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Thursday 8 December 2016

6 - 12 January 2017

FAIRVIEW turf Friday Best Roving Banker: r5 - (6) Master James (4/1)

GREYVILLE poly Friday Best Roving Banker: r1 – (6) Rae’s Dyna Jet (1/1)

kenilworth Saturday Best Roving Banker: r6-(4) Wake Up Maggie (3/1)

VAAL Saturday Best Roving Banker: r9 – (2) Joan Ranger (12/10)

SCOTTSville Sunday Best Roving Banker: r7 – (11) Breakfast Club (4/1) The Trippi mare Real Princess is in prime form | Gold Circle Let’s Get Real Wednesday 7 December Greyville - race 4 Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes Kenilworth run this term looks good on paper too after Search Sporting Post Party’s gun-to-tape romp in the Merchants last Best Handicapped Two Gr1 winning speed-queens clash in a return week. She’d given that one 2kg when beaten by Dunham match of this 1000m sprint. Triple Gr1 winner Carry just over length. That looks a good enough recom- mendation. WON 18/1  On Alice won last year, with Real Princess less than a Lightly raced Laisserfaire Stakes winner Beach length back in third. Carry On Alice and Real Princess Goddess could give the top guns a run for their meet on the same terms. money. The daughter of Kildonan is fit and loaded This race is at weight-for-age plus penalties, with with talent and enthusiasm. Justin Snaith’s pair of 4yo’s and older carrying 58 kg. Penalties are 2kg for Victoria Lavelle and Jo’s Bond meet Beach Goddess a Gr1 win, and 1kg for a Gr2. on marginally better terms than their last runs. Carry On Alice has her first run as a 5yo, and That said, they look to be place hopefuls at very comes in off a 27 week break after being beaten best. Eric Sands’ Champery finished closest of the two lengths by Real Princess in the Gr1 SA Fillies carded runners to Beach Goddess in the Laisser- Sprint, run at pure weight-for-age. In that race Alice faire, when beaten a length, and is half a kilo better had no luck when being baulked in running after off here. Varumba faded to run four lengths back being slow off. in the same race, and now is 2kg worse off with Dean Kannemeyer’s Real Princess, if anything, is a winner Beach Goddess. better racehorse than 12 months ago. Her opening Corne Spies makes a welcome trip to the Cape SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 2

Kenilworth on Saturday

Gr2 Southern Cross S. with the new SA sprint record Full Field of 16 for Guineas past winners holder Scandal. The Muhtafal filly scorched the Fairview 1000m last Merit ratings suggest that this is not one of the strongest Guineas 2012 Friday to set a new track and SA 1 Via Africa 56.0 ( 2) 1/1 in history, with just one horse coming in with MR 108 and the rest 2 Victorian Secret 56.0 ( 4) 35/1 record, and now gets thrown in 3 Reflective Image 60.0 ( 5) 25/1 MR 101 or less. 2013 the deep end over a more testing 1 Fairyinthewoods 60.0 ( 7) 14/1 1200m. She will be looking to In the last five years the winners were Noah From Goa (108), Act 2 Agra 60.0 ( 3) 15/1 Of War (113), Elusive Gold (104), Capetown Noir (103), Variety Club 3 Via Africa 60.0 ( 2) 4/10 cement her new credentials. 2014 (110). Big shoes to fill! 1 Fly By Night 60.0 ( 1) 3/1 Dennis Drier has enjoyed mixed 2 Alboran Sea 56.0 ( 2) 11/10 fortunes after a flying start to 3 Savannah Song 60.0 ( 3) 25/1 2015 his Cape Summer campaign. His Grand Parade Gr1 CAPE GUINEAS 1 Carry On Alice 60.0 ( 1) 2/1 2 Cuvee Brut 58.0 ( 8) 14/1 coupling includes the only 3yo in R1-million, Kenilworth 1600m, Saturday 17 December 3 Real Princess 58.0 (12) 20/1 the line-up, the Count Dubois filly For 3yo horses (1st Leg SASCOC Triple Crown) Anime. She sire horse MR trainer jockey START PA6/PICK SIX5/JACKPOT4 opened her Redoute’s Choice Table Bay (AUS) 108 Ramsden Marcus 4:15PM Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes (F&M) - 1000m Cape score- Gimmethegreenlight Gunner 101 Gadsby blerena Kenilworth 8 SAME TRAINER:(3-4)(8-10) card with Gimmethegreenlight Hack Green 101 drier veale Captain Al 1 CARRY ON ALICE(SG Tarry) S Khumalo...... 9 60.0 a decent Snitzel Heavenly Blue (AUS) 100 de Kock Marwing Trippi 2 Real Princess(D Kannemeyer) A Delpech...... 5 60.0 win over Captain Al 3 Victoria Lavelle(J Snaith) A Domeyer...... 2 58.0 Zoffany Zodiac (AUS) 100 Snaith Strydom Captain Al 4 Jo’s Bond(J Snaith) D Dillon...... 7 58.0 China Pearl Count duBois Edict of Nantes 99 bCrawford orffer Kildonan 5 Beach Goddess(BJ Crawford) C Orffer...... 1 58.0 in an MR Muhtafal 6 Scandal(C Spies) G v Niekerk...... 10 58.0 Captain Al Longsword 99 Marshall byleveld Querari 7 Champery(AE Sands) G Cheyne...... 3 58.0 76 Hand- Philanthropist Sling 98 Woodruff GLerena Seventh Rock 8 Rock On Baby(DR Drier) R Fourie...... 4 58.0 icap over Var 9 Varumba(VH Marshall) M Byleveld...... 8 58.0 Western Winter Bishop’s Bounty 97 Snaith domeyer Count Dubois 10 Anime(DR Drier) S Veale...... 6 54.0 Saturday’s Visionaire Africa Rising 96 Tarry Khumalo track and Trippi Gold Standard 96 Kotzen fourie trip. Stablemate Rock On Baby has had two opening Cape runs Dynasty Craven 91 bCrawford fayd’herbe without producing any sparks and tries blinkers for the first time. Elusive Fort Elevated 90 burger/vReenen Cheyne Real Princess and Carry On Alice are a pair apart in terms of Sail From Seattle Pacific Spirit 90 bremner Zechner class. So let’s get real: they should fight it out. Pathfork Elusive Path 88 Marshall G v Niekerk New Approach A New Dawn (AUS) 85 Ramsden dillon Mambo In Seattle I Travel Light 84 ramsden reserve Bold Silvano Boldly Respectable 91 Crawford reserve

Hugh Bowman takes LONGINES International Jockeys' Championship Australian ace Hugh Bowman made all the running to secure his first win in a dramatic LONGINES International Jockeys'C hampion- ship at Happy Valley, Hong Kong. It was a case of third time lucky for the jockey after finishing out of it in 2009 and 2015.This time it was all to play for in the final leg, with Bowman out in front on 18 points, Ryan Moore on 14 points, Mirco Demuro on 12 points and Florent Geroux on eight points - all with a chance of securing the crown as the Championship went down to the wire. In that final leg, happily for Hugh Bowman, none of his pursuers could reach the frame. South African jockey Gavin Lerena, who won the title last year, was unplaced. R 2.160.000.000 Total attendance for the Wednesday banner event of Inter- national Jockeys at Happy Valley was 29.601, the highest in the event's history since 1999. Turnover for the day eclipsed HK$1.24 billion – which is the equivalent of 2.16 billion Rand.

with ratings & tips - can be purchased here SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 3 Short Heads Shoe-In! Imagine No surprises as the KZN Breed- 115 ers award for Horse of the Year Buying a Frankel with SA Rands Marinaresco’s new Merit went to Talktothestars, with Rating following his close There are four Frankel yearlings catalogued for the Cape MR 121 South Africa’s highest second to Legal Eagle in the Premier Sale in January, two colts and two fillies. Their Irish-bred rated sprinter (and joint-high- Green Point Stakes.His pre- dams are by , Holy Roman Emperor and Fastnet est rated overall, with Smart race rating there had been Rock (2x). Call). The gelding by Overlord MR 110 vs Legal Eagle’s 120. How high will the buyers be prepared to go? (Danehill) also took the award The two are likely to meet The current top price for any yearling in SA is R5.2 million, for Outstanding Older Male in the 2000m Gr1 Sun Met achieved at this same Cape sale in 2015. That’s the equivalent of and Outstanding Sprinter Male. with the Eagle carrying 60kg £300.000 (or some $370.000). His dam Tellitothestars, a pro- vs. 59.5kg for his opponent. Ten Frankel yearlings sold at (Book One) two months ducer of four winners with 18 In the ante-post betting for ago, varying in price from 250.000 to 1.6 million guineas. Only wins between them, was voted the Sun Met from Hollywood three of the ten went for 300.000 guineas or less, one of them a Broodmare Of The Year. Talkto- the favourite is Marinares- filly bought by Mayfair Speculators for 300.000 guineas. thestars is bred by Robin Scott co at 2/1, with Legal Eagle Are we taking bets that our SA record price will go? under the Scott Bros banner. 22/10, Bela-Bela and It’s Not unexpectedly South Af- My Turn at 12/1, and 16/1 rica’s breeder Sum- bar. But first, of course, we’ll merhill turned out to be the have the l’Ormarins Queen’s Leading KZN Breeder, taking Vaal Newbie Plate over 1600m, which 54.38 home five other awards for Ra- Zimbabwe’s 2015/16 is at weight-for-age three bada, Heaps Of Fun and Arch The number of seconds needed Champion Trainer Gokhan weeks before the Sun Met. Rival. by Muhtafal filly Scandal to win Terzi has been allocated the Glendore Sprint over 1000m 40 stables at the Vaal at Fairview, setting a new South from January 2017. He African record for the distance. will be downsizing his Corne Spies-trained Scandal was Zimbabwe operation from World’s Best the only filly in the race, winning 80 horses to 25, and that British jockey Ryan Moore has won the title of 2016 Longines by almost 2 lengths from Nor- may eventually close de- World’s Best Jockey for the second time in three years. Moore manz. pending on the economy won eight of the world’s Top 100 Gr1 races, in 5 different coun- A R375.000 National Yearling North of the Limpop. His tries aboard 6 different horses. The Longines World’s Best Jockey Sale purchase, Backworth-bred first load for the Vaal hit award is based on performances in the 100 highest-rated Gr1 Scandal has won 5 races on both the road on 14 December, races as established by the Longines World’s Best Racehorse surfaces. The filly is set to travel and the balance of the Rankings Committee. to the Cape for this week’s South- initial 25 will depart a ern Cross sprint. fortnight later. Marcus: Luck or Max in Mauritius Master Stroke? Frenchman Maxime Guyon was crowned champion jockey for the 2016 Mauritius International Jockeys’ weekend.H e scored 44 points, The split times for the Cape Fillies Guineas are enlightening. 18 points ahead of Australian James Winks, who won a tie-break Hand timed, the 1600m race went in 100.04s. It began as fast against India’s Pradeep Chouhan. Australia’s Mark Zahra finished in as the Green Point Stakes, then pacemaker She’s A Giver slowed 4th with 22 points, with new Mauritius champ Donavan Mansour things up around the turn. That was just where Anton Marcus 5th on 21 points. Swazi born Sena Levey finished on 2 points. made his move from behind on Just Sensual, going wide. Just Sensual had been 3rd last of the fifteen entering the bend, but was sixth on the heels of Safe Harbour (in 5th) coming off the bend. Marcus may not quite have realised what went on when he made his move, but tactically it was a master stroke - else he’d We Got Your Number been left with too much to do in the sprint home. The contacts of 7000 owners, trainers, breeders, agents, The splits: administrators and commercial enterprises in the SA and 1600m Bend ent str finish ent strt/finish International Racing & Breeding Industry, can be found in the MR83 F&M 27.24 65.40 101.44 36.04 31st SA Turf Directory. An indispensable item, the pocket-sized Green Point S. 24.18 61.06 96.75 35.69 ‘Racing Bible’ has been published by John Freeman since Fillies Guineas 24.24 64.21 99.84 35.63 1985. Enquiries at [email protected] SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 4

