who have shown their classic credentials, time and again. It’s not clear whether Du Plessis even knew where the Vaal or Twist Of Fate| Chase Liebenberg Philippi were. Talk is rife in the corridors of power that Stuart is a With progeny of past Guineas very different approachable character and a breath of fresh air, winners, as well as trainers and two where it was desperately needed. jockeys in Anton Marcus and Bernard Fayd’herbe who have been Charismatic and energetic Phumelela Sports Betting Executive Vee there and done it, Saturday’s race looks a cracker and no cut ‘n Moodley tendered his resignation 24 hours before the Summer Cup dried affair. and steps into the Barends shoes next month. Highest rated 3yo is Vaughan Marshall’s One World, an impres- For Moodley it’s a case of full circle after 15 years – he started out sive winner of his five starts that included the Langerman and as a Handicapper and was promoted to Racing Control Manager in the Concorde Cup. He ran from a wide draw in the latter feature 2007. By the end of 2008 he was identified as the Chief Executive when pushed all the way to the wire by Graham Beck Stakes designate of the NHA. He is tailor made for the job and a vastly im- runner-up, Chimichuri Run. One World showed great resolve but proved public and media friendly approach is anticipated in 2019. looked flat to the boards – and found extra, as good horses do. Tellytrack CEO Rob Scott, a seasoned clothing retailer, takes over Second highest rated and first of the Tarry duo is Chimichuri from Vee in a tough climate with race betting turnovers squeezed. Run, who really ran on well in the Concorde and would have Multichoice veteran Colleen Goodman takes Scott’s desk in Rivo- settled better at his Milnerton home base three weeks on. The nia. There have already been grumblings that the TV job was never son of Trippi is yet to finish out of the money at his eight starts advertised - and morale may yet take a knock as a result of that. An and must be a challenger. elementary error – possibly forced through practical pressure? Tobie Spies’ Van Halen ran a poor race when last and ten The election of no nonsense straightshooter Mike de Kock and ex- lengths back in the Cape Merchants. The son of Oratorio, a Gr1 perienced businessman and owner Charles Savage to the RA Board winner, had won his first start as a 3yo impressively on 18 Octo- this week should also hail a clean-up and a new age of delivery and ber and that poor effort has been written off as an unascribable accountability for the owner body. off day. There must be a question mark about the mile, given his The announcement of joint chairmen Robert Bloomberg and Mark natural speed, but the connections are confident who will find Currie to the Kenilworth Racing Board is a move to unite and bury his way. the conflicts of the North and South. For Bloomberg, the appoint- Joey Ramsden’s Cape Classic winner Twist Of Fate didn’t come ment comes at a time that Cape racing is facing serious challenges up to scratch when trying different tactics in the Concorde Cup and 32 years after his Granddad Abe resigned as Chairman of the but stayed on gamely for third. There is a likelihood that this Milnerton Turf Club - after 30 years at the helm. talented son of Master Of My Fate may go up and lead again on The WPRRA board has also seen the inflow of new young blood Saturday. under the chairmanship of the innovative Jono Snaith, who has Mike de Kock’s Gr1 Premiers Champion Juvenile Stakes winner proven his micro credentials with his involvement in the L’Ormarins Soqrat showed up well when staying on for third in senior com- Queen’s Plate festival. Justin Vermaak, Wéhann Smith, Craig Kieswet- pany behind the hardknocking Captain Aldo in the Joburg Spring ter and Philip Taberer make up the board. Challenge at his first start as a 3yo. A top-class 2yo, he runs fresh If these young guns can’t get a new generation to come racing, off a ten week break and cannot be underestimated. then who can? Second of the Sean Tarry duo, CTS Ready To Run Stakes winner So new brooms and plenty new hope. But talk is cheap. Let’s do a Cirillo looks to be improving fast and has run two top-class races report back here in December 2019.

The Sporting Post Digest will be published next on 3 January 2019. 2019 EDITION CLICK HERE TO ORDER SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 3 saturday racing down in the Cape. The fact that Soqrat holds him on 2yo form may prove to be ancient history when the gates open on Sat- after his Guineas win and went on to win the first of the £10 000 urday. He was drawn widest when winning the CTS Stakes last Mets in 1957. time but on Saturday has the veritable run of the race from his In 1963 Cape Mellow-wood came on board as Guineas spon- 2 gate under the talented Lyle Hewitson. sors until 1970. The race was without a sponsor from 1971 to Crown Guardian won over a mile on debut but was well beat- 1974. Against the background of the Cape Town Festival of 1975 en by Cirillo in the CTS Ready To Run Stakes. He looks held here. the race was branded the Argus Festival Guineas and won by the While her Dad Mike was never a Cape Guineas specialist in brilliant son of Kirch Flambee, Gatecrasher. his forty distinguished years as a top trainer, Candice Bass-Rob- inson will be keen to change the stereotype and saddles the The classic became the Richelieu Guineas in 1978 and in the fast improving Majestic Mozart and the What A Winter gelding, next two decades had various sponsors from Topsport Bloodline, Sacred Arrow. to Bloodstock South Africa, the Cape Premier Yearling Sale and Majestic Mozart will have the run of the race from his 1 draw Grand Parade Investments. and after sustained finishing efforts for fourth and second in The honour roll of winners boasts many of our most famous the Cape Classic and CTS Ready To Run Stakes respectively, horses. Three of them, in Colorado King, Hawaii and Shah Abbas looks set for a good effort as he steps up to a mile. The son subsequently went to the United States, to continue their distin- of Dynasty has run out of turf over the 1400m at his last two guished careers . starts and if he gets a decent pace should be cutting them The modern era winners includes the galloping goldmine, Em- down late. press Club, the ill-fated star Horse Chestnut. Two past winners in Stablemate Sacred Arrow is 2kgs better off withM ajestic Captain Al and champion Jet Master have flagbearers in Satur- Mozart on their Cape Classic clash for a half length beating. A day’s line-up. Read more about Captain Al’s son One World in the confidence boosting MR 88 Gr1 Cape Guineas Vaughan Marshall interview on page 14, while Jet Master’s sire past winners Handicap victory in the interim sons Master Of My Fate and Pomodoro have representatives in 2015 looks like boosting his confi- Twist Of Fate and Cirillo. 1 Noah From Goa 60.0 ( 3) 5/1 dence – but he still has some 2 Brazuca 60.0 ( 9) 8/1 3 Nassa 60.0 (16) 11/1 way to go to find the top-rated 2016 1 William Longsword 60.0 (13) 22/1 runners. 2 Gold Standard 60.0 ( 6) 11/2 The sentiment and ratings 3 Table Bay 60.0 ( 7) 3/1 2017 suggest One World will lift his 1 Tap O' Noth 60.0 (14) 4/1 game again – but it’s no walk in 2 White River 60.0 ( 7) 13/2 Brett's Good Girl Can Run 3 Like A Panther 60.0 ( 3) 16/1 the park and chances must go to all of Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas Kenilworth

START PA5/PICK SIX4/JACKPOT3 Chimi- Brett Crawford saddled Bad Girl Runs 4:30PM Gr1 Cape Guineas (3yo’s) - 1600m churi to win the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas for Kenilworth SAME TRAINER:(2-6)(7-9) 7 Run, Ciril- Sabine Plattner back in 2005. The Philippi Captain Al 1 ONE WORLD(VH Marshall) A Marcus...... 8 60.0 lo, Soqrat Trippi 2 Chimichuri Run(SG Tarry) S Khumalo...... 7 60.0 trainer now finds himself in the position Epaulette 3 Soqrat(MF de Kock) R Simons...... 4 60.0 and Twist of saddling the unbeaten favourite Front Master Of My Fate 4 Twist Of Fate(J Ramsden) B Fayd’herbe...... 9 60.0 Oratorio 5 Van Halen(T Spies) C Zackey...... 5 60.0 Of Fate. And Centre for the Ridgemont Highlands Pomodoro 6 Cirillo(SG Tarry) L Hewitson...... 2 60.0 Golden Chance| Gold Circle What A Winter 7 Sacred Arrow(C Bass-Robinson) R Munger... 3 60.0 team on Saturday. Gimmethegreenlight 8 Crown Guardian(GS Kotzen) G Lerena...... 6 60.0 Dynasty 9 Majestic Mozart(C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer... 1 60.0 A daughter of Dynasty, Front And Centre has been brought through the ranks slowly after winning her maiden over the Kenilworth 1200m back in the dark Cape winter of August. Since then Anton Marcus has guided her to two further successes The Great Classic over 1400m and the half-sister to Potala Palace looks likely to enjoy Traditionally run on the first Saturday of February, the her first step up to a mile as she takes on Gr1 company for the first Cape Guineas changed its name to the Western Province time. Unexposed at feature level, her performance is awaited with Guineas in 1945 and in 1955 was run for the first time as the keen interest. Cape Of Good Hope Guineas for a stake of £4200. Mike de Kock’s Gr3 Fillies Mile winner Ghaalla is a magnificent On Saturday we race for a stake of R1 million – unchanged daughter of Var who found her best stride when tried over ground for the past five years. last time. While she has not had an uninterrupted build-up (see the The Guineas was the flagship event on the Milnerton Turf info block on this page), she is a talented performer who can only Club programme for a lifetime. The track where once upon improve further – and over further. a time, the ‘surf met the turf’ boasted one of the best racing A young lady that boasts a pedigree with a terrific balance of surfaces in Africa, borne out by the statistics which saw it speed and stamina, Nursery and Gr2 Western Cape Fillies Champi- host 52 meetings in 1978 . onship winner Clouds Unfold comes into this race off 4 wins from 5 The first Guineas winner Marion Island was bred by starts, match fitness and a great barrier gate to aid the cause. She George Kramer at his Broadlands Stud and was raced by looks the biggest threat to the Ridgemont flyer. Mr & Mrs R Engestrom and Mr J Carney, who was also his Duke Of Marmalade’s first AS stakes winner Temple Grafin was trainer. The horse changed stables to Syd Garrett sometime runner up in the Western Cape Fillies Championship and then SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 4 weekend racing chased Nous Voila home over 1200m. The Gr3 The Debutante winner has drawn wide, but is very talented and could challenge for the minor money. Long Road – De Kock Glen Kotzen’s second string, the dual stakes winner Coral Bay is bred to enjoy the mile plus and should be cherry ripe after two Runners ‘Fresh’ quiet prep runs. The Snaith’s nicely bred Silvano’s Pride ran a smart post-maid- Mathew de Kock reported en race when beating Santa Clara and looks capable of further earlier this week that the Mike improvement as she graduate to this level. de Kock stable’s Cape Guineas candidate Soqrat and Cape Stablemate to Front And Centre, Shamrock Wind has drawn Fillies Guineas runner Ghaalla out wide and looks held on her Western Cape Fillies Champion- galloped around the bend at ship finish. Kenilworth on Saturday and Santa Clara is the second of the Candice Bass-Robinson duo that they came through it and while held by her more illustrious stablemate Clouds Unfold, well. “The week off helped Mike de Kock could run into the places. them to recover, they were fresh and fine afterwards.” Sean Tarry has three runners in the field, headed by the well- Two weeks ago there were unconfirmed cases of drawn Second Request who has failed to fire at her two starts as African Horse Sickness in Johannesburg and Pretoria, all a 3yo. within the 30km radius of the De Kock stables at Rand- Sharon Kotzen enjoys her first Cape feature runner when she jesfontein. Official confirmation that these were not in travels with stakes winner Just Chaos who has won her last three fact AHS cases took longer than a week to receive. starts at home in fine style. This is the big league but as Yvette “The case was proven to be negative, but as it turned Bremner showed last Saturday again – nothing’s impossible! out Soqrat and Ghaalla suffered a nightmare trip of 27 Dennis Drier has made a great start to his summer campaign hours to Cape Town, they got stuck near Touwsriver and and he saddles Dynasty filly Golden Chance – a facile winner on then spent the whole of last week in Cape Town recover- debut who subsequently ran an excellent race at her opening ing, doing nothing at all,”said a frustrated Mike de Kock. Cape start in senior company. She looks to have plenty of scope He explained further: “If the AHS cases had been pos- under Gavin Lerena from a good draw. itive, my runners would have had to spend 19 hours in a Helen’s Ideal was beaten just over 5 lengths in the Western vector-proof stable, from 3pm to 10am the next morn- Cape Fillies Championship and looks held by Clouds Unfold. ing, with nobody allowed in the stable, before being Third of the Tarry runners, An- cleared to travel. This is the required protocol without a Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas neka ran on steadily for fifth and double-door system, and is something I can’t agree with past winners six lengths behind Cape Guineas at all. It’s completely over the top.I have vector-proof 2015 stables at my yard which were deemed to be fine last 1 Silver Mountain 60.0 (10) 9/10 stablemate Cirillo in the CTS 2 Our Destiny 60.0 ( 2) 100/1 Ready To Run Stakes. year, but this year a double-door system is required. 3 Taffety Tart 60.0 ( 1) 25/1 2016 Sweet Mary Lou was a half length Mine is a horse barn, not a quarantine stable in which 1 Just Sensual 60.0 (12) 11/2 double-doors can be fitted.” 2 Safe Harbour 60.0 ( 2) 8/1 behind Anneka in the sales race. 3 Querari Falcon 60.0 ( 3) 7/2 The multiple champion trainer went on to say that one 2017 Front And Centre is a high-class 1 Snowdance 60.0 ( 2) 11/10 of the basic tenets of horsemanship is not to interfere 2 Oh Susanna 60.0 (13) 14/1 filly. This is her big test. We will 3 Fresnaye 60.0 ( 1) 75/1 know how good she is after this. with the routine of horses, to keep them on a steady Cautious exotic players may want routine. “When you interfere with routine you start to include looking for trouble with things like stomach issues. The START PA4/PICK SIX3/JACKPOT2 Clouds requirement of a horse having to stand 19 hours in a vec- 3:55PM Gr1 Fillies Guineas (3yo F) - 1600m tor-proof stable, unattended, is a big break in routine and Kenilworth 6 SAME TRAINER:(1-5)(2-6)(4-7)(12-13-14) Unfold, can cause welfare issues. The hype around African Horse What A Winter 1 Clouds Unfold(C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer.... 3 60.0 Temple Duke Of Marmalade 2 Temple Grafin(GS Kotzen) B Fayd’herbe...13 60.0 Sickness (AHS) is affecting my business, the business of Var 3 Ghaalla(MF de Kock) R Simons...... 12 60.0 Grafin, Sil- Dynasty 4 FRONT AND CENTRE(BJ Crawford) A Marcus.... 7 60.0 vano’s Pride racing, the value of certain horses and by implication the Duke Of Marmalade 5 Santa Clara(C Bass-Robinson) R Munger..... 6 60.0 income of those who need it most, the grooms,” he said. Ideal World 6 Coral Bay(GS Kotzen) C Zackey...... 9 60.0 and the Captain Al 7 Shamrock Wind(BJ Crawford) C Orffer...... 14 60.0 Read the full story on Ideal World 8 Helen’s Ideal(PD Reeves) D Dillon...... 1 60.0 interesting www.sportingpost.co.za Just As Well 9 Just Chaos(SB Kotzen) L Mxothwa...... 11 60.0 Drier raider, Silvano 10 Silvano’s Pride(J Snaith) R Fourie...... 10 60.0 Dynasty 11 Golden Chance(DR Drier) G Lerena...... 4 60.0 Golden Twice Over 12 Second Request(SG Tarry) L Hewitson...... 2 60.0 Await The Dawn 13 Sweet Mary Lou(SG Tarry) A Andrews...... 8 60.0 Chance. Gimmethegreenlight 14 Anneka(SG Tarry) S Khumalo...... 5 60.0

