Carrying On The Tradition
‘There are trainers who prefer to race their fillies lightly for black type and early retirement, I like them workmanlike and battle-hardened’ – Tarry
9th December 2017
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‘There are trainers who prefer to race their fillies lightly for black type and early retirement, I like them workmanlike and battle-hardened’ – Tarry
Superstar speed mare Carry On Alice bowed out of her illustrious track career with a fifth Gr1 success on Saturday
Champion racemare Carry On Alice showed her courage and blue chip ability when withstanding a towering late challenge from her stablemate Trip To Heaven
Two Captain Al fillies played a prominent role in the Tarry-Khumalo Champions Day succcess story
Less than a length covered the first four home in the 1000m contest and with a good mix of fillies from across the country, Carry On Alice’s connections will be feeling decidedly bullish with the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship as her short-term target
Captain Al well and truly dominated Saturday’s Scottsville meeting, with a pair of Grade One winners and a pair of Gr1 seconds
With good weather, good company and great racing, the 2015 Tsogo Sun Sprint day truly delivered.
The clash of the fairer sex titans in the R600 000 City Of Pietermaritzburg Fillies Sprint produced sweet revenge for Sean Tarry’s Captain Al filly Carry On Alice, who turned on the pace charm to beat her rival Alboran Sea in sensational style
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