Personality South Africa’s James Herriott

Dr Antrobus, who describes himself as an equine neonatologist However, having started University in KZN, he was about two weeks in when he went to see his counselor and said he wanted and gynaecologist, is – despite his protestations – one of the to change to veterinary. best-loved vets in the country. The reply was not very encouraging as he didn’t even have the correct subjects, but he managed to change and a year later was Reproductive vet extraordinaire, Highlands’ resident expert accepted into Onderstepoort. He was home in Bulawayo when for many years, Jet Master’s personal physician and breeder they received a telegram confirming his acceptance. Unfortunate- of recent CTS Sales race winner (and Fillies Guineas 2nd) Safe ly it was written in Afrikaans, so the family had to find an Afri- Harbour. Jim Antrobus is, as one long-standing breeder stated kaans speaking neighbor before they could decipher what it said! firmly, ‘a treasure. However, the Engineering field’s loss was the veterinary profes- sion’s gain. An absolute treasure!’ With his usual eye for the humour in any situation, Jim arrived in Pretoria. At his first lecture the lecturer asked the class – in James Herriot (or more correctly, Alf Wight), loosely styled Afrikaans – whether anyone had trouble understanding the lan- himself on P.G. Wodehouse and one description runs, “the Her- guage. Blissfully unaware what was being asked, a fellow student riot stories include sad and poignant passages, which you never had to nudge Jim to put his hand in the air (and then explain what find in Wodehouse – but both authors were writing nostalgically for!). about a halcyon world that had long since disappeared.” It wasn’t the first time the language barrier would be a prob- Fortunately, the world from Dr Antrobus’ stories is still very lem. After qualifying, the Zim bush war meant there was no current, mainly because he never fails to find the wonder – and veterinary work at home, so young Jim came back to South Africa the humour – in almost any situation. and eventually found locum work and finally a permanent posi- About Jim tion at Wellington Animal Hospital – where he still works today. Jim, or to give his full Being in an agricultural part of the Boland, his lack of Afrikaans name, Ronald James, was again proved a challenge as some of the local cattle farmers in born, bred and raised particular did not want him working on their animals – and one in Northern and particularly tetchy old gent insisted that the ‘Engelsman’ wait by Southern Rhodesia the gate while his Afrikaans speaking colleague attended to the (now Zimbabwe and cows. But bit by bit he won them over. A few things also get lost Zambia). His father in translation and Jim has hilarious stories including advising one was an engineer hapless client seeking help with an ‘eekhoring’ to feed it worms. who built bridges “Well, they said it fell out of a tree!” he laughs. Another for the railways and incident included a muddle over the word ‘muis’ which while Jim says he always generally used to refer to a rodent, is also used for describing naturally assumed bovine reproductive anatomy, which caused the young vet much he would follow in his bemusement, but it is worth hearing him tell the stories to fully father’s footsteps and appreciate them. Although Wellington Animal Hospital is a gener- study engi- al practice, he found himself doing a lot of work for ‘little studs’, neering. many of which are now gone, but gradually the horse work built up. Patricia O’Neill George Faull was the go to horse vet of the day and left a huge void when he stopped practicing. Patricia O’Neill was looking for someone at Broadlands and was recommended ‘young Antro- bus’. Pat had just had one of her good race fillies, Marisa, back to stud. When Dr Faull had put her in the crush for an exam, he had reputedly broken the crush. When he arrived, it was suggested that Jim examine her without the crush. Jim was understandably reluctant, but with assurances from Pat that the filly would be ‘absolutely fine’, Marisa was beauti- fully behaved and for the rest of her days happily accepted being examined in a stable. “And that was my introduction to Broadlands,” he chuckles. “Pat helped put me on the map.” To this day, Jim says no-one in his family knows quite where ‘the horse thing’ comes from, but either way, he just SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 5

Personality - Jim Antrobus seems to have a way with them. His first broodmare was named done nothing but do well and produce strong, healthy foals! I’m War Lover, which he bought from Broadlands. His second was a not sure what I’m paying you for!’ I later found out that Mr Beck filly called Masai Mara, which Pat gave him as a gift on the con- only teased people he liked. He always called me ‘Professor’ after dition that she could keep the mare for her racing career. By the that,” he chuckles. time she retired, Masai Mara had amassed some very respectable Bedside Manner bold black type and Jim protested that Pat should keep the mare for the Broadlands paddocks, but she was as good as her word Although calling a vet is usually a stressful exercise for all and refused. concerned, in Jim’s case, it is a pleasure because you know the cavalry has arrived! Small, bespectacled and perennially Matings good-tempered, Jim is one of the nicest people on the planet, Jim explains that he chooses his stallions on temperament and with his quiet and gentle manner calming man and beast alike. fertility. Not too long after acquiring Masai Mara, Jim was asked He is so famously good-natured that one breeder was moved to to travel to Beaufort West to attend to the newly arrived West- comment, ‘I don’t think Jim knows how to get cross!’ So is there ern Winter, who’d taken ill en route to the Cape. “We’d been to anything that rattles him at all? a wedding the night before and had to leave early as I had to “Clients being disorga-nised,” he confesses. With his hectic leave for Beaufort West at about 3am. There was no-one around schedule, Jim has early starts, long hours on the road and a lot of to help me and I had to tube and drip the horse all by myself – I farms and horses to see to, so clients and horses who aren’t pre- remember sitting on the fence holding up the drip bag and he just pared when he arrives take up precious time which in turn eats stood quietly next to me. I ended up spending most of the day into the rest of the day’s appointments. How does he handle it? with him and was so impressed by what a super temperament he “Well, there’s no point getting worked up, because you just had that I just had to send him a mare.” upset the horses,” he says philosophically. Masai Mara was duly booked for a visit and the product was a “One farm I visit regularly has a particularly difficult mare, but horse called Natural Selection, who went on to dead heat for 4th we’ve worked with her over the years and got her in a really good with Pocket Power for the 2007 July and finish 2nd behind Strate- space, but if you turn up stressed or wound up, she picks it up gic News in the 2007 Summer Cup. immediately and gets difficult. So if I’m running late, I just take a “Now THAT was really something,” smiles Jim. He still has a bit deep breath and put her at the back of the queue. If you’re calm of the family via Masai Mara’s daughter, Something Of Value. and in a good frame of mind, then everything goes much more The story of how he acquired Saint Isidore is equally interesting. smoothly.” Jim was working at Lammerskraal at the time when they received Jet Master a good offer from Australia for Kali Mist (a daughter of Fashing). They purchasers wanted a companion to travel with her and Mike It is this soft touch that led to his association with the mighty Rattray offered St Isidore, who had been injured in training and Jet Master. was due to retire to the Lammerskraal broodmare band. One of The stallion had notoriously strong opinions about who was and the conditions of the deal was that both mares had to be in foal was not allowed to work with him, but in Jim’s words “he took a to Parade Leader. This was duly done, but when the pre-export shine to me” and they enjoyed a long and happy association until bloods came back, Kali Mist had failed the piroplasmosis test and Jet Master’s untimely illness. Due to the hefty insurance contracts the deal was off. While Fashing would simply stay at the stud, Jim involved, Jim had to deal directly with Lloyds of London, taking enquired what might happen to Saint Isidore. When Sally said instructions from them regarding the horse’s treatment, includ- they usually sold mares to a breeder in the Karoo for the equiva- ing the subsequent international team who were flown out to lent of the cover fee Jim offered to buy her instead. Mike Rattray perform the surgery to his neck. initially refused, but finally relented on the grounds that Jim is ‘old There aren’t many people who can accept that amount of out- school’. “So that’s how I got Saint Isidore.” side assistance with equanimity and asked how he managed Jim says, “A few years ago, I received a call from another vet who was Safe Harbour called in to consult on a horse I was treating. He asked whether The mating to Elusive Fort came about mainly because she had he might not be treading on my toes. I said absolutely not. Firstly, lost a foal by Dynasty and Elusive Fort was as close as he could get I have small feet! And secondly, why would I mind? The more the within a reasonable price range and in fact, Saint Isidore has had merrier and the more help and advice we can collect, the better 3 foals by Elusive Fort and is currently in foal to him again. for the horse. Which is what it’s all about, after all.” Another of Jim’s claims to fame is that he was Highlands’ resident vet for many years. Most people who have worked for Graham Beck have colourful stories about him and Jim is no ex- ception. One incident stands out particularly vividly. Surge Ahead, the dam of Crimson Waves and one of Beck’s favourite mares, suddenly went backward. She steadily lost weight and no amount of tests could produce a conclusive result. Jim eventually resigned himself to the inevitable and penned a letter informing Mr Beck to prepare himself for the worst. Of course, Surge Ahead promptly blossomed with good health and went on to produce a steady line of foals. At his next visit, Mr Beck summed Jim for a meeting, exclaiming ‘Professor! You write me a letter saying my mare is at death’s door and ever since she’d SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 6 SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 7

Louw flyer Chasing Different Rainbows

Arc-en-Ciel, for so long a force on our breeding landscape, may Suzanne have closed its stable doors a few years ago, but the name – and Interestingly, although Shirley loved her horses, she had no the farm – is still very much alive and well, albeit under its new interest in riding, but her daughter Suzanne more than made up guise as an exotic game farm. for it. Suzanne explains that her mother couldn’t always make it to the races, so she would frequently travel with the Snaiths, and Suzanne Rueda, Shirley Pfeiffer’s daughter, has kindly donated Sue in particular, for Flaming Rock’s big races. “Sue used to do a a game drive for two with a picnic lunch at the forthcoming lot of work with the Durban string. We were very good friends, so I’d often go up and stay over when Flaming Rock ran. I went Western Cape Equine Trust race day on Saturday, 10 December, to all the Schweppes and was around for a lot of his races. I used so I popped in for a sneak peek. to ride work for the Snaiths. Sue and I used to ride all the horses and go to the dunes – it was fun! And I used to ride in the ladies But first, a little history races.” Shirley’s racing exploits soon led to an interest in breeding. Shirley Pfeiffer, who most will associate with the incomparable While she originally kept her breeding stock with Derek Southey July and Queen’s Plate winner Flaming Rock was a huge fixture on at The Valley Stud, she’d always wanted her own farm and Chris the South African racing scene in her day. While I never had the Snaith helped her find two adjoining wine farms just outside privilege of meeting her in person, descriptions usually include Wellington. She named it Arc-En-Ciel as a nod to their Rainbow words such as lively, intelligent and gregarious, but the word that Chickens enterprise. Jan Mantel (now running his own operation crops up most is ‘kind’ and stories sketch a mischievous, fun-lov- in Robertson under the Millstream banner) helped build the stud ing character who lived life to the full with a broad smile on her where Shirley’s star, Flaming Rock eventually retired for stud du- face. ties. Although he never made it as a commercial stallion, he lived Shirley was born and bred in Durban. The family fortune came out the rest of his days at Arc-en-Ciel and is buried at a marked via the Rainbow Chicken empire, founded by her brother, Stan- grave under one of the great oaks. ley Methven. Stanley had a vision that chicken would become a staple protein source and started the business on the family farm The Pfeiffer Kid Hammarsdale outside Durban in 1960. Shirley had every faith in It is a little-, that Shirley helped establish and devel- her brother who is described as a ‘perfectionist’ and a ‘metic- op the ARO programme with Charles Faull and the Form Organi- ulous man’ by those who knew him, and when he asked her to sation. Charles says, “One of the reasons I love racing is that there invest in his venture, in characteristic fearless fashion she replied are people like Shirley in the sport and I count her alongside the ‘I’m in!’ The rest, as they say, is more or less history. grande dames of the SA Turf. She was a wonderful, wonderful Shirley married and started a family in Pietermaritzburg, even- woman and we were great friends. I called her the ‘Pfeiffer Kid’. tually moving to Cape Town in 1967. Racing was in its heyday and At the time that Tecla Bluff won the July, Form had been in as the place to see and be seen and with Shirley loving a party a touch with Mr Lilienfeld to find out whether there were any bit of gambling, it wasn’t long before she bought her first horse. mares or fillies of the family that could be bought. “Lilienfeld gave Suzanne remembers, “It was in the days when horses used to be us two names, one of which was a mare named Luz Tel. When auctioned off at the end of race meetings. My father bought it for Tecla Bluff won, I phoned Shirley and said ‘Kid, I’ve got a helluva her and it was called Thunder Cloud.” Shirley sent the horse to mare for you. Shirley said ‘I’m in’. When it came to mating her, I Chris Snaith, who was doing very well in the Cape Hunt scene and advised Singh, but her other advisers said ‘no, you’ll be breeding he ran it in the point to point races. “Thunder Cloud was a very a plank to a plank’. Nevertheless, Shirley took my advice and the good hurdler and that’s how it all started.” result was Bluffing.” Good horses “Shirley sold him at auction and he was the last lot of his year at the National Sales. I asked Mr Lilienfeld to look at him and he Most of Shirley’s horses were trained by Chris Snaith and the loved him. He was a tall, backward yearling who would take time, families became great friends. Sue Snaith relates, “We had a but he advised Graham Beck to buy him. Graham sat around and very special relationship. She was a great lady and we were both there was hardly anyone around by the time the horse walked very fond of her. She had a lot of good horses, including What A through the ring and he bought him on Lilienfeld’s advice, so the Beauty who was ‘got at’ before a feature race, but won in spite story went full circle,” he says with satisfaction. Unfortunately he of it. Shirley was so chuffed. She loved that filly. She loved all her was involved in that tragic transport accident with Millard and lost horses really. And of course there was Flaming Rock, who was an eye, but still went on to do good things.” wonderful, but kept bumping the good Millard horses. When she won the July, I don’t think there was a more popular person to Change win it.” As a young girl, I saw my first live cover at Arc-en-Ciel and “We were very young at the time, but she was the backbone of although the details are lost in the mists of time, I still remember Snaith Racing and was with us through the good and the bad. She the awe and hushed tones in which the stud was mentioned and started out as a small buyer, then became a big buyer and then a the sense of occasion I felt driving through the gates, that bright, breeder. She absolutely loved her racing.” sunny day. SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 8 chasing different rainbows