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a three month rest to get the better of a late finishing Kapen Pride Blinded By The Light last time out. A winner of 5 of his last 6 starts, the son of Querari Gr2 Premier Trophy Kenilworth must be respected again. The R400 000 Gr2 Premier Trophy has The talented Made To Conquer was well beaten by Milton last not been a happy hunting ground for time out but patently needed the run and looks set to improve bettors in the last two years. Last year again with a 1,5kg weight swing in his favour. longshot Milton clung on to hold off A goodlooker, The Slade has not been at his best for some time a flying Last Winter. The Bill Prestage and dropped out of contention in the Matchem Stakes. catch-me-if-you-can specialist is back to SP top-rated Eyes Wide Open is the class and he could be cut- defend his title. ting them down late off the gallop set by Milton.

The charismatic 7yo had only earned a Eyes Wide Open| Candiese modest fourth cheque in his seven starts Marnewick since his biggest payday – that was until Corne Orffer caught his opposition napping at his last start when rolling to a 4,25 length No Whip Ban! victory at level weights with July runner-up Made To Conquer – The British Horseracing Authority has rejected the pros- whom he takes on again. pects of a whip ban in racing. While that was a confidence booster, it remains to be seen Respected journalist Matthew Syed said in his column whether Milton can repeat the trick at weight-for-age plus pen- in The Times newspaper that the racing industry was “in alties against the likes of the supersmart Investec Cape Derby denial” and that “pain is being inflicted upon animals for the winner, Eyes Wide Open and Gr1 winner, Tap O’Noth. purpose of making them run faster”. The fact is that the Glen Kotzen-trained Dynasty colt Eyes Wide He added: “It is in the interests not only of horses but of Open has only had three starts since his big classic strike and has racing itself to consign the use of this device for the purpos- not quite set the world alight. To be fair, he did run just 2 lengths es of increasing speed to the scrapheap of history.” off Captain America in the Champions Cup but failed to kick when Responding on Twitter, the BHA said: “If horses behaved possibly needing it and beaten 3,60 lengths by Green Point Stakes as if they were in pain, then the millions of people who fourth -placer Rainbow Bridge giving 2kgs last time.B ut Eyes Wide watch the sport – and the thousands who take part and Open is too classy to turn a blind eye to! dedicate their lives to the care of these animals – wouldn’t Supremely talented 2017 Cape Guineas winner Tap O’Noth accept it. made a respiratory noise when just under 2 lengths fourth to “They would be horrified. In fact, our trainers, riders and Rainbow Bridge in the Matchem. His top-class 3yo form in the owners are knowledgeable and compassionate and the last KZN Champions Season suggests he be included in all bets. thing they want to do is see their horses hurt. July third-placer Elusive Silva had his first run back when beaten “The whip is foam-padded and air-cushioned and we have 7 lengths by Milton. He can improve but is probably better over very strict rules which limit the amount of times which the slightly further. whip can be used, and jockeys who care about the horses Selangor winner Rocket Countdown is yet to win another race they ride.” but put in a fair effort in the Gr1 Champions Cup at his penulti- It added: “We are aware that a debate is ongoing about mate start when 4 lengths off champion Captain America. He ran the use of the whip and the BHA is following the wide range a decent enough pipe-opener of views very closely.” Gr2 Premier Trophy last time when 3,40 lengths off past winners Rainbow Bridge when conceding However, while many in racing aligned themselves to the 2015 weight to the year younger star. BHA’s viewpoint, former Channel 4 pundit John McCririck 1 Paterfamilias 58.0 ( 2) 14/10 has long been an advocate of banning jockeys from hitting 2 Gold Onyx 58.0 ( 3) 14/1 Platinum Prince stayed on for a 3 Helderberg Blue 58.0 ( 5) 9/1 horses with the whip. 2016 fair third behind Rainbow Bridge 1 Icy Trail 58.5 ( 4) 7/1 in his first run as a 5yo. While “It is appalling there are people still prepared in this coun- 2 Krambambuli 59.0 ( 7) 15/1 3 Bold Rex 52.0 ( 2) 28/10 placed in the Cup Trial, he could try to stand up for hitting racehorses,” McCririck told Press 2017 Association Sport. 1 Milton 58.0 ( 7) 22/1 find no finish in the VDJ Consola- 2 Last Winter 57.5 ( 9) 12/10 tion but may be better at home “No other living creature are you legally allowed to hit, so 3 Krambambuli 59.0 ( 1) 13/1 over this kind of trip. what on earth are we doing?” Vo- START PA7/PICK SIX6 dacom 5:40PM Gr2 Premier Trophy - 1800m Durban Kenilworth SAME TRAINER:(3-7-8) 9 July Con- A Crowdless Day Dynasty 1 Eyes Wide Open(GS Kotzen) C Zackey...... 4 60.0 Captain Al 2 TAP O’ NOTH(VH Marshall) G Cheyne...... 2 60.0 solation While normal folks were out doing Christmas shopping, the Silvano 3 Elusive Silva(J Snaith) B Fayd’herbe...... 5 59.5 winner Lateral 4 Milton(WG Prestage) C Orffer...... 9 59.5 eyes of the racing fraternity were firmly focused on Kenilworth Querari 5 Head Honcho(A Nel) K De Melo...... 7 59.5 Head Racecourse on Saturday. Alado 6 Rocket Countdown(C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer.. 6 59.0 Dynasty 7 Made To Conquer(J Snaith) R Fourie...... 8 58.5 Honcho But where was the crowd? Silvano 8 Platinum Prince(J Snaith) S Khumalo...... 1 58.5 came out Philanthropist 9 The Slade(D Kannemeyer) D Dillon...... 3 58.5 Read more here firing after SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 6 SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 7 news

Debut Winner Worth Following Phumelela - Appointment Summerveld trainer Dennis Bosch and his staff put in of Non-Executive Directors hours of work just to get the four-year-old Silvano gelding The Board of Phumelela Gaming & Leisure Ltd has announced Born To Perform to the races. the appointment of Mr Mark Currie and Colonel Johnny Sexwale It all paid dividends on Friday evening when he powered as non-executive directors of the Company. home to a 4,70 length win on debut over 1600m on the Mark Currie is a Chartered Accountant who has worked in Invest- Greyville polytrack under Warren Kennedy. ment banking for the past 25 years. His involvement in horseracing Born To Perform, bred by Highlands and owned by R started as a bookmaker clerk in 1985. His passion for the sport has Hurchund, looks a lot like his famous mother Dancer’s since evolved to owning a number of successful horses and serving Daughter, a strongly-built British-bred grey whose five Grade on several industry related Boards. He has served as a director of 1 wins included a celebrated dead-heat with the legendary the Racing Association and is current chairman of the Thoroughbred Pocket Power in the Vodacom Durban July of 2008. Horseracing Trust and Co- chairman of Kenilworth Racing. Bosch explained how the grey would walk out of the ring in Johnny Sexwale was appointed to the rank of a Colonel in the the mornings and then just stand stock still and no amount of South African National Defence Force (SANDF). He is currently a effort would budge him. He just refused to work. Reserve Officer. The Minister of Defence & Military Veterans of the SANDF appointed Colonel Sexwale to the Reserve Force Council He is bred in the purple and was originally bought for (RFC). The RFC advises the Minister on matters affecting Reserves R500 000 at the CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale. However, of the SANDF. Johnny obtained a diploma in journalism from Evelyn this turned out to be a shrewd pinhook for he appeared just Hone College in Lusaka, Zambia.He studied military and political three months later in the CTS Empress Palace Select Yearling science in the Soviet Union, (USSR). He served and continues to Sale and was bought by Mayfair Speculators for R800 000. serve on several Boards of State owned and Private entities such as At this year’s Super Sale at Greyville, held annually just over Mantuba Investments, the Gauteng Gambling Board, and the South a week before the July, the beleaguered Mayfair Speculators African Responsible Gambling Foundation. dispersed a lot of their horses. Born To Perform was one of The appointment of Mr Currie is with immediate effect. Colonel them. His reputation for being difficult had preceded him so Sexwale’s appointment is subject to approval of the relevant regula- there was little interest and Dennis Bosch purchased him for tory authorities. just R55 000. To date Dancer’s Daughter has produced five runners and Born To Perform is her third winner. - Gold Circle

Human Hits Jackpot Former Northern Cape Champion trainer ‘Oom’ Bill Human enjoyed a red-letter day at Flamingo Park on Monday when he saddled five winners, including the Jackpot. Involved in the industry for over half a century, the 68 year old horseman cum cattle and game farmer is based at Vlakhoek outside the small town of Derby near Rustenberg, where his string of 35 are prepped on a home-made sand track. “It’s a 480km trip from my front door to the gates of Flamingo Park. My 26 year old son Louis and newly qualified assistant Zi- etsman Oosthuizen take the horses down to races. I am getting too old for that. They get back home by 1 am Tuesday morning. That’s the non-glamorous side of things. The guys, together with Maryke van der Merwe, who has been with me for 15 years, work very hard. It’s a young person’s world,” he laughed. Oom Bill is also proud of the fact that two of his former pupils – Corrie Lensley and Tienie Prinsloo – are based at the track and are doing well for themselves. He says his secret to success are the fundamentals of life. “Hard work, a love of animals, honesty, good owners, loyal staff and fit horses. And we mix our own feed – none of this fancy brand name stuff. We grow our own. I use barley, lucerne and maize. It seems to be working well,” he laughed. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 8 SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 9 news

