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Widely respected as a straight-shooting thinking man’s man and lauded on the Saturday 12 October Turffontein – race 2 racecourses of South Africa and the world, Mike de Kock came out this week telling Sporting Post all who would listen that the reason for the recent stakes reduction was, Best Handicapped Hertog quite simply, the drop in betting turnover.  WON 9/1 “The reduction was unavoidable. It was a card that So how do you increase Turnover? Easy. You make it the RA was dealt with by Phumelela, and we came easier to win. up with something we believe is a feasible temporary At the beginning of each raceday we need races solution considering the circumstances,” he said. where it’s easy to find winners. More winning bets The publication of the De Kock interview followed increases the churn for the day. the much being said and written these days about There is nothing worse than longshots at the start the trouble we’re in. Mostly by taker-outers. Not by of day, to empty the pockets of many. putter-inners – the punters, who make the world go round. Then there’s the Pick Six and Jackpot. Without cou- plings, they’re just a stupid bets. The apparent trouble is that there’s not enough money to satisfy the needs of the taker-outers. The It is not just that these bets tie up money that could simple answer is of course that the putter-inners be turned over instead. need to supply more. No couplings makes things more difficult. Couplings The key to that is Turnover. Every single bet gener- will give more winners, put more money back in ates funds for the taker-outers. wallets to be turned over. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 2

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Of course, the number of handicaps must also be restricted. He compared a horse race to a golf tournament. They’re too hard to win. We want more plated races, with short- “The sponsors don’t stage golf tournaments paying the first five priced favourites, who steam home. players only. They pay a prize up to last place, otherwise there Then there’s the other way. Create more putter-inners! won’t be tournaments to enjoy. They pay everyone because it creates a spectacle. It generates interest. We’re in trouble with Anyone ever thought of how the French started their climb to the six, seven and eight-horse fields, we need bigger fields. top many decades ago? Le Tierce! One simple and easy to explain “Each racing centre has its own needs. We have more participa- bet, the trifecta, and promote the hell out of it to the general public. tion in Gauteng. In my view the stakes pot in Cape Town shouldn’t It’s relatively easy to win - but not always – and it provides excite- necessarily be the same as the one in Gauteng. They can cut their ment. Importantly, it’s a once-a-week fix. Focus! cloth the way they see fit. There is no need to be derogatory and The Tote might even do a deal with the bookies to place the open throw insults around. We all need each other, I am disappointed bets from this National Trifecta with them – as the bookies special by the way some people have reacted. Instead of nasty com- contribution to the whole, instead of the hole. ments and suggesting skulduggery, they should be coming up with constructive ideas. Beats moaning minnies, for sure! “Most of the people slinging off don’t understand the stakes What are we waiting for? pot or the stakes formula. It took me a few board meetings to understand it myself. What happened was inevitable and we had to deal with what we got.” De Kock touched on the racehorse population and noted: What De Kock Said “Eighty percent of our horses are mediocre, but we need them Most of those slinging off following Phumelela’s stakes to race, they have to get in and earn money for their owners. reduction and the revised spread of prize money don’t Most of us own battling horses, myself included, but what are understand the stakes pot or the stakes formula. we to do? These runners have to show some of return. Are we just going to ignore the plight of the smaller owners, or those So said multiple champion trainer and Racing AssociationB oard with moderate horses? In my opinion they are just as important member, Mike de Kock, in an interview published on the daily Turf to racing as the owners with large strings of horses.” Talk website newsletter yesterday. He urged industry players to look at the situation objectively. De Kock highlighted the effects of the Bookmakers’ so-called “The is that racing people have a resistance to change, ‘Open Bet’ on tote betting yields. they don’t want to think out of the box. They have to see the “Racing loses a lot of its turnover to the open bet – as stated by spread of prize money in the spirit in which it was done. We have Phumelela there is a loss to this bet of R75,000 for every million. been trying to find solutions. Ours was an attempt to do some- This is problematic and it’s the cause of the rot that has set in.” thing different, to offer rewards to a greater proportion of partici- He explained why and how the RA came to spread the stakes pants. We want to ease the pain so that all of us can survive.” from 1st to 10th place. “What is important to note is that we are trying to make a “We looked at the stakes pot as a whole. We took millions difference, we are acutely aware of racing’s problems and we’re from some big stakes races, like the Sun Met and the Premiers putting our heads together to solve them. The RA is taking action Challenge, and we propped up the smaller stakes races. Then we on a number of fronts. We’re taking measures to keep the ma- tried to redistribute the available stakes to create participation, chine running and to improve things for everyone, but there is no and this is a vital point to understand. Two factors in our betting magic wand. This process will take time.” decline have been small fields and a lack of participation. Punt- De Kock said that some comments on social media were uncalled for. ers enjoy a wider variety and they invest more to have a better “There are prominent racing figures criticising us, and some of chance of winning. In an attempt to encourage participation by them actually put their money on the open bet with bookmakers owners and trainers, so to achieve larger fields, we decided to pay and don’t contribute to the stakes pot. We invite them to come down to 10th place. This is something that was tried in the United with solutions instead of slinging off. We are all ears. We’ll wel- States and it worked. If not successful here, we will re-assess the come their input. This is a new era.” situation and try something different. We have made work of it. We have been open-minded, looking for something new. He concluded: “Most bookmakers themselves are racing people, they the game as we do and I don’t think they want to be in De Kock said that the spread of stakes to 10th place may be insig- this situation. But at some point they were chased away and they nificant to some, but most significant to others. took a number of tote clients with them. We should be wooing “An owner who pays nominations and acceptance fees and them back. whose horse participates in betting turnover is entitled to a share “I can understand why the bookmakers are popular. They are of the spoils. What is wrong with that? Not all of us can be win- betting professionals with great, functional websites, little -down ners, there will always be losers too. The winners are well taken time and effective customer service. We should be catering to the care of with between 58 and 62% of stakes. Others should be get- needs of our punters by improving our own service, online and ting a share of the action for participating An amount like R1,000 on-course offering so that that they can return and contribute to may seem paltry for 10th place in a Maiden Plate, but it will cover tote turnover. If we don’t, racing will not survive.” a bill or two. Tenth place in the forthcoming Charity Mile will be worth R10,000 and for 10th place in the Derby the connections Our reader comments platform was humming after this story. will get R20,000.” Have your say – click here SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 3 weekend racing

shouldn’t be disregarded in a tricky race and with the Racing's Modern Family services of the astute competitor, Muzi Yeni. Michaelmas Handicap(L) Hollywoodbets Greyville Sunday The smart 5yo Blackball has been rested 19 weeks since beaten 1,25 lengths by the progressive The Sultan’s Ba- Sunday’s Hollywoodbets Greyville fea- zaar under a welter 63.5kgs last time. He showed nice ture holds good memories for the Van versatile promise on both surfaces earlier and could be Zyl family. Veteran jockey-turned-train- right there if not too much in need of a run. er Gavin’s son Gareth saddled the 2016 Wealthy was a surprise winner of the Listed Michael winner Celtic Captain at his first meet- Roberts Handicap in January and his form has tapered ing as a fully fledged conditioner. off a bit since then. His running on fourth behind Wal- It was Friday 28 October 2016 when ter Smoothie in the Gold Vase saw his connections take Gareth saddled his first runners under their chances in the Gold Cup. He ran no kind of race his own name. His very first representa- Blackball |Candiese Marnewick after making respiratory noises and comes in here off a tive Northern Storm was a winner, and an hour later Celtic Captain won the twelve week break. Listed then sponsored by Jonsson Workwear Michaelmas Handicap, under The 7yo Silver Rose is a hardknocking 7-time winner Warren Kennedy. who never runs a bad race. In his favour, he has had a The high-riding Kennedy is back on Sunday – this time riding Blackball for run earlier this month and will strip fitter than some of Gareth’s Dad, Gavin. his opposition. Pilot Gareth Wright knows him well and And Gareth has his own pair of representatives in topweight, and former he will stretch them. Mike de Kock charge, The Dazzler, and the lesser acclaimed, Paths Of Victo- One of the fittest of the eight runners the Querari filly ry. Arianos Shadow – the only member of the fairer sex The Dazzler started his career in fine style when winning at 50-1 for trainer in the field of eight – was a stakes placed 2yo but has James Goodman. The son of Mogok has proven a decent handicapper over been quite disappointing. She now steps into mixed time, picking up three further wins and some eyecatching place money, and company and has a stiff task. has his first run in 15 weeks since a very decent third behind Shenanigans in Fitness is probably the single biggest variable in a race the Consolation July. On best form he has a shout. where a decent pace looks assured by the pacy Silver Stablemate Paths Of Victory also returns from a break following an outing Rose. on Durban July day. The son of Noble Tune pulled up distressed after going White Lightning strikes us as much better than a one- the 3000m of the Gold Vase for the first time. He ran just over 5 lengths time winner and he is the choice – but don’t write off behind Walter Smoothie but looks a better proposition over shorter. Blackball. And they obviously can’t let Silver Rose get The Sporting Post top-rated White Lightning gets the blinkers fitted and too far ahead. now looks to improve after failing to get beyond a maiden victory in his 3yo season. Rested after a fair fourth in the KZN Derby last term, he has had two prep runs and showed some pace when beaten 2,70 lengths behind the paper weighted Jack Of Hearts last run. He strips fit. His stablemate Our START PA5/PICK SIX4/JACKPOT3 Coys carries a handy Ready For Action 4:00PM Michaelmas Hcp (Listed)(Turf) - 1900m 52kg galloping weight Greyville SAME TRAINER:(1-5)(7-8) The 2019 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale 7 and is a dangerous sort Gallops took place last Friday at Summerhill Stud, Mogok 1 The Dazzler(Gareth Van Zyl) C Murray...... 5 61.0 Silvano 2 Silver Rose(A Nel) G Wright...... 8 60.0 who could grab a place which saw Far End Pretraining and Summerhill Black Minnaloushe 3 Blackball(G v Zyl) W Kennedy...... 1 58.0 cheque with some Silvano 4 Wealthy(DR Drier) S Veale...... 6 56.0 galloping their drafts. On Monday 14 October, the Noble Tune 5 Paths Of Victory(Gareth Van Zyl) L J Ferraris.....2 55.0 luck in running. The action was at the Vaal and Randjesfontein. Querari 6 Arianos Shadow(F Robinson) K De Melo.... 3 53.0 Noble Tune 7 WHITE LIGHTNING(PV Lafferty) C Habib...... 7 53.0 son of Uncle Mo is in The videos of each gallop are available at Uncle Mo 8 Our Coys(PV Lafferty) M Yeni...... 4 52.0 under sufferance but www.bsa.co.za. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 4

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SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 5 news Cape Sale Gets Big Raceday Slot Pools – TAB Dive In The Cape Yearling Sales race, a restricted feature for Having been notified of a recent query relating to a significant graduates of the 2020 Cape Yearling Sale to be held at increase in certain pool sizes, with particular reference being Mistico in February next year, will be scheduled on the placed on the quartet bet for local racing over the last week to prestigious Cape Derby Day in February 2021. ten days, the tote can confirm that we have seen some pools The richest race ever staged in South with a growth over expectation and above the average pool Africa in its early years, the premier size. classic we know today as the Gr1 Cape The Phumelela Team have addressed Sporting Post Readers in Derby was first run as the Western response to queries about bigger pool sizes in recent weeks. Province Derby in 1925 and was re- SP reader and lifetime racing fan Philip Goldberg posted on www. named the Cape of Good Hope Derby sportingpost.co.za recently, observing that it was interesting how in 1946. quartet pools have grown of late. The 1947 renewal carried the highest “Whereas before, we battled to get R200,000 into a midweek stake of any local race ever at the time quartet, we saw a number of pools exceeding R500,000. This has and was a momentous occasion. King been noticed for about a week now. I would like to hear the oper- George and the royal entourage attend- ators take on this one (no assumptions been made),” he added. Jonathan Snaith ed the racemeeting and presented the Injection King’s Cup to the winner Menlo, trained by Syd Garrett and ridden The Phumelela Team wrote that this is not a new phenomenon and to victory by the legendary Stanley Amos. is most commonly as a result of either an increase in interest from In the modern era, the race has produced a host of Met and a foreign territory/customer or an additional high turnover territory July winners, as well as Equus Champions. It is now run as a fitting that is added to the group of countries commingling on that specific climax to the Cape Summer Of Champions and brings the curtain day or race. down on the internationally renowned festival of racing in Febru- These fluctuations in pool sizes can occasionally be on the back ary. of increased local interest but are generally dictated by: Announcing the breaking news of the Cape’s newest sales race and its prime 1) Foreign customers are selective in the events that they choose slot on Derby day, Bloodstock South Af- to bet on and do not play every race and rica CEO Michael Holmes said last week 2) even though a high volume territory might be commingled into that he was thrilled to offer buyers at our pools, very often the race will still not get broadcast in that the Cape Yearling Sale a genuine quality territory due to clashes, race delays, etc. and only the races that incentive to support the value-for-mon- make it to broadcast will draw turnover. ey regional sale. However, we are always cognisant of the fact that, what might “The Cape Yearling Sale has a proud seem to be a ‘sudden’ change or increase in betting volume, can history of producing outstanding per- be seen as a potential indicator of unscrupulous behaviour and, formers. as such, we continue to monitor all events to ensure the validity and source of the turnover and, in addition, our partners in the Michael Holmes Kenilworth Racing’s accom-modating photo: Candiese Marnewick gesture, made in the best interests Isle Of Man continually monitor all betting activity through the- in of owners and breeders, to afford us the slot on a prestigious ternational commingling hub to ensure the integrity of all trading. high-profile raceday on the Cape Summer Season calendar, is As the tote is based on a pari-mutuel or pool betting platform, highly appreciated,” said Holmes. how many customers win in each individual pool has no impact Drakenstein stallion Gold Standard and the Gr1 Daily News on the profitability or financial position of theAB T . 2000 winner and 2019 Melbourne Cup candidate Surcharge, are More Is More just two big names to have gone through the ring at this sale. In the long run, the more turnover or players we have playing into Kenilworth Racing Director Jonathan Snaith, who was a key our pools, and ultimately the more winners we have, the better it player in the finalisation of the agreement, echoed Michael is for both the tote and our totalisator customers. Holmes’ sentiments and said that the obvious spin-offs for racing Any additional betting activity into our South African tote in the region, as well as for all related stakeholders, was key to the pools, whether from local or international customers, offers both success of an industry that boasted a long history in the region. increased liquidity and the opportunity for bigger dividends to all “Kenilworth Racing are privileged to partner with Bloodstock South African customers and, furthermore, all goes to help fund South Africa and to make the platform of one of the great high- and sustain our local sport of horseracing and the stakes pot. lights of our premier season available. Owners and the punting The tote welcomes all additional betting turnover, audited and public are the lifeblood of this great game and as long as we are monitored as it is, into our pools and can confirm that (and in par- creating the environment for developing new age champions and ticular to the instances raised as a concern) we have no suspicion supporters, we are doing what is best for racing,” he said of any illegal or unscrupulous behaviour of any sort in this regard. The Cape Yearling Sale will be held on 28 February 2020 at the As TAB, our mission and goal remains the improvement of the Mistico Equestrian Centre in Paarl. tote product and the growth of turnover in all our pools, while For all enquiries contact Ashley de Klerk on Tel 031 303 1017 or maintaining the integrity of the product and brand to provide email on [email protected] equal opportunity to all customers. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 6 SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 7 news

