Kotzen’s Gold Standards’ Rearing To Go!
Prominent Cape trainer Glen Kotzen has some very exciting two-year-olds to his name this season
29th November 2021
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Prominent Cape trainer Glen Kotzen has some very exciting two-year-olds to his name this season
It’s that time of year when the new crop of two-year-olds are stepping out for the first time and all eyes will be on the progeny of young sires who will be represented by their first runners
Drakenstein’s first foal of the season is also Gold Standard’s first
It’s always possible – it is not LIKELY but it is unquestionably possible – that one of them, almost any one of them, could be the greatest horse that has ever set foot on a racetrack.
Glen Kotzen expects a good performance by Gold Standard in Saturday’s Rising Sun Gold Challenge
‘I think a lot of people wrote him off after the Queen’s Plate, but it’s a big ask for a horse that is not a true miler and we were intrigued by his performance. We are excited and optimistic for Saturday”
L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day runners Gold Standard and Eyes Wide Open were both put through their paces at Kenilworth on Wednesday
He’s got the potential and we’re confident he will pull off a big one – please God let it be the Queen’s Plate!
In a refreshing and decidedly PR friendly move, Woodhill Racing set the ‘Gold Standard’ by inviting press to watch some of their Cape feature season hopefuls gallop last Saturday
The public should be advised not to be fooled into thinking that he’s just a speed horse
Glen Kotzen’s Selangor Cup winner Gold Standard will carry the famous blue and white silks of Drakenstein Stud for the first time when he lines up in the Sun Met
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