Kenilworth Racing - New Boss For KZN Breeders Unity Is Strength Friday Deadline Kenilworth Racing has announced Tellytrack the appointment of Robert Bloomberg Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Ltd Entries have opened for the KZN and Mark Currie as co-chairmen of the announced the appointment of Colleen Breeders Series of eight races for a stake company. Goodman as CEO of Tellytrack on Tues- of R200 000 each, to be held on KZN The KR Board thanked the outgoing day. Breeders Race Day, Saturday 29 June chairman, Chris van Niekerk, for his wise Goodman 2019. and diplomatic leadership spanning well takes over The KZN Breeders Race Day will see over five years at the helm. from Rob stakes being won for a total of R2, 8 Robert Bloomberg is one of the two Scott, who million exclusively for KZN-breds, making founding directors of KR - with Vidrik was appointed it one of the biggest days on Gold Circle’s Thurling - with over three decades of Sports Betting calendar. experience in the industry serving on Executive for The KZN Breeders Race Day is restrict- numerous committees and boards across Phumelela. ed to horses that qualify as KZN-breds a myriad of spectrums. Scott will remain Colleen Goodman in terms of the KZN Breeders Premium Mark Currie previously acted as a direc- executive head of Tellytrack, marketing scheme and need to be registered with tor of the Racing Association at the time and publishing as well. the KZN Breeders Club. of the KR demerger and renegotiation of A veteran of the media industry, Good- Last year 700 horses were entered for the Stakes agreement. He presently sits man has been deployed in various posi- the day. on The Thoroughbred Horseracing Trust tions at Multichoice over the last 21 years. First entries for 3yo’s and up close on (The Trust) that wholly owns KR, in which “I literally grew up at Multichoice,” said Friday, 14 December 2018 at 16H00. capacity he currently serves as chairman. Goodman after the announcement of her Entries for juveniles have been extend- Following the resignations of Markus appointment. “I was fortunate enough to ed, and will close on Thursday 21 March Jooste at the end of 2017, and in 2018 experience continuous growth throughout 2019 at 16H00. Vidrik Thurling, Hassen Adams and now my career at Multichoice. It contributed to Entry fees are R57 per head. Chris van Niekerk, coupled with the sad me improving my skills and being exposed The KZN Breeders Series was intro- and untimely passing of Chris Gerber who to new challenges. After 21 years, howev- duced to reward owners and trainers had just come onto the KR Board, the er, it was time to move on.” who support our local breeders with the Board has now taken on a whole new look According to Goodman she was drawn purchase of KZN-bred horses, by offering with Robert Bloomberg and Mark Currie to Phumelela because she sees Tellytrack an opportunity to win a substantial stake in fact being the only two remaining direc- as a major roleplayer in the media & bet- on the day and has been an overwhelm- tors of the initial KR Board. ting industries. ing success each year. The Trust has the right to nominate “I am by no means a racing aficiona- Please note the supplementary entry 6 directors to the Board of KR and have do. But having spent my entire career in dates and fees: designated Mark Currie, Bradley Ralph and broadcasting and media, I see this as a role Supplementary Entries close Friday, Laurence Wernars with the right to nomi- I can grow into, deploying my skills and 19 April 2019 at 16h00 Fee: R2280 (Fee nate a further 3 directors in due course. knowledge in a different environment.” R2000 + Vat R280) WPRRA has the right to nominate three Goodman will be responsible for Telly- Final Supplementary Entries close directors and the present incumbents track as well as Phumelela Publishing. Thursday, 13 June 2019 at 11h00 Fee: are Robert Bloomberg, Jonathan Snaith She is also a person who believes in R11400 (Fee R10000 + Vat R1400) and Greg Bortz. The Board of KR firmly giving back to her community, and lectures The races will all be run on Greyville’s believes that the unusual step of having Innovation and Consumer Behaviour Polytrack, excluding the Million Mile (and co-chairmen is in the best interest of the at Vega, an advertising and marketing excluded from this pre-entry process) Company and one which will promote college, where she takes pride in coaching which will be run on turf on the KZN unity between the North and the South young entrepreneurs. Breeders Race Day. which is vital to the flourishment and “What keeps me sane is the gym. And I Please visit www.kznbreeders.co.za for survival of both Western Cape racing and meditate.” more information. the horseracing industry in general. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 10 SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 11 news international New Blood At RA The new directors of the main board of the Racing Association Ricky Wants The Dazzler in Johannsburg are Mike de Kock and Purple Group CEO Charles Trainer Ricky Maingard has made an official request to Savage, who will be joining Michael Leaf (Chairman), Larry the Mauritius Turf Cub to hire Great Britain's Darryl Hol- Wainstein (CEO), Laurence Wernars, Grant Paddock (PE) and land for the upcoming season. Jonathan Snaith (Western Cape). This request will be considered by the Licensing Committee. Snaith will chair the youthful Western Cape Board and his A former UK champion apprentice, Darryl Holland has directors are Justin Vermaak, Wéhann Smith, Craig Kieswetter ridden at the Champ de Mars for both the Gujadhur and and Philip Taberer. Vincent Allet yards in the past and previously for an international meeting. He also rode in Korea and is regarded as one of the finest jockeys to have never won the riders’ title in Britain – both Sport Betting Profits In Spotlight Barry Hills and Mark Johnston, two of his previous employ- ers, would attest to that. Lawmakers in the state of New Jersey are considering a bill to pump $100 million into the state's horse racing He teamed up with US trainer Patrick Biancone in 2017. industry over the next five years. Holland, known as the Dazzler, told the Racing Post at the The New Jersey Racing Commission would be in charge time: “Having ridden before in the States a few times and of distributing $20 million annually, split evenly between getting agonisingly beaten in the Breeders' Cup on Falbrav, the Thoroughbred and Standardbred industries. you could say my decision to come here was unfinished business.” On Monday, the bill was unanimously passed by the Sen- ate Budget and Appropriations Committee. An amendment has been added to force racetrack owners taking advantage of sports betting to come to an agreement with the local horsemen's associations, which Marcus Honoured By NHA was aimed at preventing horsemen from being shut out of sports betting profits. Former SA Champion jockey Anton Marcus is not often caught unawares but he appeared genuinely surprised at Greyville on Wednesday when presented with an acknowledgement of his Gr1 record setting performance last term. Acting NHA CEO Arnold Hyde was on Pacemaker For Piggott hand to present the star jockey with a mo- mento of his Gr1 milestone achievement Riding legend Lester Piggott has undergone surgery to from the racing regulator. have a pacemaker fitted to help his heart beat normally. Hyde said that a lot of thought and effort The Racing Post reports that the 83-year-old Piggott, who had gone into the acknowledgement – thus has had heart problems in the past, was taken into hospital explaining why it was being handed over more than 10 days ago and is hoping to be out at the end of some months after the event. this week. “We are proud to be associated with a Anton Marcus | Gold Circle Piggott’s daughter Maureen Haggas reported: “Dad is still in professional of Anton Marcus’ calibre,” said Hyde who thanked hospital in Cambridge but he’s going the right way and hope- Marcus for his efforts and contribution to the sport. fully he’ll be out by the end of the week. The Ridgemont Highlands sponsored Marcus not only broke the “He had a pacemaker fitted about 10 days ago, which has Vodacom Durban July all-time record of five winners at Greyville slowed his recovery rate down a bit and it’s taking him a little on Saturday 7 July when steering the Justin Snaith trained Do It time to get back to full strength.” Again to victory in Africa’s Greatest – the 48 year old veteran also registered the 101st Gr1 winner of his illustrious career to set a She added: “His appetite is good and he’s on the ball but at South African record. 83 it takes its toll. He’s getting there slowly. It was always the The ever modest Anton said at the time that he was proud to plan for him to be here for Christmas so we’re looking forward have achieved the milestone and acknowledged that he had been to getting him home. He’s had friends and family to visit him, fortunate to ride top horses for top stables. which is all he can cope with at present.” Three of his Gr1 victories were achieved overseas. Known as “The Long Fellow”, Piggott landed the Derby nine His century of Gr1 winners came on SA Horse Of The Year Legal times and won more than 5,300 races worldwide. Eagle in the Horse Chestnut Stakes earlier this year.

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Hong Kong Clean Sweep! De Sousa Is Champion Glorious Forever’s victory in the LONGINES Hong Kong Cup Born in Brazil, but representing Great wrapped up a first ever Hong Kong clean-sweep at the LON- Britain, Silvestre de Sousa scored points GINES Hong Kong International Races and capped a stellar in all four legs of the LONGINES Interna- occasion of world class sport at Sha Tin Racecourse today, tional Jockeys Championship at Happy Sunday, 9 December, 2018. Beauty Generation was sensational in slamming a top-class Valley last Wednesday to run out the field in the LONGINES Hong Kong Mile; Frankie Lor sealed a convincing and deserved winner. But that does not do justice to the breakthrough Group 1 with Mr Stunning in the LONGINES drama of the evening, with the outcome Hong Kong Sprint and achieved a remarkable double thanks only being decided in the final leg of a to Glorious Forever; all after Exultant set the ball rolling with a thrilling night’s racing. head-bobbing victory in the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase. Ireland’s Colin Keane got his Hong Kong debut off to a flying Mr. Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, the Hong Kong Jockey start in the first leg when making his first ever ride at Happy Club’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “This is a dream result and Valley a winning one on the John Size-trained Special Stars. it is extremely satisfying to see the depth and quality of Hong De Sousa struck in the second leg, with Gate 12 again Kong horses rising to the fore to win four Group 1 races against proving no handicap, as he broke Jimmy Ting’s Glory Star from top-class overseas challengers. It is an amazing achievement and widest of all to take a lead that he was never to surrender. US I will stress again that we have only 0.7% of the world’s horse star Javier Castellano threw down a challenge on Good For population here in Hong Kong.” You, but Glory Star had too much in reserve and held on for a Second-season trainer Frankie Lor, a stable hand’s son and for- convincing win. Keane picked up more points for third on Tony mer jockey in Hong Kong, achieved a G1 breakthrough with Mr Millard’s C P Power, so at the end of leg two de Sousa led on Stunning in the LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint before doubling up 18 pts, with Keane second on 16, and Castellano third on six. with Glorious Forever in the HK$28 million feature. Mr Engelbre- De Sousa said of his win: “The horse is in great form, so I cht-Bresges said that Lor’s rise “shows the Jockey Club’s dedica- wanted to be positive. I let him have a breather at the 1000m tion to developing Hong Kong talent to a world class standard.” mark and then got him going again. He did it well.” The afternoon’s four races carried record purses, being worth a total of HK$93 million, and crowned a week which also fea- Read more here tured Silvestre de Sousa’s exciting triumph on Wednesday night at a star-packed LONGINES International Jockeys Championship, as well as Frankie Dettori receiving the LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Award at Friday night’s gala dinner. “This week is a feast of sport, not only for Hong Kong but also for the whole racing world,” Mr Engelbrecht-Bresges said. “Today we have seen four astonishing performances with Hong Kong the centre of attention and looking back at Wednesday, I think we were privileged to see the best International Jockeys Champi- onship we have ever had, with a brilliant winner.” The LONGINES Hong Kong International Races is established as horse racing’s year-end extravaganza and attracted many world- elite horsemen, with 24 overseas horses competing from Japan, Britain, France, Ireland, Australia and Singapore. “If you look at the quality of horses we have seen today, we have to be very satisfied,” Mr Engelbrecht-Bresges said. “We had 21 individual G1 winners and seven horses rated 120 or above; Japan sent a very strong team of nine contenders and we are extremely happy that we have again attracted horses from some of the world’s top class trainers, like Sir Michael Stoute, Aidan O’Brien and Andre Fabre, and global giants like Godolphin, the Aga Khan and Juddmonte.” The CEO was delighted with the attendance – almost 2,000 up on last year – and was “extremely happy” with the passion shown by those who turned out to cheer their heroes on a chilly afternoon, the coldest of the season so far. The day’s turnover for the afternoon’s 10-race card was HK$1.605 billion, a new record for the day and a slight rise on 2017, while commingling turnover came in at HK$258 million. Read more here SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 13 SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 14

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Vaughan Marshall Le Drakkar Jay Peg, Express Way and Alpha Omega. “Look, we would like a pace in Saturday’s race. Something to track would be ideal. But One World is a versatile athlete and, if A top 3yo. A champion sire. A great race. A doyen veteran need be, Anton (Marcus) will go up and set his own fractions. I trainer. These are the key players as history unfolds and we am expecting a big effort from him. As I mentioned earlier, he is count the days down to a bid for a world-record performance a very special talent,” added Vaughan of the R425 000 Cape Pre- in Saturday’s R1 million Gr1 Cape Guineas. mier graduate, who has clocked up R536 000 in earnings to date. The unassuming Vaughan Marshall’s body language almost Now in his 67th year, the greying Empangeni-born trainer nonchalantly dismisses suggestions of any pressure as he chats with over 40 years of experience trained his first Cape Guineas relaxedly to the Sporting Post about the unbeaten One World’s winner – as a then Natal based conditioner - 32 years ago when bid to make it a perfect six from six. And, maybe even more Michael Roberts poached the race on Sea Warrior who raced into importantly, to run the race of his life to register a Cape Guin- the teeth of a howling South Easter to grab the Richelieu Guineas eas-Captain Al hat-trick for the master trainer – who coincidental- trophy from a fast pursuing Ecurie in Marshall’s first season in the ly also saddled Captain Al to win the classic in 2000. Cape. A son of Complete Warrior, Sea Warrior was bred by Koster “I have been fortunate to have enjoyed the privilege of training Bros and cost R18 000 at the 1984 NationalY earling Sale. these high-class equine athletes. It may sound like a cli- Vaughan’s next Guineas strike was with the Coromandel bred ché, but one really cannot win the classics without Millard retread Face North in the R300 000 1990 renewal – a the horse,” says Vaughan. low key affair with the building of the new stand at Milnerton He insists he won’t be drawn on compar- still in progress and no sponsor for the first time in 13 years isons, which he suggests are meaningless any- Owners Tony Ross and Adrian Gardiner described their way, between the late champion sire and his son of Northfields as ‘the ugly duckling that nobody want- 2016 and 2017 Cape Guineas stars, William ed.’ A winner then of his three previous races, Face North Longsword and Tap O’Noth, and the exciting started his career with Terrance Millard before being sent One World. to Port Elizabeth and the Marshall satellite yard. “They are all cast in the mould of their father. Peter Kannemeyer’s Pas de Quoi’s 15 draw in the field Powerful, strong athletic horses with hearts of of 16 did not deter punters - he remained a 2/1 a lion. Luck plays a part in racing – but ordinary favourite from the time betting opened to horses never win the Cape Guineas. the day of the race when he firmed to History is the barometer in that re- 17/10. This confidence was hardly gard,”adds Vaughan. surprising. Unbeaten in his five But he quickly confirms that starts, subsequent Met winner One World is a ‘very special’colt Pas de Quoi had displayed the and that he has enjoyed a essentials needed to win the near flawless preparation into Guineas: speed and stam- Saturday. ina. But in the end it was “He has done everything the draw and the coura- we have asked of him. He geous performance of the had to make his own pace in Natal-trained Face North the Concorde Cup and then under Kevin Shea that fended off Chimichuri Run were his undoing. with courage.” Vaughan had to wait The Concorde, run in until 2000 for his next past years as the Selangor Guineas winner. The Cup, has produced six great Captain Al was Guineas winners in 21 ridden by Jeff Lloyd to renewals with One World beat Glamour Boy – the looking to follow in the latter raced for NHA illustrious hoofprints of Chairman Ken Truter, Act Of War, Variety Club, who is a part-owner of SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 15 vaughan marshall

