Settle On A Dynasty!
Vaughan Marshall defends his Listed Settlers Trophy title at Durbanville on Saturday
24th September 2021
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Vaughan Marshall defends his Listed Settlers Trophy title at Durbanville on Saturday
Sun Met defending champion combination Vaughan Marshall and MJ Byleveld broke the Snaith-Fourie stranglehold on the Listed Settlers Trophy
It’s the race that kick-started the march to Vodacom Durban July glory of Belgarion last season!
Today’s Durbanville feature has been dropped in distance from 2400m in recent years to 2000m
The time honoured Snaith philosophy of patience and planning was in evidence again at Durbanville on Saturday when the progressive stayer Magnificent Seven registered a first stakes win
The race should prove a spectacle as they pass the stands twice en route to glory.
Veteran Milnerton conditioner Bill Prestage and jockey Wesley Marwing conspired in a tactical masterstroke to produce the feature upset on a sun drenched afternoon
Justin Snaith can make an early impact at the ‘new’ Durbanville when he bids to win the Listed Settlers Trophy for the third year running
The Dynasty filly Francia became the first of her sex in thirteen years to win the Settlers Trophy
The Settlers Trophy is not exactly a nursery for future marathon stars but has dished up the odd gem over the years
‘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’
