DO IT AGAIN BEATS SOQRAT
In a welcome new initiative driven by incoming CEO Vee Moodley, the NHA has sent out a prompt analysis, and amended Merit Ratings following the running of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and Cartier Paddock Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.
OH SUSANNA WINS PADDOCK
Ken Nicol: It was a dream Queen’s Plate weekend for L’Ormarins and Drakenstein Stud, as Oh Susanna’s repeat Paddock Stakes victory meant they made a clean sweep of all three fillies features up for grabs at their own racing festival.
DO IT AGAIN (YELLOW) GETS UP
Ken Nicol: Superstar Do It Again won a heart stopping L’Ormarins Queens Plate when he got up very late to get the better of the brilliant three-year-old Soqrat at Kenilworth on Saturday.
DOUBLEMINT (RIGHT) GETS UP
Ken Nicol: Doublemint finished strongly to win the Peninsula Handicap at Kenilworth, and clearly has a bright future.
LEGAL EAGLE
Jack Milner: We are only a few days into 2019 and already pundits are calling Saturday’s L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate over 1600m at Kenilworth as the race of the year.
CLOUDS UNFOLD GETS UP
Ken Nicol: It was a red letter day for Gaynor Rupert’s Drakenstein Stud at Kenilworth on Friday as they took home both feature races on the first day of their L’Ormarins Queens Plate festival.