Saturday’s favourite, One World. Fast forward 16 years and it was the turn So Easy For Snowdance of the Klawervlei bred William Longsword Dan The Lad All The Justin Snaith-trained dual Gr1 win- who won the Guineas under MJ Byleveld. ner Snowdance looks all set to defend her Supplemented into the classic after pulling The Way Majorca Stakes title on Sun Met day, after up sore following an unplaced effort in Former SA Champion jockey she opened her season account with a Pin- the Selangor Cup, the R2,1 million CPYS nacle Stakes exercise gallop at Kenilworth graduate is now on the sire roster at the S’manga Khumalo rode a powerful tactical race to get the Paul Match- on Saturday. farm of his birth. Starting at a prohibitive 1-3 in the 1400m ett – trained Dan The Lad home in After William Longsword’s Selangor contest, Snowdance was given a surpremely the R250 000 WSB Grand Series miss the previous term, Vaughan went confident ride by Richard Fourie and length- Match Race at the Vaal on Saturday. the Cape Classic route with 2017 winner ened to hold the gallant Goodtime Gal to an Tap O’Noth. Bred and raised at Varsfon- The winner-take-all contest evolved unextended 2 lengths in a time of 86,42 secs. tein Stud by Alec Foster, it was Marshall out of the aborted Grand Heritage Coming off three consecutive Gr1 seconds mainstay MJ Byleveld who did the honours and defined the ultimate winner of since beating Star Express to win the Majorca again to steer his third Guineas winner the two Grand Series legs which were on Met Day, Snowdance looked a cut above home – his first being Le Drakkar for Dean held in late October after a series of her five opponents and she duly delivered in Kannemeyer back in 2008. weather and track related delays. style to give punters a Bipot bonus. Tap O’ Noth’s Cape Guineas victory en- Ryan Munger and Tsitskimma She could take her place in the L’Ormarins sured his late sire joined an elite group of Dance tracked Khumalo on Dan The Queen’s Plate on 5 January and take on the stallions responsible for at least two major Lad all the was up the 1475m straight top four in the Green Point Stakes. What a Guineas winners in a single crop. but just not get past the game leader. race SA’s most prestigious weight-for-age Other local stallions to have enjoyed And despite putting up 0.5kg mile is developing into! more than one Guineas winner in a crop overweight Khumalo kept Dan The A R2 million National Yearling Sale pur- include Al Mufti, whose sons, the very Lad up to the task, and he fought on chase, the dual Gr1 winner Snowdance has same Captain Al and The Sheik won the doggedly to win by half a length in a earned at all of her 9 starts, having won 5 rac- Cape Guineas and SA Guineas respectively time of 102,89 secs after a protracted es and took her stakes bank to R2 141 000. in 2000. Also in this illustrious company struggle over the final 400m. The facile winner was bred by Cheveley is Fort Wood, whose daughter Shadow Stud and is yet another top-class filly sired Bred by The Alchemy, Dan The Lad Dancing won the Cape Fillies Guineas in by the late champion sire Captain Al (Al is a son of Dan De Lago (Encosta De 2004-2005 and son Dunsinane won the Mufti) – she was his fifth Cape Fillies Guineas Lago) out of the four-time winner SA Guineas of the same season. Superstar winner last season. She is a full-sister to the Ashbrook (Doowaley). Dynasty’s son Act Of War won the Cape Listed Laisserfaire Stakes and Lady’s Pendant Guineas and daughter Alexis won the KRA He cost R120 000 on CPYS Book winner Victorian Secret. Fillies Guineas in the South African racing 2 and has now won 5 races with 13 Snowdance is out of Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies season of 2013-2014. places from 33 starts and stakes of Nursery winner Spring Lilac (Joshua Dancer) On a slightly different note, what does R887 750. – a half-sister to Equus Champions Bela-Bela Vaughan feel about racing and the sport’s and Rabiya. quest to regain the glory years. “I don’t know if anybody has the an- swers. If Saturday’s Green Point Stakes couldn’t draw the crowds then what event can? Maybe we are preaching to the con- verted? Punting the merits and excitement of the summer features on Tellytrack – a channel non racing people obviously never watch – is never going to reach out to a new market. I also don’t feel we do ourselves any favours as a sport. Take a recent Tellytrack show where the use of crops was discussed. Why go to an airport and ask the mostly uneducated public for thoughts on an instrument they have never seen or used? It’s not a hurtful tool. We need to reach out and educate the public. This is an exciting sport. Hopefully we will see more people at Kenilworth on Saturday.”

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Aussies Rule In his first full season in Singapore, Conflicted Australian Hall Of Fame trainer Should jockey agents be Maine Chance Farms’ resident stallion Lee Freedman has claimed the allowed to bet and offer Vercingetorix is set to have his first runner Singapore trainer premiership. tips in races where their at Kenilworth this Saturday when his Freedman-trained horses have clients are riding? Surely two-year-old son Fearless Warrior makes won 67 races this year, taking the it can create a perceived his debut in a maiden juvenile plate over title from fellow Australian Shane conflict of interest. The 1000 metres. Bred by Klawervlei Stud, Baertschiger. Victorian Vlad Duric Aussies are currently Fearless Warrior is trained by Vaughan won the jockeys' title for a second looking at instituting rules Marshall and is out of the Captain Al year riding 73 winners, holding off in this regard. mare War Path – he was a R275 000 buy another Australian Michael Rodd from the 2018 April Yearling Sale. by two wins. Hit For Six May As Well Jump William Buick has lodged an Former Summerhill stallion Solsk- appeal against the severity jaer is the sire of 2019 SA Triple Ti- Met Countdown of a six-week ban handed ara hopeful I Like It and is standing down by Hong Kong Jockey as a jump stallion at Coolagown Club stewards after he Stud in County Cork these days - pleaded guilty to reckless having covered 80 mares a season riding aboard Pakistan in his first three seasons there. His Star in the Gr1 Hong Kong first jump foals are two year olds Vase at Sha Tin on Sunday. and as they only start racing the As well as the suspen- jumpers at four and older it will sion, Buick was also fined take some time to see the impact HK$20,000 for the incident. the son of Danehill has made. The first Sun Met supplementary entry stage closed at 11h00 on Tuesday. No new entries were added to the original 29 received on 29 November. Final Supplementary Entries close at Front & Centre 11h00 on Monday 7 January 2019.Final Declarations are due Ridgemont Highlands’ outstanding sire Dynasty enjoyed another by 11h00 on Monday 14 January 2019, on which day the final memorable weekend when the former Horse Of The Year and four field is announced. The Barrier Draws will be drawn at an event times Equus Outstanding Stallion was represented by three individ- on Wednesday 16 January 2019. The public gallops have been ual winners. His unbeaten daughter Front And Centre is a leading abandoned. contender for Saturday’s Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 18 here & elsewhere - Sarah WHitelaw

The influence of Southern Halo and More Than Real. son More Than Ready has been While Roy H is a multiple Gr1 well and truly felt globally this winning sprinter on dirt, both year. In South Africa, the Gr1 More Than Ready daughters Uni King’s Bishop Stakes winner has a and Rushing Fall have won their top class stallion son in the form main features on turf, while the of Gimmethegreenlight. remarkable Catholic Boy won The latter, whose son Gimme the Gr1 Travers on dirt and the One Night captured the Gr3 Cape Gr1 Belmont Derby on the dirt. Summer Stayers Handicap at Ke- Funtastic, who has been retired to nilworth on Saturday, has enjoyed Three Chimneys for 2019, scored a fantastic year in 2018, with the biggest victory of his career Gimmethegreenlight’s eight South when he won the Gr1 United African black type winners this Gimmethegreenlight winning the Nations Handicap on Monmouth year headed by the graded stakes Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate in 2012 Park’s turf surface. Remarkably, winners Surcharge, Green Plains, National Of The Year Dissident. all five of the sire’s Gr1 winners this year Park, Gimme One Night, and Barahin. Yet another son of the prolific More were out of mares by different stallions, To date, Gimmethegreenlight has pro- Than Ready (statistics show him to have with More Than Ready’s recent top level duced 16 stakes winners from his first three had more than 1740 winners world-wide) winners having been produced by daugh- crops - with the tally of his current 3yo crop is Better Than Ready. The latter, who won ters of Forestry, Elusive Quality, Bernardini, still likely to increase further - to race and he a trio of Listed races and ran third in the Quiet American (broodmare sire of Ber- continues to impress as a high class stallion. Gr1 BTC Cup, has made a blistering start nardini) and Dansili. With his current 3yos including the likes with his first 2yos this season making Better He has long since been regarded as a of Barahin, National Park, Green Haze, Than Ready currently Australia’s Leading mate suitable for mares from the Danehill unbeaten filly In The Dance and the likes of First Crop Sire by stakes. line, with Uni (out of a Dansili mare) as well Gimme A Wave and Stream Ahead, Gim- More Than Ready’s multiple Gr1 win- as the likes of Sebring, Benicio, Dreamaway, methegreenlight looks poised to enjoyed ning son Verrazano is currently one of the Prized Icon and More Than Sacred as Gr1 a memorable season once again in 2018- top ten Leading First Crop Sires in North winners sired by More Than Ready out of 2019. America for 2018, while other sire sons of mare descended in male line from Danehill. More Than Ready’s success in South More Than Ready to have sired at least one The remarkably consistent More Than Africa is by no means limited to Gimme- graded stakes winner previously include Ready (who will be 22 years old next year) thegreenlight’s Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Perfectly Ready and Pluck. has produced a total of 190 stakes winners Plate triumph and his ongoing success as However, More Than Ready has not only in his lengthy shuttling career thus far, with a stallion. More Than Ready’s other local enjoyed considerable success as a sire of his more than 80 group/graded stakes win- representatives included Equus Champion sires in 2018 –he also continues to excel as ners including 28 individual Gr1 winners. Entisaar and the graded stakes winners a sire of top class and versatile performers In More Than Ready’s first 15 Northern Readytogorightnow , Ready To Attack, on both dirt and turf. Hemisphere foal crops have all yielded at and Ektifaa, fomer AS Nursery runner up This year, More Than Ready has enjoyed least one black type winner, while his most Banaadeer, and Listed KZN Guineas Trial particularly notable success in the Northern lucrative Australian foal crop came about winner Diamond King. Hemisphere, where his seven group/graded with his first crop yielding no fewer than 12 Gimmethegreenlight is not the only stakes winners of 2018 headed by the Gr1 stakes winners. More Than Ready’s initial son of More Than Ready to have made an winners Roy H (Santa Anita Sprint Champi- Australian foray included the G1 winners impact this year. onship, Breeders’ Cup Sprint), Rushing Fall Benicio (Victoria Derby) and Carry On Cutie Widden Stud resident stallion Sebring (Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup), Catholic (Champagne Stakes). (one of two sons of More Than Ready to Boy (Belmont Derby, Travers Stakes), Uni The evergreen stallion is North America’s have won the Golden Slipper) has been (Matriarch Stakes) and Funtastic (United third Leading Sire on Turf for 2018, and also represented by eight group winners in Nations Handicap). ranks as the eighth Leading Sire overall for 2018, with his tally headed by MRC Thou- More Than Ready is also sire of the this year. sand Guineas winner Amphitrite. The latter promising US 2yo filly Stellar Agent – who While More Than Ready’s shuttling days is one of five top level winners produced in ran third in this year’s G1 Breeders’ Cup are likely to be drawing to a close, there the tally of 50 plus stakes winners sired by Juvenile Fillies Turf – a race won previously is no signs of his influence following suit Sebring, with the others headed by Horse by More Than Ready daughters Rushing Fall anytime soon! SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 19 breeding Digest Diary

New Sire Off The Mark - emperor Western Winter and in turn out of Broodmare of the Year Akinfeet, who is Features To Come Capetown Noir from a Guineas-winning daughter of the leading broodmare sire of all time – Fort Fri 14 Dec (L) Memorial Mile Welcome To Wood. 1600m Fairview (T) He will be represented at the CTS Cape (L) Oaks Trial (3yoF) Cape Town! Premier Yearling Sale by only two lots from 2000m Turffontein (S) The former Dean Kannemeyer- trained Summerhill Stud – half-siblings to Love Sat 15 Dec Gr1 Cape Guineas (3yo’s) treble Gr1 winner Capetown Noir broke Struck and Royal Pleasure. 600m Kenilworth (S) the ice with his first ever runner when his Capetown Noir stands at Summerhill – Gr1 WSB Cape Fillies Piemonte Stud-bred daughter Brandina his fee is available on application. Guineas (3yo’s) won the opening 800m Juvenile scurry of 1600m Kenilworth (S) the new season at Fairview on Friday. Gr2 Premier Trophy Capetown Noir raced in the Khaya Stables 1800m Kenilworth (S) silks and captured the rare Cape Guineas – Gr3 Victress S. (F&M) Derby double as well as a scintillating score 1800m Kenilworth (S) in the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate. Vale Great Britain (L) Southeaster Sprint Brandina (Teaque Gould) wins on her Heversham Park’s Green Desert 1100m Kenilworth (S) 800m debut (Pic – Pauline Herman Pho- stallion Great Britain has died. tography) Wed 26 Dec Gr3 Flamboyant He produced stakes winners Al Mar- (F&M) Raced by the Scribante family and trained Stakes iachi, Wrecking Ball, Queen Laurie and 1600m Greyville (T) by Alan Greeff, his striking daughter Brandi- Hashtag Strat. na beat her four mixed sex opponents to (L) Christmas Handicap score readily under Teaque Gould by 1,25 Great Britain had a TFR of 118 and 1600m Greyville (T) won the Al Quoz Sprint (now a Gr1 lengths in a time of 45,88 secs. Sat 29 Dec Gr3 Lebelo Sprint contest which has been won by such 1000m Turffontein (S) Her stablemate, Crusade colt Andrea, stars as J J The Jet Plane, Ortensia and was a head back in third. Shea Shea), and was a son of July Cup Brandina is out of the one-time winning winner Green Desert (by Danzig). Var mare Bedouin, who hails from the fami- Green Desert is the sire of over 80 ly of Fair Brutus and Grand Format. stakes winners and a tremendous in- Bred by Piemonte Stud and bought back fluence on the modern day stud book. for R20 000 from the 2018 KZN Yearling He has established himself as an Phumelela Shareprice Sale, Lee Scribante races the filly in partner- outstanding sire of sires, and his sons date close high low volume ship with his brother and trainer Alan Greef. include such world class sires as Invin- 12Dec 1135 1150 1106 20,844 Brandina also pocketed the BSA Maiden 11Dec 1135 1135 1135 590 cible Spirit, Volksraad, Oasis Dream 10Dec 1150 1150 1140 1,804 Juvenile Plate bonus of R50 000 for her win. and Great Britain’s full brother, Cape 07Dec 1150 1150 1150 19,720 Capetown Noir impressed at the recent Cross. 06Dec 1150 1150 1150 12,471 BSA Ready To Run Sale. He achieved a top Great Britain, who originally stood in 05Dec 1150 1155 1150 27,099 price of R500 000, the bid falling to Princess New Zealand and produced winners in 04Dec 1155 1160 1155 35,435 Diana’s cousin Michael Spencer, who 03Dec 1160 1160 1150 54,236 Australia, boasted a female line which 30Nov 1151 1180 1151 466 resides in Kenya. Capetown Noir averaged is equally illustrious. His dam Park 29Nov 1150 1150 1150 8,011 over R190 000 for 13 yearlings sold. Appeal was a Champion at 2 when her 28Nov 1160 1160 1150 5,567 His home base, multiple AS Champion wins included the Gr1 Moyglare Stud 27Nov 1180 1180 1150 5,702 Breeders Summerhill, describe Capetown Stakes and Gr1 Chevely Park Stakes. 26Nov 1179 1179 1179 0 Noir as equine royalty, being out of the SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 20

