The R2,5 million Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes produced an upset result of some proportions when the free-striding Budapest went all the way from a favourable draw to score a ridiculously easy win
The only guarantee in a race of this nature is that everybody wants to win and everybody will be doing their utmost to do so. There won’t be any prep runners or those not quite ready. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity – for now anyway.
“We have a ticket, so we have a chance. She is talented and has done nothing wrong and we have a top jockey aboard. We can’t be quivering and worrying about the big yards and a bad draw. Let them worry about us rather!”
Change at the top of the log as we enter the home straight for the big one on 22 November
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
