Dennis Drier-trained Link Man provided the home team with its second successive Gr 1 winner of the day when he narrowly captured the Gold Reef Medallion for two-year-olds over 1200m at Scottsville on Saturday, in the process beating some very expensive blue-bloods from elsewhere and denting a couple of hefty reputations to boot.
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
