Mauritius behind her - now the next step to international fame
Awaiting Jessica Slack’s filly at Abington Place, Newmarket, was travelling handler Steven Jell, Smart Call’s groom Moffat, as well as Eric and Abram, employees of Mauritzfontein Stud.
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