This amounted to some R19 million for the 2017-18 financial Phumelela Stakes Tumble years. But as a consequence of the collective negative factors Phumelela have advised that due principally to a decline in TAB impacting Phumelela’s profitability, no dividend will be paid for tote revenue in the 2018-19 racing season and the withholding 2018-19. of the Gauteng provincial levy, prize money at its racecourses The Racing Association, through its Stakes Committee mem- will be reduced by around 13% from November. bers, have engaged with Phumelela and Kenilworth Racing and innovative ways of addressing the reduction in stakes have been More than half of the prize money at Phumelela tracks is derived agreed. from a set percentage of TAB tote turnover, which is governed by a stakes agreement between the company and the Racing Associ- Details are as follows: ation, which represents racehorse owners in Phumelela regions. Reducing the number of races at midweek meetings to eight. In terms of the agreed stakes formula, set percentages of other Reducing stakes of selected major Grade 1 races, as well as the Phumelela revenue streams also flow directly into the prize-mon- majority of Grade 2 and Grade 3 race so as to lessen the burden ey pool. on minor-race stakes. Total stakes for each racing season (1 August to 31 July) are Introducing different minor-race stakes levels in and out of mostly determined by the monies generated by this prize-money season on the Highveld and in the Western Cape (the Highveld formula in the previous season. feature season runs from 1 October to the first Saturday in May, The amount allocated for stakes in the first five months of each whilst the Western Cape feature season runs from 1 November to season is based on an estimate of the amount likely to be gener- the end of February) ated by the prize-money formula in the previous season. Introducing a lower stakes level for minor races restricted to Once the figures have been finalised and audited, any adjust- fillies and mares (with the exception of Maiden, Maiden Juvenile ments needed to balance the estimated total to the actual total and Juvenile Plates) across all regions are applied to prize money in the last seven months of the season (January to July). Full details of the new stakes levels can be viewed on www. sahorseracing.co.za from Monday 14 October. Cape The Racing Association has also taken a decision to change Prize money in the Western Cape is governed by an arrangement the distribution of stakes in all races run in Phumelela regions in terms of which total stakes are set at 26% of the combined net (Highveld, Eastern Cape and stakes pool in Phumelela regions. Northern Cape). With effect from 1 November, After engaging with the Racing Association, Phumelela and the winning portion of the It is worth noting that as Kenilworth Racing wish to advise stakeholders that prize money race stake will be reduced things stand the current stakes will be reduced with effect from 1 November 2019 in order to from 62.5% to 58% and pot receives zero revenue spread the impact across nine months of the season, rather than redistributed to pay down to from TAB tote (open) bets tak- waiting for the audited total and only applying the reduction from 10th place as follows: en with fixed-odds operators. January. 1st – 58% Should the various audits, however, reveal a higher-than-ex- As an example, for every R1 2nd – 20% pected total, stakes would be adjusted accordingly from January million wagered on Pick 6’s in 3rd – 10% to July next year. the form of open bets, R75000 4th – 5% The stakes pool has been impacted by various factors, including is lost to the stakes’ pot. 5th – 2% declining TAB tote turnover and a negative return from fixed-odds The magnitude of the lost 6th to 10th – 1% each operator Betting World. revenue to prize money is In the event of less than 10 Added to that is the loss of the Gauteng Provincial Government highlighted by the National starters, any stakes not levy on winning bets with fixed-odds operators, 30% of which Gambling Board statistics for allocated will be stockpiled used to flow to the stakes pool. 2018. for future distribution. It should be noted that Phumelela is currently negotiating with They show that R3,9 billion the Gauteng Provincial Government and the Gauteng Gambling was wagered on horseracing on the tote versus R7,68 billion with Board in an attempt to have its share of the levy reinstated. fixed-odds operators, of which a substantial portion can be attrib- Tellytrack Squabble uted to open bets. Simultaneously, Phumelela is in discussions with the Gauteng Gam- Declining tote betting turnovers on horseracing are a trend facing bling Board and fixed-odds operators to resolve the long-standing many racing jurisdictions around the world and are by no means commercial dispute around the provision of Tellytrack. unique to South Africa. The other major impact on prize money is that the stakes pool That said, Phumelela is totally committed to engaging with reg- will not benefit from share dividends this year. ulators and fixed-odds operators to find solutions for the issues Normally 80% of the share dividends accruing to the Thorough- that have impacted so negatively on its business and the sport of bred Horseracing Trust from its 26.7% shareholding in Phumelela horseracing. are added to the stakes pool. - Tabnews

can be purchased here SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 8 news Crawford’s 1000 Up Crop Penalties – Make Sense? Brett Crawford marked his 19 years of training horses with Former SA champion jockey S’manga Khumalo’s dual crop the milestone of his 1000th winner at Durbanville on Satur- related penalties over the past weekend appear inconsistent at day, courtesy of the Dynasty colt, Bag Of Tricks. face value. ‘Bling’ was fined R3500 on Saturday at Turffontein and R1000 at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday – both times for infringing the same twelve-strikes rule. He won both races and the Turffontein Stipes refer to his recent ‘poor track record’ and the fact that he won the race – something the Greyville Stipes don’t do when, 24 hours later, he gets R1000 for contravening the same rule. And what happened to his ‘poor track record’ in Sunday’s assessment? Excerpt from the Stipes report of Race 9 at Turffontein on Saturday: Jockey S Khumalo signed an Admission of Guilt and was fined R3 500-00 for contravening Rule 58.10.2 (read with Guideline M on 1000 winners for Crawford Racing | Chase Liebenberg the use of the crop) in that he hit the horse CHRISTMAS FLOWER Crawford trains the grey for his staunch patrons Ridgemont and more than 12 times in the entire race. the Kieswetter family have struck a rich vein of form in recent When assessing the penalty, the Board took into account the weeks, topping the local owner log. excessive number of strikes (19 strikes), the fact the he won the But Bag Of Trick’s victory was not a velvet smooth pop the race, as well as his recent poor record with regards to a contra- champagne moment! The Highlands bred 3yo was not the easiest vention of this Rule and Guideline. of rides and Corne Orffer earned his commission the hard way – and picked up an unwanted holiday in the process. Excerpt from the Stipes report of Race 1 at Hollywoodbets Bag Of Tricks had it all to do inside the final 200m but plugged on Greyville on Sunday: to gain the advantage – a neck separated the top four past the post. Jockey S Khumalo signed an admission of guilt for a contraven- The rider of the runner-up Brother Louis wasn’t happy though. tion of Rule 58.10.2 read in conjunction with Guideline M, in The Stipes reported that approaching the 150m SNOWY that whilst riding TREADING WATER he used his crop more than MOUNTAIN (R Fourie) lost position when forced to ease off the 12 times in this race. The Board in determining the penalty con- heels of BAG OF TRICKS (C Orffer) which shifted outwards. sidered the manner in which the crop was used and his recent Jockey C Orffer, the rider of BAG OF TRICKS, was charged with riding record. He was fined R1000. a contravention of Rule 62.2.7 in that he failed to ensure that he We asked NHRA Racing Control Executive Arnold Hyde to elab- did not cause interference to SNOWY MOUNTAIN (R Fourie) at orate on the apparent inconsistency applied by the Stipes in the the 150m. two provinces, only 24 hours apart. Orffer signed an Admission of Guilt and was suspended from “If you view the patrol film of Race 1 at Greyville on Sunday, riding for 7 days. Dates 16/10/2019 to 22/10/2019 inclusive. you will see Jockey Khumalo used his crop 14 times over the Leaving the 100m BROTHER LOUIS (D Dillon) rolled away slightly final 400m, all in the backhand and the crop was not drawn. We from BAG OF TRICKS (C Orffer). always look at two factors in every case – namely the manner in An objection was lodged by Jockey D Dillon, the rider of the 2nd which the crop is used and then the rider’s record. In Sunday’s placed horse BROTHER LOUIS against the winner BAG OF TRICKS on case the use of the crop exceeded the permitted 12 strikes due to the grounds of intimidation and interference in the latter stages. a few double, backhand flicks,” said Hyde. After reviewing video from various angles and hearing the evi- He added that each case is assessed on its own particular merits. dence put forward by the connections of both horses, the board “A penalty for a contravention is imposed relevant to the circum- were of the opinion that BROTHER LOUIS (D Dillon) would not stances of each case after considering the manner how the crop have beaten BAG OF TRICKS (C Orffer). Therefore the objection was used and the rider’s disciplinary record,” he commented in was overruled. The deposit was refunded. closing. So the Stipes didn’t spoilt the party and all’s well that ends well! Our question remains – what happened to the relevance of his Crawford’s 1000th winner came up at a 14,28% win strike-rate. past record – which was exacerbated by Saturday’s offence – The Zimbabwean-born horseman did his apprenticeship with and the fact that the horse also won, when assessing Sunday’s Mike de Kock, Eric Sands and Dennis Drier before branching on penalty? his own. He worked for Sabine Plattner before opening his licence in 2009. His two other winners on Saturday were the highly progressive Jackson filly Pretty Young Thing who signalled herself a contender for Classic glory this summer. A race earlier, Kilindini had opened Crawford’s account with a fluent win in the Maiden 1400m. SPORTING POST •DIGEST THURSDAY • thu DATErsday 2016 17 o ctober 2019 849 Short Heads On Saturday at Turffontein, S’manga Khumalo was fined R3 500 for contravening Rule New 58.10.2 for striking his mount Famous more than 12 times in the Brand race. The Board took into account The R350 000 Listed Algoa Fairview trainerFive Yvette the excessive number of strikes, the Cup, or the PE ‘July’, and Bremner enjoyed a red-letter fact that he won the race, as well as will be run on 27 October day at her home course on his recent poor record with regards as The Socrasync Toro Ya Friday when she saddled a to a contravention of this Rule and Africa Algoa Cup. A number career-first five timer, with Guideline. Yet on Sunday at of Western Cape trainers longstanding owner Braam Hollywoodbets Greyville, he is have entered runners in van Huyssteen a partner in found guilty of the same rule the race and a decent final all of the quintet of winners. by the same NHRA. The Board field is anticipated when Braam could have two considered the manner in which the final declarations are runners in Saturday’s Gr1 the crop was used and his recent riding record. He was fined made on Monday Stella Artois Caulfield Cup. R1000. Work it out. 21 October.

Stan Tall Fast! Aethero (Sebring – Tellytrack presenters Pinocchio by Encosta de are free game on Lago) lowered the great Ridgemont’s triple Gr1 winning most days for a critical Sacred Kingdom’s 12 sire Jackson looks to have a serious racing public. But year 1000m track record classic contender for the Cape an SP reader asked Summer Season in the shape of the that we acknowledge at Sha Tin on Saturday. Kieswetter family’s home-bred Pretty veteran Stan Elley’s Aethero brushed aside Young Thing, who sauntered in to tipping the first 5 fellow rising star Voyage register her 3rd win from 6 starts at winners and the last Warrior , the only other horse in the past decade to have dipped Durbanville on Saturday. Pretty Young race winner as his first below 55 seconds, as he clocked a sizzling 54, 69s, one click Thing is in the weights published choice, on the eight inside Sacred Kingdom’s old mark of 54,70s. The Gr1 Longines for the R350,000 Gr2 Western race Durbanville card Hong Kong Sprint in December is the short-term target for Cape Fillies Championship on 26 on Saturday. Stan trainer John Moore’s speedball. October. On the same afternoon, the should know what he R200,000 Gr3 Cape Classic will be run. is talking about – he Supplementary Entries close at 11h00 trained horses for 41 on Friday 18 October and declarations years. Congrats Stan! are due by 11h00 for both races on Monday 21 October.

Klawervlei Stud’s Captain’s Double young sire Captain Dual Durban July winning Of All’s (Captain Al) SA star Do It Again (Twice Over) maintains his rating Captain’s Double only two runners of 120, placing him in at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday both won. The joint 24th spot on the Riverton Stud bred champion had Lady Legend and Self- latest Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings. Crystal Mastery shed their respective maiden certificates. SA’s Ocean, Enable and recent Arc winner Waldgeist jointly Leading First Crop Sire of 2018/19, Captain Of All has top the latest rankings, with all three having achieved a now produced 21 first crop winners. He has one colt on rating of 128. The Longines Rankings are compiled by the offer at the 2019 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee and and has 3 lots on November’s CTS Ready To Run Sale. published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA). SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 10