Years pass and things change. When Shirley passed away, although neither Suzanne nor her brother were particularly passionate about racing, they continued the stud in their moth- er’s memory with the help of Craig Carey. However, after three decades the racing and breeding game was substantially different to when they’d started out and with the stud not holding its own in terms of commercial success, Suzanne decided to close the doors in 2013. New rainbows However, far from closing down, Arc-en-Ciel simply reinvented itself. What I didn’t realise, that day in my childhood, was that the breeding barn I saw, was merely a tiny slice of the farm. Arc-en- Ciel in fact comprises two farms, as Shirley wisely purchased a higher lying adjoining farm for its water. When I finally returned, on the most gorgeous Boland spring day with ‘plaasvolk’ out in force collecting waterblommetjies and street vendors offering armfuls of arum lilies, there was much that was familiar in the gracious gate and the stately stables and admin buildings. However, safely bundled into the safari vehicle we veered right away from the stables and a short drive later found us in front of a second set of gates, tall game fencing and an altogether different landscape. Gone the neat, tidy, post and rail fencing of my memory and in its place, equally tidy and neatly ordered (although it took my brain a little while to adjust), game camps, with a variety of – even to my untrained eye - some of the most beautiful exotic game around. Exotic game Suzanne’s husband, Fernando explains that what started out as a small enterprise of introducing game onto the farm for their they can start selling commercially and they are also collaborating own enjoyment, has evolved into a rare game breeding operation with neighbouring estates to offer exclusive game drives. with the addition of exotic, and exotic coloured, game species. Perhaps more importantly / conveniently, it is the first of its kind Highlight this close to Cape Town. One side of the farm contains the exotic Perhaps the highlight of the trip (although it feels awfully disloy- and commercial animals, inclu-ding buffalo, bontebok, sable and al to choose one incredibly beautifully exotic animal over anoth- roan antelope, black and white springbok, ‘standard’ as well as er) was the orphan buffalo bull calf, Ben. Abandoned by his moth- golden oryx, wildebeest and their golden variant, waterbuck, red er, Ben had to be fostered by one of the local Jersey herd. Despite hartebeest, eland and giraffe. the fact that buffalo are notoriously temperamental, a calf is a calf On one of the highest points of our drive, Suzanne points out a and for anyone who has grown up on a farm, the temptation to special area where Shirley and Suzanne’s brother both lie buried, poke your fingers through the fence and talk to the ‘baby’ (even with a bird’s eye view of the farm and out across the valley. As though he is bigger than his adoptive mom) was simply irresisti- the two were somewhat quarrelsome during life, Suzanne has ble. I can safely vouch that there is little to match the experience diplomatically buried Shirley’s favourite Doberman between them of having your fingers sucked by a baby buffalo! to keep the peace in the afterlife. Back through the game entrance, we detoured via the old Crossing over to the other side of the farm, we were treated to stable block and stopped to pay our respects at Flaming Rock’s more wildebeest and, fascinatingly, a small herd of kwagga (yes, I grave. Although the stables are empty, they are neatly kept and also did a double take, but there is a breeding programme to try there are still a few of the stud’s treasured old matrons living out and re-establish this once extinct animal). Being given a guided their days in the grassy stud paddocks. Having focussed most of tour by the Rueda’s and farm manager Schutz Marais was a rare their energies on setting up the game areas over the past few treat as they talked us through the metamorphosis of the farm, years, Suzanne says that the stables are still on their ‘to do’ list, the trials and tribulations of getting set up for game, acquiring but the farm is not done with horses yet. Suzanne and Fernando’s stock of the requisite genetic and aesthetic standards and the daughter Tamara is a keen horsewoman and although she did not fact that they are proving even more successful than they dared inherit her grandmother’s love of racing, she did inherit her de- hope at breeding game in an area where these animals are not termination and competitive spirit and is successfully making her supposed to thrive. There are many challenges, with routine way up the South African show-jumping ranks. With a number veterinary work being just one as animals need to be rounded of very smart horses in her string, it is nice to know there will be up (no small challenge on 1000 hectares) and darted, but as with horses at Arc-en-Ciel for many years to come. most things, it is a case of careful management and the team are And for anyone who is bold enough to secure the winning bid making steady progress. Numbers will soon be at a level where on Saturday, I can guarantee an experience that will last a lifetime. SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 9

View from the Box

colorful captions, Graphics and layouts. The amount of infor- On the Couch mation required to please the Punter for a race day is almost an impossible task, but give credit View from the Box with Martin Locke where credit’s due, there has been The Tellytrack debate has raged for years, but with Rob Scott a huge improvement. at the helm, a new digital channel and other innovations, we However, how would TT cope with the challenge of trying to decided to take a look at what the Tellytrack experience feels juggle multiple meetings at Ke- like from the couch from someone who knows both sides of nilworth, Turffontein, Champs De the camera – Martin Locke. Mars and Borrowdale? And with international fare added into the mix as well, they faced an unenviable task. “I woke up at 3.30am as I always so on special Classic Grade 1 The view from the sofa race days, itching to read through my Weekend Sporting Post, as Time for race 1. With The Big T, Champs De Mars and Borrow- I have done for decades. The Cape Fillies Guineas is the first Gr1 dale fighting for airtime and Cedric in the studio rushing madly of the Magnificent Summer of Champions which always brings through things, they crossed to Vicky and Grant with 3 minutes the good horses, trainers and jockeys to Cape Town in force to spare. The first of the afternoon was a field of 8 juvenile first and Saturday offered an exceptionally high quality card. There timers and Vicky smartly disseminated stable comments. Sadly, was an 800m scurry for the first local juveniles launching their the fabulous sighting of the new babies that I was so looking for- careers, Horse of the Year Igugu’s sister (who won her first start ward to, never materialised, but the day couldn’t have got off to impressively) stepping out in race 3, a smorgasbord of excellence a better start than a debut win for a daughter of Horse Chestnut, in the Gr2 Green Point Stakes, an exceptionally high quality arguably the best horse to run in South Africa. field for the Fillies Guineas and an excellent line-up in the Cape Races from out of town had to be squeezed in again and Merchants (albeit with the sad scratching of Red Ray). Truly a it was interesting / annoying that Borrowdale got as much or day to get the racing juices flowing and I couldn’t wait for the TV should I say as little as Kenilworth! Also, somewhat curiously, coverage to start. only the tote odds for the current race are displayed on screen, Whetting the appetite – or not ! as opposed to the form a few weeks ago where they would show TellyTrack’s first crack of the whip was Superbets, which hit tote odds for two races at a time. What that meant in practice is the airwaves at 8am. Promising young Alistair Cohen completely that the feature race tote information got only 7 mins coverage! lost control of his panel of guests who spent far too much time However, we pressed on. discussing the boil on Rod McCurdy’s back (was this really the Race 2 was a work rider’s race which Stan Elley previewed time to announce it had burst? Suddenly my porridge looked with Craig du Plooy, who runs the Cape Work Rider programme. rather unappetising!), the sex probe into British Soccer and each Craig delivered a first class report and had something to say others hair do’s (what was left of them….). A pity that knowl- about every single carded rider, including a useful tip about edgeable racing experts are so easily side-tracked, but thank the eventual winner. Really good! And compliments to Andile goodness for the quick witted Gary and down to earth Liam who Ndlebe who rode a very good race! saved the day and got things back on track. As race 3 loomed, things got congested as Turffontein’s 5th By contrast, Under Starters Orders was a superb hour, pro- race had 9 mins to go so there was no time for much of a preview fessionally disseminating pertinent guidance for the day ahead. of Kenilworth’s Race 3. We got interviews with Aldo Domeyer Stan Elley chaired a very informative preview with Jono Snaith and Grant van Niekerk, obviously pre-recorded at the stables at and another young star of the future, Justin Vermaak (currently an undetermined date during the week. As it turned out, Aldo attending the Hong Kong International Race Week by invitation of was bullish about his chances on the Aussie import, Ngaga (the the Hong Kong Jockey Club). half sister to Igugu) and rode a terrific race to win by a neck, but Back to the big day and what struck me most of all was the with no live on-course interviews with trainers or riders, I was behind the scene efforts of Dieter Wolberg’s team, the dramat- getting worried about the magnificent racing that was to come. ic changes they have made to the overall look of the channel, We were also yet to see any horses in the parade ring, but I was confident the Producer must have a plan! SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 10

View from the Box

For race 4, Jehan called the field down to the start with 8 (particularly when it is the day’s highlight). This unfortunate lack minutes to the off. Again, we got pre-recorded interviews with of control, saw everything concertina-ing to the detriment of Greg Cheyne and Grant Van Niekerk – both of whom are good val- punters and viewers at home and as a net (and highly prevent- ue – and Stan and Grant Knowles had a few minutes to compare able) result, the most important race of the day suffered. Again some meaningful form. With the field including a R4 million and no parade ring coverage and no live pre-race interviews. Missing a R3.2 million horse, I was dying to get a peep at these two - sure- the Fillies in the ring was killing me and the eventual consolation ly with Fiona Ramsden on hand, the roving camera could have prize of seeing their backsides receding into the distance after the been put to better use than the ladies tent? Things got hectic canter past was no solace. But again, at least the race delivered here with split screens for two international races running at the in no uncertain terms and with an informative (LIVE!!) post-race same time, but sadly, sans commentary on either. Up at Turffon- break down from Anton, cleverly elicited by Fiona and her tem- tein, the likeable Alston, who has been thrown in at the deep end peramental roving mic – left us with much to look forward to over again, darted around like Nico Rosberg in an F1 final, but at least the coming season. he managed to secure a few live jockey interviews. So to the last feature of the day, the World Sports Betting With 13 minutes to the off of race 5, we finally got some Cape Merchants, which offered a truly magnificent field of 19 coverage from the parade ring, but not what we were looking super fliers. Would TT at last feature them in the Parade Ring? for. With the camera trained firmly on Grant Knowles, he hurried- Would they, hell. One doesn’t want to go on about this, but at ly covered the horses parading in the background, but there were this moment in time we are in the enviable position of having no accompanying interviews with any of the connections. After some of the greatest racehorses and bloodstock in the world. In Grant’s mad rush, the horses cantered past, followed – rather addition to that, we are spoilt in having a tremendous breadth bizarrely - by about two minutes of silence as we were treated and depth of talent in both our jockey and training ranks – to the sight of the horses walking off into the distance. Then we yet they hardly featured at the meeting! had a pre-recorded fashion insert from Vicky Minott, followed by Firmly pouring a large glass of Klein Zalze Sauvignon Blanc, I another pre-recorded interview with Aldo Domeyer, again leaving abandoned any hope of guidance from our haphazard production little time for her and Grant to deliver much in the way of a mean- team and settled back to simply revel in the real stars of the day, ingful preview. It all felt a little jumbled and chaotic. the . The fantastic racing carried the day, so a big Ahead of race 6, I took the liberty of pouring a small libation thank you to Tellytrack for at least covering that. in anticipation of seeing Horse of the Year Legal Eagle from the farm of my late special friend Tony Taberer, Triple Crown champ Abashiri and last season’s 3yo sensation Marinaresco, but instead we cut to Grant at his seat in the parade ring again, before being offered a few seconds of side-on footage of the canter down before the horses passed the point of no return and we were left with a view of their rapidly disappearing hindquarters. I com- plained about the position of the canter down camera back in my heyday, but two decades later, we still have the same problem. Fortunately the race itself dished up the promised spectacle with Anton Marcus at his brilliant best on Legal Eagle, fending off a de- termined attack from Marinaresco who was closing like a runaway train. At least we got a post race interview, but sadly Fiona’s mic wasn’t cooperating so most of that was lost. With the Fillies Guineas next on the agenda, our production crew found time for a promo for a forthcoming St Lawrence Children’s Haven race day in Gauteng. A magnificently crafted promotion for a wonderful and most worthy cause to be sure, but as it seems to have been flighted at the expense of showing the fillies in the parade ring, surely a more sensible slot could have been found? Also, if I may digress for a moment, it’s all very well to inter- view sponsors on big days, but if it has to be ahead of the day’s features, could we please make sure they have something mean- ingful to contribute about the racing? In my day, the focus HAD to be the stars of the show – the runners, riders and trainers only – no peripheral frippery and sponsors Rothmans and Vodacom were allowed the grand total of three mentions on the ABCS for the entire day! With the highly anticipated Cape Fillies Guineas about to be run, I was chewing my nails in frustration as the Green Point Stakes post-race interviews dragged on. While it is great to hear from the connections, these should really be tightened up so that the programme can move along timeously to the next race SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 11

Leading breeders by Stakes season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 4 December 2016 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 7,976,500 Summerhill Stud 283 28,186 968 64 84 23% 2 2 3% 248 26% 0 Africa Rising 669,500 8% 7,934,413 Klawervlei Stud 287 27,646 902 71 91 25% 3 3 4% 234 26% 5 Just Sensual 720,000 9% 4,664,200 Varsfontein Stud 88 53,002 257 35 42 40% 3 4 9% 69 27% 5 Hack Green 625,000 13% Captain 3,674,575 Highlands 124 29,634 360 32 41 26% 2 2 6% 95 26% 3 Trip To Heaven 359,375 10% 3,647,025 Maine Chance 133 27,421 377 34 39 26% 1 1 3% 118 31% 4 Liege 251,750 7% 2,881,750 Ascot Stud 67 43,011 226 22 29 33% 1 1 5% 68 30% 3 Search Party 322,500 11% 2,730,800 Drakenstein Stud 71 38,462 215 23 27 32% 1 1 4% 86 40% 3 Singapore Sling 393,750 14% 2,494,225 Scott Bros 116 21,502 406 23 25 20% 1 2 4% 101 25% 2 Front Rank 247,100 10% Of The 2,024,663 Lammerskraal Stud 61 33,191 184 19 24 31% 0 0 0% 47 26% 1 Tambalang 203,700 10% 2,017,350 Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud 91 22,169 293 23 30 25% 0 0 0% 65 22% 0 Tobesuretobesure 161,875 8% 1,929,475 Wilgerbosdrift 68 28,375 213 16 24 24% 1 1 6% 58 27% 0 Nebula 233,750 12% 1,866,525 Mauritzfontein Stud 47 39,713 153 11 18 23% 0 0 0% 48 31% 1 Irish Pride 522,500 28% 1,725,538 GJ Armitage 63 27,389 224 19 23 30% 0 0 0% 69 31% 1 Tilbury Fort 149,750 9% 1,702,100 Moutonshoek 75 22,695 248 21 24 28% 1 1 5% 57 23% 0 Refuge 176,750 10% Heart 1,626,925 RJ Antrobus 4 406,731 19 2 2 50% 0 0 0% 9 47% 1 Safe Harbour 1,512,000 93% 1,477,250 Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein 69 21,409 178 17 19 25% 0 0 0% 50 28% 0 Babbling Brooke 147,000 10% 1,447,700 Gary Player Stud 56 25,852 193 14 18 25% 0 0 0% 41 21% 2 Saratoga Dancer 227,725 16% 1,284,900 The Alchemy 68 18,896 229 13 15 19% 0 0 0% 55 24% 0 Justash 110,225 9% 1,274,000 Favour Stud 51 24,980 206 13 14 25% 0 0 0% 65 32% 1 Favour’s Pride 106,000 8%

