Super Duper Saturday!
With the notable exception of Dubai World Cup night this is as good as it gets at Meydan, with a mouth watering card full of top class racing, including two Gr1’s
8th March 2019
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With the notable exception of Dubai World Cup night this is as good as it gets at Meydan, with a mouth watering card full of top class racing, including two Gr1’s
William Milkovitch has done his homework and provides his expert view of the card – he is going with the field in the Gold Cup and hoping Humpty Dumpty comes rolling home!
Mike de Kock’s Janoobi showed courage and heart over the 1800m to fight on for third in the Jebel Hatta
While South African horses had to be content with places on Super Saturday, it turned out to be a memorable day for Musabah Al Muhairi with Super Fighter stamping his credentials in the Gr1 Al Maktoum Challenge
Mubtaahij and Ertijaal are very well ahead of the big meeting at Meydan this Saturday
We had an interesting week in Dubai where Variety Club ran an extremely decent second on Super Saturday.
Super Saturday provided a fitting climax to a great season, and proved again that horseracing has plenty to offer in terms of pure thrills and entertainment.
A perfect preparation is just one of the vital ingredients required to win Africa’s prestigious ultimate test of stamina, the R1 million Gr1 Ladbrokes Gold Cup at Greyville.
It may be the same race, but it is quite a ball-game at the tighter city track of Greyville. Gandolph, as Bass is affectionately known in some quarters, may have a trump card in the smart son of Fort Wood, Chesalon for the Gr1 Champions Cup.
It is no secret that trainer Corne Spies thinks the world of the talented Victory Moon colt War Horse, and he only appears to have Anton Marcus and Vaughan Marshall standing in the way of what looks an outstanding Gr1 double in the offing.
There will be no excuses for Vaughan Marshall’s very talented grey daughter of Captain Al, All Is Secret, when she jumps from a good draw in the R500 000 Gr1 Thekwini Stakes.
‘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’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