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Alexis Ramsay From the golden acres of Mooi River to the rolling green hills of Taylor The Ramsays were part of the fabric of Natal racing and breeding. Made Farm in Jessamine County, Kentucky, Dad Craig trained for years and bought Golden Acres Stud in Alexis Ramsay is living proof on the hoof that ‘love horse, will travel’. the 1980’s. He is a man who held various positions that took up so much of his waking hours that he had to give up training. Craig Alexis tells the Sporting Post that when she packed her bags Ramsay was highly respected and is still sorely missed in KZN nine years ago and bid farewell to KwaZulu-Natal, moving her life, racing and breeding circles. heart and soul with her family to New Zealand, she could never His list of office-bearer positions reads like the CV of ten differ- have wildly imagined the adventure that lay ahead. ent people! A Barn Foreman at Taylor Made, where she commenced in the Chairman of KZN Breeders Association, Director and Steward of middle of July as a Yearling Groom, Alexis completed the Saratoga Gold Circle, Director of KZN Trainer's Association, Council Mem- Yearling Sale and Keeneland Sale, and returned to the farm at the ber of TBA, Lifetime Member of National Horseracing Authority end of September to fill her current position. Life Member of Gold Circle, Life Colour Holde, Breeder represent- It is thanks to her parents and famous Aunt Pippa Mickleburgh ative for AS International Gambling, Chairman of various sales, that at about the age of ten she started being involved with the marketing, liaison sub-committees. yearlings at the sales, showing them or walking. The Ramsays emigrated in May 2010, with Craig and Tammy “I worked for Pippa one year in Germiston, and with that I also seeking a better future for their son Wesley and daughter Alexis. took a horse through the ring for Terry and Annabel Andrews of They located to Cambridge, which is on the North Island and Sorrento. We moved to Sibaya for the sales and I think it was the onto Cambridge Lodge where they did two sea- second sale that Verna Roberts asked me to take a yearling for sons and then a further season with the stallions. her through the ring. It was through these sales that I was also Alexis tells how in South Africa, foalings are done inside and in able to meet Steve Davies.” NZ outside. She keeps a diary of the twists and turns of a life lived to the “We did it ‘our way’ which raised a lot of eyebrows. The Kiwis fullest since the flight touched down in New Zealand in 2010. thought we were mad! The big difference was that we had to do She has rubbed shoulders with some of the biggest names and the work. Bed the stables, bring the horses in and out, feed out greatest horses interna- in the paddocks etc,” she tionally, and has absorbed recalls. every ounce of energy “I remember thinking along the way. one day that nobody at “Sales work is not easy. It home would believe the is long days, lots of miles. site of Mom and Dad The Keeneland Sale I have driving an old tractor just completed was about in the pouring rain and 18 days of 5am to 6pm feeding horses out in each day. I walked 34km in muddy paddocks. But in a one day – in fact I aver- way they enjoyed it.” aged about 23km/day at Tammy and Craig went the sale!” she laughs. into retail and changed In 2017 Alexis flew 37 direction – buying into a flights and worked at 32 lotto/men's gifts/cigar/ sales. She also made a barber shop and ran that deal with herself to try and for about 3 or 4 years. ride in every country she They dabbled in and were visits. She has ticked New extremely successful in Zealand, Australia, Germa- home buying and restora- ny, the UK, Iceland and the tion and selling. USA, in that box, so far. In July 2017 the family But back to the begin- purchased an avocado ning. and kiwi farm in a town SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 11

Alexis Ramsay called Katikati – with amazing views of the ocean and mountain tal. Sadly she didn't survive, but I grew up watching her race,” she range. recalls fondly. Alexis recalls the initial shock of her immigration to the land of Up to July this year, Alexis worked in the UK for Baker McVeigh. the long white cloud. “I loved it so much. I got to meet Mr William Haggis and his Like the fact that the house on the farm where they first lived wife Maureen, who is the daughter of Lester Piggott - dad had his had no keys. They left their gumboots outside the coffee shop in book in the library growing up! I was privileged to be able to work town and they were still there when they got back. She says that with Sea of Class, Awesome Tank, Celtic Manner and so many of the move was initially sad, but the farm was the life she knew his amazing horses. I went to Shadwell, worked in Hugo Palmer apart from school. and George Scott's yards, spent time in Mike de Kock’s yard at “Every morning during the breeding season I'd wake up and Abington Place. And worked with the Aussie mare Houtzen. “ run to the laundry to see if Dad's wet weather gear was out, She has also visited Iceland. and if I saw it I knew we had foalings, so I'd get ready for school “I went to the Calgary Stampede prior to starting at Taylor super-fast and run to the barn to see the new foals. Our neigh- Made. Meeting Monty Roberts this year was awesome too. He bour who would take us to school, used to hoot for me because has an extremely close relationship with Dr Jacobs' farm in Ger- I'd make us late for school. But once I accepted the changes, I many, so it was a quite personal for me to meet him.” became so excited about it.” “The reason I'm here at Taylor Made is to help decide if I The now 25 year old unattached horse-lover was born in 1993 want to go nursing full time or do stud work. At the moment my and raised at Golden Acres where she worked horses and recalls decision hasn’t been made. I loved my job in Italy and would go riding upside Garth Puller. She was schooled at Treverton in Mooi back in a heartbeat. I also enjoyed working with Baker McVeigh. River, and at St John's DSG in Pietermaritzburg. She completed But who knows what will come out of working here? Who I might high schooling a Cambridge High School New Zealand and at Vet meet or what the farm has in store for me?” Nursing College at WINTEC in NZ. Working in the industry in Japan and India are also on Alexis’ Alexis recalls starting a job on a stud called The Oaks and on dream list. her first day was given a grooming bag and a fork and told to start “I need to travel to South America too - maybe I'll find a polo grooming horses and mucking out. She worked her first sales prep player there!” there and her first sale in NZ whereafter she went into studying nursing. In 2013 she worked at Scone Equine hospital in Australia for five months and then back to NZ where she worked for Wentwood Grange. She did their prep and sale. She graduated in August 2014. A Smashing 2yo! “I went back to work on the farm till after the sale in 2015 and Pinatubo has stormed to the head of the Cartier filled the time working for the SPCA.” Two-Year-Old Colt category in this year's Cartier Racing She tells how Mike Fleming of Bhima in Scone Awards following his determined victory in the has helped her so much. G1 Darley . “I worked for him from April 2016 through till August 2018. The Godolphin homebred took his winning record to six wins I have been extremely privileged to work under his yearling in as many starts as he gamely beat Arizona by two lengths Manager, Melissa Jordan, who after my parents has truly been on soft ground in the highlight on day two of Newmarket's an inspiration. Her work ethic is incredible, she's a fantastic horse Dubai Future Champions Festival on October 12. person and leads by example. She taught me so much just from Pinatubo, trained by Charlie Appleby, has now accrued 80 me observing her working with horses.” points and posted the highest-rated two-year-old perfor- In 2017 Alexis went to Europe to work their sales circuit. mance in 25 years when scoring by nine lengths in the Gr1 She was working the Easter sale in Australia when Dr John Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes at the Curragh, Ireland, McVeigh came to vet one of their horses. He offered her a job. in September. From there it is a whirlwind. Remarkably, his closest rival in the Cartier Two-Year-Old First it was Gestüt Fährhof, Dr Andreas Jacobs farm in Germany. Colt standings is another unbeaten son of Shamardal bred Then to Italy and Centro Equino Arcadia, for Dr Giovanna Rama- and owned by Godolphin, Earthlight (72). Andre Fabre's no. A sale in Ireland for Baroda and Colbinstown, where she got charge has himself gained two Gr1 victories, most recently to meet Mick Flannigan. She then flew Sweden for their sale. Back when scoring by a neck in the Middle Park Stakes to Ireland for Baroda again. Then to Newmarket to work for the at Newmarket on September 28. McVeigh Team at Tattersalls. Dubai Future Champions Festival also saw Cartier Two- Between Tatts Sales Alexis travelled around Iceland, back to Year-Old Filly contender Quadrilateral (32) maintain her Newmarket, and then back to Australia in November. unbeaten record with victory in the Gr1 bet365 Fillies' Mile. The Roger Charlton-trained daughter of , who races In 2018 she worked again at Scone Equine hospital, employed in the colours of her breeder Khalid Abdullah, swooped late now as an ICU nurse. to deny Powerful Breeze (32) by a head, with Gr1 Moyglare “My first year, the great mare Sun Classique came to the hospi- Stud Stakes scorer Love (48) finishing third.

can be purchased here SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 12 here & elsewhere - Sarah WHitelaw ’s Ideal World Not for the first time, the influence of Juddmonte’s late broodmare extraordinaire Hasili () was felt in a number of graded features around the world recently. Hasili’s grandson Ideal World (Kingmambo) is the sire of recent Gr2 Joburg Spring F&M Challenge winner Vistula, while Hasili sons Champs Elysees () and (Danehill) have both made their mark in a number of major feature races over the past few weeks Vistula | JC Photos Vistula became Ideal World’s 22nd stakes Champs Elysees has been represented by Gr2 Solonaway Stakes), Maid In India winner when she won the R350 000 11 stakes winners in 2019 including repeat (Gr3 World Trophy), Simply Breathless Turffontein feature, and her dual stakes Gr1 Australian Cup winner Harlem (third in (Gr3 Wilshire Stakes), Worth Waiting (Gr2 winning sire went close to having a feature Saturday’s Gr1 Ladbrokes Stakes), while his Dahlia Stakes) and Breathtaking Look (Gr3 race double on the same day when his daughter Durance was second in Satur- Stakes). four-year-old daughter Helen’s Ideal ran day’s Gr1 E.P. Taylor Stakes. Bated Breath’s paternal half-brother Har- third in the Gr3 Diana Stakes at Durban- Champs Elysees’ full-brother Dansili, also binger is the sire of star Japanese race- ville. sire of a 1000 Guineas winner in the form mare Deirdre-victorious in the 2019 Gr1 Vistula and Helen’s Ideal are from Ideal of Miss France, is damsire of recent Gr1 Qatar Nassau Stakes, while another Dansili World’s fifth crop of 57 registered foals. First Lady Stakes winner Uni (More Than horse Zoffany, sire of 30 stakes winners This crop is currently responsible for 29 Ready). Hasili’s best sire son, and one of thus far, has had another good season winners, from 50 runners, with Vistula, Danehill’s elite sire sons, the now retired with his representatives including Sunday’s Helen’s Ideal along with short-lived Gr1 SA Dansili is currently the sire of more than Gr1 Qatar winner Al- Derby winner Samurai Warrior, Kenilworth 130 stakes winners having been Champion bigna, and German 1000 Guineas winner Fillies Nursery/Irridescence Stakes winner Sire in France back in 2009. He has been Main Edition. Coral Bay and Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes winner responsible for five stakes winners in 2019 Hasili’s influence this year, however, Inverroche headliners of that foal crop. including Gr3 Modesty Handicap winner has not been restricted to her sons and Juliet Foxtrot, while his son Stratum cap- At the time of writing, Ideal World has grandsons –she is also granddam of group tured Saturday’s historic Emirates Cesare- been responsible for 232 runners of which winner Obligate (Frankel) and third dam of witch Stakes at Newmarket. 37 are black type performers, with his star fellow group winner Sangarius (Kingman) performers including the Equus Champi- However, Dansili’s greatest success in 2019 in 2019, while Hasili’s high-class grandson ons Smart Call and Hermoso Mundo. has been as a sire of sires, and brood- Mirage Dancer (Frankel) was recently sent mare sire. Recent The aforementioned to further his career in Australia this year. Ideal World, who is out of Hasili’s champi- Uni is one of 14 stakes winners produced on, and Breeders’ Cup winning, daughter A stakes winning daughter of dual Derby this year by a daughter of Dansili, with Banks Hill (a full-sister to Champs Elysees winner, and underrated sire Kahyasi, Hasili the latter also broodmare sire of fellow and Dansili), has been consistently suc- was produced by High Line mare Kerali, Gr1 winners Channel () and cessful since retiring to stud. herself a daughter of champion, and Gr1 Aspetar (Preis von Europa). Other Gr1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner With his pedigree, and record of siring winners produced by daughters of Dansili (Roberto). above average daughters, it is hard to include Chicquita, Astaire, , Capla imagine that Ideal World will not go on to Temptress and Breeders’ Cup Mile winning (Hasili’s own dam Kerali also continues become a successful broodmare sire. sire Expert Eye. to be a major factor in pedigrees, with that High Line daughter the third dam of His close relative, the ill-fated Champs (Top class filly Magic Wand () is unbeaten Gr1 bet365 Fillies’ Mile winner Elysees, is the sire of 2018 Gr1 Qipco another top galloper produced by a Dansili Quadrilateral (Frankel) –a close relative of 1000 Guineas winner mare, while the sire is also damsire of Gin the Frankel sired Gr2 winner Obligate and who bounced back to winning form when Fizz (Soft Falling Rain), who was second a leading classic contender for 2020.) accounting for four Gr1 winners when vic- to Vistula in the 2019 Joburg Spring F&M torious in the Gr1 Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Challenge). Hasili’s potency as a broodmare can be Chariot Stakes at Newmarket recently. The also be viewed in the fact that even her Dansili has also enjoyed notable success as four-year-old filly, who appears to relish uplaced son Raise The Flag (Sadler’s Wells) a sire of sires this year, thanks to the likes the Newmarket track, has won three of has been responsible for black type win- of , Zoffany and Bated Breath. her last four starts, with Billesdon Brook’s ners, with the New Zealand based sire’s The latter has had a breakout year in latest score taking her earnings to close on seven black type winners, at the time of 2019, with the former Gr2 Temple Stakes £700 000. writing, including Broadside (Gr3 Newcas- winner responsible for such notable stakes tle Gold Cup) and Etah James (Gr3 Lord One of five Gr1 winners out of Hasili, winners this year as Daahyeh (Gr2 Reims Stakes). and Canada’s Horse Of The Year in 2009, Stakes), Space Traveller (Gr3 Jersey Stakes, SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 13 breeding Global Worming What are the consequences for horses and the SA breeding industry?

