The West Wind Blows
Zephira strikes an Oaks note as she storms home to win the R125 000 Allez France Handicap at Turffontein in impressive style
16th February 2014
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Zephira strikes an Oaks note as she storms home to win the R125 000 Allez France Handicap at Turffontein in impressive style
1993 blows out with Volume 4 of the Racing Record, a new chairman for Durban Turf Club and a proposal to merge Milnerton and Kenilworth approved unopposed. A Little Ballerina wins the Cape Guineas, Marla causes an upset in the Sceptre Stakes and Jean Heming is shot in a vicious attack. TAB Transvaal introduces the Superfecta and Take A Walk wins the Queen’s Plate for David Payne, pushing him R1 million ahead of his nearest rival on the trainers’ log.
Abroad, absent-minded jockey Desormeaux costs Kotashaan the Japan Cup, Basil Marcus extends his lead on the Hong Kong jockey table by winning the first leg of the Hong Kong Triple Crown aboard River Verdon, while Robbie Fradd is crowned Mauritius champion jockey. Coolmore announce that Sadler’s Wells stud fee has increased to IR100.000 guineas. The British Jockey Association launches the first Jockey Championship and Wolverhampton stages the first race meeting under lights.
Ramsden dances weekend away as Disco Al wins the R350 000 Gr3 Algoa Cup
Naidoo joy as Cape Winter pips stablemate to win the R150 000 Listed Hampton Handicap
Arcetri Pink bounces back from rest to win the R125 000 Sophomore Fillies 1000
Bass puts cherry on Champions Season cake with victory in R1,25 million Gr1 Gold Cup
Robbie Fradd rode a pearler to win the Listed Syringa Handicap at Turffontein on Saturday
An exciting performance by Yorker on the eve of the National Yearling Sale
Geoff Woodruff has another smart horse on his hands after Tellina won a cracker in Saturday’s Gr2 Gauteng Guineas
A superb training feat to win the Gr3 Flamboyant Stakes followed by some thought provoking post-race comments by Assistant Trainer Frikkie Greyling. These were the real fireworks, coupled with a double for Muzi Yeni and Anthony Delpech, that livened up the opening meeting of 2012.
‘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’
