Wednesday 19 August 2020 v Jockey Club Stakes Checkmate! 1 v 2 v American Princess (Shadlee Fortune) wins the East Cape Derby Pauline Herman Photography CHEYNE’S BACK IN Fairview racecourse in Port jockeyTOWN travel restrictions on Monday. win the East Cape Paddock Stakes Elizabeth grabs the national a lot easier than the official margin spotlight when the Listed Jockey Cheyne must be itching to get back suggests last time. If she copes Club Stakes is run on the polytrack to his regular hunting ground and with the step up to the 2000m, on Friday. The only black-type Shadlee Fortune, who won two on her course record suggests she feature on the weekend the trot, loses the ride on the East shouldn’t be written off. programme, the 2000m contest is Cape Derby winner, American the third leg of the Eastern Cape Princess, in Cheyne’s favour. Former Michael Roberts racer Fillies and Mares Challenge and is Statute, a sister to Durban July run at weight for age, plus The Varsfontein owned and bred winner Legislate, produced a penalties. daughter of Master Of My Fate has cracking late-run effort when third done little wrong since relocating in the Paddock Stakes at her first An interesting aspect of the from KZN, and she could well record outing in this region and Shadlee Fairview Friday programme is the the hat-trick after her nice Derby Fortune would enjoy winning this! return to the local scene of Western success – the form of that race Cape-based East Cape Champion having panned out positively. Cover Pic Greg Cheyne, and his colleague Candiese Lenferna captured the image MJ Byleveld, following the Sharon Kotzen’s Elusive Heart beat of two jockeys in the parade ring at rescinding of the contentious the local star Madame Speaker to Hollywoodbets Greyville 3 v Queen Victoria Bassano YEARSin the Eastern Cape beforeON a new 138course was acquired, at St Albans in 1974. The old course at Fairview (situated where Greenacres Shopping Centre is today) was relinquished and a new course at St Albans was developed with state of the art facilities and amenities over a period of three years at a cost of just over R3-million at the time, under the guidance of then Chairman, Mr A. Moffett, and visionary, Mr Roumanoff, of the Greatermans Group. The new course at St Albans opened on 18th June 1977. Fairview Racecourse became part of Phumelela Gaming & Leisure in 1999, with later building additions of a new R20-million stabling complex with space for an The Fairview feature race on meetings at Fairview Estate through additional 288 horses in 2008 as Friday honours the Jockey Club the newly established Port Elizabeth well as state of the art mechanical of South Africa which was Turf Club were started in 1857 when starting stalls imported from founded in the Eastern Cape in there was little but a small town. Australia in 2011. The Polytrack 1882 before moving to was added in 2013, allowing all Johannesburg in 1904. The Fairview Estate was transferred weather racing. in ownership in 1883 to the Turf Club, Although racing started via signed by Sir Hercules The modern day Fairview is British garrisons in Port Elizabeth Robinson on behalf of Her Majesty, situated in Greenbushes and hosts as far back as 1817 at a farm by Queen Victoria, thereby securing racing twice a week on either a turf the name of Cradock Place, official racing’s home for a further 120 years or all-weather Polytrack. 4 v horses previously deemed Reserve Beluga Hospitality Runners, are eligible to run. They have subsequently been included as runners in the card for Saturday. Bettors are advised to peruse the updated fields for Races 1, 2 and 9 before taking their bets. New race times: Race 1: 12.35 Race 2: 13.10 Race 3: 13.45 Race 4: 14:25 Race 5: 15:00 Race 6: 15:35 Race 7: 16:10 Race 8: 16:45 Race 9: 17:20 * the Kenilworth card (declared Monday 17 Aug) for Saturday 22 CAPE RACING August will be moved lock, stock and barrel to Wednesday 26 August. NOTE THE * the programme scheduled for Wednesday 26 August will be moved to the added meeting and will now be staged on Saturday 29 SHUFFLE August. The Listed Sophomore Sprint, moved to Saturday 22 August. originally scheduled for Saturday The reason for the added at Kenilworth, has been moved But please not that the decision by Kenilworth race meeting on out to Wednesday 26 August in a the National Horseracing Authority Saturday 29 August is as a result of programme shuffle of Cape racing to lift the restrictions on the number the spate of abandoned meetings/ over the next few weeks. of horses in a race has afforded the races of late in the Western Cape. opportunity to increase the fields to An additional Kenilworth the optimum allowed by the operator This is permitted in terms of the racemeeting has been added to for each course and distance. Racing Operators’ National the August schedule to Abandonment Policy in situations compensate for the Western Cape When the original Kenilworth fields like this. having lost most of last Tuesday’s for Tuesday 18 August were pulled, race meeting and the forced the restrictions of 14 runners were With all the racemeetings that were postponement of the meeting still in place and as a result, reserve missed due to the Covid-19 scheduled today due to a runners were added to the card for lockdown, owners have already waterlogged track. Races 1, 2 and 9. had limited opportunities to race their horses and this will ensure The following changes have been As the meeting was called off on they do not lose any further race introduced: Tuesday due to a waterlogged track meetings. and moved to Saturday those fields * the Kenilworth meeting sched- can now be extended to comprise 16 uled for Tuesday 18 August will be runners, which means a number of 5 v 6 v YORK EBOR FESTIVAL FOURJust five runners go to post FAB for But heDAYS! will need to find plenty to run Day 3 is Friday 21 August - the Gr1 Juddmonte International down Ghaiyyath . Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes, the feature of the first day at York’s Ebor Festival today. The Charlie Appleby’s five-year-old has Featuring their fastest race, the race is run at 16h15. come of age this year with Gr1 Coolmore Nunthorpe, which commanding front-running ranked as the highest rated 1000m The fact that the 2000 Guineas successes in the Coronation Cup sprint in the world again last year. A winner, Kameko, is the outsider of and Eclipse Stakes. His huge stride new course record of 55.9 seconds the quintet with a realistic chance and ability to sustain fast fractions was set last August. suggests that in terms of quality, it throughout will make him is still very much up to scratch. exceptionally difficult to beat as he Day 4 is Saturday 22 August - bids for a third Group One in as Sky Bet Ebor Kameko was trapped in a typical many months. Goodwood pocket all the way up Since 1843, their oldest and most the straight in the Sussex Stakes Day 2 is Thursday 20 August - famous race, the Ebor, has last time and is most unlikely to Darley Yorkshire Oaks & Ladies generated much excitement and suffer similar traffic problems today. Day many tales. 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