Leading SIREs by Stakes season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 4 December 2016 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 6,127,988 Captain Al 133 46,075 394 53 65 40% 5 5 9% 117 30% 4 Sergeant Hardy 576,250 9% 5,381,925 Silvano 157 34,280 445 50 64 32% 2 2 4% 143 32% 5 Nebula 233,750 4% 4,744,975 Trippi 140 33,893 413 40 50 29% 2 3 5% 132 32% 4 Gold Standard 409,375 9% 4,249,838 Dynasty 111 38,287 296 35 46 32% 3 3 9% 78 26% 5 Just Sensual 720,000 17% 4,081,700 *Kahal 125 32,654 441 38 51 30% 1 1 3% 126 29% 0 Intergalactic 326,250 8% 3,702,588 Elusive Fort 67 55,263 244 22 26 33% 0 0 0% 81 33% 2 Safe Harbour 1,512,000 41% 3,439,025 Gimmethegreenlight 59 58,289 183 23 28 39% 1 2 4% 65 36% 0 Hack Green 625,000 18% 2,898,975 *Jet Master 52 55,750 183 13 15 25% 1 1 8% 59 32% 3 Master Sabina 1,225,000 42% 2,552,863 *Western Winter 92 27,749 263 28 33 30% 0 0 0% 72 27% 0 Bishop’s Bounty 196,875 8% 2,523,050 Var 136 18,552 374 24 27 18% 0 0 0% 120 32% 2 Life Is Good 119,375 5% 2,379,100 Visionaire 68 34,987 207 20 23 29% 0 0 0% 55 27% 1 Africa Rising 669,500 28% The Ascot Stud- 2,121,700 *Horse Chestnut 71 29,883 239 23 29 32% 0 0 0% 60 25% 1 Seal My Fate 158,750 7% 2,081,575 Mambo In Seattle 96 21,683 301 22 23 23% 1 1 5% 71 24% 3 Saratoga Dancer 227,725 11% bred Search 2,058,638 *Sail From Seattle 70 29,409 229 19 22 27% 0 0 0% 64 28% 0 Last Outlaw 202,300 10% 2,024,025 *Tiger Ridge 67 30,209 229 19 28 28% 0 0 0% 59 26% 0 Jo Malone 173,800 9% Party became 2,005,525 Ideal World 59 33,992 190 14 19 24% 0 0 0% 61 32% 2 Irish Pride 522,500 26% 1,897,575 Just As Well 27 70,281 81 7 9 26% 0 0 0% 23 28% 0 Chili Con Carne 1,260,125 66% the outstanding 1,810,175 Querari 41 44,151 121 13 17 32% 1 2 8% 36 30% 1 Kangaroo Jack 417,500 23% 1,791,988 Seventh Rock 84 21,333 274 20 24 24% 0 0 0% 68 25% 1 Crystal Glamour 143,750 8% Al Mufti stallion Captain Al’s 74th Leading SIREs of 3yo’s by Stakes season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 4 December 2016 individual stakes 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 winner when he 3,439,025 Gimmethegreenlight 59 58,289 183 23 28 39% 1 2 4% 65 36% 0 Hack Green 625,000 18% 2,676,263 Captain Al 46 58,180 136 24 27 52% 1 1 4% 39 29% 1 Sergeant Hardy 576,250 22% went from gun to 2,352,525 Elusive Fort 36 65,348 125 10 10 28% 0 0 0% 32 26% 2 Safe Harbour 1,512,000 64% 2,102,100 Dynasty 43 48,886 101 14 22 33% 2 2 14% 24 24% 0 Just Sensual 720,000 34% tape to win the Gr2 1,807,550 Trippi 39 46,347 107 19 25 49% 1 2 5% 24 22% 0 Gold Standard 409,375 23% 1,750,900 Visionaire 36 48,636 105 12 14 33% 0 0 0% 26 25% 1 Africa Rising 669,500 38% Cape Merchants 1,681,725 Just As Well 14 120,123 41 5 7 36% 0 0 0% 10 24% 0 Chili Con Carne 1,260,125 75% 1,599,375 Silvano 51 31,360 126 18 19 35% 0 0 0% 47 37% 0 Palladium 135,800 8% at Kenilworth on 1,305,200 Philanthropist 43 30,353 113 8 10 19% 2 2 25% 28 25% 2 Singapore Sling 393,750 30% 1,281,163 *Sail From Seattle 45 28,470 145 11 12 24% 0 0 0% 39 27% 0 Last Outlaw 202,300 16% Saturday. 1,179,000 *Western Winter 34 34,676 95 12 14 35% 0 0 0% 29 31% 0 Bishop’s Bounty 196,875 17% 1,142,900 Var 63 18,141 161 12 14 19% 0 0 0% 47 29% 0 Life Is Good 119,375 10% A winner of 9 races 1,053,375 Pathfork 34 30,982 92 9 12 26% 0 0 0% 25 27% 0 Elusive Path 371,250 35% 988,163 Seventh Rock 40 24,704 115 10 14 25% 0 0 0% 32 28% 0 Rock A Bye Baby 133,750 14% from 1000m to a 971,125 Mambo In Seattle 51 19,042 120 13 13 25% 0 0 0% 25 21% 1 Seatops 93,750 10% mile, Captain Al won 964,950 Great Britain 33 29,241 99 8 10 24% 0 0 0% 31 31% 1 British Royale 190,625 20% the Cape Merchants Leading SIREs by Stakes on Polytrack season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 4 December 2016 in 2000. Search Party Stakes Sire rnrs AEPR runs wnrs wns wnr/ SW SW SW/ plcs plc/ SP top earner with stakes was his 3rd winner rnr% wnrs wns wnr% rns% & % of total stakes of this race after his 1,089,150 Captain Al 44 24,753 93 15 17 34% 1 1 7% 22 24% 0 Celtic Captain 115,550 11% 1,042,850 Silvano 47 22,188 97 14 16 30% 0 0 0% 26 27% 0 Scent 149,200 14% daughter Dance With 863,125 Dynasty 31 27,843 66 11 14 35% 0 0 0% 19 29% 0 The Stones 106,600 12% 815,975 *Western Winter 39 20,922 79 13 14 33% 0 0 0% 16 20% 0 Soldier’s Code 95,625 12% Al (2010) and Cap 655,825 Miesque’s Approval 51 12,859 135 7 7 14% 0 0 0% 32 24% 0 She Done Good 86,500 13% Alright (2012). 627,575 *Kahal 49 12,808 112 6 7 12% 0 0 0% 31 28% 0 Aramouse 98,675 16% 610,975 Black Minnaloushe 31 19,709 79 5 5 16% 0 0 0% 33 42% 0 Lucky Luciano 72,800 12% The 2015 Equus 590,000 Trippi 38 15,526 62 7 7 18% 0 0 0% 19 31% 0 Cardinal 62,700 11% 584,975 *Horse Chestnut 31 18,870 65 8 9 26% 0 0 0% 16 25% 0 Roy’s Rakara 98,725 17% Champion Sire has 567,400 Visionaire 34 16,688 62 9 9 26% 0 0 0% 15 24% 0 Minds Eye 70,125 12% been Champion sire 547,575 A P Answer 35 15,645 82 8 8 23% 0 0 0% 14 17% 0 Tyron’s Jet 72,825 13% of 2yos for the past 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 eight years running. 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Leading TRAINERS by STAKES season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 4 December 2016 trainer runs wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ Trainer % % % % four four% runs Just Sensual’s win in Satur- SG Tarry 426 64 15% 77 18% 38% 51 12% 198 46% 8,745,100 20,528 J Snaith 490 81 17% 122 25% 30% 66 13% 241 49% 6,655,725 13,583 day’s Cape Fillies Guineas BJ Crawford 286 46 16% 48 17% 50% 33 12% 134 47% 3,930,963 13,745 was a feather in her trainer GV Woodruff 133 26 20% 23 17% 35% 13 10% 59 44% 3,702,038 27,835 MF de Kock 250 30 12% 60 24% 25% 32 13% 123 49% 3,644,625 14,579 Joey Ramsden’s cap. De- JJ v Vuuren 115 26 23% 20 17% 55% 6 5% 51 44% 3,559,000 30,948 M Houdalakis 208 17 8% 18 9% 33% 21 10% 82 39% 2,962,275 14,242 spite tough opposition and AC Greeff 344 51 15% 65 19% 32% 34 10% 145 42% 2,960,500 8,606 a bad draw, JR knew what DR Drier 183 33 18% 45 25% 44% 14 8% 81 44% 2,941,350 16,073 J Ramsden 154 20 13% 31 20% 26% 21 14% 81 53% 2,788,975 18,110 he had and took the leap GM Alexander 189 25 13% 23 12% 17% 21 11% 76 40% 2,609,250 13,806 MG Azzie 214 23 11% 29 14% 21% 24 11% 88 41% 2,569,775 12,008 from a handicap to Gr1 DC Howells 226 18 8% 39 17% 31% 21 9% 85 38% 2,449,725 10,839 with her. Did it work! The G v Zyl 256 23 9% 19 7% 21% 30 12% 108 42% 2,415,150 9,434 GS Kotzen 265 28 11% 26 10% 38% 27 10% 108 41% 2,391,575 9,025 Joey Ramsden – no frills and one of 48yo former Cape champi- C Bass-Robinson 286 23 8% 41 14% 22% 30 10% 116 41% 2,256,663 7,890 the best judges in the game on has a lifetime of equine Leading jockeys by WINS experience to draw on – from Kenilworth to Kentucky and season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 4 December 2016 Southwell to Sydney, he’s been there and done it. jockey rides wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd 1st 1st stakes stks/ % % % % four four% rides G Cheyne 338 60 18% 76 22% 33% 46 14% 193 57% 4,123,025 12,198 A Fortune 342 60 18% 99 29% 27% 44 13% 186 54% 4,471,538 13,075 Jockey A Delpech 305 59 19% 115 38% 32% 50 16% 183 60% 6,087,900 19,960 Multiple East Cape Cham- C Zackey 441 57 13% 36 8% 28% 39 9% 174 39% 4,405,013 9,989 G Lerena 230 52 23% 88 38% 31% 32 14% 150 65% 7,871,988 34,226 pion jockey Greg Cheyne R Fourie 226 49 22% 64 28% 36% 44 19% 143 63% 3,918,325 17,338 A Marcus 175 45 26% 92 53% 34% 25 14% 124 71% 4,631,700 26,467 boasts a best ever national M Yeni 527 44 8% 59 11% 22% 52 10% 203 39% 3,780,700 7,174 log placing of 3rd be- JP vd Merwe 387 41 11% 24 6% 29% 31 8% 148 38% 3,156,863 8,157 R Simons 326 39 12% 41 13% 39% 32 10% 130 40% 3,493,325 10,716 hind Gavin Lerena in the L Hewitson 390 36 9% 38 10% 18% 28 7% 124 32% 2,886,851 7,402 R Munger 478 32 7% 20 4% 20% 40 8% 145 30% 2,447,250 5,120 2014/15 season. The 40yo P Strydom 174 31 18% 48 28% 23% 30 17% 98 56% 3,425,825 19,689 heads the latest national S Khumalo 228 30 13% 41 18% 29% 33 14% 103 45% 3,931,225 17,242 C Orffer 176 30 17% 33 19% 42% 20 11% 80 45% 2,505,288 14,235 log this week, tying on 60 M v Rensburg 362 30 8% 27 7% 30% 38 10% 127 35% 2,708,388 7,482 K De Melo 246 30 12% 26 11% 35% 24 10% 105 43% 2,453,350 9,973 winners with past champ, Andrew Fortune. Could Leading trainers/jockeys by wins % Greg Cheyne – making a serious bid this be Greg’s season? He season 2016/2017 • 1 August - 4 December 2016 for an SA champion title trainer/ runs wins win fav fav wfav 2nd 2nd stakes stks/ has already conceded that jockey % % % % runs he has ‘the best job in SA D Kannemeyer/A Delpech 67 18 27% 24 36% 38% 14 21% 1,324,300 19,766 racing’ with Alan Greeff in Port Elizabeth. So no excuses J Snaith/R Fourie 119 29 24% 47 39% 34% 25 21% 2,080,025 17,479 JJ v Vuuren/R Simons 59 14 24% 10 17% 60% 3 5% 1,477,850 25,048 then... AC Greeff/G Cheyne 134 30 22% 40 30% 35% 15 11% 1,644,475 12,272 CS Laird/A Marcus 45 10 22% 16 36% 44% 1 2% 753,475 16,744 DR Drier/S Veale 76 15 20% 25 33% 36% 5 7% 1,632,200 21,476 SG Tarry/L Hewitson 59 11 19% 6 10% 50% 4 7% 860,975 14,593 BJ Crawford/C Orffer 137 25 18% 27 20% 44% 16 12% 2,086,600 15,231 Jockey-trainer combo’s SG Tarry/S Khumalo 106 18 17% 26 25% 31% 14 13% 2,754,075 25,982 Dennis Drier has always had a top C Lensley/M Yeni 76 12 16% 17 22% 24% 12 16% 587,425 7,729 S Miller/G Wrogemann 73 12 16% 16 22% 38% 6 8% 509,225 6,976 stable jock. Glyn Schofield, Sean WH Marwing/M v Rensburg 78 11 14% 7 9% 43% 10 13% 851,950 10,922 C Spies/C Zackey 109 14 13% 17 16% 29% 14 13% 961,850 8,824 Cormack and Alec Forbes are three G Paddock/L Mxothwa 83 11 13% 11 13% 18% 10 12% 747,850 9,010 that come to mind. Sean Veale C Bass-Robinson/G v Niekerk 116 14 12% 25 22% 28% 14 12% 1,204,000 10,379 has risen to the challenge and had another good winner with The High Life at Kenilworth on Tuesday. The Racing To Win KZN power pair boast a 20% win strike-rate currently and while the feature hits have been tough to find Dennis Drier recently, their for- and Sean Veale tunes could change cannot be written off with with promising 3yo seven weeks Anime in the Gr2 left of the Cape Southern Cross Summer Of Champions Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.

