No Seconds For Lyle
Sacrificing his Christmas lunch while the rest of us overindulged paid dividends for Avontuur-sponsored Lyle Hewitson
27th December 2016
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Sacrificing his Christmas lunch while the rest of us overindulged paid dividends for Avontuur-sponsored Lyle Hewitson
‘Fortune favours the bold, so kudos to Peter de Beyer for retaining Sylvie, a moderate race filly many breeders would have shunned as a broodmare’
A race steeped in history, previous winners include champion sires Jet Master and Gimmethegreenlight, as well as multiple Equus award winning champions Pocket Power, Do It Again, Jet Dark and Charles Dickens
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
