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ROBYN LOUW: Celebrations, but Judy Brannigan cautions that the industry needs to acknowledge the importance of the small breeder
31st January 2013
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ROBYN LOUW: Celebrations, but Judy Brannigan cautions that the industry needs to acknowledge the importance of the small breeder
Champion three year old filly Princess Victoria sets out to redeem her worldbeater reputation when she runs in the Gr2 Tibouchina at Clairwood
This R2-million race has all the makings of a memorable contest. Bravura and Dancewiththedevil, are faced with the prospect of dusting off the record of their below-par last runs, if they are to stand any chance of getting the measure of a rising star Europa Point.
With a merit rating twelve points higher than the best of her seven rivals Dancewiththedevil looks strong in another Gr1 race
Dancewiththedevil recorded her fifth Gr 1 success – and her fourth against male rivals – when she trounced seven opponents to record a second successive triumph in the Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes
Best in at the weights for the Gr2 Hawaii Stakes are the July runner up Pierre Jourdan, and the multiple Gr1 winning mare Dancewiththedevil….
Dancewiththedevil produced her trademark turn of foot to win the R2million Sansui Summer Cup at Turffontein
Dancewiththedevil made it a third Gr1 win when taking the Summer Cup at 15/1
A Gr 1 winner on the July undercard in 2010, Happy Archer returned to Greyville on Saturday and posted her second Gr1 success when winning the Garden Province Stakes for fillies and mares over 1600m.
The primary concern with Dancewiththedevil is that her habitual style of racing from a long way off the early pace could count against her at Greyville with its short run-in
ROBYN LOUW: Dancewiththedevil is the unlikely filly with the unlikely breeding who now has 7 victories under her belt from 12 starts (twice beating the colts at wfa) and earning R2 million in the process.
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!