Leading breeders by Stakes season 2018/2019 * 1 August - 9 December 2018 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 Early 7,746,961 Klawervlei Stud 301 25,737 896 73 80 24% 1 1 1% 249 28% 2 One World 309,375 4% 6,388,889 Summerhill Stud 223 28,650 780 51 66 23% 2 2 4% 199 26% 3 Africa Rising 443,750 7% 6,254,224 Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 173 36,152 489 58 72 34% 2 2 3% 153 31% 1 Hawwaam 371,875 6% 4,345,487 Highlands 108 40,236 364 35 44 32% 1 1 3% 106 29% 0 Majestic Mozart 595,500 14% 3,360,874 Drakenstein Stud 97 34,648 267 25 28 26% 3 3 12% 98 37% 2 Chimichuri Run 286,250 9% Rain 3,257,174 Varsfontein Stud 75 43,429 216 30 40 40% 1 1 3% 58 27% 2 Ghaalla 239,463 7% 2,902,787 GJ Armitage 61 47,587 188 12 16 20% 2 3 17% 42 22% 2 Tilbury Fort 1,400,000 48% 2,791,450 Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud 89 31,365 276 23 26 26% 0 0 0% 78 28% 1 Bye Bye Rocket 519,000 19% 2,689,300 Ascot Stud 64 42,020 218 21 25 33% 1 1 5% 65 30% 3 Coral Fever 725,000 27% 2,530,786 Scott Bros 110 23,007 335 22 24 20% 0 0 0% 92 27% 1 The Bayou 212,925 8% 2,524,225 La Plaisance Stud 68 37,121 171 23 28 34% 1 1 4% 66 39% 2 Q The Music 186,025 7% 2,522,937 Maine Chance 109 23,146 287 25 28 23% 2 2 8% 63 22% 2 Silver Maple 168,350 7% 2,492,837 Favour Stud 68 36,659 236 22 28 32% 2 2 9% 69 29% 1 Princess Rebel 316,450 13% 2,135,913 Riverton Stud 25 85,437 88 6 10 24% 1 1 17% 25 28% 1 Cirillo 1,300,000 61% 1,963,925 Lammerskraal Stud 57 34,455 154 17 19 30% 0 0 0% 53 34% 1 Pilou 143,125 7% 1,929,624 Moutonshoek 101 19,105 303 15 16 15% 0 0 0% 83 27% 3 Undercover Agent 155,000 8%

Leading SIREs by Stakes season 2018/2019 * 1 August - 9 December 2018 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 5,711,922 *Captain Al 120 47,599 331 40 45 33% 3 3 8% 123 37% 5 Tsitsikamma Dance 364,737 6% 5,246,187 Silvano 156 33,629 421 44 53 28% 3 3 7% 139 33% 3 Hawwaam 371,875 7% 4,791,374 Var 141 33,981 431 46 52 33% 3 3 7% 135 31% 3 Schippers 339,975 7% 4,312,274 Dynasty 115 37,498 328 35 43 30% 0 0 0% 98 30% 3 Majestic Mozart 595,500 14% 4,177,599 Gimmethegreenlight 119 35,106 370 33 43 28% 4 4 12% 109 29% 3 National Park 229,150 5% 3,525,576 Querari 96 36,725 283 30 38 31% 2 2 7% 84 30% 2 Q The Music 186,025 5% 3,525,025 Trippi 98 35,970 273 29 34 30% 2 2 7% 102 37% 2 Chimichuri Run 286,250 8% 3,489,912 *Horse Chestnut 73 47,807 229 17 25 23% 2 3 12% 57 25% 1 Tilbury Fort 1,400,000 40% The 2yo Soft Falling 3,283,312 Judpot 79 41,561 247 26 33 33% 1 1 4% 67 27% 1 Coral Fever 725,000 22% 3,134,324 *Sail From Seattle 109 28,755 336 33 39 30% 0 0 0% 93 28% 0 Puget Sound 176,950 6% Rain filly Makara will enjoy 3,038,888 What A Winter 97 31,329 291 33 37 34% 1 1 3% 82 28% 0 Clouds Unfold 250,000 8% 3,015,125 Mambo In Seattle 83 36,327 293 26 32 31% 0 0 0% 105 36% 1 Noceur 224,750 7% the honour of being her 2,870,649 Pathfork 78 36,803 248 25 33 32% 0 0 0% 80 32% 2 Zeb 148,275 5% 2,782,037 Oratorio 95 29,285 288 30 31 32% 0 0 0% 89 31% 0 Chantyman 147,300 5% illustrious Dad’s first runner 2,543,612 Ideal World 82 31,020 243 25 28 30% 1 1 4% 67 28% 1 Rainbow Bridge 270,000 11% when she makes her debut 2,412,550 Seventh Rock 77 31,332 266 24 28 31% 0 0 0% 70 26% 1 Donny G 233,275 10% against colts in a maiden Leading SIREs of 3yo’s by Stakes season 2018/2019 * 1 August - 9 December 2018 juvenile plate over 800m Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes on the Turffontein stand- rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes side track on Saturday. 2,283,249 *Captain Al 52 43,909 130 18 21 35% 1 1 6% 50 38% 0 Captainofthesea 331,200 15% 2,227,262 Dynasty 42 53,030 107 17 22 40% 0 0 0% 31 29% 1 Majestic Mozart 595,500 27% Bred by Wilgerbosdrift 2,078,900 Pomodoro 32 64,966 82 10 11 31% 0 0 0% 18 22% 1 Cirillo 1,300,000 63% 2,010,875 Var 57 35,279 163 21 22 37% 1 1 5% 55 34% 2 Ghaalla 239,463 12% and Mauritzfontein, she 1,900,100 What A Winter 54 35,187 161 20 23 37% 1 1 5% 50 31% 0 Clouds Unfold 250,000 13% is out of the stakes placed 1,715,325 Gimmethegreenlight 49 35,007 134 14 16 29% 2 2 14% 43 32% 1 National Park 229,150 13% 1,475,837 *Sail From Seattle 53 27,846 143 15 17 28% 0 0 0% 43 30% 0 Gunston 145,637 10% Var mare Varuna, who 1,386,650 Master Of My Fate 56 24,762 158 11 12 20% 1 1 9% 47 30% 1 Twist Of Fate 196,250 14% 1,379,313 Querari 37 37,279 116 12 16 32% 1 1 8% 40 34% 1 Pleasedtomeetyou 173,500 13% won three and ran third in 1,257,762 Silvano 37 33,994 79 9 12 24% 1 1 11% 24 30% 0 Hawwaam 371,875 30% 1,247,275 Twice Over 56 22,273 157 12 13 21% 0 0 0% 38 24% 0 Second Request 220,750 18% the Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery. Soft Falling Rain Leading SIREs by Stakes on sand season 2018/2019 * 1 August - 9 December 2018 passed away after colic ear- Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes lier this year. rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes 529,350 Philanthropist 14 37,811 62 7 9 50% 0 0 0% 25 40% 0 Betty Davis 113,450 21% He was the Leading First 339,275 *Kahal 11 30,843 52 5 5 45% 0 0 0% 24 46% 0 Euan’ me 83,150 25% 280,300 Mambo In Seattle 13 21,562 50 4 5 31% 0 0 0% 14 28% 0 Lake Washington 89,875 32% Crop Sire by Aggregate at 255,200 *King’s Chapel 7 36,457 34 4 5 57% 0 0 0% 16 47% 0 Burgundy Rose 75,575 30% the 2018 Cape Premier 250,725 *Sail From Seattle 9 27,858 26 4 6 44% 0 0 0% 6 23% 0 Icarus Flight 114,275 46% 246,975 Var 11 22,452 32 4 5 36% 0 0 0% 7 22% 0 Royal Kaitrina 70,625 29% Yearling Sale, where his 241,200 *A P Arrow 7 34,457 34 4 6 57% 0 0 0% 10 29% 0 Charter Jet 97,025 40% 225,875 Great Britain 7 32,268 31 3 5 43% 0 0 0% 9 29% 0 Timeofthevikings 73,600 33% offspring made up to R1.4 185,875 Main Aim 4 46,469 23 1 4 25% 0 0 0% 4 17% 0 Top Salute 161,775 87% 183,400 *Latino Magic 2 91,700 12 2 2 100% 0 0 0% 3 25% 0 Dodgy Itie 125,000 68% million.

with 10 or more runners At the 2018 Emperors Leading breeders by aepr season 2018/2019 * 1 August - 9 December 2018 Palace National Yearling Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes Sale, they grossed more rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes 2,135,913 Riverton Stud 25 85,437 88 6 10 24% 1 1 17% 25 28% 1 Cirillo 1,300,000 61% than R10.2 million and 1,796,937 Graystone Stud 29 61,963 139 9 10 31% 1 1 11% 52 37% 2 Dawn Assault 481,250 27% 641,150 Mauritzfontein Stud 11 58,286 44 6 6 55% 1 1 17% 20 45% 3 Benjan 190,450 30% made up to R1.4 million. 557,487 Ridgemont Stud 10 55,749 32 6 7 60% 2 2 33% 8 25% 0 Rose In Bloom 169,687 30% One of 16 Gr1 winners 2,902,787 GJ Armitage 61 47,587 188 12 16 20% 2 3 17% 42 22% 2 Tilbury Fort 1,400,000 48% 1,027,587 Wicklow Stud 22 46,709 80 8 10 36% 0 0 0% 23 29% 0 Noceur 224,750 22% sired by former Highlands 3,257,174 Varsfontein Stud 75 43,429 216 30 40 40% 1 1 3% 58 27% 2 Ghaalla 239,463 7% 2,689,300 Ascot Stud 64 42,020 218 21 25 33% 1 1 5% 65 30% 3 Coral Fever 725,000 27% sire NationalA ssembly, Soft 1,822,825 Normandy Stud 44 41,428 141 16 17 36% 0 0 0% 54 38% 0 Captainofthesea 331,200 18% 454,550 Equus Stud 11 41,323 63 4 6 36% 0 0 0% 20 32% 0 Queen Rachel 135,375 30% Falling Rain has seven lots on offer at January’s Cape 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 Premier Yearling Sale. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 21

Leading TRAINERS by STAKES season 2018/2019 * 1 August - 9 December 2018 trainer rides wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ % % % % four four% rides Fly Superman, Fly SG Tarry 425 56 13% 75 18% 35% 46 11% 182 43% 9,083,183 21,372 Anton Marcus’ ride to keep Legal J Snaith 434 67 15% 93 21% 40% 50 12% 220 51% 6,130,563 14,126 MF de Kock 248 33 13% 53 21% 25% 33 13% 116 47% 4,657,247 18,779 Eagle at his task to win the Gr2 BJ Crawford 298 49 16% 74 25% 35% 36 12% 152 51% 4,095,875 13,745 AC Greeff 384 60 16% 93 24% 32% 47 12% 183 48% 3,999,625 10,416 Green Point Stakes at Kenilworth C Bass-Robinson 316 26 8% 29 9% 17% 35 11% 135 43% 3,553,675 11,246 on Saturday was a typically profes- Y Bremner 308 37 12% 39 13% 23% 47 15% 143 46% 3,207,625 10,414 A Nel 201 34 17% 30 15% 30% 30 15% 113 56% 3,114,850 15,497 sional performance as the cham- PA Peter 209 30 14% 45 22% 31% 30 14% 93 44% 2,834,724 13,563 SD Gray 207 17 8% 12 6% 25% 19 9% 89 43% 2,667,201 12,885 pion jockey assisted the champion JAJ v Vuuren 192 27 14% 42 22% 45% 27 14% 87 45% 2,649,149 13,798 GD Smith 418 34 8% 31 7% 19% 35 8% 160 38% 2,645,100 6,328 in maintaining his unbeaten record GS Kotzen 300 26 9% 30 10% 20% 34 11% 109 36% 2,630,925 8,770 Anton Marcus rode a peach from ten starts over a mile. Anton DR Drier 159 25 16% 37 23% 32% 18 11% 82 52% 2,349,375 14,776 of a race on Legal Eagle DC Howells 214 20 9% 32 15% 28% 30 14% 98 46% 2,298,100 10,739 Marcus is now chasing Muzi Yeni on VH Marshall 199 23 12% 21 11% 29% 26 13% 96 48% 2,214,575 11,129 AG Laird 150 19 13% 35 23% 26% 17 11% 77 51% 2,095,775 13,972 the national log and has ridden 81 GV Woodruff 127 14 11% 25 20% 28% 19 15% 66 52% 2,073,287 16,325 PF Matchett 144 13 9% 9 6% 11% 21 15% 56 39% 2,031,000 14,104 winners with a very impressive 32% win strike-rate. He was T Laing 194 23 12% 17 9% 41% 21 11% 91 47% 1,843,200 9,501 MG & AA Azzie 161 13 8% 21 13% 24% 20 12% 61 38% 1,646,838 10,229 acknowledged by the NHA for his Gr1 century at Greyville DS Bosch 129 16 12% 14 11% 36% 19 15% 60 47% 1,588,950 12,317 on Wednesday. GB Puller 137 17 12% 13 9% 46% 14 10% 54 39% 1,559,625 11,384 G Maroun 202 16 8% 11 5% 9% 15 7% 60 30% 1,547,013 7,658 GM Alexander 159 13 8% 13 8% 8% 19 12% 63 40% 1,538,100 9,674 RR Sage 49 12 24% 10 20% 70% 2 4% 25 51% 1,529,536 31,215 RR Magner 169 14 8% 8 5% 50% 14 8% 74 44% 1,518,801 8,987 J Ramsden 134 15 11% 11 8% 27% 12 9% 55 41% 1,498,037 11,179 Lady Raider Yvette Bremner may well be a Leading jockeys by WINS humble Port Elizabeth based trainer season 2018/2019 * 1 August - 9 December 2018 jockey rides wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ on any average day but the Dippin’ % % % % four four% rides Blu Stables boss has earned the re- M Yeni 660 82 12% 110 17% 29% 87 13% 322 49% 7,518,959 11,392 spect of her colleagues countrywide A Marcus 255 80 31% 161 63% 37% 45 18% 173 68% 7,959,912 31,215 R Munger 566 69 12% 62 11% 27% 68 12% 256 45% 6,082,911 10,747 over the past few years. Her exploits R Fourie 248 62 25% 97 39% 40% 33 13% 166 67% 5,244,875 21,149 G Cheyne 333 60 18% 98 29% 33% 47 14% 189 57% 4,284,750 12,867 in successfully raiding the major L Hewitson 334 52 16% 62 19% 26% 60 18% 179 54% 6,863,562 20,550 Yvette Bremner has per- W Kennedy 450 50 11% 43 10% 28% 53 12% 211 47% 5,837,176 12,972 fected long distance travel centres of Johannesburg and Cape G Lerena 175 46 26% 79 45% 33% 23 13% 110 63% 4,782,908 27,331 to win the features L J Ferraris 343 37 11% 32 9% 28% 29 8% 127 37% 3,573,963 10,420 Town is becoming a profitable habit. A Domeyer 197 34 17% 46 23% 30% 33 17% 124 63% 3,496,150 17,747 We recall the likes of Copper Force, Via Seattle, National C Zackey 386 31 8% 25 6% 20% 44 11% 148 38% 3,502,924 9,075 C Orffer 182 27 15% 37 20% 32% 25 14% 94 52% 2,442,425 13,420 Park – and on Saturday she was back in the winners box at K De Melo 292 27 9% 32 11% 25% 37 13% 135 46% 3,231,663 11,067 S Khumalo 142 26 18% 28 20% 39% 15 11% 68 48% 2,601,622 18,321 Kenilworth with Princess Rebel winning the Gr2 Southern K Zechner 330 24 7% 16 5% 13% 20 6% 107 32% 2,579,512 7,817 M Khan 253 23 9% 14 6% 14% 27 11% 99 39% 3,027,062 11,965 Cross Stakes. D Dillon 272 23 8% 12 4% 25% 32 12% 99 36% 2,261,575 8,315 S Veale 197 22 11% 34 17% 32% 13 7% 78 40% 2,086,025 10,589 D Schwarz 255 22 9% 12 5% 25% 24 9% 82 32% 2,140,538 8,394 C Maujean 358 21 6% 22 6% 32% 29 8% 119 33% 2,385,300 6,663 R Simons 223 21 9% 37 17% 24% 22 10% 91 41% 2,397,749 10,752 S Fortune 226 21 9% 16 7% 13% 11 5% 70 31% 1,236,525 5,471 B Fayd’herbe 147 20 14% 21 14% 19% 12 8% 67 46% 2,170,700 14,767 Hot Duo M v Rensburg 211 20 9% 25 12% 24% 18 9% 87 41% 2,034,163 9,641 P Strydom 153 20 13% 25 16% 20% 19 12% 70 46% 2,016,538 13,180 Geoff Woodruff and Gavin Lerena L Mxothwa 192 20 10% 15 8% 20% 11 6% 74 39% 1,399,500 7,289 R Danielson 195 19 10% 34 17% 29% 29 15% 88 45% 2,235,800 11,466 enjoyed a good day at Turffontein on KS Sakayi 199 19 10% 8 4% 38% 14 7% 65 33% 1,660,025 8,342 Tuesday with a nicely taken hat-trick. Gavin actually rode four winners on the day, also bringing Master Magic home to a smooth Geoff Woodruff and win in the seventh Racing To Win Gavin Lerena have formed a top-class for David Niewen- team huizen. While the Woodruff-Lerena strike rate is a healthy 30%, Gavin has picked up strong momentum in his own right with a personal strike rate of 27%. His final winner, Fly Thought, was his 50 up for the season.

