27th March 2021
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The Listed East Cape Sprint Cup over 1200m and the Listed East Cape Guineas over 1600m headline the eight-race card at Fairview today
Local star filly Madame Speaker takes on the boys in the East Cape Guineas and with the added benefit of her 2,5kg sex allowance looks the one to beat.
Tara won this feature with Vauclair (2014), Sir Duke (2015) and Normanz last year. With four of the eleven starters on Friday, she must have rated her chances of lifting the trophy again
The Gr1 winner Normanz is in sparkling form as a 6yo and flexed his class to win well
The Mayfair Speculators East Cape trainer has done exceptionally well with the quality major centre retreads
To put this fellow in perspective, he won his second start in the 2yo Listed feature on Met day – the year River Jetez beat Mother Russia and Pocket Power…
Ms Laing has done extremely well to keep the speed kings on song over an extended period and Vauclair and Unannounced look set to fight this one out
Ably assisted by former top jockey Gavin Venter, Ms Laing trains solely for the powerhouse Jooste partnership and took her season’s win tally to 39. She has got to be feeling better after the four winners!
If Gavin Lerena doesn’t get Copper Parade into the race early enough, he could find himself chasing Unannounced home today
Port Elizabeth dominates the national limelight this weekend with the running of the Listed East Cape Sprint Cup at Fairview on Friday.
In Time Is Money this week we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
High drama and some potentially dangerous race-riding cast a dark cloud over the inaugural running of the R5 million HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
After dedicating herself fully to the role for four challenging years, the increasing demands on her time and personal life have led her to reassess her career direction
Two smaller stables made their mark last week with notable victories, each carrying a backstory