The majority of horse owners the world from cattle and sheep especially in they are showing signs of AR. over are still deworming horses as they did rainfall areas. This is the only parasite Small Strongyles are the most common 40 years ago - by the calendar regardless of horses and ruminants share in common) parasites in horses and also the most com- need or species affecting the horse, writes and Strongyloides westerii (transmitted in monly susceptible to AR. However, there Worm-ex Lab’s Dr Karl MA van Laeren mare’s milk to foals). On studs and racing are over 40 species of small Strongyles (BVSc) stables the Ascarid worm that develops and only one or two may have mutated after passing through the lungs of horses Four major groups of parasites need to be into a resistant species. So, a count may is the most spectacular due to its large considered : only drop from 1000 eggs per gram of pencil-like size. The eggs of this GIN are dung to say 150, which indicates only 85% 1. Small Strongyles or Cyathostomins thick walled and very well designed to reduction. This is an indication that some survive in the environment for years over- These worms live in the gut wall to the worm species are not being effectively coming freezing cold or hot dry spells. As cecum (the very large equivalent of a destroyed and it may be worth trying these parasites pass through the horse’s human’s appendix but designed to digest another dewormer to rid the horse of the respiratory system, left uncontrolled, they grass) before maturing and migrating into remaining worms. This war against para- can result in respiratory issues as well as gut lumen or cavity They often occur in sites is won or lost by the accumulation of intestinal blockages, leading to colics and numbers exceeding 100,000 worms in the small victories and/or oversights. associated complications. gut wall. As adults they migrate out of the Resistance wall into the intestinal cavity where they 4. Tapeworms that undergo an indirect live on bacteria and protozoa and cause lit- As young horses carry the highest worm lifecycle needing a forage mite to tle harm. This is where reproduction and burdens and may be exposed to up to egg production occurs and is the principle complete the life cycle eight dewormings per year, this is the egg seen in horse’s dung. If a rare mass Parasite control is effected by the admin- portion of the horse population that has emergence of larvae from the gut wall istration of anthelmintics (a group of -an shown the greatest tendency to develop occurs then this could be fatal in young tiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms resistance. horses. (helminths) and other internal parasites In essence, resistance is occurring in the from the body by either stunning or killing Performance Horse and Thoroughbred 2. Large Strongyles them and without causing significant dam- studs and has the potential to spread These worms are the real “bad boys “of age to the host. to in contact horses. To date we have yesteryear. They migrate beyond the gut Two to four to even eight times a year, all encountered no less than ten such young wall and into the arteries of the abdomen, horses, regardless of age or immunity, get Thoroughbreds that fail to clear fully after or in the liver and other abdominal sites. dewormed willy-nilly. ivermectin dewormers. In such cases, Left untreated, they form masses, which we then advocate moxidectin dewormers can lead to thrombosis, damage to arter- The more we, as humans, get exposed which may reduce the burden some more. ies and masses breaking loose can lead to to antibiotics the more likely a bacterium However, these horses never drop to the blockage of the arterial tree, starving the will mutate into a super bug. The same mandatory 95-99% reduction levels one intestine of blood supply, which causes ar- principle applies to our horse’s parasites or would expect with macrocyclic lactone eas of the intestine to break off, resulting GIN’s. The more dewormers used per year dewormers (the family of drugs containing in colics and other complications. Fortu- the greater the likelihood of resistance oc- ivermectin, abamectin, the cattle deworm- nately, nowadays Large Strongyles are all curring and the faster it is likely to happen. er, doramectin, and moxidectin). but extinct due to the deworming efficacy Anthelmintic resistance (termed AR in the There is evidence of Macrocyclic lactone on many studs. scientific literature) occurs when worms dewormer resistance in sheep, cattle and get exposed to an effective dewormer, but in horses. We diagnosed our first case in 3. Non strongylid Gastrointestinal fail to respond satisfactorily. A satisfactory a horse from the Eastern Cape in 2016. A nematodes (parasites) or GIN’s response is a reduction of at least 95% on new molecule, monopantel, developed in These include Parascaris equorum the pre-worming worm egg count. So, if a New Zealand is now available for sheep (Ascarids), Habronema sp. and Draschia horse shows 1000 eggs per gram of dung and goats but alas, the first cases of megastoma (Summer sore worms), Ox- pre-deworming, they should have 50 or resistance reported in 2013 in NZ. Hors- yuris equi (pinworms), Trichostrongylus less eggs two weeks after deworming to es, however, have no new “get out of jail axei (bankrupt stomach worms contracted meet the 95% acceptance level. If not, solution” if resistance is encountered,

can be purchased here SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 14 global worming Digest Diary as monopantel’s safety in horses and in pregnant mares is not assured. We are Features To Come having to revert to older families of drugs or a combination of deworming drugs to Sun 20 Oct (L) Michaelmas Hcp clear resistant parasites. Stomach tubing 1900m Greyville (T) with up to three drugs has been required Fri 25 Oct (L) Racing Association S in some Ascarid infections. 1600m Fairview (T) How horses performed in South Africa’s black type races, expressed in points based As long as horse owners and even their Sat 26 Oct Gr2 WC Fillies Ch'ship on the kind of races and how far behind veterinarians remain confused or unaware 1400m Kenilworth the winner they finished. of the risk factors of repeated deworming Gr3 Cape Classic A full explanation of the point system and with, moxidectin in particular, GIN’s, espe- 1400m Kenilworth the complete list of point earners is on the cially in young horses, are prone to encour- Sporting Post website. Sun 27 Oct (L) BW Algoa Cup age and select for resistant genes to evolve 2000m Fairview (T) and disseminate to other horses sharing Top Scorers for 2019/2020 the same paddock space. Stud farms are (complete season to 31 July 2020) breeding good equine genetics (blood- our deworming achieving a 95% plus out- horse age sex points races stock) through selecting strong compatible come post worming?” should be on every Prince Of Kahal 5 c 50 1 forward-thinking stud personnel’s mind. Vistula 4 f 30 1 pedigrees, but inadvertently, excessive and One World 4 c 25 1 unnecessary dewormings are breeding bad If doing these tests on the entire draft of Infamous Fox 5 c 24 1 persisting parasite genes with a propensity yearlings and two year olds in one’s care is Chijmes 4 c 24 1 to show resistance to drugs that previously initially unattractive, one should consider Zouaves 6 c 23 1 proved highly effective. Chimichuri Run 4 c 21 1 testing a sector of the stud to establish Gin Fizz 3 f 12 1 Anthelmintic resistance is now a world- whether the drugs one is employing Is wide phenomenon. Just think of the old producing the desired outcome. A re- days were one syringe of dewormer was duction of 95% plus should be achievable truly BROAD SPECTRUM. This term is now on an individual basis and certainly on a Phumelela Shareprice stud basis to ensure that one’s deworming a dream of the past as Ascarids, pinworms date close high low volume and now Small Strongyles all show signs protocol is effective. 16Oct 221 245 218 137,433 of AR. The one clear oddity about AR is that it 15Oct 249 249 218 31,012 never shows up in an entire draft of hors- 14Oct 235 235 215 1,400 Selective es. One or more individuals may be affect- 11Oct 235 235 235 0 10Oct 235 235 220 31,503 The Southern African evidence pertaining ed while other members of the herd may to AR has mainly come from the Thor- 9Oct 235 235 220 15,100 show no signs. So, throw one’s net out as 8Oct 235 249 235 985,911 oughbred studs producing stock for racing far as possible as the problem is still very 7Oct 235 250 234 567,278 purposes. Usually this trend to AR is only selective in distribution. Only by looking 4Oct 235 235 230 108,902 noticed when these horses arrive at the few critically at ones deworming methods are 3Oct 235 250 225 10,803 training establishments practicing selective we likely to avert a looming disaster. 2Oct 225 245 220 59,372 deworming. Selective deworming is an 1Oct 250 250 245 53,587 Acknowledgements. The term “Global evidence-based deworming protocol where 30Sep 250 250 240 20,236 Worming” was coined by Dr Rose No- only horses with over a predetermined 27Sep 250 250 240 2,750 len-Walston and cited in an article written 26Sep 250 260 215 8,085 threshold level are dewormed. Studs and by Ray Kaplan the Equine Parasitology sci- 25Sep 260 260 260 1,100 racing stables should do worm egg counts entist from the University of Georgia, USA 23Sep 221 250 221 22,620 (WEC) and especially worm egg count An Inconvenient Truth: Global Worming 20Sep 221 290 221 75,038 reduction tests (WECRT) to establish the and Anthelmintic Resistance. 19Sep 240 270 240 2,250 efficacy of their deworming drug of choice 18Sep 250 250 250 32,000 Veterinary Parasitology, 2012: Vol 186 and whether AR is present in their herd. “Is 17Sep 270 270 250 26,362 Issue 1 & 2 pgs. 70-78. Kaplan R et al. 16Sep 270 270 270 0 SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 15

Charity Mile Ready To Run Cup - Soqrat Tops Charity Entry Latest Following her half length third place behind Querari Ferrari last week, the Gary Alexander-trained Gary Alexander Thandekhile has moved into seventeenth position on the Soqrat | Chase Liebenberg log for the R1-million Emperors Palace An impressive winner on his return to Ready To Run Cup to be run at Turffontein Hawwaam / Chase Liebenberg action at Turffontein on Saturday, Mike de over 1400m on Saturday 2 November. Kock’s 2018 Cape Guineas winner Soqrat Summer Cup Standings Two improvers on the log are Follow My is the top-rated of the 37 entries received Path (No 14 from 19) and Hurricane Harry, for the R1 million Gr2 Emperors Palace This week’s Gr1 Summer Cup log from No 13 to No 10. Charity Mile to be run on 2 November. is largely unchanged with Mike de Kock’s champion 3yo of last term The Sean Tarry-trained Spiritofthegroove A son of Epaulette, Soqrat was back Hawwaam, who has not been seen retains her position at the top of the log. after an eleven week break and his run- since a late withdrawal from the ner-up finish to Rainbow Bridge in the Gr1 See the log here Vodacom Durban July, topping the Champions Cup last term, when he cruised charts. The race is restricted to eligible graduates to an authoritative victory on Saturday. of the 2018 Emperor’s Palace Summer He is one of three Mike de Kock entries in Trainer Mike de Kock has won the race Ready To Run Sales. the mile handicap that will host a maximum a record nine times, with six of those victories coming since the race’s rein- The field size will be limited to 16 runners field of 16 runners plus three reserves. troduction in 1999.Phumelela revived plus two reserve runners. The final field See the entries here and reintroduced the Summer Cup to will be determined by a panel appointed the racing calendar in its traditional by the racing operator. * Supplementary entries close 11h00 Friday 18 October, on which day the weights will be format at the time. All horses will carry 60kg but there will be published. SA champion trainer Sean Tarry goes a northern hemisphere allowance as well * Declarations 11h00 Tuesday 22 October. as a sex allowance of 2.5kg. * Draws will be announced Wednesday 23 for a hat-trick of Summer Cup suc- October at a venue and time to be advised. cesses and has 11 entries in the race, Entries close 11h00 Monday 21 October. including last years victor, Tilbury Fort. Supplementary entries close 09h00 on The Peermont Emperors Palace Charity The 2000m feature will be run at Turf- Monday 28 October with declarations Mile has become a highlight of the calen- fontein on Saturday 30 November. 11h00 Tuesday 29 October. dar and 16 charities are each paired with a racehorse and a celebrity to battle it out See the log standings here for a share of R1 million. The winning charity receives a cheque Summer Cup Timeline for R150 000, second place R100 000 * Second Entries: 11h00 Monday 4 Nov Cape Elections – and the remaining 14 charities receiving * Weights: Monday 4 November proportionate amounts of the total de- * Final Entries 11h00 Monday 18 Nov Make Your Cross pending on their allocated horses’ overall * Declarations: 11h00 Tuesday 19 Nov The voting papers for election to the placement. * Final Field: Tuesday 19 Nov Western Cape Chapter of the Racing Charities for 2019 race include the * Draws: Wednesday 20 Nov Association have been mailed to Highveld Horse Care Unit, National Horse See the Hollywoodbets ante-post members. Trust, Welamlambo Primary School, Peer- market here Click here for voting paper mont Education Trust, Lesedi Scarce Skills Messrs Ashwin Reynolds, Philip Programme and the Animal Anti-Cruelty Sarembock, Kevin Sommerville and League, amongst others. Troy Finch are the nominees. Last year’s winner was the Robbie Sage- trained gelding, Coral Fever, giving charity Click to read the individual pen pics Khangezile Primary and celebrity Pallance Completed voting forms must be re- Dladla the bragging rights in the winners turned by no later than noon on Friday enclosure. 1 November 2019 in terms of Click here for the Hollywoodbets the options outlined. Charity Mile ante-post betting SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 16 news international

books in 2013 when becoming the first Muzi Captains black jockey to win the Gr1 Vodacom Oratorio’s Son On Cue! Team SA Durban July. Avontuur’s high-riding Danehill stallion Oratorio’s son Cue The Music produced a The teams for this year’s World Sports INTERNATIONAL TEAM commendable first run in Hong Kong on Betting International Jockey Challenge Rob Havlin was a member of Team UK at Saturday when finishing fourth behind supported by Sun International and Air last year’s International Jockey Challenge the record-breaking Aethero in the HK$ Mauritius, have been finalised. in Singapore. He has ridden around 900 2,1 million Wo Tik Handicap over 1000m Muzi Yeni will domestic winners, partnering more than at Sha Tin. captain the South 1000 winners worldwide – in countries like The classy Aethero marches on to the Gr1 African team while the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Italy, Gavin Lerena, Longines Hong Kong Sprint after smashing Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Sacred Kingdom’s twelve year long record Warren Kenne- Hungary, Singapore and South Africa. dy, Greg Cheyne, for the Sha Tin 1000m. Callan Murray and Paul Hanagan has twice been crowned Now trained by David Ferraris, Cue The S’manga Khumalo champion jockey on the Flat in Britain, Music, the 2017/18 KZN Champion 2yo are the other riders riding 165 winners in 2011 to defend his male, only arrived in Hong Kong in May to wear the green title, having won his first title with 191 this year. and gold silks. Muzi Yeni winners in 2010. Among his major wins are the British Champions Sprint Stakes He is owned by Mr & Mrs Julian Chow Kai The International Team will be cap- Wo, Chow Wing Shuen and Chow Cheuk tained by Rab Havlin (Scotland), with Paul with Muhaarar in 2015, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Gr1 with Wai. Hanagan, Martin Dwyer, Hayley Turner He was ridden on by SA Champion jockey (England), Andrea Atzeni (Italy) and Taghrooda in 2014, the Gr1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere in France with Wootton Bassett Lyle Hewitson, who is still out to break his Nooresh Juglall (Mauritius) his wingmen duck after just 4 places from 35 rides. In and -woman. in 2010 and the Grade 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen aboard Muarrab in 2016. a frustrating start for the AS star, he had TEAM SA Martin Dwyer has recorded major wins to sit out an early suspension from the previous season in his home country, and Muzi Yeni is a regular on the South worldwide, most notably aboard Phoenix has not enjoyed the best quality of rides, African team competing in international Reach. They teamed up to win the Canadi- generally. jockey challenges. He is undoubtedly the an in 2003, the Hong most hard-working jockey in the country Kong Vase in 2004 and the Dubai Sheema His luck must surely change soon. having saddled up 476 times since the Classic in 2005. He has twice been the re- A former Dennis Bosch-trained gelding, start of the season in 1 August. cipient of the Flat Ride of the Year award. Cue The Music won his first three starts, Gavin Lerena is no stranger to team Hayley Turner became the first woman to including the Gr3 Godolphin Barb Stakes racing, having represented SA in five Inter- ride 100 United Kingdom Flat race winners over 1100m at Scottsville and he then only national Jockey Challenges on home soil, during a calendar year in 2008. In fact, just failed to hold on when runner -up in winning the Longines International Jockey that year she was only one of five jockeys the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion over Challenge in 2015 in Hong Kong, and rep- to ride in over 900 races in the UK. She 1200m at Scottsville. resenting the Rest Of The World team at currently has over 780 career wins. In A half-brother to Equus champion Val De the Shergar Cup a few years back. 2011 Turner became the first female jock- Ra (Var), Cue The Music was purchased for Warren Kennedy currently leads the ey to ride an outright Group 1 race winner R1,6 million off the 2017 Emperors Palace champion jockey log. Last season he broke in Britain, when partnering Dream Ahead Select Yearling Sale. through the 100 barrier mark, riding 139 in the Darley July Cup. He was bred by Avontuur from their winners at a strike rate of 12,2% and fin- Andrea Atzeni won the St. Leger and Moy- international stakes producing sire Ora- ished 7th on the log. glare Stud Stakes in the same weekend in torio (Danehill) out of the prolific winner Greg Cheyne is well-travelled, having 2014, followed by the Dewhurst Stakes producing Minelli (Elliodor). raced in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and his second successive Racing Post Oratorio is currently third on the SA Na- Germany, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Korea and Trophy the following month. He has won Macau. He boasts more than 100 interna- tional Sires log behind Silvano and barn- major races in France, Italy, Germany, UK, mate, Var. tional victories. Republic of Ireland, UAE and Canada. Callan Murray has proven that he has BMT – that’s big match temperament. Nooresh Juglall honed his craft here in Four months after being crowned Cham- SA and won two champion apprentice pion Apprentice for the 2015-16 season, jockey titles before spreading his wings to he bagged a Grade 1 treble on Champions Singapore in 2014. He made an immediate Day in 2018. impact, booting home his first winner, Ma- S’manga Khumalo was crowned South jestic Moments, in his very first Kranji ride. African champion jockey for the 2013-14 The World Sports Betting International season. He repeated that feat in 2015- Jockey Challenge supported by Sun Inter- 2016. He wrote his name in the history national and Air Mauritius takes place at Turffontein on Saturday 16 November. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 17 international

