Tara Laing and partners’ confidence in a fleetfooted Coup de Grace filly who had a more than ordinary start to her career down in the Cape paid some nice dividends at Fairview on Friday
Singapore bound JP van der Merwe rode a clever race on the super consistent joint topweight Klever Kathy to upstage the odds-on favourite Madame Speaker
The daughter of Pathfork looks one of the better bets on the programme when she takes on six opponents in the non black-type R110 000 Aloe Handicap over the all-weather 1300m
Purple patch of form continues at Fairview on Friday with four smart winners
The former Gauteng based Var filly Star Burst Galaxy has settled in quickly at her new PE base and scored her second win in four local starts
Justin Snaith stepped up the 3yo Cape Flyaway beyond the sprints for the first time at Fairview on Friday and the move produced immediate results
‘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
