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‘Dont leave either of them out’ – champion trainer on his first timers at Turffontein
30th December 2017
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‘Dont leave either of them out’ – champion trainer on his first timers at Turffontein
‘Is showing decent work but only has one eye and it is quite difficult to predict how they will run with only one eye’
‘Will need the run – has had a wind op, came in late, has only been on the grass once – if she were to place I would be surprised – the stable mate is the horse to beat’
‘A nice horse but will probably need the experience – we have lost some work time due to the rainy weather recently’
Phumelela has scheduled an additional twilight race meeting on Tuesday 19 December
‘Precocious, speedy and I am expecting to win’ – Barend Botes. In the same race, Gokhan Terzi says his first-timer will be in top two
The Turffontein racemeeting scheduled for today has been postponed to Sunday 26 November
The Turffontein Standside track can still take more rain, according to track manager Thomas Rasasamola
‘I was not expecting this to be a International Jockeys race. This horse is difficult at the gates and will probably need this. My other two runners in the race are preferred’
‘Seems a smart sort, showing very good work at home. This horse is 6-8 months younger than the others and set to carry the same weight so it wont be easy but we are expecting a big run.’
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
The businessman was served with an interim suspension of his Assistant Trainer licence on Friday afternoon and has spoken out about what appears to be mostly a misunderstanding based on a potential lack of communication and bureaucratic red-tape challenges
