Maria’s Back With A Bang!
The 2016 SA Triple Crown team of Azzie and Zechner unlimited were in action at Turffontein on Saturday
9th October 2016
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The 2016 SA Triple Crown team of Azzie and Zechner unlimited were in action at Turffontein on Saturday
Emotion and sentimentality are two familiar trademarks of the Mike Azzie racing machine and the victory of the Australian-bred filly Mella Maria in the Greyville opener on Friday evening brought back some gloriously memorable flashbacks to the Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes run at the same venue, four years ago
Favourites have a good record in this feature race for 2yo fillies, and last year’s winner Majmu went on to collect the champion 2yo title
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
