Top Filly Retires
In a shock development, star former Cape based 4yo filly Cold As Ice has run her last race.
27th March 2016
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In a shock development, star former Cape based 4yo filly Cold As Ice has run her last race.
Cold As ice is being targeted at the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in a bid to fly the flag for South Africa
William Haggas: “She’s very well, she doesn’t have to carry a penalty now and she’s got a good draw, so it’s all positive right now. She’s back in trip, but the owners tell me she is going to be better over six furlongs.”
Programme says she is headed for the £150 000 All-Weather Championship Final at Lingfield
“The major excitement as we approach next month’s CPYS Book 1 is that Cold As Ice has a close relative on offer in the Avontuur draft.”
“I decided to give her a go on the All-Weather and this seemed the obvious route to go. She should be fit enough to run a good race” says William Haggas
With Oratorio’s former Hong Kong Horse Of The Year Military Attack winning his 13th race in a Gr2 on Saturday, and his first SA yearlings to be offered at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale in January, it has been an exciting few weeks for the Avontuur team
Act Of War has the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate on January 9 as his main target for the Cape Town season
No comparisons to Variety Club, but this flyer’s cruising speed could have them all running for cover early on
Cold As Ice’ superb win was some fine timing for the appearance of her half-sister by Trippi in the Cape Premier Yearling Sale ring this coming Thursday evening
Punters were on the receiving end of a feature race hammering at Kenilworth on L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day but some sanity could prevail at the same venue today
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!
