Races 5 to 9 lost
The jockeys raised concerns about the visibility, with persistent rain falling all afternoon.
The features will be rescheduled.
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‘Fortune favours the bold, so kudos to Peter de Beyer for retaining Sylvie, a moderate race filly many breeders would have shunned as a broodmare’
A race steeped in history, previous winners include champion sires Jet Master and Gimmethegreenlight, as well as multiple Equus award winning champions Pocket Power, Do It Again, Jet Dark and Charles Dickens
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
It is eerie to think that there would have been no Siren’s Call, Sound Of Warning, or for that matter Call To Unite, had fate not decreed that Enchanted Cove follow her dam to South Africa, and that Peter de Beyer had the foresight to return Elusive Fort back home from the States as well!
While it was a quiet day by his own high standards, reigning SA champion jockey Richard Fourie displayed his tactical mastery at a sunny Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday when he steered a ring rusty Snow Pilot to an eyecatching victory
Shaheen Shaw goes over the card for Sunday’s Hollywoodbets Greyville racemeeting
Ridgemont’s exciting Redoute’s Choice stallion Rafeef enjoyed a 1-2 in the headliner, with 3 winners on the afternoon
