There are various ways to enjoy the July day at Greyville.Sometimes the real spirit is felt in the crowds downstairs in the same way that feeling can only be found in the stands of a big rugby, cricket or soccer game.
The official handicapper still hasn’t published any 2yo ratings (what a disgrace!), which means that punters are on their own when trying to figure who the best of the bunch is in the two 2yo Gr1 races on July day
The primary concern with Dancewiththedevil is that her habitual style of racing from a long way off the early pace could count against her at Greyville with its short run-in
The Gold Vase over 3000m promises to be one of the toughest races to unravel. It isn’t for the fainthearted to have a big bash in a 19 runner handicap over a distance so seldom used, but fortune favours the brave and Two Strikes could be the one to take a chance on.
South African horseracing falls under the Asian Racing Federation and the Graded status of races is decided by the Asian Pattern Committee (APC)
Explained – the circumstances behind the decision by the connections of the dual Grade 1- winning sophomore One Stripe to ‘bypass’ the R1,5 million SplashOut Gr1 Cape Derby on 22 February in favour of a likely final run on South African soil in the non-black type Big Cap
With the Aga Khan’s breeding and racing programme very much geared towards the classics, it can be argued that South Africa, where speed, rather than stamina is the hallmark of its racing programme, has failed to capitalise on the excellence of especially its female families
Rob Haswell tells that he has had horses trained by Nathan Kotzen for more than twenty years and pulls us up for our Umthombothi Stakes ‘flop’
