‘I must be honest and say that as a purist I was not excited about the change to the race conditions. But from a selfish viewpoint, I knew it was the perfect race for her.’ – winning trainer, Charles Laird.
When is an Oaks not an Oaks? When it is open to fillies and mares of all ages, and run over 2500m at Clairwood. But it’s still called Oaks.
The Mike De Kock magic produced the internationally owned Tajmeel to win the Gr2 Betting World Oaks at Clairwood on Sunday. The champion trainer appears to have an endless resource of these classy staying females!
A marked lack of serious depth makes for an open looking contest in the R200 000 Gr2 Betting World Oaks to be run at Clairwood on Sunday
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
