Gold For Sharon Kotzen
In the absence of any Cape raiders, Sharon Kotzen produced the decent stayer Multi Gold in fine fettle to win the R110 000 Lakeside Handicap
15th March 2019
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In the absence of any Cape raiders, Sharon Kotzen produced the decent stayer Multi Gold in fine fettle to win the R110 000 Lakeside Handicap
A drop in distance to 2200m and a switch to the polytrack. Jacques Strydom and the Kruger family, new trainer and owners of the Querari gelding Desert Wisdom, must have believed the R110 000 Lakeside Handicap was theirs for the taking!
Grant Paddock took the training honours at Fairview on Friday with a nice winning double ridden by Luyola Mxothwa
Tara Laing’s 7yo Dynasty gelding Drill Sargeant is one of the toughest gallopers in training and he showed his true mettle with a fighting performance
A non black-type staying feature on the turf at Fairview today heads the national racing programme on a weekend devoid of any stakes races
The Eastern Cape surely boasts the most competitive staying ranks in the country and the Lakeside Handicap on Friday didn’t disappoint with a son of a former Rothman’s July Handicap winner outstaying his opposition
A muddling pace saw the downfall of the fancied Drill Sargeant in Friday’s Lakeside Handicap at Fairview
‘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