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Spirit) included Gr3 winner Sea Of Grace and stakes performers Born To Be and Star Of Rory. Brotherly Love Invincible Spirit and Kodiac There have been more than a few full brothers enjoying success French Oaks winner () left a legacy with her sons Invincible Spirit ( by Danzig) and Kodiac (Danehill by at stud – Diesis and Kris (Sharpen Up), Graustark and His Maj- Danzig). The duo enjoyed yet another great season, with the Irish esty (Ribot), Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King (Northern Dancer). National Stud resident Invincible Spirit’s stakes winners including In 2016, several full and half brothers made their mark in major Gr1 winners National Defense (Prix Jean Luc Lagardere) and Signs races around the world. Of Blessing (Prix Maurice De Gheest). A consistently excellent sire, whose French Derby winning son got 2016 St Leger winner Harbour Law, Invincible Spirit Deep Impact and Black Tide is also responsible for red-hot Australian sire I Am Invincible and Japanese Triple Crown winning champion Deep Impact (Sun- Horse Of The Year Kingman (a 3-part brother to Oasis Dream). day Silence) dominated the Japanese General Sires List this year, Kodiac has long been established as a top class sire of 2yo’s, with 25 individual stakes winners. His 3yo’s have captured all among them the brilliant filly Tiggy Wiggy. The son of Danehill of Japan’s classic races for colts. Deep Impact, whose son Mikki once again came to the party with his juveniles this year through Island won the G1 Mile Championship for a second time this year, Ardad (Gr2 Flying Childers Stakes), Prince Of Lir (Gr2 Norfolk was also represented Stakes) and Best Solution (Autumn Stakes). Kodiac is a rags to by the international G1 riches success story in the Irish stallion ranks, having started his winners Real Steel (Dubai career at a fee of £5000. Turf) and A Shin Hikari - Sarah Whitelaw (Prix D’Ispahan), joint- fourth top rated on the Longines World’s Best Racehorses Rankings. Music To The Ears Avontuur Farm’s stallion Oratorio has sired runners with Career-wise Deep Impact earnings over $47 million internationally, including more than has 90 stakes winners to 70 black type performers. A former European champion and his credit, his progeny Deep Impact - dominated the Japanese triple Gr1 winner, the son of Danehill to date has eight indi- having wracked up some General Sires List vidual Gr1 winners to his credit. Much is therefore expected $398 million in stakes. Full from his first AS -crop, now 2yo’s. brother Black Tide also enjoyed his moment in the sun, thanks to Success couldn’t have come quicker. At Fairview, Sacred the deeds of his G1 Japan Cup winning son Kitasan Black. Oration cruised home to win the very first Maiden Juvenile Deep Impact and Black Tide are currently 1st and 12th on Japan’s Plate of the season. The 2yo colt is bred by Patricia Devine General Sires List. out of Giant’s Causeway mare Scarlet Causeway. Urban Sea & sons Prix de l’Arc De Triomphe winner Urban Sea (Miswaki) enjoyed an all but unique Epsom double in 2016 when her sons Galileo KZN Breeders Awards - Outstanding Winners of 2016 (Sadler’s Wells) and Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) were responsible 2YO COLT Misty Birnam - Mr & Mrs AW Procter for the Investec sponsored classic winners Minding (Oaks) and 2YO FILLY Dawn Calling - Mr & Mrs AW Procter Harzand (Derby). 3YO COLT Rabada - Summerhill Stud The world’s premier sire Galileo enjoyed a superb season even 3YO FILLY Heaps Of Fun - Summerhill Stud by his own remarkable standards, crowned with the 1-2-3 of his OLDER MALE Talktothestars - Scott Bros offspring Found, Highland Reel and Order Of St George filling the OLDER FEMALE Kwinta - Kjell Foundation first three places in the Arc. His progeny of the great sire (who has SPRINTER MALE Talktothestars - Scott Bros claims to being the number one in history) won a staggering 24 SPRINTER FEMALE Kwinta - Kjell Foundation Gr1 races this season. MIDDLE DISTANCE MALE Rabada - Summerhill Stud Galileo’s son Frankel got off to a great start with his first 2yo MIDDLE DISTANCE FEMALE Heaps Of Fun - Summerhill Stud runners, yielding group winners Fair Eva, Frankuus, Queen Kindly, STAYER MALE & FEMALE Arch Rival - Summerhill Stud Toulifaut, and the impressive Japanese filly Mi Suerte. BROODMARE OF THE YEAR Tellitothestars - ScottB ros Galileo’s half brother Sea The Stars enjoyed another excellent sea- STALLION OF THE YEAR Kahal - Shadwell Stud son, his offspring including hero Zelzal amid a total BREEDERS AWARD Anton Procter of 14 stakes winners in 2016. Galileo and Sea The Stars finished LEADING BREEDER OF THE YEAR Summerhill Stud 1st and 4th on the British General Sires List. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Alan and Vera Sutherland They were not the only sons of Urban Sea to make their mark, ANITA AKAL INDUSTRY AWARD Ken Twort as the first crop of Irish Derby runner-up Born To Sea (Invincible KZN BREEDERS HORSE OF THE YEAR Talktothestars

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Apple Of Sean’s Eye Phumelela Shareprice South Africa lost an outstanding brood- date close high low volume mare with the recent passing of Golden 5Dec 2478 2478 2350 91,093 Apple. 2Dec 2350 2350 2150 548 Trainer Sean Tarry paid tribute to his 1Dec 2390 2390 2350 5,271 former classic winner, saying “She was the 30Nov 2396 2396 2396 0 first graded winner I trained, and Golden 29Nov 2396 2396 2396 1,074 Apple and her progeny have played a real- 28Nov 2396 2400 2300 41,467 ly big role in my career. Her progeny came 25Nov 2400 2400 2400 0 in all shapes and sizes, with Pomodoro be- Pomodoro wins the July | Gold Circle 24Nov 2400 2430 2350 10,056 ing one of the bigger ones. Golden Apple 23Nov 2400 2400 2400 10,000 was a once in a lifetime mare for me.” Broodmare Of The Year in 2012. Among 22Nov 2524 2523 5076 41 A smart performer at two (when she was her winners is Tarry’s first July winner Po- 21Nov 2425 2478 2300 9,245 placed in the Gr2 McIntosh Fillies Classic modoro. One of the best of his generation, 18Nov 2478 2478 2425 2,100 and Debutante Stakes), Golden Apple won the versatile Pomodoro won from 1160m 17Nov 2424 2425 2300 6,464 or placed in 11 of her 19 outings. She got to 2450m. Apart from the July he won the 16Nov 2425 2429 2400 2,420 her biggest win in the Gosforth Park Fillies SA Derby, and placed in four other Gr1 15Nov 2430 2430 2430 0 Guineas, accounting for high class La De- races, including the Queen’s Plate and SA 14Nov 2430 2430 2430 0 portista and Ruby Clipper. All three went on Classic. 11Nov 2430 2440 2430 24,464 to make their mark at stud. Pomodoro now stands at Klawervlei, 10Nov 2440 2440 2440 11,450 Retired to stud, Golden Apple quickly where his first foals are yearlings. 9Nov 2440 2440 2440 41,340 proved as capable in the paddocks as she Golden Apple’s last two foals are fillies 8Nov 2450 2450 2350 4,100 was on the racetrack. To date, her eight by Silvano and Twice Over, and with older 7Nov 2465 2465 2465 0 winners (from as many runners) have half sisters to those by Western Winter 4Nov 2465 2465 2460 1,061 won 34 races and over R5.8 million in and Trippi, the matron’s legacy looks 3Nov 2480 2480 2480 0 prize money. She was voted South Africa’s secure. SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 15

First timers

Twice (3yo’s) miller exclusive Power 7/2 7/10 Behind The Numbers Serval 8/1 25/1 When it comes to first-timers a little knowledge goes a long way Verdonese Tommy Waterdevil 12/1 14/10 – or does it? The Smell of Rain 8/1 7/2 The daily reports from trainers commenting on their first-timers campbell Var du Bois 5/1 18/10 attracts plenty of attention from punters hoping to benefit from Strummer 11/2 6/1 added knowledge. Surprisingly, there has been little interest in Rivalland Spanish Captain 5/1 15/4 measuring the value of the added information, to see if it gives real Global Flyer 5/1 10/1 benefits or not. G v Zyl Superwoman 5/1 6/1 Time then to dig around for facts, and look at numbers, espe- Spirituous 14/1 6/1 cially with the new crop of 2yo’s about to start racing and plenty of alexander crystal Glamour 8/1 6/1 first-timers to come. duke Nukem 4/1 7/1 What follows is a summary of the 2015/16 season, from 1 August Nel Quine 7/1 8/1 2015 to 31 July 2016. The data makes for interesting reading, if captain’s Flame 14/1 8/1 nothing else. moffatt I Am the Fire 20/1 50/1 Rebuked 20/1 66/1 There were 1341 first-time 3yo’s during the period, of which 81 won. Three Times (3yo’s) The winners have been listed with their trainers, opening odds Snaith bela-Bela 16/10 18/10 and starting price. Francia 5/1 28/10 For ease of reading, they have been grouped: trainers with one It’s My Turn 9/2 6/1 first-time winner, with two, with three and with more. Woodruff captain Nemo 18/10 22/10 One relevant issue in this context is to imagine how the trainers Val et al 4/1 7/2 would have commented on these first-timers, and whether punters Swazi Lily 14/1 33/1 could have benefitted – or not.A nother issue is whether the market Greeff Night Out 16/1 5/2 is a suitable indicator of chances. Ngong Hills 6/1 11/2 Once (3yo’s) enhidu 5/1 8/1 Ramsden chevauchee 12/10 1/1 bcrawford Sunset Breeze 5/1 8/1 Goosen haddington 4/1 11/10 Groen Gevaarte 6/1 12/1 Kruyer mission Control 22/10 13/10 make it Raine 20/1 25/1 cLaird What a Poet 12/10 2/1 More (3yo’s) Vos Trip to India 4/1 2/1 de Kock Noor 4/1 13/20 Soma Submergence 5/2 22/10 Noah from Goa 5/2 7/10 Peter Noah’s Ark 7/1 5/2 Perfumed Lady 6/1 15/20 Whitehead Free State 33/1 33/10 b Twenty One 8/10 13/10 Niewenhuizen Kilauea 2/1 7/2 Rozenna 12/10 18/10 howells Skyfire 4/1 4/1 Tarry Never Give In 3/1 14/10 Zaki Leila’s Charger 7/1 4/1 Seeking Venus 22/10 16/10 drier cosmic Burst 4/1 9/2 Lunar Approach 4/1 22/10 Gordon monte Christo 12/1 11/2 Sister Cosmos 14/1 7/1 binda evening Breeze 16/1 11/2 casey Can 20/1 14/1 Forbes Lobelia 12/1 6/1 Fieldmarshall Fenix 14/1 40/1 Sham Stir It Up 11/2 13/2 houdalakis Speedy Gonvarlez 5/1 16/10 bass moonlight ‘n Roses 10/1 8/1 Firstimesacharm 12/1 3/1 Wiese Willow Wing 50/1 8/1 Super-U 5/2 9/2 Naidoo deep Down Rebel 25/1 9/1 Russian Steward 14/1 33/1 v Vuuren Readyforyourlove 28/10 10/1 aLaird Polyphonic 4/1 2/1 Wiid Rock on Rebel 4/1 10/1 hollie Point 5/1 5/2 magner captain Leon 7/1 10/1 Qarman 3/1 10/1 Sands hanabi 12/1 16/1 Nitrogen 7/1 10/1 Kannemeyer mountain Boy 7/1 20/1 azzie Tycoon Chief 10/1 9/2 Smith brooke’s Montana 12/1 20/1 Penny Serenade 6/1 5/1 GR Puller Illuminator 20/1 25/1 Shatoosh 12/1 6/1 Kotzen Silvan Star 16/1 33/1 dealer’s Charm 11/2 12/1 bruss argun 20/1 50/1 Jungle Mist 10/1 20/1 mayhew Over It 20/1 55/1 SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 16

