De Kock First-Timers To Strike This Evening?
The new Turffontein night racing season begins this evening at 17h25 with an eight-race programme
31st October 2017
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The new Turffontein night racing season begins this evening at 17h25 with an eight-race programme
Matthew De Kock has been spot on with their first timers in recent weeks. He has another two positive comments for today
The area on the outside of the track at the 2000m mark is not sufficiently dry
The Turffontein meeting today kicks off at 12h05 and scratchings have reduced the first race to just five runners
‘Will be a bit green but could lurk into the back end of the quartet’
‘If she jumps well, I would not be surprised to see her in the shake up’
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
