Kotzen’s Gold Standards’ Rearing To Go!
Prominent Cape trainer Glen Kotzen has some very exciting two-year-olds to his name this season
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 R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million