Star Trippi filly Inara came out firing on all cylinders and notched an outstanding fourth career Gr1 victory with a workmanlike win in Saturday’s slow-run R1 million Laurie Jaffee Empress Club Stakes
The Drakenstein blue has been carried to victory by a host of feature winners this term and Mike Bass ventures North this weekend with their triple Gr1 winner Inara
Red hot sire Trippi, whose son, Illuminator, won Saturday’s CTS Million Dollar and whose daughters, Inara and Lanner Falcon, ran 1-3 in the Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes on the same day, is a stallion with a potent pedigree
Just days after selling the highest priced yearling in South African history, Drakenstein Stud owned runners finished 1-2-3 in the R1 million Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday
A top class field will line up for the R1 million Gr 1 Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes to be run over 1800m at Kenilworth on 9 January.
The Pick 6 for Kenilworth’s big Gr 1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas meeting will include a R400,000 carryover and the pool is expected to reach R2,1 million, which will be a nice carrot for punters
The dual Gr1 winning Trippi flyer Inara stamped her authority in emphatic fashion with a conclusive victory in Saturday’s R250 000 Gr3 Diana Stakes at Durbanville
Mike Bass’s multiple Gr1 winning Equus reject Inara dwarfs her seven rivals in today’s R250 000 Gr3 Diana Stakes. The daughter of Trippi could make it a welcome get-well-soon feature win for her trainer, who has had a torrid time of it recently
The shock is that dual Gr1 winner Inara is not a nominee. I would think that this is the first time in history that a dual Gr1 winner in any Equus award category has been left off the list of nominees, suggests leading breeder
It’s been suggested that our current crop of 3yo fillies is, in depth, one of the best we’ve seen in recent years
“When I saw Cold As Ice two lengths in front I knew she would be hard to beat. As we went past the post together, Piere Strydom said I think you just ran second. But I knew I had won – I have been riding at Kenilworth long enough.”
A ten race programme headed by the R200 000 Listed Settlers Trophy has been declared for the Hollywoodbets Durbanville ‘Braai, Bak & Brew’ racemeeting on Saturday
Owner Stanley Chan announced the three-time Horse of the Year’s retirement on Friday 13 September at trainer Francis Lui’s Sha Tin stable
SA champion jockey stepped out under the Ridgemont flag for the first time at Hollywoodbets Durbanville today
