SPORTING POST • Thursday 12 SportingjaNuaRy 2017 Post 1 preview next week Thursday 12 january 2017 Cape Premier Sale Fairview poly Friday Best Roving Banker: R5-(2) Kiss Me Hardy (10/1) Greyville poly/night Friday Best Roving Banker R2 - (10) A-Rod (5/2) Turffontein Saturday Best Roving Banker: R11 – (4) Hieronymus (5/2) Kenilworth Saturday Best Roving Banker: R3 -(6) Mark’s Glory (4/1) Scottsville Sunday Best Roving Banker The Vaal raider Talktothestars is set to take the Cape by storm | Gold Circle R4-(1) Intercept (5/2) Beware Saturday 7 January Kenilworth - race 1 Sporting Post Best Handicapped The Barefoot Bomber Cheery Bliss Gr2 Diadem Stakes - Kenilworth Sprint. he subsequently ran fifth in the Mercury WON 8/1 Sprint behind Red Ray, appearing not to quite enjoy South Africa’s highest rated sprinter Talktothe- the Greyville turn. stars heads a quality field that is set to do battle The barefoot bomber’s new season campaign down the stiff 1200m straight. The race is run at started in an unconventional manner – a trip to the weight-for-age, with penalties of 2kg for a Gr1 Kimberley dust bowl where he duly won. his last win and 1kg for a Gr2 success. run produced something like his better form, com- Vaal trainer Coenie de Beer, a man reputed to ing on late for a two length third to Trip To heaven braai the best ribs in town and who doesn’t believe in the joburg Merchants. he knows the Kenilworth in the hype around alumites and shoes in general, strip and runs for Piere Strydom - and meets Trip To makes the long trip from home base with Talktoth- heaven on 1.5kg better terms here. The latter has estars, who tops the SP race ratings. his first start in the Cape. The 5yo equine Zola Budd is a ten-time winner joey Ramsden’s Mercury Sprint winner Red Ray who achieved his peak career success – without returns from a 26 week break. he is held by Talktoth- shoes naturally - in last season’s Gr1 Tsogo Sun estars on his Tsogo Sun run, but there were excuses SPORTING POST • Thursday 12 jaNuaRy 2017 2 SATURDAY AT KENILWORTH SUN MET LOG – a lost shoe being one of them. at varying levels of well-being, he actually beat Trip To heaven by five lengths at level weights in Sun Met – Final Log Standings the Mercury. With the countdown to the big race just over a fortnight away, Southeaster Sprint winner Tevez is an enthusiastic 7yo, who has the final log for the R5-million Gr1 Sun Met has been published. won 2 of his last 5 starts – never further off than three lengths in The top two positions remain unchanged, but sensational the process. Gulf Storm ran disappointingly in the Southeaster Gr1 Paddock Stakes winner Bela-Bela has made progress from Sprint when over three lengths behind Tevez. he is a half kilo seventh position to third. anthony delpech was confirmed as her better off, but will need to improve to feature. rider earlier this week. Captain alfredo came late for third in the Merchants behind Last Saturday’s Gr2 Peninsula handicap winner Whisky Baron Search Party, and now is 6kg bet- has improved from 12th position to No 5 ter off with that one. on the log. Gr2 Diadem Stakes Victorious jay has not won in past winners Final log for the Sun Met (tabulated over a year. he is 3kg better off under current position, position on 21 de- 2013 with Search Party following a 1 Welwitschia 57.5( 4) 6/1 cember, position on 2 december, age, sex, 2 Jackson 60.0 ( 2) 4/1 two and a half length Merchants 3 Cap Alright 60.0 ( 1) 12/1 name, merit rating and trainer). 2014 fourth last time. Search Party 1 Captain Of All 60.0 ( 4) 15/2 has won 3 of his last 4 starts, but 2 Copper Parade 60.0 (10) 10/1 11/01 21/12 2/12 Age Sex Horse MR Trainer 3 Fly By Night 57.5 ( 9) 2/1 faces a very different hurdle at the 2015 (December) 1 1 1 5 G Legal Eagle 123 Sean Tarry 1 Lanner Falcon 56.5 ( 2) 11/2 weights this time. 2 Fly By Night 58.5 ( 6) 15/1 The weight-for-age terms of this 2 2 2 4 G Marinaresco 115 C Bass-Robinson 3 Gulf Storm 59.0 ( 3) 4/1 race favour 3 7 7 4 F Bela-Bela 109 Justin Snaith the top-rat- 4 4 4 6 G Captain America 116 Brett Crawford START PA6/PICK SIX5/JACKPOT4 5:10PM Gr2 DIADEM StaKES (WFA) - 1200M ed trio of 5 12 20 4 G Whisky Baron 110 Brett Crawford KENILWORTH 8 SAME TRAINER:(3-5)(6-11-12)(8-9) Talktothe- stars, Red 6 3 3 4 G It’s My Turn 106 Justin Snaith Overlord 1 TALKTOTHESTARS(FC de Beer) P Strydom .... 