Mon 26 Nov - Wed 12 Dec 2018

Green Point 1-2-3 join Coral Fever to share top rating of the last 2 weeks

Males (up to 1600m) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 101 Africa Rising 5 Visionaire Summerhill Stud 1Dec 1 MR115 1160 Turffontein 101/96/-/-/-/ 99 Quinlan 4 Sail From Seattle K Fourie 30Nov 1 MR101 1000 Fairview 100/49/-/-/-/ 99 Romi's Boy 5 Querari Klawervlei Stud 1Dec 2 MR115 1160 Turffontein 99/82/-/-/-/ 96 Omega Onslaught 6 Jay Peg Klawervlei Stud 30Nov 2 MR101 1000 Fairview 96/62/-/-/-/ 96 Our Mate Art 5 Artie Schiller bred in Australia 5Dec 4 MR96 1400 Kenilworth 90/106/92/-/82/ 95 Captain And Master 4 Captain Al Zandvliet Stud 1Dec 3 MR115 1160 Turffontein 95/101/-/-/-/ 93 Timkat 4 Fort Wood wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 3Dec 1 Cnd 1000 Flamingo Park 93/78/-/-/-/ 92 Doublemint 4 Twice Over AN Foster 5Dec 6 MR96 1400 Kenilworth 77/92/88/-/91/ 92 union Jack 6 Captain Al Ridgemont 30Nov 5 MR101 1000 Fairview 97/94/-/-/-/ 91 Down To Zero 4 Judpot TD Andrews 1Dec 6 MR115 1160 Turffontein 95/88/-/-/-/

Females (up to 1600m) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 108 Snowdance 4 Captain Al Cheveley Stud 8Dec 1 Cndfm 1400 Kenilworth 79/108/-/-/-/ 103 Princess Rebel 4 Rebel King Favour Stud 8Dec 1 Cndfm 1000 Kenilworth 103/-/-/-/-/ 99 Schippers 4 Var G van Lear 1Dec 1 MR99f 1160 Turffontein 99/69/-/-/-/ 98 Goodtime Gal 6 Royal Air Force SC Davis 8Dec 2 Cndfm 1400 Kenilworth 100/102/98/80/-/ 96 elusive Heart 4 elusive Fort narrow Creek Stud 8Dec 5 Cndfm 1400 Kenilworth 87/96/-/92/-/ 95 Rose In Bloom 4 Gimmethegreenlight Ridgemont Stud 1Dec 5 MR115 1160 Turffontein 100/95/-/-/-/ 93 Freedom Charter 4 elusive Fort PG de Beyer 8Dec 3 Cndfm 1000 Kenilworth 98/92/-/-/-/ 93 Platinum Class 4 Silvano Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 8Dec 3 Cndfm 1400 Kenilworth 81/97/-/-/-/ 93 love To Boogie 5 Trippi AC Peter 8Dec 4 Cndfm 1400 Kenilworth 92/98/-/-/-/ 91 nous Voila 3 Judpot Jagessar Limited 8Dec 2 Cndfm 1000 Kenilworth 91/78/-/-/-/

Males (1600m and more) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 113 undercover Agent 4 Captain Al Moutonshoek 8Dec 2 Cnd 1600 Kenilworth 113/113/102/-/-/ 113 Do It Again 4 Twice Over northfields Stud 8Dec 3 Cnd 1600 Kenilworth 73/113/-/103/-/ 113 legal Eagle 7 Greys Inn Avontuur Farm 8Dec 1 Cnd 1600 Kenilworth 103/116/116/116/104/ 113 Coral Fever 6 Judpot Ascot Stud 1Dec 4 MR120 2000 Turffontein 84/113/99/113/-/ 109 Rainbow Bridge 4 Ideal World wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 8Dec 4 Cnd 1600 Kenilworth 73/109/91/-/-/ 102 hat Puntano 5 hat Trick bred in Argentina 8Dec 5 Cnd 1600 Kenilworth -/111/-/-/-/ 98 Tilbury Fort 5 horse Chestnut GJ Armitage 1Dec 1 MR120 2000 Turffontein 63/96/96/98/-/ 98 Dawn Assault 5 Call To Combat Graystone Stud 1Dec 2 MR120 2000 Turffontein 52/85/97/98/83/ 95 Dark Moon Rising 5 Ideal World IR Heyns 9Dec 4 Cnd 2200 Greyville 77/99/90/95/87/ 94 Crowd Pleaser 5 Captain Al normandy Stud 9Dec 6 Cnd 2200 Greyville 63/83/95/95/-/

Females (1600m and more) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 102 Cascapedia 5 high Chaparral bred in Ireland 1Dec 3 MR120 2000 Turffontein -/98/96/102/-/ 99 Al Danza 5 Captain Al Klawervlei Stud 1Dec 2 wFAfm 1600 Turffontein 86/101/96/84/-/ 99 nafaayes 3 exceed And Excel bred in Australia 1Dec 1 wFAfm 1600 Turffontein 80/99/-/-/-/ 95 Sylvan On Fire 5 Silvano V Harrison 1Dec 3 wFAfm 1600 Turffontein 58/96/93/-/-/ 95 Redberry Lane 5 western Winter lammerskraal Stud 1Dec 5 wFAfm 1600 Turffontein -/102/82/-/-/ 94 Fiorella 4 Captain Al Varsfontein Stud 1Dec 4 wFAfm 1600 Turffontein 94/97/88/96/-/ 93 Top Salute 4 Main Aim RG Pienaar 10Dec 1 Cnd 1600 Flamingo Park 84/93/-/-/-/ 93 Secret Potion 4 elusive Fort IR Heyns 1Dec 7 MR120 2000 Turffontein 62/95/89/93/92/ 90 Fort Ember 6 elusive Fort Arc-en-Ciel 1Dec 8 MR120 2000 Turffontein -/100/101/101/-/ 89 Silver Thursday 4 Silvano Varsfontein Stud 1Dec 6 wFAfm 1600 Turffontein 86/91/84/-/84/

3yo males (any distance) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 91 Palace Chapel 3 Potala Palace Alado Project 8Dec 1 Cnd 1200 Vaal 91/-/-/-/-/ 90 Bunker Hunt 3 Dynasty Varsfontein Stud 5Dec 1 MR96 1600 Kenilworth 81/90/-/-/-/ 88 Ovation Award 3 Stagelight IM Sanne 9Dec 1 Cnd 2200 Greyville 56/87/80/88/-/ 85 Against The Grain 3 Curved Ball Bush Hill Stud 1Dec 5 MR96 1400 Turffontein 85/85/-/-/-/ 84 Montego Bay 3 Var Avontuur Farm 8Dec 1 MR76 1000 Kenilworth 84/62/-/-/-/ 83 Gimme A Wave 3 Gimmethegreenlight JNA Mantel 1Dec 4 MR96 1400 Turffontein 80/83/-/-/-/ 83 Bold Eagle 3 Bold Silvano Riyo Stud 1Dec 9 MR96 1400 Turffontein 104/90/-/-/-/ 83 Mythical Bolt 3 Captain Al eenfontein Stud 1Dec 1 MP-3 1160 Turffontein 83/-/-/-/-/ 83 hudoo Magic 3 Choisir bred in Australia 8Dec 2 MR80 1600 Kenilworth 74/83/-/-/-/ 83 Vardy 3 Var Tawny Syndicate 28Nov 1 MR80 1400 Kenilworth 74/83/-/-/-/

3yo females (any distance) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 99 nafaayes 3 exceed And Excel bred in Australia 1Dec 1 wFAfm 1600 Turffontein 80/99/-/-/-/ 91 nous Voila 3 Judpot Jagessar Limited 8Dec 2 Cndfm 1000 Kenilworth 91/78/-/-/-/ 89 Canukeepitsecret 3 Captain Al BBP Syndicate 8Dec 4 Cndfm 1000 Kenilworth 92/70/-/-/-/ 87 Mary O' Reilly 3 Sail From Seattle Ascot Stud 7Dec 2 MR88f 1000 Fairview 87/78/-/-/-/ 86 Railtrip 3 Trippi Summerhill Stud 4Dec 7 MR83f 1700 Vaal 77/86/86/-/-/ 85 Cordillera 3 Skitt Skizzle Bosworth Farm Stud 1Dec 1 MR96 1400 Turffontein -/85/-/-/-/ 85 Celestial Storm 3 what A Winter Favour Stud 5Dec 1 MR76f 1000 Kenilworth 85/51/-/-/-/ 84 Firdoas 3 Bernardini bred in Australia 1Dec 7 MR96 1400 Turffontein 87/84/-/-/-/ 84 Juniper Spring 3 Captain Al Cheveley Stud 5Dec 1 MR72f 1400 Kenilworth 81/84/-/-/-/ 84 ulla 3 Querari Maine Chance 4Dec 1 MR72f 1000 Vaal 84/-/-/-/-/ SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 23

