Cape Racing Bids Carl Burger Farewell
The former Philippi trainer passed away at age 60 on Monday afternoon
18th February 2020
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The former Philippi trainer passed away at age 60 on Monday afternoon
The Phillipi-based training partnership of Carl Burger and Riaan van Reenen enjoyed a glorious afternoon at Kenilworth on Saturday with a hat-trick of winners, all ridden by young apprentice Craig Bantam
‘My owners Marsh Shirtliff and Bryn Ressel need good horses more than they need the money!’
Joey Ramsden shone for the Joostes and produced the favourable early results. As the sun lowered in the sky, the favourites dipped and Carl Burger showed his penchant for the inside draw as the bombs dropped in the late afternoon at Kenilworth on 16 June.
Selecting a winning racehorse can sometimes be less of a science and a lot more about emotion. He may not yet be another JJ The Jet Plane, but the Surging River first-timer River’s End was chosen on just as much gut-feel.
ROBYN LOUW: The name Carl Burger has quietly been cropping up in the nominations, results and the press pages with increasing regularity, but made their presence felt in a big way after the Gr2 Gold Vase on July day.
The 2011 Vodacom Durban July turned into a celebration for Mike De kock and Anthony Delpech for the second year running. Their star filly Igugu silenced her detractors and left a trail of broken dreams and dented egos in her wake…
Although a relatively new name to the training ranks Carl Burger has had a great deal of experience in the training game. His mentor was Herman Brown (Snr) who taught Carl much of what he knows today and who inspired him to want to see what he could attain to as a trainer.