Santa Ana Lane remains the favourite after coming up with barri- Rain Falls On Champions er two, just ahead of Pierata who has the inside draw. QIPCO British Champions Day is the finale of the British Flat Third favourite Arcadia Queen also received a low barrier at racing season. A wet is set alight on the Tuesday's draw, with the Western Australian mare to jump from nation’s richest ever raceday, as champions are crowned kings barrier three. and queens of the turf. Likely leader Nature Strip will start from the outside gate (12), Top horses and jockeys from across the globe will be in action to while two-time Everest champion Redzel will start in stall seven. compete for a £4.2 million purse. The barrier draw was conducted by Racing NSW stewards on But watch the weather! Tuesday afternoon and revealed In a stunning light show with the With further rain expected and Ascot's round course already wa- the horses' racing colours and barrier numbers projected on to terlogged, clerk of the course Chris Stickels has moved the three the southern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. affected races on the illustrious card to the inner hurdles track. So it’s 12 horses, 1200m, and A$14 million to be won or lost in a The prospect of using the round course this weekend had ap- little over a minute! peared unlikely with areas of standing water having little chance Watch it live on Tellytrack (Dstv 239) from Randwick Racecourse of drying out due to the forecast. Rain is forecast every day up at 07h15 on Saturday morning. to, and including, Saturday with the straight course already riding heavy. The day promises to be packed with star quality after 25 Group 1 winners remained in contention for Saturday's showpiece fixture at the five-day entry stage. To Win or Not To Win There were questions about the eligibility of Captain Carlos Fan favourite will be among the headline acts and the who ran in the Flamingo Park Maiden Plate first race on five-year-old entire is set to complete a glittering campaign when Monday. bidding for back-to-back victories in the Long Distance Cup. The Sporting Post took up the matter of the son of Jay His trainer John Gosden has also left in lightly-raced September Peg’s participation as he was the runner-up to the subse- Stakes winner Royal Line, while Aidan O'Brien could fire 2018 St quently ‘disqualified’ Elusive Kat at Fairview on 21 June, and Leger winner Kew Gardens at the race. is thus technically a winner. The last three winners of the Champions Sprint are in line to do What confused the issue was that after the publishing of battle again, with last year's winner Sands Of Mali set to take on the NHRA’s recent findings following an inquiry on 27 Sep- Librisa Breeze and The Tin Man. tember on the disqualification of Elusive Kat, Captain Carlos Advertise, winner of the course-and-distance Commonwealth was ‘promoted’ and reflected as a winner of the race on 21 Cup and Prix Maurice de Gheest this season, is the current June 2019 by the NRB. favourite. Sprint Cup winner Hello Youmzain, Prix de la Foret her- Since our query, this has been amended by the bureau. oine One Master and the Michael Dods-trained Mabs Cross could NHRA CEO Vee Moodley confirmed to the Sporting Post feature among the opposition. that the trainer of Elusive Kat was still entitled to an appeal Watch all the action from Ascot on Tellytrack (Dstv 239) on Satur- and that the status quo of the actual form shall remain intact day afternoon. until that process is finalized – alternatively, if the appeal route is not followed, that it has passed via the review board. So at this point in time, Elusive Kat is still a winner and Captain Carlos is still a maiden. R142 Million At Stake The barrier draw has been conducted for Saturday's A$14 million The Everest at Royal Randwick with Cape sire Time Puller Sets Summer Pace Thief’s daughter In Her Time drawing gate 4 on her return from a break. KZN log-leading trainer Garth Puller’s consistent Jackson gelding Jack Of Hearts leads the KZN Summer Challenge. Time Thief (Redoute’s Choice) stands at Nadeson Park Stud in Hermanus. The Summerveld trainer’s long-striding four-year-old has won his last two starts over 1950m and 2200m. In Her Time has notched both of her Gr1 wins (The Galaxy) and The series, which runs from 4 August to 24 November, gives the 2019 Lightning Stakes when first up from a spell, and trainer the average handicapper a chance to compete for a large stake of Kris Lees intimated his confidence in her preparation this time R150 000 per final and their trainers a chance to earn an incen- around. tive bonus. “The best thing for her was to get the slot early, so we could just Click here to see the latest leaderboard get the preparation right with her,” he said, unworried about missing the Gr2 The Shorts last month. All races (excluding Features, Maiden Plates & Maiden Juvenile Plates) run in KwaZulu-Natal between 4 August and 24 Novem- “She is a big strong mare now and we have been focused on ber will count as qualifying races to earn points provided that having her right for one day…I think we have her where she was the nett Merit Rating of a horse (afterA WF Allowance) may not before the Lightning in the autumn and that’s a good place to be. exceed 102 in the race in which it participates. She has been up with the best sprinters for a while now. She is Three finals will be run over 1200m, 1600m and 1 950m on 8 going to run a big race on Saturday again.” December at Hollywoodbets Scottsville. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 18

Leading breeders by Stakes season 2019/2020 • 1 August - 13 October 2019 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 Now 4,749,600 Klawervlei Stud 261 18,198 507 49 54 19% 1 1 2% 147 29% 0 Golden Belle 129,375 3% 3,576,525 Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 168 21,289 327 32 38 19% 1 2 3% 106 32% 1 Meryl 183,500 5% 3,510,275 Summerhill Stud 152 23,094 353 36 41 24% 0 0 0% 105 30% 1 Hidden Agenda 144,700 4% For 3? 2,278,225 Highlands 99 23,012 216 22 28 22% 1 1 5% 59 27% 0 Stream Of Kindness 145,050 6% 2,226,150 Maine Chance 80 27,827 155 24 31 30% 0 0 0% 42 27% 0 Port Key 134,375 6% 1,668,100 Drakenstein Stud 81 20,594 151 18 18 22% 0 0 0% 56 37% 2 Chouette 82,500 5% 1,411,100 Moutonshoek 84 16,799 183 13 16 15% 0 0 0% 53 29% 1 Takatul 122,300 9% 1,399,700 Nadeson Park Stud 60 23,328 128 14 17 23% 0 0 0% 41 32% 0 Cane Lime ‘n Soda 127,200 9% 1,382,300 Varsfontein Stud 68 20,328 132 15 16 22% 0 0 0% 40 30% 0 Bellingham Bay 105,000 8% 1,126,200 Lammerskraal Stud 51 22,082 82 14 14 27% 0 0 0% 21 26% 0 Maddox Tune 83,125 7% 1,116,975 Clifton Stud 37 30,189 82 8 11 22% 1 2 13% 27 33% 0 Prince Of Kahal 403,125 36% 1,031,175 Scott Bros 73 14,126 164 11 11 15% 1 1 9% 37 23% 0 Double ‘O’ Eight 108,450 11% 1,022,650 Ascot Stud 58 17,632 112 10 11 17% 0 0 0% 35 31% 1 Jack Of Hearts 163,800 16% 936,913 Piemonte Stud 40 23,423 80 11 11 28% 0 0 0% 29 36% 0 Abelie 106,200 11% 927,875 Favour Stud 55 16,870 118 11 12 20% 0 0 0% 34 29% 0 Bouncing Tigger 87,875 9% 917,900 Graystone Stud 23 39,909 73 7 9 30% 0 0 0% 22 30% 0 Lake Kinneret 170,500 19% 887,925 B Le Roux 27 32,886 68 10 12 37% 0 0 0% 20 29% 0 Georgina Rose 127,875 14%

Leading SIREs by Stakes season 2019/2020 • 1 August - 13 October 2019 Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes The Prix de l’Arc de rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes Triomphe will celebrate a 2,299,975 Silvano 112 20,535 206 25 29 22% 0 0 0% 62 30% 0 Port Key 134,375 6% 2,117,975 Var 97 21,835 209 22 25 23% 0 0 0% 71 34% 0 Takatul 122,300 6% 100th birthday in 2020 and 2,079,600 Oratorio 83 25,055 170 20 24 24% 0 0 0% 54 32% 0 Ultra Magnus 151,250 7% Enable is already priced up 2,024,950 *Dynasty 85 23,823 156 21 24 25% 2 2 10% 51 33% 0 Belgarion 162,500 8% 1,946,525 What A Winter 98 19,863 182 20 23 20% 1 1 5% 56 31% 0 Sarah 157,500 8% as favourite to win it. 1,798,763 Gimmethegreenlight 97 18,544 197 18 21 19% 0 0 0% 58 29% 1 Cane Lime ‘n Soda 127,200 7% 1,793,525 *Captain Al 83 21,609 145 16 16 19% 1 1 6% 64 44% 2 One World 125,000 7% The champion daughter 1,644,975 Querari 101 16,287 180 19 19 19% 0 0 0% 46 26% 0 Elusive Quest 86,625 5% of Nathaniel out of the 1,589,825 Pathfork 64 24,841 152 17 18 27% 0 0 0% 47 31% 0 Brass Bell 104,500 7% 1,587,925 *Sail From Seattle 58 27,378 127 16 19 28% 0 0 0% 47 37% 1 Bright Flame 132,500 8% Sadler’s Wells Concentric 1,571,950 Twice Over 93 16,903 196 15 16 16% 0 0 0% 67 34% 1 Twice To Sydney 121,875 8% (GB) is now rising 6. She 1,540,150 Master Of My Fate 89 17,305 161 15 16 17% 0 0 0% 50 31% 0 Goliath Heron 94,750 6% 1,494,050 Elusive Fort 86 17,373 179 14 14 16% 0 0 0% 60 34% 1 Secret Depths 89,550 6% recently failed in a bid to 1,448,950 Duke Of Marmalade 62 23,370 110 16 18 26% 0 0 0% 37 34% 0 Dancing Feather 120,625 8% 1,446,950 Philanthropist 83 17,433 174 14 17 17% 0 0 0% 47 27% 1 Stream Of Kindness 145,050 10% win the prestigious race 1,294,525 Trippi 66 19,614 118 13 15 20% 0 0 0% 39 33% 2 Crome Yellow 138,750 11% for the third year when 1,240,500 *Seventh Rock 65 19,085 130 13 16 20% 0 0 0% 40 31% 0 Pidgeon Rock 131,875 11% downed by Waldgeist. Already a notable omission Leading SIREs of 3yo’s by Stakes season 2019/2020 • 1 August - 13 October 2019 for Saturday’s Champions 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 Day at Ascot, it seemed that 1,191,425 Vercingetorix 39 30,549 69 12 17 31% 0 0 0% 14 20% 0 Prince Of Venice 131,375 11% the Juddmonte Stud-owned 1,059,450 Querari 54 19,619 97 13 13 24% 0 0 0% 29 30% 0 Calypso Beat 72,000 7% 1,043,750 What A Winter 46 22,690 87 11 12 24% 1 1 9% 23 26% 0 Sarah 157,500 15% mare’s illustrious racing 913,400 *Dynasty 34 26,865 58 10 12 29% 0 0 0% 22 38% 0 Bag Of Tricks 110,175 12% 854,200 Oratorio 38 22,479 73 9 12 24% 0 0 0% 15 21% 0 Before The Dawn 131,875 15% career was over, in advance 819,425 *Captain Al 36 22,762 63 9 9 25% 0 0 0% 27 43% 0 Ehsaan 70,000 9% of a transfer to stud. 759,000 Captain Of All 33 23,000 67 8 8 24% 0 0 0% 20 30% 0 Lady Legend 83,500 11% 754,300 Gimmethegreenlight 40 18,858 67 8 10 20% 0 0 0% 16 24% 1 Cane Lime ‘n Soda 127,200 17% But the good news is 713,725 Duke Of Marmalade 35 20,392 62 6 8 17% 0 0 0% 24 39% 0 Dancing Feather 120,625 17% that Enable will remain in 696,800 Flower Alley 34 20,494 61 8 8 24% 0 0 0% 23 38% 0 Floribunda 73,225 11% 678,500 Master Of My Fate 46 14,750 87 7 7 15% 0 0 0% 26 30% 0 All The Way Up 68,375 10% training with John Gos- 674,725 *Soft Falling Rain 33 20,446 51 6 8 18% 0 0 0% 11 22% 1 Donderweer 129,375 19% 606,025 Twice Over 43 14,094 84 6 6 14% 0 0 0% 28 33% 0 Twice As Special 69,875 12% den, who said she will 585,800 Philanthropist 39 15,021 72 6 6 15% 0 0 0% 21 29% 0 Tokolosh 80,750 14% not race again in 2019: 584,525 Pathfork 30 19,484 64 6 7 20% 0 0 0% 18 28% 0 Brass Bell 104,500 18% “Her programme will be with 20 or more rnrs determined entirely on Leading SIREs by aepr season 2019/2020 • 1 August - 13 October 2019 her wellbeing, so no racing 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 plans will be announced at 1,000,650 *Kahal 22 45,484 64 6 9 27% 1 2 17% 23 36% 0 Prince Of Kahal 403,125 40% this stage. The Prix de l’Arc 1,191,425 Vercingetorix 39 30,549 69 12 17 31% 0 0 0% 14 20% 0 Prince Of Venice 131,375 11% 1,587,925 *Sail From Seattle 58 27,378 127 16 19 28% 0 0 0% 47 37% 1 Bright Flame 132,500 8% de Triomphe remains an 710,550 *Just As Well 26 27,329 74 7 8 27% 0 0 0% 21 28% 0 Georgina Rose 127,875 18% 754,950 Irish Flame 28 26,963 62 8 8 29% 0 0 0% 23 37% 0 Irish Wonder Girl 84,900 11% important target.” 2,079,600 Oratorio 83 25,055 170 20 24 24% 0 0 0% 54 32% 0 Ultra Magnus 151,250 7% The Enable news 1,589,825 Pathfork 64 24,841 152 17 18 27% 0 0 0% 47 31% 0 Brass Bell 104,500 7% 1,085,350 Pomodoro 45 24,119 99 11 14 24% 0 0 0% 31 31% 0 Golden Belle 129,375 12% became the third-most 2,024,950 *Dynasty 85 23,823 156 21 24 25% 2 2 10% 51 33% 0 Belgarion 162,500 8% 1,448,950 Duke Of Marmalade 62 23,370 110 16 18 26% 0 0 0% 37 34% 0 Dancing Feather 120,625 8% trending subject on Twitter 759,000 Captain Of All 33 23,000 67 8 8 24% 0 0 0% 20 30% 0 Lady Legend 83,500 11% with regular rider Frankie 592,875 *Great Britain 26 22,803 76 6 9 23% 0 0 0% 25 33% 0 Bridge Of Spies 115,175 19% 2,117,975 Var 97 21,835 209 22 25 23% 0 0 0% 71 34% 0 Takatul 122,300 6% Dettori tweeting: ‘My girl is 1,793,525 *Captain Al 83 21,609 145 16 16 19% 1 1 6% 64 44% 2 One World 125,000 7% 866,825 *Byword 42 20,639 90 10 12 24% 0 0 0% 22 24% 0 Jagesa Jagesa 101,300 12% staying in training for next year. I can’t wait. Come on 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 Enable! SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 19