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One of the big More (2yo’s) plunges of the year: deKock al Hawraa 1/3 1/5 Red Chesnut Road ebtihaal 4/10 5/10 wins on debut, daqeeq 16/10 9/10 backed from 8/1 into 17/10. He won the bold Rex 7/10 1/1 Gr3 Godolphin Barb Zaakhira 28/10 1/1 next time out by heavenly Blue 18/10 11/10 6 lengths at odds- act Of Loyalty 8/10 16/10 on, but was not seen out again | Gold Circle Intriguing Lady 11/10 18/10 Navarro 15/10 22/10 coyote 33/10 7/1 There were 1180 first-time 2yo starters, of which 96 won. cLaird Spice Girl 11/10 5/10 Nine of the winners were in December (from nine 2yo races in to- yankeedoodledandy 3/1 4/1 tal), and nine in January (from 15 races in total) – not unexpectedly. Good to Give 18/10 11/2 Rockefeller 7/2 11/2 Once (2yo’s) Palladium 7/1 5/1 Hill Red Chesnut Road 8/1 17/10 buffalo Soldier 2/1 7/1 Wright diamond In The Sky 12/10 5/2 Tarry cloth of Cloud 6/10 11/20 Niewenhuizen hamunaptra 15/20 3/1 Safe Harbour 2/1 1/1 Kannemeyer Last Winter 28/10 4/1 Red Rock 3/1 14/10 Naidoo Over Sure 6/1 9/2 Rightful King 4/1 15/10 Gadsby Gunner 16/1 8/1 Touching 28/10 16/10 Ferreira aggressive 9/1 9/1 africa Rising 6/1 2/1 hodgson Primrose Lane 25/1 10/1 Visuality 3/1 22/10 bremner candy Crush 10/1 14/1 Flying Myth 18/10 5/2 Warren Sporting Monarch 33/1 16/1 Kahula 5/1 4/1 Stewart blazing Rebel 8/1 20/1 myfunnyvalentine 3/1 9/2 botes Jiffy 14/1 20/1 Water Lily Lake 3/1 5/1 GMaroun Wrecking Ball 14/1 25/1 exquisite Touch 4/1 5/1 Roberts caddy Master 25/1 33/1 bold Viking 5/1 12/1 bcrawford argo Solo 25/1 55/1 Snaith Soweto Moon 15/20 7/10 Twice (2yo’s) Var Ahead 11/20 15/20 marshall The Secret Is Out 8/10 4/10 Sergeant Hardy 12/10 8/10 cape Quarter 25/1 25/1 Le Harve 4/1 5/2 GvZyl mygirldownunder 2/1 9/10 The Merry Widow 18/10 33/10 Poster Girl 28/10 13/10 Nordic Breeze 7/1 10/1 Smith cuveo 4/1 28/10 Zodiac Ruler 9/2 14/1 besotted 18/10 22/10 azzie Star Burst Galaxy 2/1 11/10 Peter hideaway 7/1 3/1 Rivarine 15/10 5/2 heaven’s Door 12/1 10/1 Querari Falcon 7/2 7/2 magner macademia 8/1 33/10 Shebang 16/1 40/1 comme-ci-comme-ca 10/1 15/4 Spies Fresh 18/10 12/10 miller Rob’s Jewel 4/1 7/2 Lady Willow 3/1 4/1 call Me Winter 5/1 11/20 Lotus Elan 8/1 5/1 LErasmus he’s a Var 4/1 5/1 bonne Vie 7/1 20/1 approval Mode 8/1 14/1 bass Wakeup Maggie 22/10 18/10 howells a Womens Way 7/1 11/2 Tipping Point 5/1 9/2 Secret Captain 5/1 16/1 bombs Away 9/2 10/1 Ramsden miranda Frost 20/1 11/2 Our Mate Art 7/1 10/1 don’t Stop Dancing 7/1 6/1 drier La Revere 3/1 22/10 vVuuren Green Pepper 12/1 7/1 horse Guards 5/1 28/10 The Thinker 8/1 16/1 Wild Irish 7/1 15/4 Kotzen South Side 14/1 11/1 hack Green 7/1 16/1 anneline 12/1 20/1 Greeff Oomph 15/10 17/10 beatabouthtebush 12/10 18/10 Three Times (2yo’s) Green Lantern 7/2 4/1 Goosen effortless Reward 5/1 1/1 emmypot 16/1 16/1 hashtag Strat 16/1 8/1 bonnie Dawn 16/1 14/1 The best advice? Watch the betting, ignore all else.

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91/92/92/96) 92 which makes the win- Gr2 Green Point S. R400,000 Kenilworth (new course) ner (prev 67/78/84) 99, the runner up Saturday, 3 December (prev 90/84/80/93) 99 and the 3rd (prev Course Variant: 0.98s slow (straight) 84/93/106/106) 92 Eagle Swoops 0.24s fast (bend) Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle set himself 99 1 0.00 Just Sensual (12) 60.0 A Marcus 11/2 With a south easterly head wind in excess 3 b f Dynasty - Consensual (Camden Park) up for a l’Ormarins Queen’s Plate double of 30km per hour, the times of races down the straight were comparatively much in a thrilling finish to a high-class true run 99 2 0.30 Safe Harbour (2) 60.0 Wei Marwing 8/1 slower than those around the turn. 3 b f Elusive Fort - Saint Isidore (Rakeen) race. Sail South set a solid pace through- 92 3 3.55 Querari Falcon (3) 60.0 A Delpech 7/2 3 b f Querari - Pretty Waves (Crimson Waves) out, followed by stable mate Captain 92 4 3.60 Sail (13) 60.0 S Veale 13/1 91 5 3.65 Lady Of the House (8) 60.0 C Orffer 66/1 America, with Helderberg Blue in third, Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas R1-million 91 6 4.05 Smokey Affair (11) 60.0 R Fourie 15/1 90 7 4.25 Maleficent (6) 60.0 R Simons 8/1 just ahead of New Predator and Legal 90 8 4.35 Final Judgement (7) 60.0 P Strydom 13/1 90 8 4.35 Captain Gambler (5) 60.0 D Dillon 66/1 Eagle in the eight horse field. Marcus 88 10 5.35 Whose That Girl (10) 60.0 G v Niekerk 66/1 87 11 5.75 She’s A Giver (15) 60.0 G Lerena 7/1 brought Legal Eagle through the centre 86 12 6.15 Dawn Calling (4) 60.0 B Lerena 22/1 82 13 8.15 Red Light Girl (9) 60.0 A Domeyer 66/1 halfway up the straight and looked to be 81 14 8.25 Quick Brown Fox (1) 60.0 G Cheyne 4/1 79 15 9.50 Visuality (14) 60.0 S Khumalo 66/1 going on to win convincingly. In the end it Time: 99.84s (62.4s avg/1000m, or 58km/h) SP Total %: 125% was a close call, as Marinaresco finished 1st T:J Ramsden O:Mayfair Speculators (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D L Brugman) B:Klawervlei Stud very strongly late to get within half a length at the line. Captain America could Gr2 Cape Merchants R400,000 do no better than third, 4 lengths back and hanging under pressure. Search Party All The Way Racing for Mayfair Speculators, the Avon- With the field reduced to 17, they split tuur-bred Legal Eagle has now won 8 races Just Sensual, Marcus timed it to perfection | W Marks into two groups, Search Party leading the with 4 places from 14 starts for stakes smaller inside group. With ears pricked, of R6.085.375. By Vodacom Durban July Oh So Sensual Search Party was relishing his role out winner Greys Inn, he is out of the six-time The race was a genuine test of national front and he never looked in danger of be- winning National Emblem mare Young fillies’ strength, but it was a recent low-key ing overwhelmed. He galloped on strongly Sensation, and was bought by Sean Tarry handicap winner who jumped from a wide to rebuff the late challenges to win by a for R425.000 at the 2013 National Yearling draw and swooped late to score – despite half length, from Silicone Valley. Sale. a self professed ‘marginal’ ride by Anton A R450.000 National Yearling Sale pur- Gr2 Green Point Stakes 1600m Marcus. As the race leader slowed the chase, Search Party has now won 4 races Winner Legal Eagle raced 5th; led 200m; pace dramatically around the bend, Mar- with 5 places from 11 starts for stakes kept on strongly cus made the crucial decision to loop his of R489.300. He’s bred by Ascot Stud, Runner up Marinaresco raced 6th, 3 lengths field to get a position more forward of the by Captain Al out of Pennekamp mare behind winner; ran on very well in straight hopeless berth the filly held early after her Third Captain America raced 2nd; led 250m; Princess Magdalena, who is half sister to shifted towards middle of track under pres- wide draw launch. At the 250m marker it Horse of the Year Dancer’s Daughter. sure and no chance with first two looked to be Safe Harbour’s race, but Mar- Time: This was by far the fastest of the three Gr2 Cape Merchants 1200m 1600m races, more than 3 seconds quicker cus had timed it perfectly to get up late. Winner Search Party raced with the pace than the second fastest on the day, the Gr1 The winner, owned by Mayfair Specula- throughout; ran on strongly final 400m Fillies Guineas. The pace was fast through- tors, is bred by Klawervlei Stud. She’s by Runner up Silicone Valley raced close up in out, set by Captain America’s stable com- fifth; ran on strongly to be narrowly beaten Dynasty out of the Gr1 Golden Slipper panion Sail South. Not an easy race to rate. Third Captain Alfredo raced in the front half winner Consensual (by Camden Park), who We gave the 3rd (prev of midfield; ran on 107/112/97/106/94/111) 104 which makes raced out of the Mike Bass yard and was Time: by far the fastest of the four 1200m the winner (prev 113/113/113/113/97) 116 SA’s 2008 Champion 2yo filly. races, and 1.2s faster than the MR86 Hand- and the 2nd (prev 94/98/106/105/100) 116. Just Sensual sold for R2 million at the Cape icap earlier on the day We gave the runner up (prev 116 1 0.00 Legal Eagle (3) 60.0 A Marcus 1/1 Premier Yearling Sale. She took her win 5 b g Greys Inn - Young Sensation (National Emblem) tally to 3 with 1 place from 4 starts and 86/90/95/96/103) 104 which makes the win- ner (prev 70/40/89/91/99) 96 and the third stakes of R727.500. (prev 102/99/96/100/95) 98 Bloodstock SA Nat - 425k 116 2 0.40 Marinaresco (6) 60.0 G v Niekerk 7/2 Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas 1600m 96 1 0.00 Search Party (4) 52.0 C Orffer 7/2 4 b g Silvano - Gay Fortuna (Fort Wood) Winner Just Sensual was positioned 3rd last 4 b g Captain Al - Princess Magdalena(GB) (Pennekamp) Mauritzfontein Graduate entering bend; circled runners on turn; 6th Bloodstock SA Nat - 1.3million entering straight; ran on well Bloodstock SA Nat - 450k 104 3 4.65 Captain America (1) 59.0 C Orffer 9/1 Runner up Safe Harbour raced 5th ran on 104 2 0.50 Silicone Valley (6) 56.5 H vd Hoven 9/1 6 b g Captain Al - Requista (Fort Wood) 6 b g Jay Peg - Prize Collection (Model Man) Nat - 400k strongly with winner in straight to be narrow- 98 3 2.50 Captain Alfredo (10) 57.0 P Strydom 18/1 Bloodstock SA 5 b g Captain Al - Zooming Zellie(USA) (King of Kings) 95 4 7.90 Sail South (7) 58.0 R Fourie 15/1 ly beaten 96 5 9.15 Abashiri (8) 60.0 A Delpech 22/1 Querari Falcon raced 4th; led 200m; out- Highlands - Bred Stakes Placed 88 6 11.90 New Predator (2) 59.0 G Lerena 12/1 91 4 2.60 Victorious Jay (7) 54.0 M Byleveld 8/1 61 7 24.40 Black Arthur (4) 59.0 P Strydom 13/1 paced latter stages by first two 99 5 3.10 Tevez (14) 58.5 A Domeyer 13/1 38 8 33.65 Helderberg Blue (5) 58.0 A Domeyer 66/1 90 6 3.15 Captain Swarovski (9) 54.5 S Khumalo 28/1 Time: 96.92s (60.58s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) Time: Second fastest of 3 x 1600m races, 88 7 3.90 Hack Green (3) 52.0 S Veale 7/2 SP Total %: 109% but over 3 seconds slower than the Gr2 84 8 4.40 Ernie (11) 54.0 G v Niekerk 28/1 1st T:SG Tarry O:Mayfair Speculators (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D L 77 9 5.15 Orion Quest (15) 52.0 S Cele 9/1 Brugman) B:Avontuur Farm Green Point Stakes. This was a false run 80 10 5.90 Seventh Plain (13) 54.5 G Cheyne 13/1 79 11 6.10 Triptique (12) 54.5 R Simons 22/1 race, where after a fast beginning (on par 77 12 7.35 Mambo Mime (16) 55.5 D Dillon 35/1 with the pace of Green Point Stakes), the 74 13 7.85 Asstar (8) 55.0 A Forbes 40/1 66 14 9.85 Gunner (17) 52.0 L Africa 35/1 leader dramatically slowed things up on 58 15 11.60 It Is Written (5) 54.0 A Andrews 100/1 59 16 11.80 Exelero (2) 54.5 R Fourie 15/1 the bend. The result and ratings should be 0 17 29.80 Line Break (1) 52.0 G Wright 66/1 treated with caution. Time: 71.59s (59.66s avg/1000m, or 60km/h) SP Total %: 123% We gave the 4th placed runner Sail (prev 1st T:BJ Crawford O:Mrs D J Sherrell B:Ascot Stud SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 18