6 60.0 7 5 5 7 G Master Sabina 110 Geoff Woodruff Western Winter 2 RED RAY(J Ramsden) A Marcus ....................... 9 60.0 Ray and Trip Sail From Seattle 3 GULF STORM(BJ Crawford) G Cheyne ............. 8 60.0 To heaven. 8 6 6 5 G The Conglomerate 107 Joey Ramsden Trippi 4 TRIP TO HEAVEN(SG Tarry) S Khumalo .......... 3 59.0 Captain Al 5 SEARCH PartY(BJ Crawford) C Orffer ............ 7 59.0 9 9 3 C Gold Standard 108 Glen Kotzen Caesour 6 TEVEZ(C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer ..............10 58.0 Captain Al 7 CAPtaIN ALFREDO(J Snaith) R Fourie ........... 5 58.0 10 11 11 5 G Mac De Lago 114 Weiho Marwing Jay Peg 8 VICTORIOUS JAY(VH Marshall) M Byleveld ..11 58.0 11 10 10 5 G French Navy 113 Sean Tarry Western Winter 9 EXELERO(VH Marshall) D Dillon ......................12 58.0 Querari 10 LA FaVOURARI(A Nel) S Cele ........................13 58.0 12 14 12 4 C Brazuca (Aus) 109 J J Van Vuuren Dynasty 11 LINE BREAK(C Bass-Robinson) S Veale ........... 1 58.0 Trippi 12 BRILLIANT CRIMSON(C Bass-Robinson)G v Niekerk 2 58.0 13 18 14 4 C Baritone 105 Justin Snaith Var 13 PURPLE MOUNtaINS(GR Puller) H vd Hoven .....4 58.0 14 19 18 5 G Deojuvente 106 Geoff Woodruff 15 17 17 3 G Bold Rex 101 Mike De Kock 16 20 16 3 C Heavenly Blue 100 Mike De Kock Jewels In The Crown 17 13 15 4 C Mambo Mime 99 D Kannemeyer Multiple Equus champion What a Winter is the most 18 19 4 G Cape Speed 101 D Kannemeyer recent dual winner of the diadem Stakes, which dates back 19 4 G Nebula 95 Brett Crawford to 1974. It was won in its first year by Lancaster, ridden by 20 7 G Dynamic 95 Justin Snaith present day trainer Paddy Kruyer for trainer alec Soteriadis. 3 C Al Fahad 94 Mike De Kock While What a Winter made it his own in 2011 and 2012, 4 C Mac Duff 90 Joey Ramsden the Charles Laird trained Nhlavini and Eric Sands’ sprinter Flobayou are the leading lights of the race, with three wins 4 G Rocket Ball 95 Gavin Van Zyl apiece. 5 G St Tropez 92 Joey Ramsden Rothmans july winner Over The air won the diadem in 3 C Zodiac Ruler 97 Justin Snaith 1979, but he was not the only july winner to do it - Flaming Rock won it in 1991 and 1992. Champion sire Captain al won the diadem in 2000,while his son Captain Of all lifted the trophy in 2014. Captain al has two runners, Captain alfredo and Search Party, carrying the flag on Saturday. Genevieve Michel is the only lady jockey to win the race - she piloted Okukama to victory in 1998. can be purchased here SPORTING POST • Thursday 12 jaNuaRy 2017 3 PIPPA MICKLEBURGH SPORTING POST • Thursday 12 jaNuaRy 2017 4 PERSONALITY Pippa Mickleburgh “She’s obviously quite a dominant mare and kept throwing these Make It A Double very refined foals and we needed to add a bit of coarseness. I plan Avontuur are the breeders responsible for producing last my matings first physically, then on temperament, I check the genet- ics on the computer programmes and then we look at the com- season’s Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner, Champion mercial aspect. I had a strong feeling that Greys Inn was what she Miler, Champion Older Horse and Horse of the Year, Legal needed to ignite the female line that had gone quiet and I believe if Eagle. Last Saturday, he added a second Gr1 Queen’s Plate you see mating you really want to do, must do it.” on the trot to his trophy cabinet. As the most coveted trophy “I get a feeling with matings in the same way I get a feeling with in South Africa and a huge feather in his breeder’s cap, we mares I want to buy. you’ve got to have the courage of your convic- tions. I’ve just done another to Greys Inn now, so we’ll see how that caught up with Avontuur GM Pippa Mickeburgh to see how turns out.” she’s feeling. “We have shares in Greys Inn and it looked a wonderful mating to me and when I put it onto the mating programme the computer “I can’t complain,” she grins. “We’ve had a wonderful start went mad. It’s a bloody long drive to get to Greys Inn.