Leading TRAINERS by STAKES season 2019/2020 • 1 August - 13 October 2019 trainer runs wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ % % % % four four% runs Bling Is Back S’manga Khumalo rode two good PA Peter 199 31 16% 43 22% 30% 22 11% 102 51% 2,984,475 14,997 SG Tarry 191 31 16% 48 25% 35% 18 9% 89 47% 2,701,625 14,145 winners over the weekend and J Snaith 235 30 13% 49 21% 29% 28 12% 115 49% 2,541,375 10,814 AC Greeff 214 33 15% 49 23% 31% 29 14% 105 49% 2,409,788 11,261 even though he picked up crop BJ Crawford 140 27 19% 26 19% 38% 16 11% 74 53% 2,166,025 15,472 sanctions in both cases, he is riding Y Bremner 188 21 11% 24 13% 33% 28 15% 92 49% 1,839,850 9,786 MF de Kock 116 19 16% 29 25% 38% 13 11% 56 48% 1,790,050 15,431 with renewed enthusiasm and GB Puller 100 15 15% 16 16% 31% 12 12% 47 47% 1,427,750 14,278 GD Smith 232 18 8% 13 6% 31% 17 7% 72 31% 1,392,500 6,002 vigour and has now got 23 winners GM Alexander 89 14 16% 11 12% 55% 10 11% 38 43% 1,147,550 12,894 on the board at a strike-rate of just JAJ v Vuuren 96 12 13% 13 14% 46% 11 11% 39 41% 1,120,425 11,671 GS Kotzen 126 11 9% 8 6% 38% 18 14% 50 40% 1,085,800 8,617 under 14%. He wrote his name into SD Gray 98 10 10% 6 6% 33% 10 10% 42 43% 1,071,450 10,933 S'manga Khumalo PF Matchett 115 13 11% 6 5% 33% 7 6% 43 37% 1,049,850 9,129 is riding with vigour the history books when he became VH Marshall 85 13 15% 9 11% 33% 7 8% 36 42% 1,012,100 11,907 the first black jockey to win the G v Zyl 65 11 17% 15 23% 47% 7 11% 31 48% 984,375 15,144 A Nel 90 10 11% 9 10% 11% 11 12% 44 49% 983,650 10,929 Vodacom Durban July (2013), and in 2014 became the first RR Magner 88 7 8% 6 7% 33% 9 10% 36 41% 978,475 11,119 AG Laird 57 9 16% 10 18% 40% 10 18% 29 51% 914,625 16,046 black jockey to win the SA Championship title. DR Drier 85 9 11% 15 18% 53% 6 7% 32 38% 868,900 10,222 DS Bosch 58 11 19% 6 10% 50% 4 7% 25 43% 847,725 14,616 D Nieuwenhuizen 65 8 12% 5 8% 40% 10 15% 32 49% 835,050 12,847 D Kannemeyer 66 8 12% 13 20% 23% 13 20% 30 45% 791,250 11,989 DA Sham 73 9 12% 3 4% 33% 6 8% 31 42% 767,550 10,514 DC Howells 77 7 9% 5 6% 40% 8 10% 35 45% 738,550 9,592 Jet Set Brett SB Kotzen 123 9 7% 7 6% 29% 7 6% 48 39% 738,250 6,002 Another double at Durbanville on Tuesday took milestone man Leading jockeys by WINS season 2019/2020 • 1 August - 13 October 2019 Brett Crawford to 29 winners for jockey rides wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ the term after celebrating his % % % % four four% rides 1000 career winners mark at the W Kennedy 398 66 17% 84 21% 37% 53 13% 214 54% 6,003,575 15,084 same venue last Saturday. Ikeba- M Yeni 468 52 11% 72 15% 22% 67 14% 221 47% 4,874,425 10,415 G Cheyne 190 45 24% 56 29% 38% 20 11% 107 56% 3,055,288 16,080 na (Sandile Mbhele, 4-1) and the R Fourie 129 33 26% 51 40% 33% 18 14% 86 67% 2,311,350 17,917 R Danielson 152 30 20% 45 30% 38% 21 14% 81 53% 2,504,150 16,475 vastly improved Stanley (Corne C Maujean 225 27 12% 21 9% 52% 23 10% 108 48% 2,386,825 10,608 Orffer, 16-1) were the Crawford C Murray 134 27 20% 30 22% 40% 12 9% 68 51% 2,150,400 16,048 R Munger 308 24 8% 24 8% 17% 29 9% 126 41% 2,287,650 7,427 Brett Crawford Racing winners. Brett, Justin Snaith S Khumalo 165 23 14% 18 11% 28% 29 18% 89 54% 2,350,050 14,243 D Schwarz 135 19 14% 15 11% 60% 12 9% 59 44% 1,762,700 13,057 is in red-hot form and Glen Kotzen are dominating C F Dicken 107 16 15% 4 4% 25% 9 8% 46 43% 1,305,025 12,196 matters down in the Western Cape. K De Melo 130 15 12% 30 23% 30% 21 16% 61 47% 1,537,900 11,830 N Klink 108 15 14% 15 14% 40% 13 12% 52 48% 973,025 9,009 They are interestingly all non-Milnerton based trainers. S Veale 119 14 12% 19 16% 47% 10 8% 50 42% 1,336,800 11,234 L J Ferraris 143 14 10% 14 10% 21% 15 10% 59 41% 1,443,900 10,097 M Byleveld 119 13 11% 10 8% 50% 10 8% 50 42% 1,146,538 9,635 L Mxothwa 148 11 7% 8 5% 38% 15 10% 58 39% 1,040,650 7,031 X Ndlovu 70 10 14% 7 10% 14% 8 11% 30 43% 722,175 10,317 C Orffer 75 10 13% 14 19% 36% 12 16% 35 47% 872,925 11,639 S Randolph 125 10 8% 8 6% 38% 15 12% 56 45% 1,107,875 8,863 Paarl Power D Dillon 140 10 7% 13 9% 31% 15 11% 64 46% 1,294,975 9,250 Woodhill trainer Glen Kotzen S Moodley 83 10 12% 4 5% 50% 4 5% 25 30% 806,275 9,714 K Matsunyane 136 10 7% 18 13% 17% 8 6% 48 35% 776,750 5,711 and his dedicated jockey Morne M Khan 48 9 19% 5 10% 60% 5 10% 20 42% 728,425 15,176 Winnaar are again our star combi- M v Rensburg 124 9 7% 10 8% 10% 14 11% 45 36% 936,175 7,550 C Habib 161 9 6% 8 5% 13% 12 7% 49 30% 922,725 5,731 nation of the week after the duo T Juglall 102 9 9% 7 7% 29% 8 8% 25 25% 575,700 5,644 reeled off three winners at Dur- banville on Tuesday. Wicked Ways (20-1), Hexa- Zack Back On Track tonic (6-1) and South African horseracing has been suffering Glen Kotzen and the superbly from a dearth of top jockeys as a result of inter- Morne Winnaar impressive Dy- are going from national commitments and injuries. strength to nastic Light (9- Lyle Hewitson, Aldo Domeyer, Grant van Niekerk strength 10) were three and Brandon Lerena are riding in various inter- good scores on national locations, but we have also not seen the competitive Anton Marcus, Gavin Lerena or Craig Zackey so card. The duo far this season. are now run- The good news is that those three are on their ning at an 18% strike-rate and could be in for a rewarding way back. It was nice to see Zackey at Turffontein last Saturday free of his Cape Summer Season. crutches and almost ready to return to racing. “I have started riding work and I expect to be back in the next week or so,” he said. Zackey has been recovering from an operation to both hips after it was discovered he had an overgrown bone attached to his hip socket. “I was getting pains in my groin and I was battling to get down when I was riding. I also had some cartilage removed from my hip.” Lerena had been riding with a hand/wrist injury and he is also due back before the end of October. - Tabnews Follow US SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 20

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Males (up to 1600m) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 116 One World 4 Captain Al Klawervlei Stud 5Oct 1 Cnd 1400 durbanville -/116/112/-/-/ 115 undercover Agent 5 Captain Al Moutonshoek 5Oct 3 Cnd 1400 durbanville 121/121/110/118/-/ 112 Search Party 7 Captain Al Ascot Stud 5Oct 2 Cnd 1400 durbanville 115/112/-/-/-/ 110 Sir Frenchie 5 Choisir bred in Australia 11Oct 1 Cnd 1400 fairview 111/110/-/-/-/ 110 Quinlan 5 Sail From Seattle K Fourie 4Oct 2 Cnd 1000 fairview 111/57/-/-/-/ 108 Zouaves 6 Sail From Seattle danika Stud 5Oct 4 Cnd 1450 Turffontein 109/112/94/-/-/ 108 Chimichuri Run 4 Trippi Drakenstein Stud 5Oct 5 Cnd 1450 Turffontein 113/109/-/-/-/ 106 Prince Of Kahal 5 Kahal Clifton Stud 5Oct 1 Cnd 1450 Turffontein 106/106/-/-/-/ 106 Pleasedtomeetyou 4 Querari La Plaisance Stud 5Oct 4 Cnd 1400 durbanville 107/106/-/-/-/ 106 Wynkelder 6 Kahal Kjell Foundation 6Oct 2 Cnd 1200 Greyville 110/96/-/-/-/

Females (up to 1600m) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 109 front And Centre 4 dynasty Highlands 5Oct 1 Cndfm 1400 durbanville 86/109/-/104/-/ 106 vistula 4 Ideal World Riethuiskraal Stud 5Oct 1 Cndfm 1450 Turffontein 94/106/-/-/-/ 105 freedom Charter 5 elusive Fort PG de Beyer 5Oct 2 Cndfm 1400 durbanville 103/105/-/-/-/ 102 Perfect Tigress 4 Where’s That Tiger hemel ‘n Aarde Stud 5Oct 3 Cndfm 1450 Turffontein 79/102/102/-/-/ 99 helen’s Ideal 4 Ideal World PG de Beyer 5Oct 3 Cndfm 1400 durbanville 101/100/-/90/-/ 99 Schippers 5 var G van Lear 5Oct 6 Cndfm 1450 Turffontein 111/99/-/-/-/ 98 la Bella Mia 5 Gimmethegreenlight Nadeson Park Stud 6Oct 3 Cnd 1200 Greyville 103/83/-/-/-/ 98 Pretty Young Thing 3 Jackson Highlands 12Oct 1 Cndfm 1250 durbanville 98/90/-/-/-/ 98 Gin Fizz 3 Soft Falling Rain Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 5Oct 2 Cndfm 1450 Turffontein 98/98/-/-/-/ 97 Shamrock Wind 4 Captain Al Klawervlei Stud 5Oct 4 Cndfm 1400 durbanville 93/97/-/-/-/

Males (1600m and more) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 119 Soqrat 4 epaulette bred in Australia 12Oct 1 Cnd 1600 Turffontein 91/119/117/-/-/ 106 dawn Assault 6 Call To Combat Graystone Stud 10Oct 1 Cnd 2400 vaal 59/92/106/106/106/ 103 Roy Had Enough 5 Pierro bred in Australia 12Oct 4 Cnd 1600 Turffontein 80/111/108/105/103/ 103 Barahin 4 Gimmethegreenlight Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 12Oct 5 Cnd 1600 Turffontein 87/103/111/105/-/ 103 like A Panther 5 Captain Al Klawervlei Stud 12Oct 2 Cnd 1600 Turffontein -/103/104/101/88/ 102 Tristful 4 Trippi Gary Player Stud 6Oct 1 Cnd 1600 Greyville 79/102/93/-/-/ 101 dark Moon Rising 6 Ideal World IR Heyns 6Oct 7 Cnd 1600 Greyville 84/106/103/104/102/ 101 lake Kinneret 5 Kahal Graystone Stud 3Oct 3 Cnd 1800 vaal 85/102/101/-/-/ 101 Silver Rose 7 Silvano La Plaisance Stud 6Oct 5 Cnd 1600 Greyville 66/101/92/98/101/ 101 American Indian 5 Traffic Guard C J Barnard 3Oct 2 Cnd 1800 vaal -/80/101/97/91/

Females (1600m and more) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 100 Insignis 5 Go Deputy lammerskraal Stud 3Oct 4 Cnd 1800 vaal -/89/100/97/83/ 100 Camphoratus 5 Byword R & Mrs Pickering 6Oct 6 Cnd 1600 Greyville 76/104/99/104/-/ 98 flichity By Farr 5 Go Deputy lammerskraal Stud 5Oct 3 MR95f 2000 Turffontein 68/93/97/98/98/ 96 Pretty Border 4 lateral OA Ferraris 5Oct 2 MR95f 2000 Turffontein 55/85/79/96/94/ 96 Bize 4 Mambo In Seattle Moutonshoek 3Oct 1 Cnd 1800 vaal -/84/96/97/97/ 94 Rouge Allure 6 Kahal Summerhill Stud 12Oct 5 MR100 1600 Turffontein 96/96/72/63/-/ 90 Carioca 4 var Avontuur Farm 12Oct 4 MR100 1600 Turffontein 90/96/-/-/-/ 88 electric Surge 3 Querari Maine Chance 13Oct 2 Cnd3f 1600 Greyville 73/88/-/-/-/ 88 Mary O 3 Oratorio Connemara Stud 13Oct 1 Cnd3f 1600 Greyville 77/88/-/-/-/ 87 Queen Supreme 4 exceed And Excel bred in USA 12Oct 1 MR100 1600 Turffontein -/87/-/-/-/