Black type results

Turffontein standside Digest Diary Saturday 3 December Course Variant: 0.09s slow (straight) 1.02s slow (bend) Features To Come Although the going was good off a penetrometer reading of 20, the times of races around the turn were comparatively slower than those down the Sat 10 Dec Gr2 Southern Cross S (F&M) straight as the false rail was out 10m on the bend. 1000m Kenilworth How horses performed in South Africa’s Fri 16 Dec (L) Memorial Mile black type races, expressed in points 1600m Fairview based on the kind of races and how far Secretariat Stakes (Listed) R150,000 behind the winner they finished. Sat 17 Dec Gr1 Cape Guineas (3yo’s) No Bull 1600m Kenilworth A full explanation of the point system Stepped up to 1400m after a recent Vaal Gr2 Premier Trophy and the complete list of point earners is 1200m maiden success at his third start, 1800m Kenilworth on the Sporting Post website. Matador Man was easy to back, but won like a horse with a future. The market was Gr3 Cape Summer Stayers H 2500m Kenilworth Top earners dominated by Captain Von Trapp, Romi’s Gr3 Victress Stakes (F&M) for the 2016/2017 season Boy (who set a good pace) and Ready To (to 4 December) 1800m Kenilworth Run Cup placer Act Of Loyalty. None of the horse age sex points races three featured in the finish, with Hewitson (L) Jet Master Stakes Master Sabina 7 c 100 1 producing Matador Man down the inside 1600m Kenilworth Kangaroo Jack 4 c 75 2 to hold his stablemate Tilbury Fort. Sat 24 Dec (L) Southeaster Sprint Just Sensual 3 f 70 1 The Scott Bros bred Matador Man is by 1100m Kenilworth New Predator 4 c 53 2 Toreador out of the four-time winning Legal Eagle 5 c 50 1 Mogok mare Sahara. He was signed for by Mon 26 Dec Gr3 Christmas Handicap Bezanova 6 c 50 1 Tawny Syndicate for R180.000 at the 2015 1600m Greyville Search Party 4 c 50 1 National 2yo Sale, and has now won 2 rac- Sat 31 Dec Gr3 Lebelo Sprint The Conglomerate 5 c 37 1 es with 2 places from 4 starts, and stakes 1000m Turffontein Master Switch 5 c 34 1 of R177.000. He also benefitted from the Safe Harbour 3 f 32 1 Sun 1 Jan Gr3 Flamboyant S (F&M) BSA Added Value Stakes Bonus of R77.500. Mella Maria 4 f 30 1 1600m Greyville (P/T) Singapore Sling 3 c 30 1 Secretariat Stakes (Listed) 1400m Wed 4 Jan (L) Lady’s Bracelet (F&M) Gold Standard 3 c 30 1 Winner Matador Man dwelt start; raced 6th; Ektifaa 3 f 30 1 led 250m; hanging; won going away 1600m Fairview (T) Runner up Tilbury Fort raced fifth; level with Intergalactic 4 f 30 1 Fri 6 Jan Gr2 Stakes (F&M) Nebula 4 c 25 1 winner at 400m; outpaced latter stages; 1200m Kenilworth made respiratory noise Captain’s Flame 4 f 25 1 Third Misty Roller raced midfield; 7th enter- Fri 6 Jan (L) Jamaica Handicap (F&M) Fortissima 4 f 25 1 ing straight; stayed on but well beaten 2000m Kenilworth Green Pepper 3 f 25 1 Time: This was the faster of the two 1400m Captain America 6 c 25 1 races, and 0.5s quicker than the Pinnacle Stakes won by Captain Aldo. Liege 4 c 21 2 We gave the third horse (prev 57/73) 73 Marinaresco 4 c 21 1 which makes the winner (prev 73/73/76) 94 Silicone Valley 6 c 20 1 and the runner up (prev 63/66/74/74) 81 Saratoga Dancer 5 c 19 1 94 1 0.00 Matador Man (5) 56.0 L Hewitson 11/2 Deo Juvente 5 c 17 1 3 b g Toreador - Sahara (Mogok) bred by Bella Sonata 4 f 13 1 Edict Of Nantes 3 c 11 1 Bloodstock SA Nat 2YO - 200k 81 2 1.75 Tilbury Fort (2) 52.5 K Zechner 15/1 Polyphonic 4 f 11 1 3 b c Horse Chestnut - Colleen (Restructure) 73 3 5.00 Misty Roller (10) 53.5 M v Rensburg 40/1 Tahini 4 f 10 1 3 b g Oracy - She’s Charming (Casey Tibbs) 72 4 7.50 Copper Pot (4) 56.5 R Danielson 7/1 Sail 3 f 8 1 70 5 7.75 Clever Guy (1) 56.0 M Yeni 15/1 69 6 8.00 Act Of Loyalty (9) 55.5 C Murray 9/2 Visuality 3 f 8 1 70 7 8.50 Romi’s Boy (6) 57.0 C Maujean 4/1 68 8 9.00 Raydaveric (8) 56.5 D Habib 18/1 Bold Rex 3 c 8 1 60 9 11.00 Captain Von Trapp (3) 55.5 C Zackey 3/1 50 10 18.00 Aggressive (7) 60.5 A Fortune 11/1 Will Pays 5 c 5 1 Time: 85.08s (60.77s avg/1000m, or 59km/h) SP Total %: 120% Final Judgement 3 f 4 1 1st T:SG Tarry O:Messrs G D Tooch, G L Blank, G J Nassif, J Nassif, Z L Nassif, J Sarkis & R M Scott B:Scott Bros Check the race results on the page Heavenly Blue 3 c 4 1 SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 19

Hallowed Spring 3f (Sublime Spring by Rakeen) Scottsville 5 MR 79 Handicap (F&M) 1200m (11/12)

GITANO HERNANDO (Hernando) Angel Of Athens 3f (Lady Perez by West Man) BOLD SILVANO (Silvano) Fairview 4 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf) 2000m (09/12) Bongani 3c (Abarrat by Cape Cross) Storm Hero 3c (Stormher by Jallad) Fairview 3 Maiden Plate (Turf) 1600m (09/12) Greyville 4 Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 1600m (09/12) Next World 3f (All The Nines by Mistral Dancer) Villanelle 3f (Vogue Award by Model Man) Fairview 4 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Turf) 2000m (09/12) Fairview 7 MR 70 Handicap (F&M)(Turf) 1000m (09/12) Kungfoofighting 3f (Olympic Special by Special Preview) Prix Du Cap 3c (Parfait by National Emblem) Fairview 7 MR 70 Handicap (F&M)(Turf) 1000m (09/12) Kenilworth 10 Maiden Plate 1600m (10/12) Sweet Sylvie 3f (Deadly Catch by Windrush) Vaal 1 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1200m (10/12) Bold Respect 2c (Respectable Lady by Kabool) GOLDEN SWORD (High Chaparral) Kenilworth 2 Maiden Juvenile Plate 800m (10/12) Dazzling Token 3f (Relative Value by Jallad) Beachmaster 3c (Astral Emblem by NationalE mblem) Greyville 3 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Polytrack) 1600m (09/12) Vaal 4 Maiden Plate 2000m (10/12) Keep The Faith 3f (Menorah by Var) MAIN AIM (Oasis Dream) Kenilworth 5 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1400m (10/12) Brighton Belle 3f (Canterbury Belle by Wolfhound) Burnt Cherry 3f (Strike The Flame by Strike Smartly) Vaal 1 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1200m (10/12) Scottsville 4 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Inside) 1400m (11/12) Kitty Coo 3f (Good Ol Days by Pole Position) Vegas Lights 3f (Yvelines by Western Winter) Vaal 1 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1200m (10/12) Scottsville 4 Maiden Plate (F&M)(Inside) 1400m (11/12) Main Roll 3f (Merlene by Shalford) Vaal 1 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1200m (10/12) CALL TO COMBAT (Announce) Elegant Beauty 3f (National Fate by National Assembly) The Falls Road 3c (Amalfi Drive by Announce) Vaal 2 Maiden Plate 1200m (10/12) Vaal 2 Maiden Plate 1200m (10/12) Young Eagle 3c (Rachel’s Princess by Sapieha) Beachhead 3c (Sandy Beach by Count Dubois) Vaal 3 Maiden Plate 1200m (10/12) Vaal 2 Maiden Plate 1200m (10/12) Main Ambition 3f (Flirt In A Skirt by Winter Romance) Dawn Assault 3c (Cayman Ridge by Al Mufti) Kenilworth 6 MR 76 Handicap (F&M) 1400m (10/12) Vaal 7 MR 68 Handicap 1800m (10/12)

MARCHFIELD (A P Indy) CRUSADE (Johannesburg) Hopeful 2f (All Hope by Al Mufti) Romantic Crusade 2f (Romantic Drama by Model Man) Kenilworth 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 800m (10/12) Kenilworth 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 800m (10/12) Purdey 2f (Secret Babe by Labeeb) Scottsville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 800m (11/12) PATHFORK (Distorted Humor) The Grey Crusader 2c (Corre Solta by Ski Champ) Colonia 3c (Cuir De Russie by Strike Smartly) Scottsville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 800m (11/12) Greyville 2 Apprentice Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 1200m (09/12) Turbo 3c (Pelican Point by Jet Master) DAN DE LAGO (Encosta de Lago) Fairview 2 Graduation Plate (Turf) 1200m (09/12) Killala 3f (Ballina by Cordoba) South Side 3f (Street Cred by Jallad) Fairview 8 MR 70 Handicap (F&M)(Turf) 1000m (09/12) Fairview 8 MR 70 Handicap (F&M)(Turf) 1000m (09/12) Miss Stake 3f (Festival Fire by Magic Albert) Kenilworth 3 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1000m (10/12) PHILANTHROPIST (Kris S) Give Your Best 3c (Wrapped In Clover by Mt Livermore) GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT (More Than Ready) Greyville 4 Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 1600m (09/12) Pepe Le Pew 3c (San Remo by Dynasty) Sloe Gin Fizz 3c (Sloe Gin by A P Indy) Fairview 2 Graduation Plate (Turf) 1200m (09/12) Greyville 4 Maiden Plate (Polytrack) 1600m (09/12) No Green Stars 3f (Flymetothestars by Jet Master) Rockefeller 3c (Generous Anna by General Nediym) Vaal 1 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1200m (10/12) Greyville 9 MR 62 Handicap (Polytrack) 2000m (09/12) Relaxed Wanderer 3f (Skyblade by Jet Master) Stream Of Kindness 2f (Cool River by Western Winter) Kenilworth 3 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1000m (10/12) Kenilworth 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 800m (10/12) Racethegreenlight 3c (Racing Heart by National Assembly) Laikipia 3f (Rippling Savannah by National Assembly) Vaal 3 Maiden Plate 1200m (10/12) Kenilworth 5 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1400m (10/12) O’ Keeffe 3f (Morisot by Royal Academy) Party Crasher 3f (First Arrival by Northern Guest) Kenilworth 5 Maiden Plate (F&M) 1400m (10/12) Kenilworth 6 MR 76 Handicap (F&M) 1400m (10/12) Primrose Lane 3f (Chariya by Cape Cross) Kenny Trix 3c (Winter Conquest by Western Winter) Kenilworth 6 MR 76 Handicap (F&M) 1400m (10/12) Kenilworth 9 MR 72 Handicap 1600m (10/12) Checkthegreenlight 3c (Check It by Almushtarak) The Slade 3c (Aquatint by Peintre Celebre) Scottsville 3 Maiden Plate (Inside) 1400m (11/12) Kenilworth 9 MR 72 Handicap 1600m (10/12) SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 20

For The Notebook TIGER RIDGE Philanthropist - cont Rated AR 83 Nother Russia (4f Mother Russia by Al Windrush Barak Lavan 3c (Countess Corlia by Count Dubois) MR80 Handicap (F&M) Vaal outside (1600m) (1/12) Kenilworth 10 Maiden Plate 1600m (10/12) national yearling sale Graduate - 550k Wish To Land 3c (Wishing Chair by Giant’s Causeway) Bloodstock SA Kenilworth 10 Maiden Plate 1600m (10/12) Returning from an 8 month layoff, Mike De Kock’s charge was Head Prefect 3c (School Assembly by NationalA ssembly) said to be not fully tuned up when completing a hat-trick here. Kenilworth 10 Maiden Plate 1600m (10/12) She raced in the rear early on before running on stoutly to get Uncle Ronnie 2c (Wild Woman by Al Mufti) up close home. Nother Russia has now won three from five, and Scottsville 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 800m (11/12) further improvement looks to be forthcoming. Dino’s Delight 3c (Borrego Honey by Borrego) Scottsville 3 Maiden Plate (Inside) 1400m (11/12) CAPTAIN AL Rated AR 91 William Longsword (3c Pagan Princess by Fort Wood) TRAFFIC GUARD (More Than Ready) MR 88 Handicap Kenilworth (1600m) (06/12) Rightonred 3f (Guest Gallery by Special Preview) Racing handy in second, showed an impressive turn of foot to Vaal 2 Maiden Plate 1200m (10/12) win going away.He has now won 4 from 6 starts and on this per- Scholar Patrol 3c (Ama de Casa by Lavery) formance his place in next week’s Cape Guineas looks assured. Vaal 4 Maiden Plate 2000m (10/12) He’s likely to improve further on his rating.. His talented half-sis- ter Real Princess (by Trippi) runs this Saturday in the Southern TWICE OVER (Observatory) Cross Sprint. Lacerta 2f (Pulsator by Captain Al)

