“I don’t have a ride in the July – not yet, in any case! You always hope right until they jump!” Ian Sturgeon shares his thoughts on horsemanship and his 2015 July ride on Punta Arenas
Dennis Drier’s 2015 Vodacom Durban July runner-up Punta Arenas came back to his best at Greyville on Saturday when he stayed on strongly to win the consolation July
Uncle Den doesn’t simply love his horses, he genuinely savours each character with their individual quirks and seems to enjoy trying to get to the bottom of each of his charges. It is a privilege to spend some time with him and his visiting string
Saying goodbye is never easy, but at least in this case it’s so long and not farewell
Philippi trainer Stan Elley may have been training racehorses for over four decades, but few winners could have given him more satisfaction than Punta Arenas’ facile victory in Saturday’s R250 000 Gr3 Cup Trial
The 64 year old Elley has enjoyed a cracking KZN Champions Season, and is in the envious position of having two runners on the Vodacom Durban July top twenty log. That is no mean achievement for a yard of his size.
Punta Arenas is as honest as the day is long, he absolutely thrives in Durban and we’re confident that he does his best at Greyville.
A back door admission ticket into the Vodacom Durban July is at stake when 12 mostly borderline cases go to post for the Gr2 Betting World 1900 at Greyville this evening
The last few weeks have passed by in a blur with the Cape in frenetic overdrive to squash in as much as possible in the run up to the Met