3yo males (any distance) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 105 African Warrior 3 vercingetorix Boland Stud 5Oct 5 Cnd 1400 durbanville 104/105/-/-/-/ 101 Big Bay 3 var Avontuur Farm 4Oct 1 Cnd 1000 fairview 101/-/-/-/-/ 98 Ad Altisima 3 visionaire GC Kalil 4Oct 1 Cnd 1100 Greyville 98/81/-/-/-/ 95 Battle Of Alesia 3 vercingetorix haversham Stud 8Oct 3 Cnd 1600 Turffontein -/95/-/-/-/ 93 eden Roc 3 var Varsfontein Stud 12Oct 5 Cnd 1200 Turffontein 107/100/-/-/-/ 91 donderweer 3 Soft Falling Rain Pecan Hill Stud Farm 12Oct 1 Cnd 1200 Turffontein 91/-/-/-/-/ 91 Putontheredlight 3 Pomodoro Klawervlei Stud 5Oct 6 Cnd 1450 Turffontein 91/100/-/-/-/ 90 Share Holder 3 Zoffany bred in Australia 6Oct 2 MR85 1200 Greyville 94/-/-/-/-/ 90 ehsaan 3 Captain Al Shadwell Stud 5Oct 7 Cnd 1450 Turffontein 94/94/-/-/-/ 90 Snow Report 3 What A Winter limestone Thoroughbred Trust 12Oct 7 Cnd 1250 durbanville 90/88/-/-/-/

3yo females (any distance) ar horse age sire breeder date fin class distance course aptitude 98 Pretty Young Thing 3 Jackson Highlands 12Oct 1 Cndfm 1250 durbanville 98/90/-/-/-/ 98 Gin Fizz 3 Soft Falling Rain Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 5Oct 2 Cndfm 1450 Turffontein 98/98/-/-/-/ 95 fly Away 3 What A Winter Narrow Creek Stud 1Oct 1 MR84f 1000 vaal 95/-/-/-/-/ 94 Roll In The Hay 3 Gimmethegreenlight Nadeson Park Stud 9Oct 2 MR86f 1000 durbanville 94/90/-/-/-/ 93 Spiritofthegroove 3 visionaire Tmen Studs 5Oct 4 Cndfm 1450 Turffontein 94/93/-/-/-/ 92 Seemyvision 3 visionaire Summerhill Stud 10Oct 2 Cndfm 1200 vaal 92/-/-/-/-/ 90 Cockney Pride 3 Querari Ambiance Stud 12Oct 2 Cnd 1200 Turffontein 90/101/-/-/-/ 90 Sidonie 3 dynasty Lammerskraal Stud 5Oct 5 Cndfm 1450 Turffontein -/91/-/-/-/ 89 league Of Her Own 3 ’s Approval Scott Bros 12Oct 1 MR80f 1200 Turffontein 89/-/-/-/-/ 89 Rille 3 flower Alley Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 9Oct 5 MR78f 1400 durbanville 77/89/-/-/-/ SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 21

Black type results

Beach Beauty Mile (3yo fillies) (NBT) 1600m inspect the track between every race. Greyville (turf) Winner Mary O (2nd best handicapped) set Saturday, 13 October the pace, racing two lengths clear; kept on The HKJC issued a statement last Wednesday Course Variant: 0.31s fast strongly that stated that when carrying out a routine With 18mm of irrigation added to the 6.5mm of rain Runner-up Electric Surge raced 2nd; ran on track inspection at Happy Valley after Race in the seven days leading up to this meeting, the strongly; beaten a short head penetrometer read 21, and the going was posted 7 and before the commencement of Race 8, Jack’s Bird (best handicapped) raced fifth; as Good. There was a strong SW tail wind of Hong Kong Jockey Club staff identified three around 35km/h. The false rail was out 2m. ran on strongly, but may have been too far out of his ground small opened containers of paint on the Time: Devoid of pace, the time was a back straight of the track. Beach Beauty Mile (3yo Fillies) R120,000 slow one and the race developed into a sprint in the straight. A false run race then, The material was cleared away immediately. where the results and ratings must be It was decided to hold horses behind the seen in that light. We gave the winner (prev starting gates to ensure that the start of On The Forbes List 73/77/88) 88 which makes the runner-up Summerveld trainer Lezeanne Forbes (prev 61/73/71/73/73) 88 and the third (prev Race 8 would only commence when Racing was rewarded for her initiative to keep 70/83/91) 84. Stewards were satisfied that it was safe to go

Sunday’s Hollywoodbets Greyville feature D 49 1 0.00 Mary O (5) 60.0 C Habib 10/3 ahead. 3 b f Oratorio - Mary Hinge (Second Empire) alive, when her stable elect Mary O went D 122 2 0.05 Electric Surge (2) 60.0 W Kennedy 21/4 3 b f Querari - Elusive (Dancing Duel) An additional number of security staff were all the way to score a deserved victory. D 898 3 1.80 Jack’s Bird (4) 60.0 D Dillon 18/10 3 b f Jackson - Gal Mufti (Al Mufti) deployed alongside the normal patrolling D 133 4 4.05 Georgina Rose (3) 60.0 L J Ferraris 2/1 It’s an ongoing puzzle as to why the - 5 12.85 Burnt Paper Sky (6) 60.0 J Gates 36/1 security staff to ensure no similar incident - 6 14.60 Marmalade (1) 60.0 KS Sakayi 50/1 programmers put on races that obviously Time: 97.48s (60.93s avg/1000m, or 59km/h)SP Total %: 113% could occur. After noting the report from don’t suit the needs of the market. Are 1st T:L Forbes O:Mrs S Viljoen B:Connemara Stud security staff, Racing Stewards were satisfied trainers even consulted? that the remaining two races could com- Seems not, as there was nominal interest mence. and the 3yo fillies non black-type feature, Tracks: The Club said that it takes this incident very the Beach Beauty Mile, came close to seriously and is looking into the case thor- being scrapped before Lezeanne used her Inspected or Not? oughly and will review security measures. initiative and included two first-timers to keep the numbers. We keep getting assurances that racecours- es are inspected prior to racemeetings. The seven horse field stood up eventually and after the withdrawal of Michael Rob- A recent incident at Hollywoodbets Scotts- erts’ Winter Sun, six fillies went to post. ville, where a wet patch was only discovered To Win or Not To Win after an accident, highlighted the respon- While she looked to have a little to do at There were questions about the eligibility sibility aspect of whether the pre-raceday the weights, Mary O was taken to lead of Captain Carlos who ran in the Flamingo by jockey Calvin Habib who backed her inspection duty lies with the racing operator Park Maiden Plate first race on Monday. or the National Horseracing Authority. superior fitness. The Sporting Post took up the matter of Controlling the pace all the way in a slow- The outcome of that incident was that as- the son of Jay Peg’s participation as he was run affair, Mary O kept galloping relent- surances were given that the track manager the runner-up to the subsequently ‘disqual- lessly down the straight and clinched the walks the track. ified’ Elusive Kat at Fairview on 21 June, and honours by a head from the gutsy Electric That seems a touch casual, to be frank. is thus technically a winner. Surge in a time of 97,48 secs. When? Is it on his duty list? Does he submit What confused the issue was that after Jack’s Bird was never in the hunt and a clearance report to the Stipes? the publishing of the NHRA’s recent findings can only improve. She ran third and 1,80 At Turffontein last Tuesday, after the running following an inquiry on 27 September on the lengths off the winner. of the first race, the jockeys raised concerns disqualification of Elusive Kat, Captain Carlos Bred by Lindi and Paul Garlicki’s beautiful regarding an area on the track between the was ‘promoted’ and reflected as a winner of Connemara Stud in Paarl, Mary O is by 800m and 600m. the race on 21 June 2019 by the NRB. the in-form Oratorio (Danehill) out of the A track inspection revealed that there was a Since our query, this has been amended bravely named four-time winner, Mary significant area of wear and tear at approxi- by the bureau. Hinge (Second Empire). The latter won up mately the 800m. It was decided to remove to 2400m for Glen Kotzen. NHRA CEO Vee Moodley confirmed to the the false rail which would allow the horses Sporting Post that the trainer of Elusive Kat Avontuur-based Oratorio has enjoyed a space to race away from the area. top season so far and is vying for a top of was still entitled to an appeal and that the The published track configuration was also the sires log position. status quo of the actual form shall remain changed. intact until that process is finalized – alter- Mary O has won 2 races with 1 place from natively, if the appeal route is not followed, 4 starts for stakes of R158 225. So what happened to track management walking the track? Why did it take the jock- that it has passed via the review board. She should pay to follow and looks like she eys to discover it when they raced over it? So at this point in time, Elusive Kat is still a will go 2000m plus in time. Interestingly, in Hong Kong it seems they winner and Captain Carlos is still a maiden.

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Time Thief (Redoute's Choice) 2nd season sires – 3yo’s My Sister Jill 3g (Soleil d'Or by Model Man) Capetown Noir (Western Winter) Durbanville 1 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1250m (19/10) Blue Spark 3g (Royal Purse by King of Kings) Clock Stopper 3g (Herathenavigatrix by Henrythenavigator) Turffontein 1 Maiden Plate 1450m (19/10) Turffontein 8 MR 76 Handicap (F&M) 1200m (19/10) Capetown Affair 3g (Romantic Drama by Model Man) Rooi Tom 3g (Eskimo Inn by Greys Inn) Turffontein 3 MR 91 Handicap (3yo's) 1450m (19/10) Turffontein 9 MR 80 Handicap 1000m (19/10) Johnny Jet 3g (Luxurious Jet by Jet Master) Tom Bombadil 3g (Aqua Star by Saumarez) Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (Turf) 2400m (20/10) Greyville 2 Maiden Plate (Turf) 1600m (20/10) Captain Of All (Captain Al) Vercingetorix (Silvano) Her Eminence 3g (Red Eminence by Grey Eminence) Bassam 3g (Besma by Western Winter) Fairview 6 Conditions Plate (F&M)(Polytrack) 1400m (18/10) Turffontein 1 Maiden Plate 1450m (19/10) Self Assured 3g (Username by Trippi) Don Pelayo 3g (Cantabria by Fort Wood) Fairview 8 MR 74 Handicap (Polytrack) 1000m (18/10) Turffontein 1 Maiden Plate 1450m (19/10) Aye Aye 3g (Murmuration by Miswaki) Tallinn 3g (Tumbelini by Pivotal) Durbanville 1 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1250m (19/10) Turffontein 3 MR 91 Handicap (3yo's) 1450m (19/10) Capkuta 3g (Ngakuta by Shoe Danzig) Mount Anderson 3g (Gilded Minaret by Al Mufti) Durbanville 4 Maiden Plate 1250m (19/10) Greyville 1 Maiden Plate (Turf) 1600m (20/10) Brooklyn's Choice 3g (Red Azalea by Redoute's Choice) Saipan 3g (She's A Stunner by Toreador) Durbanville 4 Maiden Plate 1250m (19/10) Greyville 2 Maiden Plate (Turf) 1600m (20/10) Sullenberger 3g (Free As A Bird by National Emblem) Wylie Hall (Redoute's Choice) Turffontein 9 MR 80 Handicap 1000m (19/10) Gina's Girl 3g (Giant's Slipper by Giant's Causeway) Captain Morgane 3g (Eastern Express by Lecture) Fairview 3 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack) 1600m (18/10) Turffontein 9 MR 80 Handicap 1000m (19/10) Flower Alley (Distorted Humor) Rock Aloe 3g (Art Of Africa by Elliodor) Fairview 4 MR 67 Handicap (Polytrack) 1600m (18/10) Winners Bred Abroad How And Why 3g (What If by Qui Danzig) Our Moon Shadow (AUS) 6g Pluck - Saigon Moonlight(NZ) Durbanville 3 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1400m (19/10) (Stravinsky) Tussie-Mussie 3g (Alvilda by Jallad) Flamingo Park 1000m (07/10) Greyville 5 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf) 1900m (20/10) Waqaas (AUS) 4g Sepoy - Albakoor(AUS) (Zabeel) Smiley Kylie 3g (Yourethetops by Captain Al) Turffontein 1600m (08/10) Greyville 8 MR 82 Handicap (F&M)(Turf) 1400m (20/10) Maningi Indaba (AUS) 4f So You Think - Mirrasalo(AUS) Kingsbarns (Galileo) (Redoute’s Choice) Walnut 3g (Spy Girl by Captain Al) Durbanville 2000m (09/10) Greyville 1 Maiden Plate (Turf) 1600m (20/10) Sir Frenchie (AUS) 5g Choisir - Volando(AUS) (Viscount) Fairview 1400m (11/10) Linngari (Indian Ridge) Soqrat (AUS) 4c Epaulette - Elzeeza(AUS) (Hussonet) Bold Linngari 3g (Heartbreaker by Sapieha) Turffontein 1600m (12/10) Fairview 1 Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 1300m (18/10) Queen Supreme (USA) 4f Exceed And Excel - Call Later(USA) Stop For Nothing 3g (Sols Gold by Solskjaer) (Gone West) Turffontein 3 MR 91 Handicap (3yo's) 1450m (19/10) Turffontein 1600m (12/10) Levi 3g (Beloved Jean by Jallad) Mutawaary (AUS) 5g Hinchinbrook - Sefrah(NZ) (Zabeel) Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (Turf) 2400m (20/10) Greyville 1000m (13/10) Parkdale 3g (Belle Of Calgary by Rich Man's Gold) Greyville 5 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf) 1900m (20/10) Soft Falling Rain (National Assembly) Mawsool 3g (Imperial Rose by Jet Master) Turffontein 2 MR 99 Handicap (3yo Fillies) 1450m (19/10) Hardfallingrain 3g (Serra Nuda by Fort Wood) Durbanville 2 MR 79 Handicap 1400m (19/10) Stormy Winter 3g (Stormy Coast by Fort Wood) Turffontein 3 MR 91 Handicap (3yo's) 1450m (19/10) Balletto 3g (Liberty Dance by Fort Wood) Greyville 8 MR 82 Handicap (F&M)(Turf) 1400m (20/10) SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 23

