Met Newsflash
The Met field was reduced to fifteen with the disappointing withdrawal of one of the dark horses in the race
30th January 2013
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The Met field was reduced to fifteen with the disappointing withdrawal of one of the dark horses in the race
LANCE BENSON: Everybody is entitled to an opinion but the Gold Cup was a wonderful plan come together for two relatively young old men from Cape Town in trainer Dean Kannemeyer and jockey Felix Coetzee.
The chances of an upset result in the 2012 Gr2 Mango Gold Vase looks a real possibility. Piere Strydom and Sean Tarry may bring some sense to the calculations though with the Requiem gelding Kolkata, who looks just about ready to score his 1st stakes win.
The Chairman’s Cup run over 3200m at Kenilworth on Saturday makes another strong case for the urgency of introducing sectional timing after In Writing appeared to catch his 11 rivals all napping and ran out a wide margin winner of the summer’s last Graded event in Cape Town
Oh Susanna and her stakes winning paddock pals are not only continuing to add to the burgeoning Drakenstein trophy cabinet through their progeny, they are also establishing powerful female dynasties which should serve the stud well in years to come
Some 23 years after booting home his first victory in August 2002 at Clairwood Park, Sean Veale reached the milestone of his first century of winners in a season at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday