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kenilworth (new course) margin over current SA Champion Justin Gr2 Southern Cross S. (F&M) R400 000 Saturday, 8 December Snaith atop the national trainer’s log. Course Variant: 0.49s slow (straight) – 1.59s slow (bend) Tarry also paid tribute to his Cape satellite Princess Of Speed In addition to the 38mm of rain that fell in the seven team, headed by Monique Mansour. Fairview trainer Yvette Bremner pulled off days leading up to this meeting, 20mm of irrigation was added to the track, which gave a penetrometer reading Legal Eagle, who has won 15 races with 8 another of her away game giantkilling acts of 23. The going was posted as good. The rail was in places from 26 starts for stakes of R11 854 when her super-fast 4yo Princess Rebel its original position, with a 2m spur. There was a south easterly headwind of around 17km/h. 625, was bought by Sean Tarry on behalf ran her high-class opposition off their feet of former leading owner Markus Jooste to win the R400 000 Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday. Gr2 Green Point Stakes R400 000 for R425 000 at the 2013 BSA National Yearling Sale. Having her first start away from her Windy A Royal Curtain-Raiser! After the Mayfair Speculators implosion a City home base, Princess Rebel was tuned With an absence of any commitment to year ago, the ‘three wise men’ of Messrs to the minute by assistant trainer Carl lead in the small field, Anton Marcus did McGrath, Van Huyssteen and Henderson Hewitson – who a quarter of a century what he has done before on Legal Eagle took over Legal Eagle and tasted instant earlier had booted home many winners at and took the initiative – before Corne success in the 2018 L’Ormarins Queen’s Kenilworth – and piloted by his SA Cham- Orffer figured the plot and took Gr1 Gold Plate. pion Jockey son Lyle. Challenge winner Undercover Agent to Bred by Avontuur, the dual SA Horse Of The flying filly demonstrated that a date at lead after 500m, with July winner Do It The Year is a mutliple Gr1 winning son of Scottsville in May for the SA Fillies Sprint Again and the unbeaten Rainbow Bridge Vodacom Durban July winner Greys Inn may well be on the radar. further back. (Zabeel) and is out of the six-time winning She ground her opponents into the lush The race moved up a notch or three at Young Sensation (National Emblem)-who green Kenilworth strip to beat promising the 450m marker, as the summer course was also trained by Sean Tarry. 3yo Nous Voila by 2,25 lengths in a time of straight welcomed feature contestants for Gr2 Green Point Stakes 1600m 58.25 secs. Winner Legal Eagle (best handicapped) the first time this term The Favour Stud bred Princess Rebel is a raced 2nd; led 250m; kept on strongly daughter of Rebel King (National Emblem) With Anton Marcus still cruising down Runner-up Undercover Agent set the pace; the centre as Legal Eagle took over from rallied gamely after being headed 250m out out of the 4 time winning Waldoboro Undercover Agent, Fourie took Do It Again Third Do It Again raced 3rd; challenged mare, First Wave. strongly down the inside rail, with Rainbow Bridge She has won 6 races with 3 places from 9 Time: There was no real pace until Under- starts for stakes of R569 325. moving well down the outside. cover Agent took up the running entering At the 200m, Legal Eagle was being hailed the bend and even then it remained pedes- Owned by Yvette and Hedley in partner- a winner under the brilliant Marcus – but trian. The race was decided in a sprint in the ship with Mark Wright, Princess Rebel was straight, and the result must be seen in that the picture changed at the 100m as they bought back for R90 000 by her breeders light. Ratings are unlikely to be reliable. With Favour Stud off the 2016 CTS March Year- all came for him, with Undercover Agent much trepidation we gave the runner-up rallying impressively after looking beaten (prev 104/103/104/102/113) 113 which ling Sale. Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes (F&M) halfway down the strip. makes the winner (prev 107/109/93/103 – has done 116) 113 and the third (prev 1000m With storming challenges coming on all 85/89/100/98/103) 113 Winner Princess Rebel (2nd best handicapped) set the pace; ran on strongly final sides, Legal Eagle was 50/50 for his biggest 113 1 0.00 Legal Eagle (3) 60.0 A Marcus 47/20 7 b g Greys Inn - Young Sensation (National Emblem) 400m fight ever as Marcus got the champion to 113 2 0.05 Undercover Agent (6) 60.0 C Orffer 57/20 4 b c Captain Al - Secret Risk (London News) Runner-up Nous Voila raced 4th three dig half an inch deeper. 113 3 0.10 Do It Again (1) 60.0 R Fourie 9/1 lengths off the pace; ran on 4 b g Twice Over - Sweet Virginia (Casey Tibbs) The photo revealed that the evergreen 109 4 0.15 Rainbow Bridge (4) 58.0 B Fayd’herbe 14/10 Third Freedom Charter raced 7th 4.5 102 5 4.40 Hat Puntano (5) 59.0 D Dillon 50/1 7yo had held on by a nose to beat Under- 83 6 11.65 Copper Force (2) 58.0 S Veale 50/1 lengths off the pace; running on strongly at Time: 98.92s (61.83s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 111% finish cover Agent, with Do It Again and Rain- 1st T:SG Tarry O:Messrs William Henderson, F H McGrath & A J van Huyssteen B:Avontuur Farm Time: This was the fastest of the after- bow Bridge completing the quartet – a noon’s three sprint races. We gave the third short head separating each in one of the (prev 86/88/92/92/98) 93 which makes the greatest finishes any of us will see in our winner (prev 69/74/85/100/95) 100 and the lifetime. runner-up (prev 83/81/78/66/88) 91 103 1 0.00 Princess Rebel (7) 59.0 L Hewitson 9/1 The official time – if it mattered – was 4 ch f Rebel King - First Wave (Waldoboro) 91 2 2.25 Nous Voila (8) 55.0 A Marcus 10/3 98,92 secs. Comparisons with Legal Eagle’s 3 b f Judpot - Zosma(USA) (Street Cry) 93 3 2.55 Freedom Charter (3) 59.0 B Fayd’herbe 11/1 past two Green Point victories show that 4 ch f Elusive Fort - Betty Burke (Captain Al) 89 4 2.85 Canukeepitsecret (2) 55.0 G Cheyne 11/1 this was his slowest to date. But hand- 89 5 3.60 Casual Diamond (4) 59.0 R Fourie 6/1 86 6 4.85 Magical Wonderland (5) 60.0 A Domeyer 22/10 some is as handsome does! 83 7 5.15 Anime (1) 59.0 S Veale 15/1 72 8 7.90 Vision To Kill (6) 59.0 D Dillon 22/1 This was Legal Eagle’s third consecutive 54 9 12.40 Angel’s Trumpet (10) 59.0 C Orffer 36/1 2 10 24.65 Miss Khalifa (9) 55.0 C Zackey 13/1 win in the Green Point Stakes and he Time: 58.25s (58.25s avg/1000m, or 62km/h) SP Total %: 116% 1st T:Y Bremner O:Ms Yvette Bremner, Messrs F H McGrath & M C now goes in search of a fourth L’Ormarins Wright B:Favour Stud Queen’s Plate success on 5 January. “He is not improving – but he is getting stronger,” said Tarry, who has increased his

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80 1 0.00 Gimme One Night (8) 52.0 L Hewitson 6/1 Gr3 Cape Summer Stayers Hcp R250 000 After the leaders came under pressure as 5 b g Gimmethegreenlight - Fiesta Queen (Parade Leader) 79 2 0.50 Benjan (6) 52.0 S Mbhele 5/1 the grandstand cast early evening shad- 6 b g Fort Wood - Awaited(GB) (Machiavellian) 78 3 0.80 Woodland’s Forest (2) 52.0 L Tarentaal 22/1 Feature Double ows over the summer track, Hewitson had 5 b g Elusive Fort - Moonlit Magic(USA) (Belong to Me) 79 4 2.05 American Landing (4) 53.0 C Orffer 113/20 The dizzy heights of the Green Point dead aim on the first cheque and gave 93 5 3.30 Strathdon (1) 60.5 R Fourie 2/1 92 6 5.05 Let It Rain (5) 61.5 G Cheyne 9/1 Stakes almost overshadowed a smart first his mount the signal to go at the 250m 68 7 9.55 Ollivander (3) 54.0 C Zackey 31/4 73 8 12.55 Master’s Eye (7) 58.5 B Fayd’herbe 13/1 stakes success for Gimmethegreenlight marker. Time: 158.36s (63.34s avg/1000m, or 57km/h) SP Total %: 112% 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Mrs C L Gabler, Dr B D Sarembock, Mr P C 5yo Gimme One Night and a Kenilworth Gimme One Night burst out of the pack Sarembock & Sea Cottage Properties CC (Nom: Dr K A Sarembock B:Riverton Stud Saturday feature double for SA champion and went on strongly to hold Benjan to a rider Lyle Hewitson. half length in a time of 158.36 secs. The R250 000 Gr3 Cape Summer Stayers A R200 000 National Yearling Sale pur- Handicap was run a half hour after the chase, Gimme One Night was bred by sensational ‘Green Point Four’ had put on Riverton Stud and is a son of Gimme- their show and unsurprisingly everybody thegreenlight (More Than Ready) out of Sporting Post was still talking about Legal Eagle’s time the one-time winning Fiesta Queen – a (AR) stopping victory. daughter of Parade Leader. ability ratings The Avontuur-sponsored Lyle Hewitson The 5yo took his bank to R497 925 with puts every horse in its place comes out of his time in a matter of weeks his first stakes victory. He has won 5 races and the reigning SA champion jockey is with 14 places from 30 starts. back to his best after an injury interrupt- Gr3 Cape Summer Stayers Hcp 2500m ed start to his season. He steered Rebel Winner Gimme One Night raced at the back of the eight; ran on strongly final 400m to Princess to an easy win in the Gr2 South- lead 70m out; won going away ern Cross Stakes earlier in the day and had Runner-up Benjan raced 4th; led 350m out; Brett Crawford’s Gimme One Night relaxed outpaced late by winner at the rear of the eight horse field who Third Woodland’s Forest raced 5th; running on well at finish were led at a modest gallop by topweight Time: There was no pace early and the field Let It Rain, with stablemates Master’s Eye remained very tightly bunched throughout. How horses performed in South Africa’s and favourite Strathdon in close attend- The race then effectively developed into a 350m sprint. Ratings are of little value. black type races, expressed in points based ance. on the kind of races and how far behind the winner they finished. A full explanation of the point system and the complete list of point earners is on the Sporting Post website.

Doing The Splits Top Scorers for 2018/2019 (to 8 December 2018) Kenilworth, 8 December horse age sex points races Tilbury Fort 5 c 124 2 strt/ end fin time/ bend endbnd Coral Fever 6 c 88 2 Cascapedia 5 f 72 2 bend bend 1000m /fin Captain Aldo 8 c 62 2 1400m Legal Eagle 7 c 50 1 Pinnacle P. 14.58 49.52 86.28 (61.6) 34.94 36.76 Kasimir 4 c 50 1 Maiden P. 13.89 49.02 87.06 (62.1) 35.13 38.04 Arctica 6 c 48 2 1600m Rainbow Bridge 4 c 48 2 Dawn Assault 5 c 44 1 Maiden P. 24.99 60.74 99.16 (62.0) 35.75 38.42 Chimichuri Run 3 c 35 2 Gr2 Green Point 26.15 61.52 98.75 (61.7) 35.37 37.23 Princess Rebel 4 f 30 1 MR80 Hcp 25.21 60.12 98.78 (61.7) 34.91 38.66 One World 3 c 30 1 2500m Hawwaam 3 c 30 1 Nafaayes 3 f 30 1 Gr3 Summer St. 83.21 119.55 157.85 (63.1) 36.34 38.30 Clouds Unfold 3 f 30 1 There was no initial pace in the Gr2 Green Point Stakes and even after Undercover Takingthepeace 4 f 25 1 Agent took up the running entering the bend, it remained a doddle – even the Gimme One Night 5 c 25 1 Sylvan On Fire 5 f 25 1 Maiden Race was almost a second faster to the end of the bend! As a result the Gr2 Do It Again 4 c 24 1 event was decided in a sprint for home, making it false run and not a good predicter Undercover Agent 4 c 24 1 for future encounters of the same runners. Alyaasaat 3 c 24 1 Doosra 5 c 22 1 The 1400m Pinnacle Plate was slow-run early on, making the task for Snowdance Soqrat 3 c 15 1 (who led all the way) a lot easier in the sprint for home. This, too, wasn’t a true run New Caledonia 6 c 12 1 race and the filly’s ease of victory must be seen in that light. Al Danza 5 f 12 1 Ghaalla 3 f 9 1 The Gr3 Summer Stayers was slowly run throughout, and ended up as sprint in the Full Mast 4 c 7 1 home straight, making it a false run affair. Temple Grafin 3 f 2 1 SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 25

JACKSON (Dynasty) Rumbleinthejungle 3g (Diva Taahirah by Lake Coniston) Greyville 1 Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 1400m (14/12) Ontopoftheworld 3g (Fly All Day by Jet Master) Greyville 1 Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 1400m (14/12) 1st & 2nd season sires – 2yo’s Captain’s Legacy 3g (Victory Dance by Victory Moon) CAPETOWN NOIR (Western Winter) Kenilworth 2 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1200m (15/12) Doublethink 2c (Oochee Agent by Cataloochee) Dancing Moonlight 3g (Silver Olive Grove by Dixieland Band) Turffontein 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 800m (15/12) Greyville 5 Maiden Plate 2000m (16/12) JACKSON (Dynasty) MASTER OF MY FATE (Jet Master) Lisa Marie 2f (Summer Passion by Captain Al) Lickerio 3g (Cochineal by Fort Wood) Turffontein 2 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 800m (15/12) Greyville 2 Graduation Plate (Polytrack) 1400m (14/12) MASTER OF MY FATE (Jet Master) Petipa 3g (Pawlova by Acatenango) Basadi Faith 2f (Coral Colour by Captain Al) Fairview 5 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf) 2000m (14/12) Turffontein 2 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 800m (15/12) Masterful 3g (Pure Glamour by Victory Moon) Fairview 9 MR 70 Handicap (Turf) 1000m (14/12) SOFT FALLING RAIN (National Assembly) Twist Of Fate 3g (Crescent Lily by Counter Action) Makara 2f (Varuna by Var) Kenilworth 7 Gr1 Cape Guineas (3yo’s) 1600m (15/12) Turffontein 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 800m (15/12) NOBLE TUNE (Unbridled’s Song) VERCINGETORIX (Silvano) Amira 3g (Red Armada by Mogok) Fearless Warrior 2c (War Path by Captain Al) Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (3yo’s Fillies) 1400m (16/12) Kenilworth 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 1000m (15/12) I’m Free 3g (Free Parking by Silvano) Astrix 2c (Victory Dance by Victory Moon) Greyville 8 MR 68 Handicap (F&M) 1200m (16/12) Turffontein 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 800m (15/12) POMODORO (Jet Master) WHERE’S THAT TIGER (Storm Cat) Countless Awards 3g (Countless by Count Dubois) Techeilet 2c (Indigo Princess by King of Kings) Fairview 2 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf) 1200m (14/12) Turffontein 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 800m (15/12) Destruction Boy 3g (Silver Skies by Captain Al)

Kenilworth 4 Maiden Plate 1400m (15/12) Cirillo 3g (Miss Wordsworth by Lake Coniston) Kenilworth 7 Gr1 Cape Guineas (3yo’s) 1600m (15/12) 2nd season sires – 3yo’s Opensea 3g (Elsabee by Silvano) Turffontein 9 Assessment Plate 1000m (15/12) ATO (Royal Academy) Champagne Gold 3g (Als The Word by Captain Al) At The Opera 3g (Opera Diva by Dynasty) Greyville 6 MR 68 Handicap (F&M) 1600m (16/12) Greyville 8 Qualified Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 1200m (14/12) POTALA PALACE (Singspiel) DUKE OF MARMALADE (Danehill) The Palace 3g (The Civilian by Trippi) Wallis Simpson 3g (King’s Temptress by King of Kings) Turffontein 10 Maiden Plate 1160m (15/12) Kenilworth 2 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1200m (15/12) Imperial Royal 3g (Irish Royal by Kalanisi) Temple Grafin 3g (Inner Temple by Greys Inn) Greyville 1 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1200m (16/12) Kenilworth 6 Gr1 Fillies Guineas (3yo Fillies) 1600m (15/12) Palace Rose 3g (Stargazer Pink by Jallad) Santa Clara 3g (Shina by Lomitas) Greyville 8 MR 68 Handicap (F&M) 1200m (16/12) Kenilworth 6 Gr1 Fillies Guineas (3yo Fillies) 1600m (15/12) Celestial Prince 3g (Imperious Star by Navarone) THE APACHE (Mogok) Kenilworth 10 Maiden Plate 2000m (15/12) Notquitethereyet 3g (Helen Back by Spectrum) Viti Levu 3g (Valdovino by Al Mufti) Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (3yo’s Fillies) 1400m (16/12) Greyville 1 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1200m (16/12) WHERE’S THAT TIGER (Storm Cat) Peking Tyson 3g (Victory Hill by Danehill Dancer) Fairview 1 Maiden Plate (Turf) 1200m (14/12) SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 26

