No Run Of The Mill!
David Nieuwenhuizen and Gavin Lerena got the Charity Mile day feature action at Turffontein on Saturday off to a flyer
2nd November 2019
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David Nieuwenhuizen and Gavin Lerena got the Charity Mile day feature action at Turffontein on Saturday off to a flyer
The King Of Kings chestnut Ronnie’s Candy is making a habit of producing the surprises on the big days
Yvette Bremner enjoys her Joburg giantkiller raids every few years and her Port Elizabeth-based Dippin Blu Stables pulled off another big win at Turffontein on Charity Mile day
Drakenstein’s proven stallion Philanthropist produced his first SA-bred stakes winner courtesy of the beautiful grey Avontuur-bred galloper She’s A Giver
Piere Strydom was riding at the top of his game again on Charity Mile day at Turffontein on Saturday and showed his real worth as the complete jockey when steering Robbie Sage’s consistent Madame Dubois to the peak win of her career
The opinion that the Equus selection panel had erred and not applied their minds to last season’s performances had come from various quarters, including an Equus award winning journalist, who summed things up quite well…
See what this year’s race has in store for the 3yo classic generation of fillies. If past results of the Starling Stakes are anything to go by, take a wide berth of race favourites.
There is more than money at stake in the Gr3 Starling Stakes. The pride of receiving the trophy from royalty. Mike de Kock holds the key to the castle and a strong hand with four powerful contenders.
Tyrone Zackey pulled off a very smart piece of training when Katy’s Lane returned after a 23 week lay-off to win the Starling Stakes for three-year-old fillies over 1400m at Turffontein (standside course) on Saturday.
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
Alan Greeff’s recent Eastern Cape ‘Triple Crown’ star My Best Shot and the Lucky Houdalakis galloper Musical Score, a 3yo son of Oratorio, and a winner of his last two starts, are the two newbies