Kenilworth 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 800m (10/12) Libra 2f (Sleek ‘n Sassy by Captain Al) Kenilworth 2 Maiden Juvenile Plate 800m (10/12) Winners Bred Abroad

Soweto Moon (AUS) 3g Zoffany - Soweto(AUS) (Umatilla) Kenilworth 1000m (30/11) Notable Maiden Winners SEBRING Whisky Baron (AUS) 4g Manhattan Rain - Tazkara(FR) (Sinndar) Rated AR74 Alaadel (3c Seeking Sunshine by Seeking The Gold Kenilworth 1500m (30/11) Maiden Plate Vaal outside (1400m) (1/12) Another Graduate AUS $ 260k yearling Alaadel (AUS) 3g Sebring - Seeking Sunshine(USA) (Seeking The Gold) Vaal 1400m (01/12) After losing two lengths at the start, Mike De Kock’s charge had been beaten a neck by the subsequent Secretariat Stakes run- Aspri Astrapi (AUS) 3g Fastnet Rock - Donatella(IRE) (Sadler’s Wells) ner-up Tilbury Fort in his only previous outing. He again lost a Vaal 1400m (01/12) little ground here, before running on stoutly from midfield to win well by two and three quarters. Watch for further improvement. Samurai Blade (AUS) 4g Where’s That Tiger - Shao Shao(AUS) (Shinko Forest) Vaal 1600m (01/12) ANTONIUS PIUS Rated AR88 Kissable (2f Kiss For Kate by Jallad) Tiger Flame (AUS) 5m Where’s That Tiger - Dame Matico(AUS) Maiden Juvenile Plate Turffontein stand side (800m) (6/12) (Danehill) Turffontein 2000m (3/12) Highlands Stallion • Antonius Pius Bloodstock SA 120k NyS - sold to Greenstreet Bloodstock (AUS) 3f Fastnet Rock - Zarinia(IRE) (Intikhab) bred by MoutonshoeK Ngaga Kenilworth 1200m (03/12) Taken straight to the front, this well supported second favourite led throughout. Just half a length clear at halfway, Kissable drew clear in good style over the final 400m and won easing down by over six lengths in good time. Her rating is a bit of a flyer, but she Is Your Horse looks to be the real deal. One To Follow? SILVANO Rated AR 77 Al Sahem (3c Alderry by Al Mufti) Maiden Plate Turffontein stand side (1600m) (3/12) Always second in the betting market, Sean Tarry’s newcomer raced handy in fifth. He was ridden to lead as they approached the 100m marker, and drew clear easily to score by four and a half. He won well, and is bound to improve on his rating.

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Clockwatching with Steve Furnish Last Week’s Top Rated Speed Ratings winners incl. won 6/1 Catkin ...... won 11/2 Aye Aye Captain Black Parrot ...... won 4/1 A review of the week's best speedratings Miss Minver ...... won 2/1 Royal Regatta ...... won 18/10 Expresso Martini ...... won 14/10 Moon Princess ...... Smart hat-trick Giving Direction ...... won 14/10 Our Destiny won 8/10 Greyville 27th November Vaal 29th November Pure Logic ...... Tuesday’s action took place on the in- side track where three of the afternoon’s Top speed ratings eight races were run over 1400m. The for this weekend fastest of these was the MR71 Handicap (Ratings shown have already been won by the easy to back LET’S GO WEST. adjusted to allocated weights) Freely available at 10/1 on the off, the Fairview (fri) Race 1: (2) In Your Face 8 Sporting Post’s best handicapped run- Race 2: (1) Turbo 45 ner in the race was soon up handy. He Race 3: (7) Mustang Boy 9 was asked to take up the running going Race 4: (5) Main Exchange 12 Race 5: (6) Master James 62 through the 400m and went on to score Race 6: (12) Rush In 49 (EW) Newyorkstateofmind | Pic by Gold Circle comfortably from the 5/2 favourite YAN- Race 7: (2) Portrait 44 (EW) Race 8: (3) Sweetchild O Mine 46 KEE CAPTAIN (had to switch 300m) by a Race 9: (13) Apoc 56 They raced on both surfaces on Sunday length and a half. Greyville (fri) with the lion’s share of the action taking The faster of the two 2000m races was Race 1: (5) Kutlwanoslove 10 place on the poly. Three of the seven races the MR67 Handicap won by the well sup- Race 2: (1) Cabinda 36 (NAP*) Race 3: (1) Gusheshe 13 on the poly track were staged over 1200m ported outsider MALINGA. Eventually sent Race 4: (6) Gondwana 13 and quickest home amongst these was the off at 8/1 after opening up at 16’s, Alec Race 5: (14) Destined For Dawn 51 ultra-consistent NEWYORKSTATEOFMIND Laird’s charge raced in midfield for most Race 6: (14) Roy’s Monkey 37 Race 7: (6) Beyond Limits 61 when winning the MR70 Handicap. Sent off a of the journey. He ran on strongly over Race 8: (11) Discourse 43 clear favourite at 16/10, Sean Tarry’s charge the final 400m and under a well-judged Race 9: (14) Delray Beach 41 raced in the rear during the early part of the ride from JP v’d Merwe he got up late Kenilworth (sat) race. Once in the short home straight though, to deny the regular place getter RACING Race 1: No Qualfiers Race 2: No Qualifiers he quickened best of all and went on to score SOCKS (lame near fore). Race 3: (3) Miss Stake 12 with authority after striking the front 150m The two 1700m races were both maiden Race 4: (1) La Favourari 62 Race 5: (4) Amazingly 18 from home. plates. The faster of these was the boy’s Race 6: (6) Party Crasher 50 The remaining four races on the poly track affair won by MILITARY AWARD. Allowed Race 7: (4) Twinkle Toes 58 all took place over 1400m and stopping the to ease a little at the track, the Brave Tin Race 8: (1) Carry On Alice 95 Race 9: (10) Rocket Master 50 clock in the fastest time here was CAPRIVI in Soldier gelding was a little troublesome Race 10: (8) Arabian Dynasty 19 the second division of the MR74 Handicap. at the start, but despite that was soon up Vaal (sat) Positioned in midfield early on, the son of handy. He put his head in front as they Race 1: (4) Princess Aurora 10 Mogok ran on strongly under the 4kg claimer approached the 100m pole and won by Race 2: (1) Captain Marooned 28 (NAP*) Denis Schwarz. He struck the front 100m out three quarters from the running on PILOU. Race 3: (1) Racethegreenlight 24 and won well by a length. Titbits Running on strongly from the Race 4: (1) Air Force Legend 23 Race 5: (5) Star Of Love 42 The non-black type KZN 3yo Series 1600m rear, GO DIRECT had to switch 200m out Race 6: (4) Deputy Jud 81 on the turf topped the bill and here victory when only beaten 1,6 lengths in the MR89 Race 7: (9) Pyramus 47 went to the Sporting Post’s top rated runner Handicap. Race 8: (5) All Over The World 53 Race 9: (2) Joan Ranger 76 in the field MISS MINVER. Sent off a joint Race 10: (1) Cannes 47 second favourite at 4/1, the hat-trick seeking Whisky In The Jar Scottsville (sun) daughter of Dynasty also came from off the Race 1: No Selections Kenilworth 30th November pace. She was ridden to lead as they ap- Race 2: (5) Scarlet Lady 10 The only distance to stage more than Race 3: (17) Varadiso 12 proached the 200m marker and comfortably Race 4: (2) Dundrum16 accounted for the easy to back ONESIE. one race in Cape Town on Wednesday Race 5: (4) Respect At Bay 53 (NAP*) was 1400m. The fastest of these four Race 6: (5) Royalsecuritypower 76 Titbits Poorly drawn and slow into stride to Race 7: (11) Breakfast Club 74 (EW) boot, the heavily supported favourite PURE events was the MR96 Handicap won by Race 8: (10) Pirogue 74 LOGIC ran on well from the rear when winning CATKIN. Freely available at 6/1 on the off, Race 9: (9) Charisma 36 the boy’s division of the maiden plate over the 5yo son of Horse Chestnut was soon Nap bets 1900m turf, going away by three. up handy. He was ridden to lead shortly * Fancied ** Strongly fancied *** Very strongly fancied SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 22

Clockwatching cont. sports and betting after passing the 200m pole and kept on strongly in the closing stages of the race English Premier League Sun 11 Dec | Old Trafford | 16:15 to beat the always handy OVERSHADOW (Number of races run in each category shown in brackets) by a neck. * Times taken by Clockwatcher Race 8 on the card was an allowance Greyville (mixed) 27th November plate over 1500m and here we saw a Turf Good/Poly Standard Course Variant: Turf 2,32s slow/Poly 2,75s slow very smart performance from WHISKY 1200m (3) Newyorkstateofmind 72,48P BARON. Backed into favouritism at the 1400m (4) Caprivi 84,78P track, Brett Crawford’s charge was soon 1600m (1) Miss Minver 99,47T positioned up with the speed. He quick- 1900m (2) Pure Logic 119,96T ened nicely at the top of the straight Vaal (inside) 29th November and went on to score with authority Penetrometer 22 – Going Good by three and three quarters from the Course Variant: 0,73s fast 1000m (1) The Thinker 56,18 deposed favourite IT’S MY TURN (12/10 1400m (3) Let’s Go West 81,04 out to 5/2). 1700m (2) Military Award 103,52 Manchester United will play host to After the scratching of Icon King, 2000m (2) Malinga 122,12 Tottenham on Sunday at Old Trafford GREENFLASHSUNSET looked to be Kenilworth (old) 30th November in the biggest match of Gameweek very hard to beat in the maiden plate Penetrometer 21 – Going Good 15. Jose Mourinho’s men come into over 1100m, and he did indeed do the Course Variant: 0,08s fast 1000m (1) Soweto Moon 59,60 this fixture six points behind Mauricio business. Deep in the red at 1/4 on the 1100m (1) Greenflashsunset 68,12 off, the 3yo Gimmethegreenlight colt Pochettino’s fifth-placed team, in dan- 1200m (1) Our Destiny 72,47 ger of being cut adrift of the leading raced third early on. He put his head in 1400m (4) Catkin 85,62 front early in the straight and with a ton 1500m (1) Whisky Baron 90,95 clubs. Pochettino’s Spurs had some in hand won very easily by two and a 2000m (1) Desert Wisdom 127,02 good battles with Mourinho’s Chelsea quarter. Vaal (outside) 1st December prior to him leaving, and similar will Titbits Well supported into 14/10 from Penetrometer 22 – Going Good be expected against the Portuguese’s Course Variant: 0,21s slow 22/10, MOON PRINCESS won the opening inconsistent but exceptionally talented 1000m (1) Jameson Girl 57,52 maiden plate over 1400m very comfort- 1200m (2) Thewaywemakem 69,85 Red Devils team. ably by a length and a half. 1400m (3) Alaadel 83,79 To catch up with Chadley Nagel’s previews click here 1600m (4) Nother Russia 94,62 From Russia With Love Probable line-ups: Man United: 4-2-3-1 Vaal 1st December from halfway and won with authority by De Gea; Valencia, Bailly, Jones, Darmian; They raced on the outside track on two and three quarters after taking it up Carrick, Herrera; Mkhitaryan, Pogba, Thursday where victory in the fastest of 330m out. Martial; Ibrahimovic the four 1600m races, a MR80 Handi- The faster of the two MR68 Handicaps cap, went to the lightly raced NOTHER over 1200m was the boy’s affair won Tottenham: 4-2-3-1 RUSSIA. Returning from an eight month by the 3yo THEWAYWEMAKEM. Easy to Lloris; Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, layoff here, the daughter of Tiger Ridge back at 14/1 on the off, St John Gray’s Rose; Dembele, Wanyama; Eriksen, Alli, raced in the rear early on. The second charge was also a little slow into stride, Son; Kane. favourite INANINSTANT got first run and but despite that was soon up handy. quickly going a couple clear after striking He ran on strongly over the final 400m Prediction:Draw (24/10) the front 350m out, she looked to have and in a race where less than a length United have struggled to win matches the race in the bag. Completing a hat- covered the first four home, he got the and have drawn their last four league trick here though, Mike De Kock’s charge verdict by a neck. games at Old Trafford. Spurs have been ran on stoutly at the business end of the Titbits The 3yo ELECTRIC LADY ran on dismal on their travels, drawing three race and with the rest some four lengths well from midfield when getting up late to of their past four away games. The adrift she got up very late. win the girl’s division of the MR68 Handi- sides are tipped to share the spoils in a Three of the remaining six races were cap over 1200m. tightly-contested affair. maiden plates over 1400m and stopping the clock in the fastest time amongst To Win - Man United 11/10 these was Nother Russia’s stable com- Draw 24/10 panion ALAADEL in the first division for To Win - Tottenham 5/2 Horses worth following the boys. Having only his second career at their next few starts... outing here, the son of Sebring wasn’t Alaadel (M De Kock, Gauteng) To Advertise the quickest into stride and as a result Nother Russia (M De Kock, Gauteng) contact Kiki 082 878 2231 he raced in midfield. He quickened well Pure Logic (D Kannemeyer, KZN) [email protected] SPORTING POST • Thursday 8 December 2016 23