Sports and Betting English Premier League Liverpool vs Manchester United | Sunday 16 December | Anfield | 18:00 Notable Maiden Winner Manchester United face Liv- erpool at Anfield on Sunday TWICE OVER in a battle of English foot- Rated AR 77 Magic Mike (3c Prive by Saumarez) ball’s two most successful Maiden Plate Kenilworth (new) (1600m) (8/12) sides. Jurgen Klopp’s side are Making his third racecourse appearance, the tactics used previ- top of the Premier League ously with Magic Mike were changed, and the improvement was table after Chelsea inflict- impressive. Soon clear in front, Brett Crawford’s charge made ed Manchester City’s first all. He kept on strongly down the long new course home straight defeat of the campaign last weekend. Jose Mourinho’s men are to win cosily by four with the rest very strung out. sixth in the standings, eight points off fourth spot and 16 behind the Reds. Can United end Liverpool’s unbeaten streak at Anfield? Will the Merseyside club pile more misery on the Red Devils and their Horse To Follow under-fire boss Mourinho? Our Editor gives his verdict. POTALA PALACE To catch up with Chad Nagel previews click here Rated AR 91 Palace Chapel (3c Gem Quality by Special Preview) Assessment Plate Vaal (1200m) (8/12) to win Now a winner of three from four, Paul Peter’s charge was always Liverpool 6/10 handy in this small and tightly bunched field. As with his latest Draw 31/10 success he only had to be pushed out at the business end of Man United 47/10 the race and won with a bit more authority than the official one length margin might suggest. Both the trainer and jockey Gavin Liverpool Lerena again spoke very highly of this colt after the race. It’s a massive week for Liverpool as they face Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli in the Champions League on Tuesday in a must-win game, before their crunch clash against Manchester United. The Merseyside club must beat the Italian side either 1-0 or by Winners Bred Abroad two goals or more in order to advance, so the Reds can’t afford to keep one eye on United and rest players when they face Anjom (AUS) 3c Snitzel - Star Satire(NZ) (Volksraad) Napoli. Vaal 1400m (04/12) Liverpool have taken 45 points from the past 51 on offer and are unbeaten in 17 league games in a run that stretches back to last season. They remain the only unbeaten team in the (AUS) 4f Street Cry - Costa Mesa(AUS) Still I Rise Premier League after Manchester City lost 2-0 away to Chelsea (Encosta de Lago) last weekend. That result, along with the Reds’ 4-0 victory over Kenilworth 2000m (05/12) Bournemouth, saw Klopp’s side move to the top of the table with a point clear of the defending champions. Quick Glimpse (AUS) 4f Fastnet Rock - Apercu(AUS) (Encosta de Lago) Manchester United Fairview 1200m (07/12) Manchester United recorded their first Premier League win in five matches as they comfortably saw off Fulham 4-1 Make It Raine (AUS) 6m New Approach - Our Dizzy Raine(AUS) at Old Trafford last Saturday. It was only United’s seventh (Danehill) victory in the league this season, but this was a performance Fairview 1000m (07/12) worthy of the shirt and it eased some pressure on under-fire manager Mourinho. Fantasy Art (AUS) 7g Wanted - Artist Johanna(ARG) (Festin) The Red Devils were unbeaten against Liverpool last season, Fairview 1400m (07/12) winning 2-1 at Old Trafford in March, before playing to a goalless draw in October last year. In fact, Mourinho’s men are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League meetings against Klopp’s side, winning five times – two of those victories coming at Anfield. United’s last win at Anfield came Is Your Horse One To Follow? three seasons ago when Wayne Rooney scored the game’s only goal with Louis van Gaal at the helm. And the season Check the Notable Maiden Winners prior, the Red Devils also masterminded a 2-1 victory on Liverpool’s ground thanks to a brace from Juan Mata. & Horses for the Notebook on this page - see how promising the Sporting Post Prediction: Salah to Score Anytime & Liverpool Win ability ratings (AR) say they are. (13/10) SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 27

Clockwatching with Steve Furnish Last Week’s Top Rated Speed Ratings winners incl. won 9/1 Cop Shop ...... won 8/1 antern ...... Green L won 22/10 ...... Anjom won 12/10 Words Of Choice Sweet Preserve ...... won 11/10 Red Shift ...... A review of the week's best speedratings won 8/10 Palace Chapel ...... won 13/20 Dancing Sally . won 4/10 Scraping Home again on the mark when SILVER MAPLE Crome Yellow ...... Vaal 4 December registered his fourth win from just six Favourite backers got off to a nice start outings. Taken straight to the front by at the Vaal on Thursday when ANJOM did Richard Fourie, the Silvano gelding led Top speed ratings the business in the opening maiden plate throughout. He kept on strongly at the for this weekend over 1400m. Confidently ridden by Diego business end of the race and won well (Ratings shown have already been adjusted to De Gouveia, the son of Snitzel raced in by a half from the running on SILVA’S allocated weights) BULLET. midfield during the early part of the race. Fairview (fri) He quickened well when given rein and in They also ran two races over 1000m. The Race 1: (10) Seattle Choice 16 (NAP*) what proved to be a real thriller he got up MR76 Handicap was the fastest of these Race 2: (7) Ohsobright 4 and here we saw a smart performance Race 3: (7) Believethisbeauty 18 in the very last stride to deny the pace- Race 4: (9) March Music 62 maker RUSSIAN PRINCE. from the improving CELESTIAL STORM. Race 5: (5) Boldness 3 There were three races run over 1400m Positioned in the backend of midfield as Race 6: (8) Lucky Lulu 66 the thirteen runners turned for home, Race 7: (6) Humble Addict 50 in total and the fastest of these was the Race 8: (10) Capaill 32 (EW) MR66 Handicap won by the 4yo THE TIN the daughter of Western Winter had Race 9: (13) Oracle Kingdom 45 MAN. Always on offer at around 7/1, David plenty to find. Once given rein though Greyville (sat) Nieuwenhuizen’s charge also came from she ran on best of all, and only having Race 1: (3) Final Assembly 19 to be pushed out won going away by a Race 2: (1) Scrabble 51 (NAP*) midfield. He was ridden to lead as they Race 3: (9) Missibaba 25 (EW) approached the 400m marker and in an- length and a half. Race 4: (2) Elusive Diva 19 other classic finish, he only held on by the Titbits The newcomer JE NE SAIS QUOI was Race 5: (7) Haylor 72 narrowest of margins. finishing as well as anything when a three quar- Race 6: (1) Lotsa Silver 30 ter length third in a much smarter than average Race 7: (8) Bravo Zulu 29 They also ran three races over 1700m maiden plate for the girls over 1600m. Race 8: (3) Greenlight Gatsby 4 and stopping the clock in the fastest time Turffontein (sat) amongst these was CHITENGO in the Race 1: No Qualifiers Race 2: No Qualifiers MR83 Handicap. Soon up handy, Alec Streaking Clear Race 3: (3) Greener Pastures 26 NAP*) Laird’s charge put her head in front 300m Vaal 6 December Race 4: (2) Potjie 13 out. She was in turn headed by SHELLY After another lengthy absence racing Race 5: (5) San Fermin 67 Race 6: (3) Bullsade 36 200m later, but fought back gamely below returned to the classic track on Thursday. Race 7: (1) Rebel’s Champ 92 the distance to get the verdict on the nod. A maiden plate over 1000m got proceed- Race 8: (7) Shifting Shadows 67 Titbits After being a little slow into stride, ings underway and here we saw a smart Race 9: (5) Boatswain 37 Race 10: (1) Laptop Wizard 7 and then having to switch 150m out, 5th placed performance from the lightly raced 3yo TAMMANY HALL was finishing best of all when Kenilworth (sat) only beaten 0,95 lengths in the aforementioned MOJITO MAGIC. Having only his second Race 1: (3) Grey Ferrari 7 MR83 Handicap won by Chitengo. outing here following a six month layoff, Race 2: (1) Crusade’s Promise 6 Race 3: (4) Anglet 55 the Captain Al gelding raced in midfield Race 4: (8) Captain’s Salute 17 during the early part of the race. He ran Race 5: (10) Valbonne 85 Four From Six on stoutly from halfway and won going Race 6: (4) Front And Centre 57 Kenilworth 5 December Race 7: (1) One World 70 away by two and a half after striking the Race 8: (2) Brave Move 76 They were still racing on the old course front 150m from home. Race 9: (7) Made To Conquer 84 on Wednesday where victory in the fastest Four of the afternoon’s nine races were Race 10: (5) Cash Call 22 of the three 1600m events went to the staged over 1450m and quickest home Greyville (sun) Justin Snaith trained AD NCING SALLY in Race 1: (3) Starlight 5 amongst these was SOVEREIGN REIGN in Race 2: (1) Wynkelder 81 the second division of the maiden plate the not so lucky last, a MR72 Handicap. Race 3: (9) Retrial 6 for the girls. Backed into the red at the Easy to back at 8/1 on the off, the 7yo son Race 4: (12) Dale House 37 track, the 3yo daughter of Twice Over was Race 5: (3) All Aboard 21 (NAP*) of Dynasty gained his eighth career win Race 6: (16) Liverpool Lass 37 ridden to lead 200m out, and with some in here. He ran on stoutly from midfield and Race 7: (2) Dawn Calling 65 hand won going away by two. comfortably accounted for BOLD COAST Race 8: (3) Amber Furst 40 As might have been expected, the bill (backed into favouritism) going away. topping MR96 Handicap was by far the The only other distance to stage more Nap bets * Fancied ** Strongly fancied faster of the two 1400m events on the than one race was 2400m where WON- *** Very strongly fancied card and here favourite backers were DEROUS CLIMBER ran out a very easy SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 28

Clockwatching cont. winner. Another to run on stoutly from went on to score with some in hand after off the pace, Sean Tarry’s charge struck striking the front 250m from home. the front 300m out and cruised clear in Titbits The Western Cape raider CROME (Number of races run in each category shown in brackets) the closing stages of the race to score by YELLOW always looked to be a good thing in the * Times taken by Clockwatcher maiden plate over 1600m and Andre Nel’s charge three and a half. won accordingly. Vaal 4 December Titbits After finishing unsighted behind the Penetrometer 21 – Going Good very talented HAWWAAM in his only previous Course Variant: 0,02s slow racecourse appearance, the Potala Palace colt 1000m (2) Memphis Belle 57,09 APPROACH CONTROL won the maiden plate over Shifting Gears 1200m (1) Seventh Son 69,60 1450m very easily by five and three quarters. Greyville 7 December 1400m (3) The Tin Man 82,00 Heavily supported to win the lucky last 1700m (3) Chitengo 103,24 Kenilworth (old) 5 December Powerful Raiders on Friday evening’s poly track card was Penetrometer 20 – Going Good RED SHIFT, and in what proved to be the Course Variant: 0,60s slow Fairview 7 December faster of the two 1200m events (a MR72 1000m (2) Celestial Storm 58,72 Port Elizabeth’s first two year old race Handicap), he did the business. Soon 1400m (2) Silver Maple 84,33 of the season (a maiden juvenile plate positioned close to the speed by Gareth 1600m (3) Dancing Sally 99,43 over 800) got the meeting underway on 2000m (1) Still I Rise 125,12 Wright, the Silvano gelding was always Vaal (classic) 6 December Friday and here victory went to the lessor poised to strike. He did so as they ap- Penetrometer 22 – Going Good fancied of Alan Greeff’s two runners proached the 100m marker and drew clear Course Variant: 1,52s slow BRANDINA. Just five went to post and in easily in the closing stages of the race to 1000m (1) Mojito Magic 58,19 what soon became a strung out field, the 1450m (4) Sovereign Reign 87,81 score by three. 1800m (1) Lock Him Up 109,45 daughter of Capetown Noir sat at the back The only other distance to stage more 2000m (1) Pretty Balerina 123,05 early on. She ran on strongly from halfway than one race was 1000m where the 2400m (2) Wonderous Climber 150,79 and won comfortably after striking the quicker of the two events was the pinnacle Fairview (turf) 7 December front 150m out. stakes won by ZARNITSA. Taken straight to Penetrometer 21 – Going Good Surprisingly the faster of the two 1000m Course Variant: 0,3s slow the front by Stuart Randolph, the daughter 800m (1) Brandina 45,57 events was the maiden plate for the girls of Querari led throughout. She was assist- 1000m (2) Vomandla 56,63 won by the Western Cape raider VO- ed by a 30km/h tail wind in the straight 1200m (1) Quick Glimpse 69,96 MANDLA. In a time almost a quarter of and in what proved to be a fast time, she 1400m (2) Fantasy Art 84,73 1600m (2) Curved Light 97,69 a second quicker than that of the MR88 just held on from the running on duo of Greyville (poly) 7 December Handicap, Andre Nel’s charge was soon ESSENCEOFLIFE and KATEECADOR. Going Standard up handy. She was ridden to lead at the A maiden plate over 1000m had opened Penetrometer 0,82s fast 300m pole and with a ton in hand she up proceedings and here jockey Anton 1000m (2) Zarnitsa 56,52 went on to score by five. Marcus was on the mark when guiding 1200m (2) Red Shift 69,41 It was a similar story in the two 1400m 1400m (1) Lilibet 82,97 OTTAWA to victory. Always deep in the 1600m (1) Born To Perform 96,49 events where once again the lower graded red, the daughter of Brave Tin Soldier was 1900m (1) Sweet Preserve 117,29 of the two events was the quicker. In this soon prominent. She ran on strongly in the 2000m (1) Ideal Duel 122,48 case it was the MR70 Handicap won by short home straight and won going away FANTASY ART. Freely at 8/1 in this his first from WISHFUL WORDS by a length and a outing since relocating from KZN, The 7yo quarter. Horses worth following Wanted gelding raced in midfield during Titbits In a race devoid of any real pace, the at their next few starts... the early part of the race. He made his 3yo BANJO ON MY KNEE improved considerably Dancing Sally (J Snaith, W-Cape) move early in the long home straight and when winning the MR66 Handicap over 2000m. Je Ne Sais Quoi (G Kotzen, W-Cape) SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 13 december 2018 29

Doing The Splits Splits for Greyville 29 July