Sports and Betting English Premier League Man United vs Liverpool | Sun 20 October | Old Trafford | 17:30 Notable Maiden Winners Table-topping Liverpool FLOWER ALLEY travel to an out-of-form Rated AR 75 Marygold (3f Glenrossal by Anytime) Manchester United on Maiden Plate (3yo’s) Vaal (classic) (1450m) (10/10) Sunday on the brink of Making her debut here, Lucky Houdalakis’ charge found good equalling Manchester support and was eventually sent off second favourite. Soon up City’s 18-game winning handy, Marygold was ridden to lead as they approached the streak. United are in 200m marker and only having to be pushed out, won going free-fall right now and already find themselves 15 points be- away by two and a half. There should be more to come. hind Jurgen Klopp’s title hopefuls. Can Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side beat the odds and inflict a first Premier League defeat on SILVANO the Merseyside club? Or will Liverpool continue to produce Rated AR 88 Kilindini (3c Kiss And Fly by Jet Master) the goods? Find out what our Editor thinks. Maiden Plate Durbanville (1400m) (12/10) Runner-up when running on strongly in each of his two previous To catch up with Chad Nagel previews click here racecourse appearances, Kilindini appreciated the extra here. Always handy, Brett Crawford’s charge got the better of the To Win heavily supported Pinkerton 300m out, and with the rest some Man United 36/10 seven lengths adrift, he won in good style, going away. Draw 29/10 Liverpool 7/10 DYNASTY Rated AR 79 Dynastic Light (3f Princess Of Light by Var) Manchester United Maiden Plate (F&M) Durbanville (1600m) (15/10) The season isn’t going well for Manchester United at present An eye catching runner up when finishing strongly over short- as they are currently slumped in 12th place in the Premier League with just nine points in eight games after a series of er in her only previous racecourse appearance, Glen Kotzen’s demoralising results. To make matters worse, their football charge was heavily supported here and eventually left the stalls is as dire as their results. It seems a far cry from the first in the red. Always handy, Dynastic Light cruised clear after strik- weekend of the season when they smashed Chelsea 4-0 at ing the front 300m out, and easing down at the finish won with Old Trafford. total authority by three and a half. There will be more to come! Before the international break, the Red Devils succumbed to their third league defeat of the season to Newcastle, which saw Solskjaer’s side drop into the bottom half of the table, Horses To Follow just two points off the relegation zone. JACKSON Rated AR 98 Pretty Young Thing (3f Nona In Command by Com- Liverpool mands) Liverpool are unbeaten in the league and are yet to drop Conditions Plate (F&M) Durbanville (1250m) (12/10) a single point, boasting a 100 per cent win record with 24 Now a winner of three from six, Brett Crawford’s charge has points already amassed, putting themselves eight points been going from strength to strength in her 3yo season. Soon clear of champions Manchester City. positioned close to the speed here, she was asked to take up Klopp’s title hopefuls have already had impressive victories over Arsenal and Chelsea and are on a run of 17 league wins the running 400m out, and with a ton in hand, she cruised in by in a row. It comes as no surprize that the Reds are strong a length and three quarters. favourites to beat United, which will see them equal City’s EPAULETTE Premier League record of 18 successive wins, but here’s the interesting part: Klopp has never won at Old Trafford as Rated AR 119 Soqrat (4c Elzeeza by Hussonet) Liverpool manager. Pinnacle Stakes Turffontein (inner) (1600m) (12/10) Thought to be in need of the run on this his seasonal bow, the Probable line-ups: very talented Soqrat showed his well-being in no uncertain Man United: 4-3-3 terms here. Soon up handy, Mike De Kock’s charge took up the De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Young; McTominay, running 200m out and only having to be pushed out, won well. Pogba, Mata; James, Rashford, Pereira. EXCEED AND EXCEL Liverpool: 4-3-3 Rated AR 87 Queen Supreme (4f Call Later by Gone West) Adrian; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; MR100 Handicap Turffontein (inner) (1600m) (12/10) Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Henderson; Salah, Firmino, Mane. Now a winner of three from four, this daughter of Exceed And Excel has been progressing very nicely with each outing. Soon Prediction: Mane to Score Anytime & Liverpool to Win up handy, Mike De Kock’s charge struck the front early in the short home straight and went on to score very cosily by two. She’s behind at weight for age, so further improvement should be forthcoming. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 24

Clockwatching with Steve Furnish Last Week’s Top Rated Speed Ratings winners incl. won 9/1 Bouncing Tigger ...... won 6/1 Master And Man ...... won 71/20 Opening Heart Stone ...... won 3/1 Rebel Wilson ...... won 43/20 ...... Khopesh won 16/10 Soqrat ...... Gambit ...... won 14/10 Hildegarde won 14/10 A review of the week's best speedratings Kilindini ...... and won without any anxious moments by Powerful Treble two and a half. Durbanville 9 October Money also came in buckets for the The distance of 1400m took the lion’s Sean Tarry trained IN THE DANCE in the Top speed ratings share of the races at the country course on progress plate over 1200m and this time for this weekend Wednesday and in what proved to be the the stable were on the mark. Absolutely fastest of the three we saw a smart perfor- thrown in at the weights, the Gimme- (Ratings shown have already been adjusted to mance from the full brother to Bold Respect thegreenlight filly was soon positioned allocated weights) SUPER SILVANO. Now a winner of two from close to the speed. She got the better of Fairview (fri) seven, Brett Crawford’s charge raced in mid- Race 1: (4) Lasata 22 (NAP**) the front running SEEMYVISION 150m out Race 2: (1) Meryl 66 field for most of the journey. He quickened and with the rest well beaten she won Race 3: (5) Calandra 16 well at the top of the straight and under a going away by three quarters. Race 4: (11) Tarzan 38 well-judged ride from Pierre Orffer he won Race 5: (10) Oasis Queen 38 A pinnacle stakes over 2400m topped Race 6: (6) Vivir 73 going away by three quarters. the bill and in what not surprisingly proved Race 7: (10) Fifth Of May 28 The stable of Brett Crawford (3 winners to be the faster of the races over the dis- Race 8: (4) Alamito Bay 46 on the day) were again on the mark in tance, the ultra-consistent DAWN ASSAULT Turffontein (sat) the faster of the two 2000m races when took his tally of wins into double figures. Race 1: (2) Blue Spark 25 KHOPESH ran out a very easy winner. Race 2: (1) Mawsool 41 Sent off third in the betting market at 4/1, Race 3: (5) Etched In Blue 36 Always handy, the Jackson gelding took up St John Gray’s charge was always handy. Race 4: (1) Tombola 42 the running 300m out and cruised clear in He was ridden to lead shortly after passing Race 5: (1) D’Arrivee 65 the closing stages of the race to score by Race 6: (1) Attenborough 81 the 200m marker and again comfortably Race 7: (7) Image Award 61 seven and a quarter. accounted for the horse he beat last time Race 8: (6) Wings Of Honor 38 Another to win with authority on this out, DROMEDARIS. Race 9: (2) Pillaroftheearth 46 card was the highly regarded RIO QUERARI Titbits The 33/1 shot TOUGH CHOICE had the Durbanville (sat) when landing the MR81 Handicap over rest four lengths adrift when running on from the Race 1: (1) Aye Aye 16 1250m. Sent off a well-supported favour- rear to finish second in the MR76 Handicap over Race 2: (5) Path Of Choice 26 2400m. Race 3: (2) How And Why 23 (NAP*) ite at 17/10, Justin Snaith’s 3yo raced fifth Backed into second favourite, the Lucky Hou- Race 4: (3) Iron Henry 18 coming off the bend. He put his head in dalakis trained newcomer MARYGOLD only had to Race 5: (7) Snapscan 71 be ridden with hands and heels when beating her Race 6: (1) Twist Of Fate 88 front shortly after passing the 300m marker Race 7: (3) Winter Is Over 19 and drew clear easily below the distance to twelve rivals in the maiden plate for 3yo’s over 1450m going away. Race 8: (5) Khopesh 51 score by three and a quarter. hollywoodbets Greyville (sun) Titbits Now a winner of two from four, LAREN- Race 1: (3) Master Vision 16 TINA showed a very nice turn of foot in the latter Promising Start Race 2: (4) Saipan 1 stages when getting up late to win the smarter Race 3: (1) Indigo Tractor 20 than average MR78 Handicap over 1400m. Fairview 11 October Race 4: (8) Brighteyebushytail 53 They raced on the poly track on Fri- Race 5: (2) Ruby Cove 20 Race 6: (5) Stelvio 54 day where the faster of the two 1200m Race 7: (7) White Lightning 80 Allyouneedisspeed events was the MR84 Handicap won by Race 8: (5) Second To None 47 Vaal 10 October the former Gauteng campaigner ALPINE Race 9: (7) Tripple Explosion 35 The girl’s division was the faster of the GLACIER. Having his first start here since two 1000m events that got proceedings relocating to the province Alan Greeff’s Nap bets * Fancied ** Strongly fancied underway on Thursday and here we saw a charge raced fourth of the six early on. He *** Very strongly fancied very comfortable victory for the deposed quickened well in the short home straight favourite ALLYOUNEEDISLOVE. Allowed and won nicely by a half from the fancied to ease right out to 9/2 from 3/1 as solid DI ME. Horses worth following support came for the Sean Tarry trained The only other distance to stage more at their next few starts... newcomer LEADING FAST (6/1 into 26/10 than one race was 1300m where the Kilindini (B Crawford, W-Cape) – never a threat), the daughter of Captain Larentina (A Sands, W-Cape) faster of the two was the MR78 Handicap Rio Querari (J Snaith, W-Cape) Of All led throughout. She was always clear won by OPEN FIRE. Not the quickest into Soqrat (M De Kock, Gauteng) SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 25

Clockwatching cont. stride when the gates opened, the 5/1 shot Soft Falling Rain gelding found extra below was positioned towards the rear during the the distance though and went on to win early part of the race. He made his move well by three quarters. One to look out for (Number of races run in each category shown in brackets) rounding the turn and was already at the next time from this race is DUBLIN QUAYS. * Times taken by Clockwatcher front going through the 400m. He kept on In the rear coming off the strip, Mike De Durbanville 9 October strongly from there onwards and got the Kock’s charge was finishing best of all and Penetrometer 21 - Going Good Course Variant: 0,25s slow verdict by a half over the always handy did well to get within a length and a quar- 1000m (1) Hildegarde 58,26 KINGSMAN. ter of Donderweer. 1250m (1) Rio Querari 73,86 The Bold Silvano filly WIND FINDER was The stable of Paul Matchett were also on 1400m (3) Super Silvano 84,07 1600m (1) Anderson 98,30 the best bet on the card for most and she the mark in the faster of the two 1450m 2000m (2) Khopesh 119,91 didn’t let down her supporters. Narrowly events, a MR72 apprentice handicap, when Vaal (classic) 10 October beaten by a fair local sort in BERNARDO in HERTOG registered his second career victo- Penetrometer 22 – Going Good her only previous racecourse appearance, ry. Nibbled at on course into 9/1 from 14’s, Course Variant: 0,30s slow the 12/10 favourite was soon at the head the Duke Of Marmalade gelding broke well 1000m (2) Allyouneedislove 57,00 1200m (1) In The Dance 68,65 of affairs. She was always a couple clear and raced fifth early on. He put his head in 1450m (1) Marygold 88,23 and with some in hand won very cosily by front shortly after passing the 200m mark- 2000m (2) Master Magic 122,93 two and a half. er and kept on strongly below the distance 2400m (2) Dawn Assault 149,35 Titbits Having his first outing since relocat- to beat the running on CATEGORY FOUR Fairview (poly) 11 October ing to the Eastern Cape, the heavily supported (came from the rear) by just under a half. Going Standard Toreador gelding ARABIAN SNIPER was racing over Course Variant: 0,31s slow Now a winner of three from four, the a trip probably too short in the opening maiden Titbits 1000m (1) Heart Stone 58,18 Mike De Kock trained QUEEN SUPREME won the plate over 1000m. He had many lengths to find 1200m (2) Alpine Glacier 69,44 MR100 Handicap with authority by two. She’s be- coming off the bend and finishing best of all he 1300m (2) Open Fire 75,60 hind at weight for age and can still improve plenty. did very well indeed to get within 2,75 lengths of 1400m (1) Nevertheless 118,84 1600m (1) Home Ruler 97,75 the winner. 1900m (1) Nevertheless 118,84 Turffontein (inner) 12 October Soqrat Ready For Battle Patience Rewarded Penetrometer 21 – Going Good Durbanville 12 October Course Variant: 1,05s slow Turffontein 12 October 1200m (3) Donderweer 71,30 A pinnacle stakes over 1600m topped The bill topping pinnacle stakes was by 1450m (2) Hertog 88,75 1600m (4) Soqrat 97,15 the bill on the inner track on Saturday far the fastest of the four 1250m events and in what proved to be the fastest of at the country course on Saturday and Durbanville 12 October Penetrometer 21 – Going Good the four races over the distance the best here we saw a smart performance from Course Variant: weighted runner in the field SOQRAT did the lightly raced 4yo AGENT OF FORTUNE. 1250m (4) Agent Of Fortune 73,58 the business. Making his seasonal debut The speedy BWANA made the running and 1400m (2) Quickstep Lady 85,45 1800m (2) Dancing Sally 110,65 here, MIKE De Kock’s charge was soon po- coming off the bend he was easily four sitioned close to the speed. He only had to lengths clear. Nicely positioned in second be pushed out after taking up the running though Vaughan Marshall’s charge quick- MR78 Handicaps over 1800m and in the 200m from home and won well by a length ened well at the business end of the race, faster of these, the girls’ affair, AD NCING from his running on stable companion LIKE and won going away by a length and a half SALLY recorded her third career victory. A PANTHER. The runner up was having after striking the front 100m from home. On leaving the stalls it was the supported his first outing since December ’18 and Another to win very well on this card was LUNAR TUNES who elected to make the finished very well. KILINDINI in the faster of the two 1400m running and coming off the bend she was Three of the nine races were run over maiden events. In what was priced up as five lengths clear. The chasing pack stead- 1200m and in the quickest of these, a pro- a boat race, his main rival PINKERTON got ily wore her down in the straight though, gress plate, we saw a gutsy performance first run and struck the front 300m out. and under a well-judged ride from Rich- from the lightly raced DONDERWEER. Now Kilindini tracked him throughout though, ard Fourie the daughter of Twice Over a winner of two from three, Paul Match- and with the remainder left trailing in their got up close home. ett’s charge was soon two lengths clear. wake he went past Justin Snaith’s charge with authority 120m out to score going Titbits Now a winner of three from six, the Last season’s Gr2 Golden Slipper winner progressive 3yo PRETTY YOUNG THING won the COCKNEY PRIDE challenged strongly 200m away by a length and three quarters. conditions plate over 1250m with authority by a out and may even have led briefly. The The two remaining races were both length and three quarters. SPORTING POST DIGEST • thursday 17 october 2019 26