Winning rider Anton Marcus deserves plenty of the credit for maintaining a cool head in a race that developed into a desperate struggle for supremacy in the crucial closing stages as challenges came at him from from both sides
An Australian-bred colt described as ‘something special’ by his trainer Mike De Kock faces a few serious local challengers in the R600 000 Gr1 Golden Horseshoe
Afrikaburn is looking more and more like the complete racehorse and owner Fred Crabbia summed up the expectations when labelling him, ‘my Rocket Man of the distance races!”
Just when you thought the boys would have things to themselves, de Kock takes a leaf out of Tarry’s book and brings along One Fine Day.
A fast rising star in the two year old ranks played his first major leading role on Saturday. The R500 000 Gr1 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Horseshoe was turned into a procession by Corne Spies’ War Horse
It is a race that has dished up sires and international Group performers. The quality of the 2012 vintage of the current crop of two year old males will be stamped in history when the winner of the Gr1 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Horseshoe is crowned.
Fighting Warrior appeared to come from virtually nowhere to snatch victory in the dying strides of this 2yo’s contest and those who’d put their faith in this 11/1 chance probably had to check twice to make sure they weren’t seeing things.
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